Author: Jennifer Leduc

Big Bill, Foxing Quarterly (Jennifer)

Looking for something a little weird and off the beaten path to kick off your weekend?  Then I recommend the Big Bill-lead show at Hotel Vegas tomorrow night. Big Bill describe their sound as “The...

Sally Crewe (Jennifer)

Austin-based songwriter Sally Crewe has a new EP, Back At The Bar, that will be officially released on her birthday, May 13. There is a limited edition of 100 copies of the EP available for...

Tinyhearts, Quiet Company (Jennifer)

Austin’s Dual Tape Deck (Randall LaRue and Andrew Ramirez) will be presenting a screening of their feature length debut, Tinyhearts, tomorrow at the Salvage Vanguard Theater. This romance/drama features music from Austin bands Wiretree and Megabig;...

Demitasse (Jennifer)

Demitasse is a side project of San Antonio-based singer/songwriters Erik Sanden and Joe Reyes from Buttercup (a musical partnership that has stretched over a decade). Their very recently released debut is titled Blue Medicine, and it...

Reservations (Jennifer)

Austin’s Reservations have recently been working on the follow up to their promising 2013 self titled EP. Fronted by singer/songwriter Jana Horn, the band has transitioned from its beginnings as a mostly acoustic folk/pop act to...

Phil Ajjarapu (Jennifer)

About a year ago, Austin based songwriter Phil Ajjarapu was preparing to record an album. This may not sound particularly extraordinary, but it is because he survived a near fatal motorcycle accident in March 2012. Phil has...

Arum Rae (Jennifer)

Arum Rae, formerly known as White Dress, is back with new music after If I Didn’t Know Better (which she co-wrote with The Civil Wars’ John Paul White) charted as a hit song on iTunes and Billboard...

Sounds Del Mar (Jennifer)

Sounds Del Mar is a new Austin quartet (John “Fireball” Winsor, Will Rhodes, Mark Creaney, Zac Bryant), and I was lucky enough to catch their live debut at The Mohawk just before SXSW. The band describes their sound as...

Warm Soda (Jennifer)

Oakland quartet Warm Soda are back with their second album, Young Reckless Hearts, which is being released on March 11 via Castle Face Records.  Following their 2013 debut, Someone For You, Warm Soda continue to put...