On November 7, Levitation returns to downtown Austin for the second year in a row. Featuring pioneers of the underground psych-rock and goth scene, like Angel Olsen and Deafheaven, the four-day festival illuminates the vitality and diversity of the live music capital.
Electronic music fans look no further. Your guide to ACL Weekend 2 is here. Offering electronic ranging from future funk to tech house, the festival has something for fans across a variety of sub genres.
A vibrant, young crowd surrounded the stage at the TC Superstar tour kickoff last Saturday, two weeks after the deluxe release of R&D. It may have been ACL weekend, but the venue was still packed with enthusiastic fans who were ready to dance (and maybe cry) to the local collective’s synth tunes. A long time fan myself, I finally had the pleasure of catching up with Connor McCampbell, also known as the Toyata Coralla Superstar, to find out what the deluxe album was all about.
An erratic Matthew Shultz took the stage last Friday at the Moody Theater. With a dizzying on-stage energy and an overabundance of costume changes, the well seasoned singer proved the decade-old Kentucky band still has plenty vivacity left.
