Although their set was cut short due to poor weather conditions, Mannequin Pussy couldn’t have thundered harder at their sold-out show on April 20.
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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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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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On Instagram, Beyoncé declared, “This ain't a Country album. This is a Beyoncé album,” and she delivered on that promise. A massive 27-track record, COWBOY CARTER touches on family, religion, romance, adultery, America’s shortfalls, and Beyoncé’s reputation, backed by swarths of eclectic instrumentals from twanging banjos and fiddles.
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Conan Gray swung big with his third record, Found Heaven, introducing a Swedish production team and nostalgic ’80s flair. The Texan singer-songwriter’s grand experiment is definitely enticing, but feels like it’s still waiting to be “Found.”
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Puerto Rico’s latest trap star dials back the braggadocious tone of her SoundCloud days to deliver sincere lo-fi tracks on her debut album.
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Bright Future depicts Adrianne Lenker at a new level of vulnerability. With stripped instrumentals and more simplistic lyrics, she demands for her tender introspections about love and vastness to be heard.
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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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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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Swathed in shades of cerulean, Faye Webster embraces feeling blue as she mixes heartache and dissatisfaction with comedy on her fifth studio album, Underdressed at the Symphony.
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Multi-instrumentalist and certified music nerd Jacob Collier sat down with Afterglow and others to talk about the excitement, fear, and hope he feels ahead of the fourth volume of his album series Djesse.
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Ryan Beatty created an atmosphere of longing, reflection, and hope on the first stop of his “Calico” tour on Thursday, Feb. 15.
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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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Take a look at some of the best albums of the past year, hand-picked by the Afterglow Editorial Staff.
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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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Indie-pop singer The Japanese House had the audience at her sold-out Austin show bobbing heads and affectionately swaying last Friday at Emo’s, with support from songbird quinnie.
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