Music from Texas

Kae Astra's "Grow" seamlessly moves to visuals with artful aplomb [Video]

June 3, 2021
Robin Fulton

Austin-based, Armenian-American artist Kae Astra is a compelling rarity in the modern music sphere for all manner of reasons. Her music, thought-provoking, cinematic and at times meditative, conjures all manner of emotion,…

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Billy Vena reinterprets Taylor Swift's "this is me trying" as a cruising, 80s-infused lament

May 21, 2021
Robin Fulton

Panama native and now Texas-based alt-pop icon in the making, Billy Vena's superlative take on modern pop is truly kaleidoscopic, perhaps compounded by the goggles donned in the above photo. With a…

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Shimmer Island debuts with the vulnerable "Out of Reason" [Video]

March 5, 2021
Robin Fulton

Austin-based electro-acoustic artist and songwriter Shimmer Island emphatically debuts today with his poised, articulate and predominantly envelope-pushing inaugural project, Violet Waves. The debut release for any artist is a challenging…

Music from Texas

Kae Astra's "Grow" seamlessly moves to visuals with artful aplomb [Video]

Billy Vena reinterprets Taylor Swift's "this is me trying" as a cruising, 80s-infused lament

Shimmer Island debuts with the vulnerable "Out of Reason" [Video]

Every Us turns late-night chaos into comfort on harmony-soaked new Ssngle “B-Train”

Pablo’s Paintings dive deeper with hypnotic new single “The Moon Underwater”

Barrelly Ego’s “3rd Rock” turns parenthood’s beautiful chaos into honest indie rock reflection

Michelle Ann Owens turns a brief "Vegas Chapter" into a bold, grooving album

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