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Most of us have fully recovered from Fun Fest by now and are already looking forward to our year end lists and holiday plans. We here at ATH are also beginning to wrap our Fun Fest posts and wanted to do that by sharing some of our favorite photos from the weekend. Our first round of photos comes by way of ATH contributer Mairin Heard. After the jump you can see just a few of her fancy pics from the festival.
Leading up to Fun Fest next weekend, we decided to yet again get as many interviews on the site as humanly possible. We’ll begin this week with a sweet interview from hot indie band Best Coast. ATH contributor Mair.Heard had the chance to sit down recently with leading lady and main songwriter for the band Bethany Consentino. Follow the jump for this great interview.
Follow the jump for a list of my Top 5 ACL Headliners of all time.
You can always count on this lady to bring hip-hop and dance to the ATH table. This round of picks was inspired by a comment @DaveRupert made on one of my past articles, Songs That Make You Dance. He said a good follow up would be about the songs that make you rap, and here we are. These are a few of the rap songs we all love and know most of the words to. You may not know all of the lyrics, but when that chorus line approaches, dayum you’ve got it down. No matter your race, ethnicity, age or level of hip-hop knowledge, you know these songs (or at least that hook line).
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Tuesday night one of our newest writers Mairin Heard made it over to Stubbs for a set by electro-duo Chromeo. Apparently the show was a hit as most people had nothing but good things to say. Mairin has a review and some fancy photos after the jump. Check it out.
A couple days ago, we had the great opportunity to speak with the Montreal electronic duo known as Chromeo. Our interview was set up to preview the group’s upcoming show they have going down at Stubbs on August 24th. After the jump you can read the full ATH interview with group member P-Thugg and get his thoughts on Chromeo’s European tour, what to expect from their new album, and what he looks forward to in Austin. Follow the jump for full interview.
Ah the nineties! The smell of grungy teen spirit and catchy pop songs…does this sound like the intro of a late night infomercial yet? Good.
There is plenty of debate regarding epic rock bands and influential artists that derived during the 90s. There are also those bands that developed during this decade, became ridiculously popular, and either faded away or became larger-than-life.
I’m sure each and every one of you reading this is guilty of immediately purchasing an entire album based on one chart-topping track during this time period. The hits that came out of the 90s take you back to where you were when you first heard it, affected your life in some way and ultimately became a part of pop culture iconography.
There is an abundance of one hit wonder singles. However, this is a list of albums that gained bands immediate attention based on those hits, and never really produced another decent album. As you slammed your Pogs, took a break from Nintendo and recorded Fresh Prince on your VHS, you might have been listening to one of these.
Chicago party-rapper Kid Sister stopped by The Mohawk Friday night and put on a high energy performance for glam rock Austin fans. Opener Perseph One free-styled fierce lyrics over heavy bass, followed by lively hip hop troupe Riders Against The Storm.
Our ears and minds are usually unwilling to listen to logic when it comes to pop music on the radio airwaves. Despite the combination of dim lyrics and catchy tracks that make it to Billboard’s Top 100, there are a handful of artists that do not deserve to be in the music industry. Pop music on the radio isn’t what it used to be. Being in radio for years, I occasionally unplug my iPod and check out local stations to see what’s going on. The following are current pop artists that shouldn’t be on the airwaves, which includes every track they’ve ever created.
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Not really my closet, more like your cool uncle’s closet. Or that guy down the street who works at the vintage clothing shop and wears orange turtle necks and big collared leather jackets. This week’s FTC features Bill Withers, a soulful singer/songwriter/genius from the 1970s whose concentrated but powerful R&B and Soul songs left an indelible mark on modern music. Though he hasn’t released any new music in awhile, you can’t escape his songs. His track “Lean On Me” is a standard, like “You Are My Sunshine” that was written 35 years earlier, it is hard to identify this song with any particular artist. It is timeless, and belongs to all of us. Of course “Aint No Sunshine” is a perfect song. The heartfelt delivery and soulful vocal tell such a compelling story on their own that you hardly notice the a capella 3rd verse that just repeats “I know” twenty six times. Alicia Keys owes her career to this song. Notice the vocal intro, the minor key progression… Bill Withers should get royalties for every time “Fallin” was played in 2001… And the hook to “No Diggity”… There are more to speak of, but the track we’re going with today is “Use Me”. Another funky, simple, but powerful track built around Bill’s strong vocal and a locked-in backing band. Come back Bill.
