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"...Behind 2017's self-titled debut, Hans Gruber & the Die Hards – spastic vocalist TJ Robinson, drummer Chris..."

"...by bassist/vocalist Jolie Flink and drummer Adam Sharp after the dissolution of garage trio Those Howlings in 2015, Mean..."

"...and a splash of surf makes a delicious cocktail the Austin quartet mixes well. Not a far cry from..."

"..."I fell into a spiral, a swoon, drawn by the moon," sings Grace Rowland halfway through her fourth album..."

"...Erosion of Meaning sounds as if it's bouncing off the floorboards of an abandoned cathedral. In "No One Watched..."

"...A Connecticut Yankee under the big and bright stars of Presidio County, Graham Reynolds..."

"..."The point of the record is to be free," intones..."

"...Jeska Bailey Forsyth, at times deepening his voice to the point of Louis Armstrong. If you're into artery-hardening Texas..."

"...affairs ripe for fun, but seldom serious literature of the Lone Star troubadour ilk. Texas thus wafts by lighter..."

"...When metal bassist Bryan Richie put down the Sword and picked up a MIDI, assuming the role..."

"...a batch of original material in 10 years. Instead, the local trio revitalized standards with their blend of modernized..."

"...don't know where I'm goin'/ If I gotta take the high road, I'm rollin," rippling adrift and unmoored on..."

"...Mood can intimidate and inspire in the same breath. Whereas 2017's Hatteras Night, A Good Luck..."

"...Four years have elapsed since the last release from this top-shelf Austin aggregation, and their..."

"...and Josh Osborne, who find a perfect vehicle in the Texas trio and clearly know how to drive it...."

"...This is hands down one of the best, purest country albums released in Austin this year,..."

"...While Austin's costumed collective fails to reach the gentle valleys of homegrown psych legacies the Golden Dawn..."

"...Under "education," in the hilarious vital statistics grid from the booklet to the..."

"...short-lived but highly acclaimed indie roots duo Sons of Fathers, Paul Cauthen grew accustomed to wrapping hard truths in..."

"...Austin jazz artist. As evidenced by his second album, the ATX-born/University of North Texas-educated guitarist and instructor manages to..."

"...Jimmie Vaughan endures. Blues royalty beginning in Seventies Austin, the master guitarist co-founded the Fabulous Thunderbirds and set himself..."

"...as far back as 2001's Girls Can Tell for the title track to Everything Hits at Once. Bookended by..."

"...a fresh leaf on his local Keeled Scales debut. The carefully curated collection of country folk slides open softly..."

"...Elias Haslanger and his band took up residence in the Continental Club Gallery back in 2012, no one knew..."

"...Paul and Andy Aledort conducted over 100 interviews with the guitarist's inner circle, and draw from several with the..."

"...Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis enter the Pershing to a backslapping barrage of greetings. The couple..."

"...completes its introductory arc in four cuts. Sweeping in the hot fuzz indie sound of his day band, frontman..."

"...a trilogy of extended plays, EP 2 continues tracing the local guitar hero's evolution from bar-closing Sixth Street slinger..."

"...Instead of splitting a single, these two modern Austin outlaws form a two-song, heaven-and-hell alliance...."

"...produced locally by Ian Rundell. Comparatively epic at 2:09, the roaring clatter of opener "Warlock" acts as the pit..."