Pageantry Celebrates Influence Album Release Tonight at Cheer Up Charlies
A few weeks ago, we were privileged to premiere “Teenage Crime Wave,” an excellent track from Dallas band Pageantry’s outstanding new collection of dream pop songs. The group’s new album, Influence, officially drops today, and…
Converse Rubber Tracks Studio Hosts Local Musicians at SXSW
In 2003, two years after I moved to Austin, when SXSW was a much smaller affair and Emo’s still occupied real estate on Red River, a Seattle based indie label called Barsuk held…
Seven You Might Miss at Fun Fun Fun Fest
One of the benefits of music festivals is getting to see a bunch of bands you’ve never seen in such a short time frame. Which is why I’m always shocked by the fact…
Live Review: The Tontons, Speak, Good Field, & Slomo Drags 101X Homegrown Show
101x’s Homegrown Live program, under the management of Deidre Gott, does a great job bringing together a bill of strong local acts ranging in notoriety. Due in part to its radio connections, the…
Show Preview: The Tontons Headline 101X Homegrown Live Saturday 3/29 at Scoot Inn
We’ve done everything we can to display our love for the Tontons over the last couple of years as the band has risen steadily in popularity and matured musically. However, that’s not going…
Abram Shook Album Release with Good Field & Royal Forest at Mohawk
Friday night at the Mohawk served as a local music extravaganza with a bill that featured two of Austin’s best bands supporting a rising Austin musician as he celebrated the release of his…
Good Field Live at Lambert’s
We’re huge fans of Good Field, and we don’t keep it a secret. It felt like it had been too long since we’d seen the band, so it was great to catch them…
Video: Good Field – “These Dreams”
If you read Pop Press International with any regularity, you likely know that we completely adore Austin band Good Field. We listen to their self-titled, debut LP constantly and had the band play…
Reservations EP Release Show with Grace Park & the Deer and Hello Caller
Reservations, the project of frontwoman Jana Horn, celebrated the release of its first EP at the Mohawk on Saturday night with a little help from friends Hello Caller and Grace Park and the…
Walker Lukens Album Release Show at ND w/ Good Field
Recently relocating from New York to Austin, Walker Lukens has a few EPs and albums under his belt, but his new effort Devoted feels like he’s taking his game to the next level….
Show Preview: Walker Lukens Album Release at ND Saturday April 6
Austin musician Walker Lukens creates music ranging from singer-songwriter, guitar-driven acoustic rock to piano driven indie-pop. His album Devoted is out today on WhiteLabBlackLab, the same label that houses Austin sensation The Eastern Sea….
Foxing Quarterly Issue No. 2 Release Party w/ Good Field & Derrick Brown
Foxing Quarterly continues to grow as “a print-only creative space for writers and artists.” Daniel Mejia and Jane Robbins Mize edit this quarterly publication which has made lasting impressions on the literature scene in…
Foxing Quarterly Releases 2nd Issue Tonight at The Parish
The Austin-based literary journal Foxing Quarterly will release its second issue in a an event co-sponsored by indie press Write Bloody. The journal’s inaugural edition impressed the indie-lit world with the top notch writing it showcased as…
Video: Pop Press INTL.’s SXSW Day Show w/ Dog Bite and Good Field
We’re pleased to bring you footage of each of the 14 bands that played our SXSW Day Show at the New Movement. We picked the bands because we love each of them, but…
SXSW Day 5 feat. Smashing Pumpkins, The Sword, Dog Bite, and Pageants
The final day of SXSW came extraordinarily early for me. While others might have gotten a late start, allowing themselves to sleep in to ease the exhaustion, Pop Press International’s first SXSW day…
SXSW Preview: Good Field
From right here in Austin, TX, Good Field is one of the bands Pop Press International is most excited about right now. Their excelent debut album was just released last month, and the…
Album Review: Good Field – Good Field
Good Field’s self-titled debut consists of 11 songs of tight indie-pop that integrates folk, psych, and pop without feeling pigeonholed. God, it feels good to see a band just doing everything well without…
25 Must-see Bands at SXSW 2013
SXSW 2013 starts this weekend with film, and music follows next Tuesday, which is almost impossible for us to believe. All this week, we’re going to bring you content regarding the nation’s best…
Good Field Album Release Show w/ Dana Falconberry and Belaire
Good Field has been rapidly gaining notoriety in the Austin music scene for some months now. As both an album release party and a tour send off, Good Field asked good friends (and…
Good Field Releases Two Singles Ahead of Full-length
After beginning a career performing with the bands Voxtrot and Brazos, Paul Price started the project Good Field and released a debut EP last year. Locally hailed as a triumph from one Austin’s…
