FESTIVAL RECAP: Troubadour Fest’s First Trip to College Station Hurt So Good

Will I go back to another edition of Troubadour Fest? Absolutely! Just make sure you tell me to only take one bite of every sample next time.

Austin City Limits Music Festival 2023: Andrew’s Top 10 Can’t-Miss Acts

Another ACL Lineup is upon us, here’s Andrew’s Top 10 most anticipated sets.

Two Step Inn Day Two Recap: Tyler Childers Takes Us to Church, Paul Cauthen Burns it Down, and I’m Still in Awe of Wynonna Judd

Two Step Inn’s inaugural year bowed out with an incredible run of performances, cooler temperatures, and cooler people. I started my second day of the fest running through the merch line, dropping off my stuff in the media lounge, and heading over to the Showdeo stage to see Kaitlin Butts and…what the hell. How unfair […]

Two Step Inn Day One Recap: Zach Bryan Remains on Top of the World, Nostalgia Felt in Tenfold, and T-Pain Throws a Party

The first day of the inaugural Two Step Inn Festival was very hot and full of even hotter performances. Put on by C3 Presents, the company behind ACL, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and more of your favorite festivals. Two Step Inn is housed in Georgetown, Texas’s San Gabriel Park, and celebrates the genre the state lives and […]

Concert Recap: Flatland Cavalry Welcomed Home by Six Thousand Humble Folks at Cook’s Garage

Flatland Cavalry takes Lubbock everywhere with them, all around the world, no matter where they play, which is why Friday night’s show at Cook’s Garage felt all the more special. I’ve been to enough shows at Cook’s Garage to know when there are a lot of people at a show there and about halfway through […]

Tacos & Tequila Fest Announces HUGE 2023 Lineup; Headlined by Incubus and Third Eye Blind

Coming back to Lubbock for the second year, Tacos & Tequila Festival is returning to Lonestar Amphitheater on August 26, 2023 with a bigger lineup and another promise of a great time. This year’s festival bolsters Incubus and Third Eye Blind at the top which is a fantastic way for this lineup to get kicked […]

[EMBARGO! DO NOT PUBLISH UNTIL MONDAY AT 10 AM] BREAKING: Taylor Swift to make a one-off stop at Jones AT&T Stadium to conclude The Eras Tour

Upset you couldn’t or can’t make it to Arlington or Houston to see Taylor Swift this weekend or next? Lucky for you, Taylor is coming to Lubbock this September to conclude The Eras Tour with a special one-off show! Taylor hasn’t played in Lubbock since 2011 when she brought her Speak Now Tour to the […]

BREAKING: The Turnpike Troubadours are Finally Returning to Lubbock

They’re bringing Dawes and Jamie Lin Wilson with them. It will not suck.

ALBUM REVIEW: Paramore – This Is Why

It feels like the band took two steps backward while at the same time taking a giant leap forward. The album has a lot of the same grooves and danceable production and performances of After Laughter while also bringing back some of the pop-punk energy of their early work.

CONCERT RECAP: I Saw Lyle Lovett on Friday Night and I’m Still Speechless

In Texas music, there’s a certain totem pole of singers and songwriters that have been so great for so long that they’ll forever be engrained into the culture of this state. I don’t know exactly where Lyle Lovett is on that totem pole but he’s pretty far up it. Lovett’s voice is timeless and sounded incredible all throughout his two and a half hour show.