13th November 2025 Rio Market - Reporting Texas Since 2022, Rio Market has hosted live music shows every Friday and Saturday night.
5th December 2024 Director Vanessa Pla controls chaos through surreal music videos By John MelendezYou’re looking down the barrel of a fully loaded revolver held by a striking, red-and-yellow clad cowgirl staring straight into your soul.
SoundCloud • 11th March 2025 In the Texas Twilight: Urban Legends - EP. 1 - The Paramount Theatre In the heart of Austin, the Paramount Theatre, the crown jewel of Congress Avenue, has played a major role in the city’s culture and is home to at least three ghosts, making it a place where history and hauntings harmonize.
Lifestyle Journalism • 17th February 2025 Mac Miller Drifts in the Wistful Wind on ‘Balloonerism’ By John MelendezIf an “-ism” can be described as a state of being, then Balloonerism, the posthumous seventh studio album by Mac Miller, is the condition of having one’s mind whisked away, like a balloon from its owner’s grip, by the wandering, inextricably hopeful yet turbulent winds of a daydream.
22nd October 2024 Nuclear Daisies, SRSQ and Lovelorn spike The 13th Floor with noisy, moody show By John MelendezDoors opened to the dim hallway of The 13th Floor on Red River last Thursday night, October 17, to reveal a three-act show laced with dark, atmospheric melodies.
SoundCloud • 24th April 2025 In The Texas Twilight: Urban Legends - EP. 2 - The Driskill Hotel For the countless visitors that have climbed the main staircase past the portrait of Colonel Driskill himself or stepped between the gilded ivory columns in the lobby, there are just as many ghost stories.
Lifestyle Journalism • 13th April 2025 Hill Country Flyer train ride offers vintage vessel for old-fashioned connection By John MelendezWhile riding aboard a restored train car built in 1950, a certain timeless adage feels all the more at home within the confines of vintage corridors and the stuffy air of decades-old carpet.
11th February 2025 22nd Annual Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival hosts hundreds of artists from around the country By John MelendezAbove the low buzz of his tattoo gun and the soft roar of the convention crowd at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas, Ohio-born tattoo artist and recent transplant, Taylor Roy, 33, attributed his decade-long career to the serendipity of God.
15th December 2025 Album Review: Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience By John MelendezElectric Ladyland, the third and final studio album by UK trio The Jimi Hendrix Experience, is not a journey, but an arrival.
Photo by Lany-Jade Mondou on Pexels SoundCloud • 13th May 2022 What We Learned in the Cold - Ep. 1 What We Learned in the Cold aims to tell the stories of Texans who endured the unprecedented Winter Storm Uri in February 2021
29th October 2024 Don Toliver delivers high-octane psych-rap and rock fusion to Moody Center By John MelendezIt began with a scorching guitar solo.
Reporting Texas • 13th November 2025 Rio Market - Reporting Texas By John MelendezMingling within the aisles of Friendly Rio Market are rows of imported snacks, basic toiletries and everyday groceries essential to the residents of UT Austin’s West Campus.
The Daily Texan • 1st February 2019 In depth at Utalent Records: Tommy Sanchez By John MelendezTo most college students, the countless fliers and posters lining campus and city streets have long since blended into the background. For Thomas “Tommy” Sanchez, a Utalent Records flier pinned to a light post on his way to class was the difference between a simple hobby and a childhood dream.
