On November 13, 2022, pop-punk band Arrows in Action brought its first headlining tour to the Ballroom at Spiderhouse.
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On Friday November, 11, 2022, Afterglow hosted a house show in collaboration with Texas Real benefiting University High School. The Austin local bands Alexi 8Bit, Blue Tongue, and Rental Space took the stage throughout the night with support from fans.
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UT English Professor Elizabeth Scala is the mastermind behind the Taylor Swift English class that made headlines (arguably the first of its kind). Afterglow sat down with Scala to talk Taylor and The Story of Her Class.
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In light of Scorpio season, Afterglow revisits an interview with a proud Scorpion.
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Stopping in Austin for its “Waiting to Spill” tour, The Backseat Lovers drew a full crowd at Stubb’s on November 14, 2022.
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Harry Styles opens up about his fear of loneliness through pills, prescriptions, and drugs in his songwriting. His reliance on medicinal relief lets listeners in on the pitiful life of a popstar.
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Stevie Wonder may have always been R&B’s great innovator, but his first era-defining album transformed him into something more — an introspective and personal artist.
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Strummed from the window sill of “a very lovely, very frightened girl,” the revived Breakfast at Tiffany’s classic continues to touch isolated hearts over half a century later.
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Preoccupations brought its “Arrangements” tour to The Ballroom for a fiery performance on November 9, 2022.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an icon of her time, and her sound continues to have incredible influence on popular music to this day. Because of the erasure she has endured, American fashion brand Pyer Moss curated a one-of-a-kind runway experience in tribute to the musical pioneer.
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Male validation is a prevalent subject in modern society, especially for young women. Throughout her discography, Mitski offers a soul-barring portrayal of how this quest for approval can take a toll on one’s emotional psyche and doesn’t hold back in the slightest.
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Indie-rock artist Beabadoobee played Emo’s on November 8, 2022 as a part of her North American “Beatopia” Tour with Lowertown.
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How Roy “Professor Longhair” Byrd’s individualistic and experimental piano-playing style revolutionized the New Orleans music scene and paved the way for rock and soul.
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Brittney Parks, better known as Sudan Archives, crowns herself the Natural Brown Prom Queen as she wraps up the North American leg of her “NBPQ” tour on October 25, 2022.
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Spacey Jane performed at Empire Control Room on November 11 as part of its North America tour. The band had to change its original venue plans after selling out The Parish just three blocks away from Empire.
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New-age rock and roll band Greta Van Fleet brought the “Dreams in Gold” Tour to San Antonio on November 5, 2022 at the AT&T Center.
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Afterglow multimedia staffer Autumn Palacio gives a briefing on scores, soundtracks, and movies to analyze just how big of an impact they have on films as a whole. Among these examples are Jordan Peele's use of hip-hop and rap and Danny Elfman's influences on "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Edward Scissorhands."
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The indie-rock band Mt. Joy performed its first night of three at the Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater on November 3 with support from The Sneaky Peaches and The Fuzz, as well as The Brook & The Bluff.
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