Joshua Figueroa

Joshua Figueroa is a musicologist and arts writer from Santa Barbara, California. Now based in Austin, he splits his time between going out to eat too much and arguing about video games.

Following instinct with the Kraken Quartet

It's not often you’ll find yourself with the urge — and societal permission — to head-bang at a percussion ensemble performance, but if you do, chances are you’re watching...

Montopolis Pays Musical Homage to Big Bend and its Legends

When the closest you can get to nature in the scorching Texas summer is a withering front-lawn, it's easy to forget just how amazing the real deal can be. The...

In a Political World, Density512 Persists

When was the last time you gained a new political perspective without a screen eight inches from your face? Austin-based music collective Density512 intends to try in its second annual...

Much more than a lark: A Fugazi opera sans the Fugazi songs

Punk music without the music, as it turns out, is still pretty punk. “It’s All True,” an opera from the Brooklyn-based experimental performance group Object Collection, comes to Austin’s Paramount...