Daniel Johnston is your favorite songwriter’s favorite songwriter. The legend was a standout figure in the outsider and lo-fi music scenes of the 1990s. His music still touches the hearts of listeners ...

During Daniel Johnston’s career, the catchall genre “alternative music” was created. The label was often applied to his songs, and some of its most famous practitioners were among his biggest fans.

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Despite the dramatic change in the style of his music to something that sounds highly professional on his latest album, Is and Always Was, Daniel Johnston’s fans keep coming back.’ The new style, ...

In January, Shimmy-Disc will be unveiling Alive in New York City, a new live album recording from the late Daniel Johnston. The show was recorded and live-mixed by Kramer in April 2000. What’s unique ...

Daniel Johnston, the influential singer-songwriter and visual artist who painted Austin’s famous “Hi How Are You” frog mural on the Drag, died at home last night following a presumed heart attack at ...

In college, I spent a lot of time hanging out with music nerds. At that time, compact discs were seen as most excellent, indeed, and cassette tapes were not so unhip as to be met with scorn. I had — ...

The hit movie “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” presents a few portals between our world and the underworld. Without spoiling plot points, I’ll note that one of those portals is a bedroom belonging to a ...