Tagged: Austin
Video: A-Trak, “Stingray” and “Money Makin” (Live at vitaminwater uncapped)
A-trak took the Austin vitaminwater uncapped crowd to many places musically, but none felt more appropriate than his original production. The ominous sirens of “Stingray” foretold only of impending gyration, A-trak himself a slave to … read more »
Video: Little Dragon, “My Step” and “Ritual Union” (Live at vitaminwater uncapped)
Little Dragon rocked vitaminwater uncapped Austin with a bevy of material from all of their albums, including their ’07 self-titled debut, 2009′s Machine Dreams and of course their latest, Ritual Union. It all blended seamlessly … read more »
Live: Little Dragon, A-Trak and Big Boi at vitaminwater uncapped Austin
You probably needn’t be a five time world DJ championship winner and one of the youngest DMC champions in history to rock a dance party in 2012, but we’ll be damned if it doesn’t help. … read more »
Austin: vitaminwater uncapped, August 7th
Update 8/2/2012: The list for this event is now closed. The latest installment of the vitaminwater uncapped series is making its way to Austin next week and boy, have we got some surprises in store … read more »
Stream: Boy Friend, “Egyptian Wrinkle”
Today on their Tumblr Austin duo Boy Friend posted “Egyptian Wrinkle,” the title track off their upcoming full-length on Hell, Yes. Like their handful of great EPs before it, “Egyptian Wrinkle” wistfully swirls together thick … read more »
What We’re Reading: Sleep∞Over
Given the popularity of our week-long What We’re Reading series, we’ve decided to make it a weekly column. Just think of this as your non-committal book club with The FADER and some of your favorite … read more »
Video: Sleep ∞ Over, “Casual Diamond”
“Casual Diamond” was the first completely formed Sleep ∞ Over song we heard. There’d been other ones before, but this one was crystal clear. It was everything that we wanted a band with the infinity sign … read more »
Stream: Silent Diane, “Capella”
It’s not hard to throw touchstones out there for music like this. Kate Bush is huge. Kate Bush will always be huge when it comes to optimistically dark songs made by ex-goths with a pitch-perfect … read more »
Austin, Texas: The City That Always Sleeps
Nate Grace was an ex-hardcore kid living in a shack in the outskirts of Austin when his door got kicked in while he was on the road for his job cataloging book stock in chain … read more »
Maud’s Bigger in Texas: Listmania Edition
My Week in Austin is over, I’m back in Los Angeles. There were things that didn’t make it into my posts, however, and since I want you to feel like you, too, were there in … read more »
