The bright side of yet another week of COVID hiding and staying home? No need to brave weeks upon weeks of 100 degree weather! Not only that, you can enjoy the AC and great live music from the comfort of your home. This weekend is full of streams that demand your attention – so give it! Listen local, y’all!

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Right now it feels like every day’s the same. As we’ve settled into COVID confinement, it can feel like the world’s slowed to a crawl. Luckily, our local music scene continues to grow and create, despite a lack of live performances. If you’re feeling the grind, try checking out one of these awesome acts doing their best to provide some musical light in these dark times. Listen local, y’all!

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Austinites! With Stage 5 looming, ACL Fest cancelled, and another round of “essential travel only” on the horizon, we’ll all be sequestered for the forseeable future. Plenty of time to work on our video game backlog, do some Netflix binging, and check out local music via rad live streams. Nothing replaces the energy of true live performance, but when you’re in the midst of a year long pandemic, any port in the storm. Stay safe, support our local music (monetarily if finances allow), and listen local!

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As the case counts climb higher and the entire state prepares for quarantine round 2, our local music scene once again retreats to the world of virtu-shows and livestreams. But all’s not lost, as we get to dig great music from the comfort of our homes. Continue to listen, share, and support financially if you can. Listen local – and Happy 4th!

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Happy Thursday, Austin! While the world outside swirls with confusion and wisps of chaos, the local music scene continues to run strong. This weekend, we have two charity minded live streams and one actual live performance by a super-rad rock band. Enjoy the weekend and listen local!

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Austin! Hope your week’s been a positive one as we continue to wrap our brains around the world around us and adapt to our new normal. Our music scene continues to churn out great streams, so please keep on doing what you’re doing— clicking on the streams, supporting if you’re financially able to, and listening local!

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Another week, another slate of virtual concerts to help us chill, heal, and hopefully grow. As I said last week, music is my shield and salve for the craziness of this world, so hopefully the tireless work of our local musicians are helping you through this insane and trying time. As always, listen, support, and donate if you’re financially able to as you listen local!

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Hope everyone’s doing well and staying safe. The events of this past week are beyond tragic, almost too much to bear. My refuge for the madness is music. It’s a unique art. Music, above movies, gaming, books, and even paintings, is the most direct connection to our heart and soul. Requiring a single sense and no barrier of entry, music transcends race, color, nationality, background, language, and age. I can find Ley Line’s “Oxum” beautiful without speaking a word of Spanish. My four year can dance to “Into the Mystic” without understanding a thing.

But the turmoil outside requires us to look inward and serve outward in any way we can. For that reason, today’s virtual concert picks feature black artists streaming all week. Right now, people of color need to be lifted up and supported. Hopefully this tiny gesture helps bring a breath of healing music to your heart. Be kind to each other and listen local.

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Another day, another week in mandatory confinement. While many of us are starting to (safely) stretch our legs into the world, it’s going to be awhile before new normal reveals itself. In the meantime, snuggle up on the sofa to a host of Austin musicians doing their best to keep us entertained during the pandemic. Stay safe; donate to artists if your finances allow; and listen local!

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