shakey graves

Hey, It’s Shakey Graves Day

February 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

Today is Shakey Graves Day. Shakey Graves (a “gentleman from Texas”) is a local musician with a national following because he is wildly talented, insufferably good-looking, and somehow [...]

I went to the Austin City Limits Festival this year, despite the fact that I am not at all a festival person. But it was my first chance to go to ACL so I wasn’t going to pass that up, and in the [...]

Review: Jenny Lewis travels with balloons

February 9, 2015 // 4 Comments

I was a big Rilo Kiley fan (RIP) back in the day mostly because of Jenny Lewis.* I liked her simple, slightly twangy and talky singing style. I liked the straightforwardness of the lyrics. I think [...]

Review: Strange, creative pop (aka tUnE-yArDs)

February 3, 2015 // 2 Comments

Of all three performers on for the KUTX birthday bash, I was most excited to see tUnE-yArDs. I’d heard some really good things about them live, plus, I’d been listening to their albums – [...]

Review: Yes, I finally saw Shakey Graves so please stop asking

February 2, 2015 // 2 Comments

Shakey Graves is the guy everyone in Austin has a story about – how they used to see him at this tiny place back in the day that you’ve never heard of; how he totally played a house party they [...]