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Bob Dylan Puts an End to “Rough and Rowdy Ways” With Two Nights in Austin

On March 1 in Fort Lauderdale, Bob Dylan was a few songs into his show – and a few years into his Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour – when a woman in the audience seized a medium-quiet moment of tuning to make a request: “Play something we know!” she shouted to the stage.

4:54PM Mon. Apr. 8, Shawn Badgley Read More | Comment »

The Black Keys Turn Back the Clock With a Set of Raw Hill Country Blues at Mohawk

In the early days of the Black Keys, circa The Big Come Up and Thickfreakness, their name was rarely uttered without mention of R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough.

2:29PM Fri. Mar. 15, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Council to Propose Resolution for City Co-Sponsorship of Free Live Music Events

In light of Blues on the Green canceling its 2024 season due to rising costs, Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison will propose a resolution at the Feb. 15 City Council meeting to suggest city co-sponsorship of the concert series and other free live music events.

12:10PM Wed. Feb. 14, Carys Anderson Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Sweet Pill, Zeta, Equipment

Parish

Concert in the Dark: Full Moon edition w/ Will Taylor & Ryan Murphy (the Beatles tribute) at ATX Unplugged

Friends Trivia
at Waterloo Ice House

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Mondo Veterans and SpectreVision Announce New Collectibles Company Mutant

Art doesn't evolve, it mutates. That's clear with the arrival of Mutant, an Austin-based posters, vinyl, toys, and collectibles firm established by some of the key figures behind the powerhouse Mondo and backed by production company, SpectreVision.

10:00AM Mon. Jan. 29, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Listen to This: David Beck Follows His “North Star” Home

When I think of David Beck, I first think of an absolute killer of an upright bassist. But the second thing that comes to mind is: comfort. He’s got this cozy voice and warmhearted nature as a songwriter.

9:00AM Fri. Oct. 13, 2023, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Frank Kozik (1962-2023), the Man Behind a Poster Revolution

When Frank Kozik passed away this week at the age of 61, he was remembered as the founding father of the modern art print scene. Chronicle writer and punk historian Tim Stegall called him "the graphic and aesthetic conscience of our generation," and that conscience will forever be associated with Austin.

3:30PM Fri. May 12, 2023, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Austin Record Stores for Your Listening Pleasure

Despite phones being the modern world's main conduit of recorded music, brick-and-mortar retail spaces selling physical copies of albums thrive in this musically enlightened city.

7:31AM Sat. Feb. 4, 2023, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Austin Psych Fest Turns Back the Clock: Toro Y Moi, Cuco, and Levitation Favorites Headline Spring Gathering

Austin Psych Fest turns back the clock this spring, reviving its classic name and format as an all-in-one-place festival running April 28-30 at the Far Out Lounge in South Austin. The gathering will be headlined by Toro Y Moi, Cuco, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Yves Tumor, and the Black Angels.

10:00AM Thu. Jan. 26, 2023, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Listen to This: David Beck Breaks Down Bloom & Fade

David Beck was hiding from the ceaseless flow of information when Bloom & Fade began germinating. Fall of 2020, a presidential election transpiring, he and his girlfriend secured 10 days of solitude in New Mexico and unplugged. That’s when the songs started coming.

9:00AM Thu. Sep. 22, 2022, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

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