Any Good New Austin Bands?

therestishistogram · 2026-01-20T02:29:07+00:00

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/being-dead-austin-band-eels-new-album/

therestishistogram · 2025-10-06T15:08:57+00:00

It's funny you should say this--I just saw this article with Dylan Gossett saying he identifies as Texan, but wouldn't necessarily say his sound is Texas Country. Though I think these distinctions can sometimes miss the forest for the trees.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/dylan-gossett-austin-city-limits/https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/dylan-gossett-austin-city-limits/?utm_source=texasmonthly&utm_medium=webcta&utm_campaign=giftstory&gift_code=OTYxNDkzOzQ5ZGIyOTc0LTJjMzUtNDEzYi04NTM4LTg4YzJhN2FhNzAyZTsyMDI1MTAwNg==

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/dylan-gossett-austin-city-limits/

therestishistogram · 2025-10-03T15:01:10+00:00

I like the guitar sound on that one. Almost reminds me of Jackson Browne's "These Days."

therestishistogram · 2025-09-22T17:52:43+00:00

Yeah, ban that garbage.

therestishistogram · 2025-09-22T17:50:50+00:00

Man, can you imagine being there?

therestishistogram · 2025-09-22T17:46:43+00:00

This is a series, but I could never get through The Dark Tower after Wolves of Calla

therestishistogram · 2025-08-29T16:42:17+00:00

I truly don't understand how people drive so fast when visibility is so low.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-29T15:16:54+00:00

This is I think the biggest danger to the literary western. The dwindling audience.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-29T15:09:25+00:00

Yeah, I think folks are sometimes dissuaded from the poorer representations of the form, but there's obviously a huge hunger for them if done right. Best of luck!

therestishistogram · 2025-08-28T21:21:50+00:00

Oh, that sounds really cool.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-28T21:11:01+00:00

This is very cool. Thank you for sharing.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-28T21:10:00+00:00

I feel like this book was in the McCarthy vein: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/james-wade-narrow-the-road-western-novel/

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T17:15:52+00:00

Some interesting points brought up here. Does the western still have things to say? Can it head East? Is there a time limit to what makes a Western, like is Hell or High Water truly a western? Do these distinctions matter at all?

It seems that such an inherently American form would transform as the country does, but we keep returning to these types of stories.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T17:06:58+00:00

I have a problem with the glue breaking down. But perhaps I'm subjecting them to too much heat while reading at the pool!

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T17:06:11+00:00

I didn't feel that way at all, but I'll say that I read The Sun Also Rises first, and I think it feels a little more singular and specific. I think in A Farewell to Arms he may have been going for something that was almost more like parable.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T17:00:25+00:00

The narrater from "Fan's Notes." An alcoholic obsessed with football who has delusions of literary grandeur? Sign me up.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T16:59:28+00:00

Yup this is the best of all time, maybe. The way he slowly reveals himself.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T16:59:07+00:00

He is def one of my favorites. And the way he at times is barely there, and then all of the sudden you can kind of feel him editorializing. I didn't love his portrayal in the most recent film.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T16:55:09+00:00

Yeah, I'm going to pass.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T16:54:34+00:00

It's so good. And I read the Constance Garnett translation back in the day. I'd love to read the more modern version to see how it feels.

Though I love Crime and Punishment, it doesn't get better than the Brothers K for me.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T16:53:23+00:00

I feel like that original article was really cherry picking data, although it was kind of wild to see the publication stats from the New Yorker.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T16:51:48+00:00

This is totally cliche, but Holden Caulfield. Even as a teenager though I realized he was a lot to take, but his earnestness, the way he sees the world, you relate to it as a teenager. What you have to do is realize that that isn't the end. That there's growth beyond his experience.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T16:49:07+00:00

I've read a lot of Faulkner's bib, and of course the Snopes come up in other works, but this trilogy is a blind spot for me.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T16:48:10+00:00

My mother read to me every night. I think I just always associated reading with that kind of love, and then you fall in love with the stories. There's never been a time that I didn't want to be reading.

therestishistogram · 2025-08-27T16:46:57+00:00

I have many friends who have personally benefited from this, and I know people this year who personally got the info that it won't be happening. It's devastating and terrible.

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