Results tagged “thesound”

Local outfit Color & Light returns to saturate Stubb’s on Saturday with a ready supply of the soaring melodies and sizzling guitars that pace their inspirational crescendos.

It’s down to the final five! No, not The Sound And The Jury Contest, but the Public Radio Talent Quest. Presented by PRX and cpb, the quest started in April with thousands of applicants, all with high hopes of hosting their own show on public radio (along with some cash booty). Now it’s down to the last five and voting ends on September 23rd at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern). Why should you care? There’s an Austinite...

It’s only fair that talented acts get an additional chance to be added to the killer line-up for this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. The Dell Lounge has presented one such contest that has captured the imagination of local artists and fans alike. Whittling down to 20 acts from hundreds of original submissions was the first step; The Sound And The Jury Contest has now arrived at its final five competitors, all thanks to...

Austinite Bill Kilday has put together a pretty nifty ACL page that shows you which artists are playing on each stage throughout the weekend. What's more, he's conveniently provided YouTube clips and music videos for most of the artists. "Bill's Map" is a mashup of Google Maps, YouTube, and the Official ACL schedule. It's worth a look around, especially if you're curious about some of the lesser known acts playing the festival. In an...

Josh over at random graphs has an interesting scoop indicating that internet behemoth Google might be opening up an office in Austin. An "Engineering Director" position was recently posted to the Google Jobs site. The req states that the opening is "available in Austin, Texas" and, more interestingly, calls for the chosen candidate to lead a "group of 100+ engineers" and deal with "an informal startup environment." The posting doesn't elaborate on whether said "projects"...

Random Favorite Blog of the Week: Grits for Breakfast. Scott writes insightful posts on policy issues, be they local, state or national.

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New development has sprouted up around East Austin and does not look to abate soon. Austin is not the first city, and will not be the last, to deal with this phenomenon. Fortunately, we have the opportunity to learn from the experiences of other cities who have fought this problem in recent years. Development is transforming East Austin, and residents are given little to no control over how this transformation will affect their communities....