20 Amazing Artists to See During the Austin Studio Tour

The Austin Studio Tour is here! Do you know which artists you're going to see? Every year Big Medium releases their tour line-up I immediately feel excited, then slowly my anxiety creeps in. With 420+...

Finding Freedom in Fiction

No matter how many issues we complete, it can never compare to writing a novel. Let alone, a whole trilogy! We're leaving that to Sasha DeVore, author of the sci-fi young adult series The Wake...

Mista Mozes Wants to Take You on a Journey Through Love

Mista Mozes can write, sing, rap and certainly command the crowd’s attention. If you have not seen him perform in his 21st-century funk band The Capitol, you are missing out. Seriously. But today, and in...

Urban Heat is Synth Pop for the Future

After transitioning from punk bands to synth pop, Jonathan Horstmann formed Urban Heat. It’s not your typical 80’s synth pop, it’s music for now. And soon to be music for the future. The trio performed...
Colorized Visual Songs by Zachary Zulch

Colorized Visual Songs by Zachary Zulch

As a producer I find myself wondering about the best way to arrange my track. Different arrangements reveal certain emotions that should play into the overarching theme of your song. It’s just as important...
Jae Lin Artwork

Jae Lin

Each year STAPLE! brings over 200 artists and creators under one roof for the celebration of independent media. It is one of the few long-standing events in Austin that highlights independently produced comics, zines, art,...

Why Aimèe Everett Lets her Paintings Do the Talking

Austin painter Aimèe Everett attempts to reach her audience in a way that words cannot. She communicates through her art. By using highly emotive colors, combining materials, and manipulating simple lines and shapes, Aimèe believes she...

How Have You Not Seen Goodluck Buddha’s Art?

Goodluck Buddha is best known for his vibrant posters and stickers scattered around not only Austin, but the globe. He started his street art based around the simple philosophy of luck. Now, it has blossomed...

Vanessa Rae Paints Colorful Portraits of Pop Culture Icons

Austin artist Vanessa Rae is ready to share her art with the world. In between her communications studies at UT San Antonio, Vanessa paints portraits of pop culture icons. In Issue 21, Vanessa shared some of...

Hong Kong Wigs is Energizing Austin’s Rock Music Scene

Power trio Hong Kong Wigs–Jon Fitcher, Anastasia Wright and Adam Lee Galvan–played their first show on Halloween 2018 and never looked back. Hong Kong Wigs is the brain child of veteran Austin musician Jon Fitcher,...