Author: Leah Manners

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

The first month of 2015 is over, and I hope you are having a better year already than last year.  Has everyone already started their party-planning engines yet for SXSW? Bought but not cracked open...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Alright, Austin readers, we have a big run-off election going down on December 16, so you better get out and vote at least one more time this year – no excuses.  Also, if you’re at...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

The great hip-hop holiday of Halloween is upon us! I call it a hip-hop holiday because it has produced some of the most inexplicable novelty tracks of all time, maybe not a greater quantity than...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Hey everybody! There’s a rad new festival coming to Austin and if you don’t know yet, now ya know: Weird City Hip Hop Festival is where it’s at for the best in independent artists and...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Guys guys guys, there was a very real possibility today that I wouldn’t get this post in for S1T1 today because I’ve been crazy busy planning Austin’s very first ever hip-hop festival. Luckily, I’m turning it...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

In a city that prides itself on being the “Live Music Capitol of the World”, there’s one thing conspicuously missing from the equation. At Austin Mic Exchange we’ve continually sought to create new opportunities and...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Hip-hop, as you likely know, is a new genre, with only 40ish years under its YSL belt.  The journey from outdoor block parties and gym-floor dances hasn’t always been smooth or unobstructed for the style,...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Ah, April! When we get the tender warmth, breezes, and sunshine of spring enough to make us forget the heat that’s on its way.  Bar patios open up like blooming flowers, and jorts go on...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Finally, this sad sad March comes to an end.  Sure, some people got married or had babies or birthdays in there (congrats, I guess!) but this year’s music festival that drives all the bloggers wild...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Well, I hope everybody’s ready for the steam train called “festival season” that’s about to crash into Austin with the beginning of South by Southwest.  You have t-minus seven days to complain/exalt about the city-wide...