In a cozy apartment complex just east of the iconic stretch of South Congress Avenue, all seven of local pop-rock heroes Driver Friendly are packed into the living room of one of the units.
UT music professor Sophia Gilmson releases a recording of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations for both piano and harpsichord, pioneering a concept of performing a piece back-to-back on two different instruments.
Professors at UT try to pinpoint the therapeutic powers of music. Throughout history, it has been used as a means to heal clients with everything from emotional problems to neurological diseases.
Josh Groban's signatre corny style in full effect in All That Echoes, Frightened Rabbit makes mark with Pedestrian Verse, Joe Budden still struggling to find own niche in the rap game.
Somewhere deep in the expanses of the Austin music scene, between the shaggy-haired garage rockers and the hushed voices of indie pop is a band whose sugary tales of youth are as swoon-inducing as its amps are joltingly loud. This band is Shivery Shakes.