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Live Music Review: Jeff Tweedy Celebrates New Triple Album at Paramount Theatre

November 14, 2025 Case Cockrell 1034 Views alt-country, Austin Music, Daniel Johnston, Jeff Tweedy, live music, Macie Stewart, Paramount Theatre, Review, singer, songwriter, Tweedy, Twilight Override, Wilco

A songwriter like Jeff Tweedy is rare company. With an ever-growing gaunlet of books, records, and musical outlets, the Illinois-born artist has maintained an unrivaled prolific streak that’s shown no signs of letting up as he reaches the not-so-ripe age of 60. After a phenomenal three-day stint with his primary vehicle, Wilco, at ACL Live last December, Tweedy and his family band made their way to the Paramount Theater in downtown Austin on Wednesday night. The Austin stop comes as a part of the tour to celebrate the release of triple LP Twilight Override, a 30-song epic chronicling the Midwest wordsmith’s more hopeful side. For the gig at one of Austin’s most coveted and beautiful venues, the results did not disappoint, given a storied career spanning over four decades.

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Live Music Review Robert Dean

Live music review: Patrick Sweany deserves a bigger stage

November 12, 2025 Robert Dean 1056 Views blues rock, Continental Club, Jack White, live music, Nashville, new music, Patrick Sweany, Review, rock n roll, singer, songwriter, soul

Every time Patrick Sweany rolls through town, I ask myself the same question: how is this guy not bigger? It’s the eternal curse of music nerds — finding an artist you love and wondering what the hell is wrong with everyone else. But Sweany’s different. He belongs in the same conversation as Chris Stapleton, Jack White, Marcus King, and the Black Keys. He’s that good.

Album Review Robert Dean

New music: Teddy Long, Dim Light and Hugo Monster albums are fresh finds

March 28, 2025 Robert Dean 3930 Views album review, Americana, Dim Light, Duct Tape and Super Glue, Head for the Hills, Hip Hop, Hugo Monster, lounge music, neo soul, new music, rap, singer, songwriter, Teddy Long

I wanted to give you a few new things to listen to if you’re in the market for new ear candy. When the world is a constant depression machine, the power of music is unmatched, a salve that can make us feel human again when there’s just too much punishment on our hearts and souls and by the grace of god, some caveman, somewhere, figured out that if you beat a few rocks together with sticks over a cowhide, the beautiful noise happened.

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: Songwriter Adrianne Lenker sold out the Paramount Theatre

June 14, 2024 Case Cockrell 2931 Views acoustic, Adrianne Lenker, Big Thief, folk music, live music, Paramount Theatre, Review, singer, songwriter, Steve Fisher

Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker has served as one of the leading charges in a new age of independent storytelling through song. The Minnesota native and Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter brought her acoustic tour to Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin for two sold-out performances, following suit to multiple capacity crowds with her full band throughout the years of their short but prolific existence. The intimate, candlelit historical setting of the theatre, where you could hear a pin drop, created a unique connection between Lenker and her audience, making for a thought-provoking experience of songs new and old on the June 10 second evening. With the release of her latest solo album, Bright Future Lenker has delivered yet another heart-wrenching gauntlet of tunes, sure to draw the misty eyes of all the indie Gen-Zers and Millennials in attendance

Jess Stroh Review

Live music review: Father John Misty at Moody Amphitheater

August 24, 2022 Jess Stroh 3074 Views Father John Misty, live music, Moody Amphitheater, Review, singer, songwriter, Suki Waterhouse

On Friday, August 12, the crowd at the Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Greenway (formerly Waterloo Park), was treated to an electric three hours of music on a colorful stage set in contrast against the dark downtown Austin sky. While a full moon shone down from above, the audience swayed and cheered to Father John Misty and Suki Waterhouse’s captivating performances.

Christina DeStefano Review

Song review: Slowly by Austin artist NOA is intimate listening

July 22, 2022 Greg Ackerman 1647 Views easy listening, new music, NOA, singer, song review

Imagine slow dancing in your bedroom, pressed into your partner, lights dimmed low. Austin-based solo artist NOA calls you to strip down your layers to the most vulnerable core. “Slowly” by NOA starts with light, soulful cymbals and whimsical hi hats to prelude chr0niac’s reggae inspired harmonies on electric guitar.

Greg Ackerman Review

Live music review: Everyone has a story, Joshua Ray Walker has a lot of them and they’re all good

December 29, 2021 Greg Ackerman 2052 Views Charley Crockett, country music, Coupland Dancehall, Joshua Ray Walker, live music, Review, singer, singer songwriter, songrwiter

Joshua Ray Walker has been on the receiving end of accolades and an uptick in his career for this past year, being featured in the virtual pages of media standards Rolling Stone and Texas Monthly, while wrapping it all up on the road supporting Charley Crockett. On December 19, Walker found himself in the headline slot, bringing his cast of familiar characters to an unfamiliar stage at Coupland Dance Hall, located just 30 miles northeast of downtown Austin.

Lauren Warner Review

Song review: Maddy Hatchett single Rainy Daze bring mellow feels

July 26, 2021 Lauren Warner 1598 Views Austin Music, guitar, Maddy Hatchett, music review, new music, singer, Single, song review, songwriter

relax and let the sweet sounds of new, Maddy Hatchet single, “Rainy Daze,” wash over you. In the midst of a hot and muggy Texas in July, this track serves up sentiment and nostalgia straight to you. Released at the end of May and filled with lovely guitar leads and mellow feels, this track flows with notes of hope and sweet vocal runs while tackling the concept of love with lyrical craftsmanship and an old soul style despite Hatchet’s relative youth.

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Album review: Todd Snider – First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder

June 2, 2021 Scott Rollins 3017 Views album review, FACHW, First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder, singer, songwriter, Todd Snider

First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder is Todd Snider’s latest offering. No longer a “kid”, no longer finding his way, he is a mentor to a new generation, though I doubt he sees himself as such. This record is fresh.

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Album Review: Emma Swift released Blonde on the Tracks last summer

January 19, 2021 Scott Rollins 1497 Views album review, Blonde on the Tracks, Bob Dylan, cover songs, Dylan, Emma Swift, Nashville, new music, Pat Sansone, Robyn Hitchcock, singer, singer songwriter

What is better is just recording an entire album of deep cut track by that songwriter that both acknowledges their reverence for the artist, while revealing something of themselves in those songs. Nashville-based, Emma Swift did just that, covering eight of Bob Dylan’s songs on a beautiful little recording called Blonde on The Tracks.

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Album review: Norah Jones is breathtaking on Pick Me Up Off the Floor

July 29, 2020 Scott Rollins 3238 Views BLues, Jeff Tweedy, new music, Norah Jones, singer, songstress, soul

It was a perfect mix of country and jazz, and personally I felt couldn’t ever be topped. While all Norah Jones subsequent albums were good, I never felt she achieved the humble originality of that first record. Now, after hearing “Pick Me Up Off the Floor”, I realize just how stupid I was

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