Music Matters Archives

Music Matters, Studio 1A SessionsMay 5, 2023May 5, 2023

The New Pornographers Continue As A Guest

The New Pornographers in Studio 1A. Plus, a conversation with songwriter AC Newman.

Patricia Lim

Music Matters, Studio 1A SessionsApr 27, 2023Apr 27, 2023

A Career On Hold

Kalu & the Electric Joint Re-emerge with ‘Garden Of Eden.’ Watch them in Studio 1A!

Music MattersApr 24, 2023Apr 24, 2023

Can Music Really Change Your Life?

Austin non-profits using music to improve the lives of foster kids

Music Matters, Studio 1A SessionsApr 13, 2023Apr 13, 2023

The Stacks Seize Their Moment

The Stacks in Studio 1A

Music Matters, Pause/PlayMar 13, 2023Mar 16, 2023

On The Road Again?

How does touring work in a 2023 landscape more challenging than ever?

Music MattersMar 3, 2023Mar 3, 2023

Yo La Tengo ‘s Anti-Nostalgia

Ira Kaplan discusses their new album, ‘This Stupid World’

Music Matters, Studio 1A SessionsFeb 27, 2023Mar 3, 2023

Quasi Vs. Dehumanization

The Portland duo release their first album in ten years

Music Matters, SXSWFeb 16, 2023Mar 7, 2023

Pairing With History

KUTX announces SXSW Morning Broadcasts from Historic Scholz Garten

Patricia Lim / KUTX

Music Matters, Studio 1A SessionsFeb 9, 2023Feb 10, 2023

Jane Leo’s Happy Accident

The latest from Jane Ellen Bryant and Daniel Leopold

Music Matters, RememberingJan 28, 2023Jan 30, 2023

Tom Verlaine, Musical Visionary, Dies at 73

Television’s founder forged his own path

Michael Minasi / KUTX

Music Matters, Studio 1A SessionsJan 23, 2023Jan 26, 2023

Alejandro Escovedo On Punk, Glam and the School of Mott

See Alejandro Escovedo in Studio 1A

Music Matters, Studio 1A SessionsDec 1, 2022Dec 1, 2022

Melissa Carper’s Emotional Wanderings

Melissa Carper continues to explore on her terms.

Music Matters, Studio 1A SessionsNov 17, 2022Dec 1, 2022

Mobley’s New Adventure : How his new album finds art in havoc

Mobley brings “Cry Havoc” to Studio 1A

Photo Courtesy Austin City Limits/Austin PBS. Photo by Scott Newton

Interviews, Music MattersNov 3, 2022Nov 4, 2022

Deconstructing Spoon

Spoon’s newest gets the dub treatment

Patricia Lim

Music MattersSep 27, 2022Sep 29, 2022

Girls No Longer, The Tiarras Keep Moving Forward

The Tiarras recorded in Studio 6A during SXSW 2022

Music MattersSep 8, 2022Sep 8, 2022

Genre-Defying Trumpeter and Composer Jaimie Branch Dies At 39

Hear A Tribute This Sunday, 9/11, at 9 a.m.

Music MattersAug 29, 2022Aug 30, 2022

Austin Music Professionals Roll Call

Deadline for the new Austin Music Census is September 9th

Music MattersAug 9, 2022Aug 9, 2022

Why do three major Austin venues share the same name?

Is Everything in Austin Named Moody?

Courtesy of the artist

Music MattersJul 21, 2022Jul 22, 2022

On ‘Doom Dub II,’ Austin’s Thor Harris Gives Doom A Dub Remix

Thor Harris releases “Doom Dub II”

Music MattersJun 15, 2022Jun 16, 2022

How Austin’s Riders Against the Storm Came to Collaborate With South Africa’s BLK JKS

A chance SXSW meeting leads to a cross continent collaboration

Music MattersMay 16, 2022Jun 2, 2022

John Doe Looks Back. Way Back.

Fables In A Foreign Land is a concept record set in the 1890’s. Given the long-term solidity of John […]

Music MattersApr 11, 2022Sep 22, 2022

Graham Reynolds on MXTX: A Cross-Border Exchange

Revisit a cross border collaboration from Graham Reynolds

Music Matters, SXSWMar 11, 2022Mar 14, 2022

Are We Ready For SXSW?

SXSW Returns!

Bloomberg via Getty Images

Music MattersFeb 3, 2022Feb 4, 2022

Solving The Spotify Conundrum

The streaming solution