By Robert Dean When I was a kid, I had a lot of videotapes. Every weekend, I’d sit around waiting for shows like Headbanger’s Ball, Alternat...

By Robert Dean Down here in Austin, Texas, we might be well on our way to becoming the Live Comedy Capital of the World or the Tech Everythi...

Editor’s note: Despite the cancellation of SXSW, many bands will still be playing Austin that week, including (it seems) The Totems. ...

By Robert Dean Sometimes, Trailer will drop some stuff into the ole' inbox that's a winner and friends, we've got one of ...

By Robert Dean If you’ve been searching for some dark pop that hovers in that dreamy Mazzy Star meets Lana Del Ray territory...

By Robert Dean If there's one genre of music that can go either terribly wrong or perfectly right it's the 1980's goth-insp...

by Robert Dean Once again, someone originally from Kentucky is out there killing it. Kentucky needs it’s own country music category rig...

By Robert Dean A few nights ago, I stumbled into a Tom Waits night at one of our local haunts, The Volstead, down here in lovely Austin...

by Robert Dean Seriously, while Texas and Tennessee get the love for being hotbeds of country music, what the hell dances in the wate...

by Robert Dean If you’re looking to fill that emotionally charged void left by waiting for new stuff by Tyler Childers, Chelsea ...

by Robert Dean If you’re craving lo-fi punk that’s screaming with early 90’s garage overtones with splashes of rockabilly grooves, Jo...

by Robert Dean When most of us think about New Orleans and heavy metal, we know what to expect: Sabbath-worshipping riffs, guttural...

by Robert Dean When you think of the Bay Area, you don’t expect a thriving roots music scene.  Yes, we know Hardly Strictly Bluegrass ha...

By Robert Dean Whatever’s in the water out in Kentucky these days is tainted with heartbreak, introspection, and some absolute brilli...

New Blood: Penguins with Knives by Robert Dean New Orleans is known for music. Some of it is colorful, shiny, an...

By Robert Dean Karly Driftwood is onto something interesting. The singer-songwriter from Middle of Nowhere, Virginia up and moved to ...