Another year of SXSW has concluded. It’s the largest music festival currently in the world, and if you have ever attended, it is quite daunting. Imagine any type of place where you can add a stage and a backline and pretty much every single place within a 20 mile radius of downtown Austin has a band playing in it for […]

A little more than two weeks remain in 2016, and today we commence our review of the year in music, beginning with our Favorite Hidden Gems of 2016 – Part I. This list focuses on artists who recently started out or are still waiting for their big moment. Some of the artists we considered experienced significant and, in some cases, […]

Weekend Showcase 2.16 edition is another laid-back, chill out playlist, which has 51 songs by artists you ought to know (and some you likely do). This past week featured the usual suspects – premieres, albums, singles, and photo essays. We did, however, also invited some of our favorite artists to pay tribute to a legend, a man who we all […]

Welcome to another week of new music cocktails – i.e., the Melodic Tonic ’16, vol. 16! Today we’re serving up a mixture of several genres, from good ol’ American indie garage rock, dreamy psych-pop and folksy Americana to British soul-folk and alt-pop plus some Swedish experimental psych rock, just to balance things out. Let’s get started with a bit of […]

Over the past week, we shared the stories of artists who attended SXSW last month. Fifty-three (53) musicians and bands told us about late nights, encountering the characters of Austin, broken vans, last-minute gigs, illnesses, Bill Murray, thunderstorms, sneaking into gigs, finding solace away from the chaos, attending frat parties that are just out of a movie, and, of course, […]

The Memories of SXSW ’16 continue to flood in, and we have six more for your reading pleasure. Each story reveals the magic that exists in Austin for five days, where the unexpected happens. It’s a display rarely seen in this world – that so many different people can come together and celebrate one common thing – a love for […]

Last year we said it would be great to list bands that are just coming to SXSW to play numerous parties or shows that are not listed on the SXSW schedule of showcasing artists. This year we are sharing our top bands whom you won’t find on the SXSW schedule or on the SXSW website. There are numerous lists out […]