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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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ORANGE Music Roundup: Spring Festivals in Texas (That Aren’t SXSW!)

February 27, 2015

Sometimes, you just need to get away. That’s especially true if you live in Austin during spring break, and everybody else’s idea of a getaway is to flock to the already-congested city you call home. But don’t worry, there are plenty of ways to get your music fix outside city limits. Check out this list of Spring Festivals by the ORANGE Music staff and hit the road with a friend, a 12-pack and a killer Spotify playlist.

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Studium

January 23, 2015

In an era dominated by digital downloads and music streaming services, the local record shop has gone the way of 8-tracks, flip phones and Atari game systems. But one local entrepreneur is bucking the industry trends by bringing a new record store to Austin.

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ORANGE Music Roundup: Favorite Music Videos

December 1, 2014

Remember when MTV actually stood for “Music Television”? No? Well, the ORANGE Music staff does, and we’re still bitter about the change. At a ripe average age of just 20, we might be dating ourselves this week, but we consider these music videos game-changers in a field that is rapidly becoming a dying art.

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ORANGE Music’s Best Overlooked Artists

November 24, 2014

Fame is fickle. Often the ones who are most worthy of the spotlight will go through their careers without ever reaching it. For some reason or another, these artists have yet to be embraced by the mainstream on the scale that we think they deserve. But at least we know they’re great, and our fingers are crossed.

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ORANGE Music’s Favorite Guilty Listening Pleasures

November 17, 2014

One of the prerequisites for being a music writer is believing in your own impeccable taste. If we have the potential to influence the public’s perception and consumption of new music, we have to like stuff that doesn’t suck. Still, we’re only human, and we all deserve a few get-out-of-jail-free cards. We can hold on to our favorite guilty pleasures without owing anybody an explanation. It could be worse. It could be Nickelback. 

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Story Told: A Look Back at Foxy Shazam

November 10, 2014

Foxy Shazam has a knack for famous last words, even if they didn’t plan it that way.

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Music Staff Selects: Best Movie Soundtracks

November 10, 2014

A proper movie-watching experience goes far beyond the visual appeal. A good soundtrack heightens the viewer’s enjoyment and understanding of the film, articulating the emotional impact of a scene when words might fail. Our favorite soundtracks do just that. They elevate their respective movies from mere entertainment to true art.

Look Through the Lens: Fun Fun Fun Fest

November 10, 2014

Fun Fun Fun Fest entertained Austin for its eighth year with fun, as promised. Relive the three days through these images captured by ORANGE photographers.

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Avoiding Counterfeit Tickets

November 3, 2014

Patlan never made it into the Moody Theater. She didn’t realize she had bought a counterfeit ticket, one without a barcode to be scanned for admission, until it was too late.

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Music Staff Selects: Best Music Collaborations

November 3, 2014

Not all great things go well together. Think peanut butter and Sriracha. But sometimes two things blend so beautifully that it's nearly impossible to remember life before the combination. Musical collaborations are no different, and we've compiled a list of artist fusions that are so seamlessly brilliant, they outshine the individuals. They're the peanut butter and chocolate of collaborations, if you will.

Music Staff Selects: Best Halloween Songs

October 26, 2014

If you threw a Halloween party that didn’t have a badass playlist, did you really throw a Halloween party? The ORANGE Music staff doesn’t think so. To help you out, we present our top picks for a haunted soiree that’s so devilishly fun, it’ll wake the dead. Spoiler alert: “Monster Mash” is noticeably absent.

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Life After Death: GWAR Soldiers On with Two New Members

October 19, 2014

It’s a band’s worst nightmare: the death of its lead singer. That’s the predicament GWAR faced earlier this year. The band of interstellar space warriors (that’s Scumdogs to you!) were riding high on the Sept. 2013 release of the red-hot Battle Maximus, touring relentlessly and leaving a path of destruction in their wake. But it all came to a screeching halt when singer Oderus Urungus overdosed on heroin in March.