Music Feature
Austin Can Wait
A native son returns home from the Live Music Capital of the World® to kick-start his music career.DAN MCGRAW
For the past five years, Josh Davis has been a staple on the Austin music scene.
Mercury Rising
Hottie Bryce Avery, a.k.a. The Rocket Summer, is ready for launch.ANTHONY MARIANI
A lot of people, understandably, are making a big stink about Dan Hunter, a.k.a. PlayRadioPlay, the shiny, happy 17-year-old local singer-songwriter whose MySpace page probably gets more hits than U2’s.
Vox Populi
Three veteran scenesters have joined forces to wage a Campaign against the dirty side of “pop.”Jimmy Fowler
The blue-eyed piano-pop soul trio The Campaign isn’t even a year old, but drummer-vocalist Blaine Crews, lead singer-keyboardist Tyler Wood, and bassist-vocalist Perry Jenkins already have a performance motto.
Cory Morrow
Listen UpHave you ever bet everything on a nag to win, and then watched your horse burst out of the starting gate like a comet, only to blaze out and limp down the home stretch? Welcome to Cory Morrow’s latest album.
Sound Waves
Dan Hunter, a.k.a. PlayRadioPlay, has done what it takes to put his brand of electro-straightedge in front of a national audience.CAROLINE COLLIER
Some guys have all the luck.
Relatively Heavy
With a stunning debut album under their belt, the two brothers and a friend who make up Jefferson Colby are Inadaze.CAROLINE COLLIER
Danny Mabe grew up the youngest of three brothers in a highly musically talented family.
Everyday People
The sometimes soulful, sometimes funky, sometimes folky rhythms of life Rise and Fall throughout Keite Young’s stellar new album.Jimmy Fowler
Singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Keite Young doesn’t waste a lot of time thinking about labels.
Song of Himself
Though he’s never penned a poem-poem, singer-songwriter Steven Fromholz will be named Texas’ new poet laureate.Jeff Prince
The next time Texas balladeer Steven Fromholz performs here, you might be snapping your fingers rather than applauding. “I will be dressing all in black and wearing a beret at all my gigs in the next year,” he said, with hi...
Prodigal Picker
Fort Worth native Brad Davis has played with Marty Stuart, Earl Scruggs, Billy Bob Thornton, Steve Earle, Warren Zevon, and Willie — where’s he been hidin’?Jeff Prince
Few native sons have ridden their guitar as far as Brad Davis, who went from taking ax lessons in Fort Worth as a kid in the 1970s, to playing the Grapevine Opry in the 1980s with a bluegrass duo, to touring with the likes of M...
Tin Men
With its debut album, Tame ... Tame and Quiet makes a strong case for ragged, Pavementian pop.CAROLINE COLLIER
After more than two years of tightening and polishing songs, Tame … Tame and Quiet finally has an album, Tin Can Communicate.