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A Texas Legend Lengthens His Shadow – Lyle Lovett at ACL Live at the Moody Theater

by Daniel Ramirez on September 13, 2017

[Author's note: This show was on the eve of Hurricane Harvey hitting the Houston and Gulf Coast areas. It seemed poor timing to release the review while so many of our neighbors were in peril....

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A (New) Lone Star on the Rise

by Daniel Ramirez on August 30, 2017

If you don’t consider Texan Aaron Watson a household name, on par with the likes of Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett, give it a little time. He didn’t sign to a Nashville label when he...

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Foreigner at 40: Still Feels like the First Time

by Greg Lemen on August 28, 2017

What kind of birthday party starts with “Rock and Roll” involves the “Dream Police” and ends feeling “Hot Blooded?” Check it and see, that would be the blistering event that unfolded at the Austin360 Amphitheater...

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The Rage and the Rapture of Rock and Roll

by Daniel Ramirez on August 13, 2017

  Wind-blown shock red hair, fishnets and a snarl that still remembers mid-90s rage or maybe calls on it anew - how has Shirley Manson not aged a day? We know that Butch Vig hasn't....

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Rock Knows Nothing of Age | Blondie Inspires a Partner for Their Own Co-Headlining Tour

by Daniel Ramirez on August 8, 2017

Blondie/Garbage play ACL Live at the Moody Theater this Friday, August 11, 2017 • Get Tickets Here   There might not be a stranger friendship in rock and roll than that of rock icon Debbie...

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Sound on Sound Fest Announces This Year’s Lineup

by Sound on Sound on July 19, 2017

Sound On Sound Fest (SOS Fest) recently unveiled the daily music lineup for the second annual event, which is set to take place on November 10-12 in McDade, Texas. Single-day GA passes are on sale...

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ACL Music Festival: Day-by-day surprises

by Daniel Ramirez on July 12, 2017

Photo Credit: Roger Ho This year's Austin City Limits Music Festival  day-to-day lineup has been released and there's a real shocker in the mix. Arguably the biggest headliner has been moved from a typical closing...

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Classic Rock Comes To Austin

by Greg Lemen on June 26, 2017

Although Chicago and The Doobie Brothers formed nearly a half-century ago, the bands recently pulled in for a pit stop at the Austin360 amphitheater adjacent to the Circuit of The Americas racetrack on Saturday, June...

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Suzanna Choffel Finds New Beginnings With ‘Hello Goodbye’

by Katy Thorson on June 5, 2017

At the bottom of the liner notes for her latest LP, “Hello Goodbye,” Suzanna Choffel concludes thanks for her first album since 2013’s “Archer” with one sentence: “This one’s for you baby bear.” The sentiment’s...