Ladies and Gentlemen, festival season will be here before any of us know it. In a world where it seems like brand-new festivals are popping up every day and established festivals are growing, expanding, and still putting out killer lineups at the same rate, there can be a lot of confusion and a lot of […]
Concert Recap: How folk rock band Briscoe had the Cactus Theater on their feet
March 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Days before their show at the historic Cactus Theater, Zachary Sorrels and I had the pleasure of interviewing the Austin-based folk rock band Briscoe, comprised of Phillip Upton and Truett Heintzelman. We talked to them about the music community in Austin, what they’ve learned about live performances, and of course, Austin’s famous BBQ. My excitement […]
ALBUM REVIEW: Shane Smith & the Saints – Norther
March 2, 2024 by 2 Comments
Four albums in, Shane Smith & the Saints are still pushing forward and still trying to break new ground. For an album that was recorded as sporadically and as chaotically as this one, you would never be able to tell listening to the final product.
REVISITING 2023: Austin City Limits Music Festival Weekend Two Recap
December 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Revisiting the best moments of 2023, Zachary Sorrels looks back at Weekend Two of Austin City Limits Music Festival.
A Fall Semester Concert Roundup: Quick Reviews Since I’m Lazy and Didn’t Do Full Articles For Each Show
December 23, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This semester was extremely busy. While I know it could always be worse, I took 16 hours this semester. My reporting, digital journalism production, and senior seminar history classes kicked my ass, and I was studying for the LSAT in the midst of all of this. Safe to say, I didn’t have time to write […]
REVISITING 2023: Every Raider Alley Show of 2023: Ranked
December 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In 2019, Texas Tech announced enhancements to the football fan experience on gamedays, as they do nearly every year. However, the biggest focus of the 2019 announcement was the complete revamping of Raider Alley. It was moved to the engineering key and the biggest addition was a stage for pre-game concerts. The first season was […]
The Music That Made My Year
December 19, 2023 by 1 Comment
This year, I consumed plenty of music. 74, 595 minutes to be exact, according to my Spotify Wrapped. To be entirely honest, I had some pretty strange listening habits and I was apprehensive coming into this year’s Wrapped season (don’t worry, it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought). For most of the year, it […]
Flatland Cavalry, Treaty Oak Revival, and a Red Dirt State of the Union
December 15, 2023 by 1 Comment
The Background: There’s been two huge and highly anticipated Texas Country album releases almost within a month of each other. Lubbock natives Flatland Cavalry released their fourth album Wandering Star, their major label debut with Interscope, at the end of October while West Texas newcomers Treaty Oak Revival released their sophomore project Have A Nice […]
Unreal Unearth: Hozier Took Us To Church, Then Led Us Through Hell
December 9, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Hozier’s third studio album, Unreal Unearth is undoubtedly my favorite album release from this year. Not only has he been one of my favorite artists for the last near-decade, I also believe that he is one of the greatest songwriters of the 21st century. Unreal Unearth is absolutely Hozier’s most grand masterpiece and, in my […]
2023 was a ride for Texas Tech soccer
November 27, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Skip to: COVID, injuries 2020-22; then, everyone stepped up in 2023 | The 2023 players | Stone and his staff | Won’t forget, can’t forget The expectation for Texas Tech soccer in 2023 was to make the NCAA Tournament, a place only five of them had played minutes in before; three as Red Raiders, two […]
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