Austin Music

Submit now for the Austin Music Video Festival – June 8th deadline!

June 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Austin Music Video Festival isn’t happening until September, but right now is the time to submit if you’re a musician or director and have a banging video you want to enter. You can win cash [...]

The Octopus Project’s ‘Memory Mirror’ Multi-sensory Menagerie…thing

May 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Octopus Project is a really cool, really experimental band banging around Austin. They’re described as an “indietronic” band, which, alright, that’s a thing. I’d call them a mix of [...]

ACL Lineup – 2017

May 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

So, the ACL Festival lineup is out, and it’s…fine. Yeah, I’m okay with it. To be honest, I was more psyched about the fake lineup that was “leaked” a few days ago [...]

Make Way for the SXSWers

March 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

South by Southwest 2017 starts in fewer than 48 hrs. YES, 48 hrs! I know this because I set an countdown timer as to when I need to leave the city. Like all Austinites, I have a love/hate [...]

Sofar Sounds Austin: You Need to Get in on This (Fans AND Musicians)

January 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

I am currently obsessed with Sofar Sounds. It’s just a super cool, super neat concert series that is cool and neat for both the fans AND the musicians. First, read an interview I did with the [...]

What to do this weekend: Halloweeeen

October 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

Our weekly suggestions of Austin- and Texas-centric music, by no means exhaustive or complete. For full listings visit http://do512.com/. Mind where you step in the vomit-filled gutters downtown this [...]

Alternatives to the ACL Festival

September 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Hey, do you hate ACL as much as I do? (jk jk jk I love u ACL please continue to give me press access). But big festivals like Austin City Limits aren’t for everyone, it’s true. The [...]

The Austin Music Video Festival 2016

September 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Today, Sept 7th, through Saturday, Sept 10th, is the 2nd annual Austin Music Video Festival. Get ready for 4 days of videos, virtual reality, concerts, panels, parties and an awards show, spread out [...]

What to do this weekend: 8/12-8/14

August 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Our weekly suggestions of Austin- and Texas-centric music, by no means exhaustive or complete. For full listings visit http://do512.com/. Friday, 8/12: Hear some Afro-Chicano-Futurism from Cecilia [...]