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Written by Marty Brandwein This past weekend, it was that time of year when Zilker Park’s grass turns yellow and Austin’s air pulses with the music of Austin City Limits Music Festival. This was my third time attending and second time covering ACL, and I must say, it...

Written by Steven Burgess On October 14th, Magdalena Bay sold out Houston’s House of Blues as they embarked on their Imaginal Disk tour. Lead vocalist Mica Tenenbaum and guitarist Matthew Lewin played their most recent record, Imaginal Disk, in its entirety while...

Written by Angela An and Cheryl Lee LAUNDRY DAY, a New York city based American pop rock band, performed at Rice University for KTRU’s 33rd annual KTRU Outdoor Show. The high school friends (Sawyer Nunes (vocalist and drums), Jude Ciulla-Lupkin (vocalist), Henry...

By Steven Burgess Underground Hip-Hop artist John Michel recently came out with Egotrip, marking his first studio collaboration with producer Anthony James. Egotrip is a follow-up to Michel’s previous collaboration with producer Bedhead Bobby on his breakout mix-tape,...

By Steven Burgess Panchiko has one of the most fascinating origin stories of any band in the 21st century - the modern-day Rodriguez (see “Searching for Sugar Man”). Panchiko was the joint effort of four British high school students that used cheap recording equipment...