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  Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Reveals All She Ever Wanted

  March 27 at 4 a.m.

  Note: Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the book signing/meet and greet with Kathy Valentine scheduled for April 26 at Cactus Music has been postponed indefinitely. For Kathy Valentine, it was a Christmas gift that not only kept on giving, but in many ways came to define her life and music...

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  With the Travails of 2020, the Mastersons Have No Time for Love Songs [UPDATED]

  March 12 at 4 a.m.

  It’s the morning after the city of Austin announced the complete cancellation of the SXSW festival when Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore are on the phone from New York City. The day prior also marked the release date for their new album, No Time For Love Songs, and they’d played...

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  Fastball Celebrate Two Decades Since Breakthrough Album and "The Way"

  Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  The members of Fastball are in a pretty good mood these days. The Austin-based band have just released a 20th anniversary reissue of their breakthrough album All the Pain Money Can Buy that includes the original album’s 13 tracks, plus 9 more rarities, demos, and outtakes. “We wanted to mark...

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  Nobody's Girl Launches Country-Folk-Pop Band of Sisters

  Friday, September 21, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  In the comic book world, a familiar storyline move is to put heroes who have established their own books and storylines together at some point to form a super team (think the Avengers or Justice League of America). When it comes to Texas-based contemporary folk and country bands, three of...

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  Ethan Hawke's Blaze Tells Turbulent Tale of the Duct Tape Messiah

  Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 5 a.m.

  Ethan Hawke loves music. And he enjoys being in Houston, having filmed large portions of the movies Reality Bites and Boyhood here. But sitting onstage recently at Rockfeller’s nightclub for an invite-only concert/fireside chat/Q&A about his new movie, he does have an issue with film biographies about musicians. Which is...

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  Breaking Down the ACL Festival 2018 Daily Lineups

  Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 11:53 a.m.

  The time is not quite here for the tough decisions of which stages you’ll be at when two of your favorites are playing at the same time, but the 2018 Austin City Limits Festival schedule did become a little clearer this week as the festival announced which acts were playing...