My relationship with my mom has always been a sore spot for me, from my tumultuous teenage years to festering with me into adulthood. Through Mitski’s “Class of 2013,” I’m letting go of my expectations and finally living for the future.
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Maggie Rogers wrote her newest album, Don’t Forget Me, in 5 days, yet it feels like the grandest statement of her career thus far.
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Spin Magazine hosted a four-hour day party filled with punk nostalgia and power chords. Joined by The Get Up Kids and Die Spitz, Sunny Day Real Estate played a full run of their album, Diary.
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Declan McKenna’s third project What Happened to the Beach explores the artist’s inner cosmonaut in a stunning, cosmic soundscape.
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On Usher's ninth studio album, he returns to R&B ahead of the Superbowl with his first release in over eight years.
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At the end of each month, Afterglow presents a staff-picked list of new albums and singles that left a lasting impression on our ears.
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At 2023 Levitation Fest, Beach Fossils, along with openers Being Dead and Turnover, created a soundscape of dreams, playing a nostalgic mix of old and new alongside their latest album, Bunny.
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Hot off the tail of a tour with the renowned psychedelic band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, the “ball-tearing” band Amyl and the Sniffers was ready for their headliner show at Stubb’s with support from Militarie Gun and Die Spitz.
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Seven different musicians and bands, ranging from analog loops to hard grunge, played at the Far Out Lounge on Friday, Oct. 27, in an all-out Levitation fest celebration.
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Slow Pulp started Levitation Fest at the Parish with a flowing, yet grunge concert featuring opener Babehoven.
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At the end of each month, Afterglow presents a staff-picked list of new albums and singles that left a lasting impression on our ears.
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ACL returned to Zilker Park for its 22nd edition in 2023. Featuring high-profile headliners like Kendrick Lamar and Foo Fighters and a plethora of indie and local acts, Austin’s staple festival knocked it out of the park.
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Doja Cat has been a controversial figure for the better part of 2023, continuously attacking her supposed fans and vitriolically acting out. The real question is, is Doja Cat’s casually cruel nature worth the heat that Scarlet brings?
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Olivia Rodrigo started her music career in a blaze of glory, releasing “drivers license” to critical acclaim alongside her freshman debut SOUR. Now, the singer has taken a more mature, stylized approach to her new release, GUTS.
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Hozier has always been known for his profound sense of poetics, creating romantic yet politically intense tracks filled with a sense of woodland divinity, crafted expertly underneath the cavernous murmur of his deep baritone. Now, the Irish-born artist confronts hell on his new album Unreal Unearth, which in turn serves as both a method of musing through the existential and as a requiem for a changing world.
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Young the Giant performed alongside Milky Chance and Rosa Linn at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater on July 28. In a stunning display of visuals, they demonstrated the illustrious nature of their new album, American Bollywood.
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Indigo De Souza is an artist known for her anguished indie-rock sound and blunt lyrics. Accepting the terms and conditions of life, De Souza laments about frustrations and beginnings on her new album, All of This Will End.
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Maggie Rogers creates a pseudo-religious experience for listeners through her most recent album, Surrender, twisting the negative connotation of surrendering yourself to an unknown force into an emotional release.
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