For two sunny October weekends, big names like Jungle and Kehlani graced the stages of Zilker Park’s signature festival.
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In a sweltering afternoon set, the all-woman group refreshed the T-Mobile stage with a bright, vengeful performance.
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Austin City Limits amplified queer women with captivatingly camp performances from Fletcher, Reneé Rapp, and Chappell Roan during Weekend One.
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Austin’s own Chief Cleopatra sat down with Afterglow to discuss her soul-rock influences and her hopes for her first ACL performance.
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Clairo made the crowd “wanna go dancing” at her second Austin stop of the Charm Tour on Oct. 1.
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In a surprise double album release, the genre-defying, economy-defining songstress returns with her eleventh studio album as Chairwoman of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Full of artistic allusions and recycled themes, Swift dwells in unreality and chooses her relationship with the media as the anthology’s most pressing matter.
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Known for its fragmented construction and grave content, “The Waste Land” may seem inaccessible to casual readers. However, it transforms into a timeless beacon of despair when paired with contemporary songs about desolation and disillusionment.
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SXSW 2024 was bustling with music and tech panels, and AI dominated nearly every conversation. At the precipice of immense industry innovation, music business professionals presented mixed arguments for how AI can help and hurt independent artistry.
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South by Southwest’s music festival returned to Austin on March 11 for six days of showcases featuring hundreds of artists worldwide.
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During a busy week of showcases at SXSW, UT’s own West 22nd sat down with Afterglow for a chat about how far they’ve come and what’s next for the band.
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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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Soothing singer-songwriter Faye Webster set a dazzling, mellow scene at Stubb’s on November 14.
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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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Reneé Rapp brought powerhouse vocals, seasonal symbolism, and unapologetically queer vivacity to a sold-out Stubb’s on Sept. 18.
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Popstar Chappell Roan opened up to Afterglow about her greatest inspirations, fears, and goals as an up-and-coming queer artist before her debut album releases on September 22.
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The uncomfortable amalgamation of classical instrumentals and hip-hop production in the “Succession” theme exposes how the Roy descendants’ egotistical ideas of power are egregiously unfounded.
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Pandemic, military regime, bloodthirst — oh my! Beyond the surface of HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama “The Last of Us” lies a nuanced found-family relationship between two lost souls, soundtracked by both the original and a cover of “Never Let Me Down Again.”
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Singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams eased into the bedroom-pop scene and met a sudden success that even artists twice her age haven’t managed. How did she make it in the music industry? Just ask her parents.
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