In 1970, the band Santana molded together African and Latinx influences with their namesake’s signature guitar sounds, creating a legacy and projecting Latin rock into ears across the world.
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Cactus Jack sent me to try a burger, but he didn’t tell me about the baggage it would come with.
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From the visually enticing graphics of her debut album to her colorful tones featured in Lover, here is a recreation of every Taylor Swift album cover to date.
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35 years later, Kate Bush’s impassioned battle cry for femininity, sexuality, and total renewal remains one of pop’s greatest albums of all time.
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Sarah and the Sundays is an indie rock band composed of five former collegiate students. The band relocated to Austin last year, and their third album is set to release in the upcoming months.
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The largely youth-led 2020 protests are proof: the internet generation is pissed off with the way things are. And over the last five years, no artist could see all this coming as clearly as the unapologetically provocative JPEGMAFIA.
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Life's got you down? Nothing a little comfort food (and music) can't fix!
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After falling into a spiral of Spanish Indie music at the beginning of quarantine, I decided to shoot a photo story inspired by two of my favorite artists: The Marías and Luna Luna.
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While undeniably catchy, Katy Perry’s fifth album relies on overused clichés and all too familiar production techniques.
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Vision Arcade is an alternative indie band from Austin, Texas. After forming their current lineup in 2018, they’ve formed an eclectic rock sound that blends gritty guitars, soulful vocals, and heart-thumping rhythms.
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At the end of each month, Afterglow presents a staff-picked list of new albums that left an impression on our ears.
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100 gecs’ genre-bending experimental music embraces the chaos of the Internet Age.
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While alternative rock and hip hop might be at polar ends of the musical spectrum, the genres have formed a symbiotic relationship over the decades, highlighting and bridging longstanding cultural gaps.
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At the musical intersection of Mandarin Chinese and English lies Lexie Liu, a singer, rapper, and songwriter who blends languages and genres to produce a sound unwilling to conform to any boundary.
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While originally catered to the white psychonaut, much of psychedelia’s lasting influence on music was built upon a history of Black creativity and influence.
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As if 2020 wasn’t crazy enough, the cult-classic video game “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” is returning to the limelight with a highly anticipated remastered version releasing this September — 21 years after the original. Now that the game is old enough to buy itself a drink, it’s time we raise our glass to the iconic soundtrack that accompanied it.
Luminous synths and romantic idealism come together for the ‘80s-inspired masterpiece that’s now consistently hailed as one of the best pop albums of the 2010s.
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With live shows still on hold due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, local artists need all the support they can get. Take a break from the world’s issues while showing your support for the community by listening to these Austin-based indie artists.
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