Music
November 23, 2015
Music Monday: The Foo Fighters Dropped An Austin-Born EP Last Night
Dave Grohl hinted at his affinity for Austin from the ACL stage last month—and now we know what he was talking about.
Ben Kweller
The Wanderer
August 27, 2012
Marfa: Trans-Pecos Gathering of Music + Love
In one of my favorite descriptions of Marfa, writer David McDannald points out that sometimes it’s “a shadow of a town” and sometimes it’s “a desert Mardi Gras.” At the end of this month, West Texas’s buzziest destination will be lit up like Bourbon Street on
Music
February 1, 2012
Ben Kweller Makes Some Noise
The Austin-based musician talks about his new album, his record label, and making viral videos with Jason Schwartzman.
Music
February 1, 2012
Ben Kweller
The musician and former front man for Radish on moving to Austin, pretending to be a label mogul, and getting his electric guitars out again.
The Culture
January 16, 2012
VIDEO: Ben Kweller Releases a YouTube Video with Jason Schwartzman, Snowboarder Shaun White
The Greenville native and current Austinite tries his hand at Internet comedy to promote his new album.
Music
September 30, 1996
Radish
BEN KWELLER WON’T BE SEEING THE INSIDE of a high school classroom this year, though he could have penned a pretty nifty “What I Did on My Summer Vacation” essay. The fifteen-year-old is the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist for Radish, an astonishingly tuneful alternative-rock trio that has spent the
Music
September 30, 1996
The Kids Are Alright
Fourteen-year-old country prodigy LeAnn Rimes is singing a Blue streak. But she’s not the only Texas teen tearing up the music scene.