Grupo Fantasma goes for the gold on their second studio release, Sonidos Gold. Its been four years since Grupo’s last studio album. Since then they’ve kept up a non-stop tour schedule, released a live album, and beceme regulars at Prince’s club in Las Vegas. Sonidos Gold is already on the shelfs. See Grupo Fantasma live at the Fun³ Fest this Sunday at 7:30pm. Austin Chronicle music writer Thomas Fawcett gives us a preview.
Austin Monthly rock critic, John Cartwright, reviews Centro-matic’s ambitious new double album Dual Hawks. Dual Hawks is in record stores right now. You can hear these songs live at the Fun Fun Fun Fest this Saturday at 2:45 on Stage 1.
Is there something going on next Tuesday? Oh yeah, Future Clouds and Radar releases their new studio album Peoria. I knew Nov. 4th was special for some reason. We asked KUT’s music director, Jeff McCord, to help us navigate through this troubled time by giving us his unbiased opinion of Future Clouds new work.
There are those who say that there’s a psych-country revival going on. But The Golden Boys are here to remind you that psych never left…
New York’s The National headlined the Fun Fun Fun Fest on Saturday. Frontman Matt Berninger talked with KUT’s Andy Uhler about the growing importance of music festivals because of declining album sales. The fragile state of the music industry didn’t prevent The National from putting on a moving performance. Definitely a great way to end the first day of the fest. Watch The National here.
If there was such a thing as a “Texas original”, it would have to be Doug Sahm: a son of San Antonio who many still feel embodies the spirit of Austin music. Had he lived, Doug Sahm would have been celebrating a birthday Nov. 6th. And no doubt much of the city would have been celebrating along with him. For KUT’s Texas Music Matters Peter Babb explains.
Christian Bland, lead guitarist for Austin’s psychedelic torchbearers, The Black Angels, tells us about a Pink Floyd album that completely changed his life. The Black Angels play the Fun Fun Fun Festival this Sunday at 5:40 on Stage 1.
Texas music historian Gary Hartman remembers an eclectic Texas musician who continues to defy categorization.
Right around the time The Beatles crafted such pop classics as "Penny Lane," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" in 1967, the band had fully immersed itself in its newfound experimentation with psychedelia and avant-garde pop. The result? A long-rumored 14-minute track entitled "Carnival of Light," which up until recently had been nothing more than a ghost in the minds of Beatles fans.
Okkervil River were here a few months over a year now, recording for us. It’s a session that featured a number of choice covers and lasted a number of hours. At the tail end of it, Will Sheff sent the rest of the band back to the Holiday Inn a block away and to the casino as he lingered behind to record a Bookery reading.
Ross Flournoy, the Memphis-born lead vocalist and guitarist for the Los Angeles pop quartet the Broken West, writes and records soundtracks for DVDs when not performing songs from his band`s second full-length Now Or Heaven. [Stereogum] asked Flournoy a bit about the process and how it differs from the other music he composes.
Lollapalooza organizers and the Chicago Park District were readying a deal Thursday that would keep the rock festival in Grant Park at least through 2018 and bring in at least $13 million to pay for citywide park improvements.
The Kinks are writing songs for a potential reunion album, frontman Ray Davies told BBC News. `We`ve started a little bit of this and that,` he said. `But it is too early to judge the quality. It depends if there`s good music. We want good new music. I`d like to do it as a more collaborative thing than we used to do.`
