White Weddings, Rock & Roll, and More Crucial Concerts
Dungeon crawling, avant sax, and other amplified options for the week
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Music, May 1, 2025
Psych, Blues, and Conjunto Festivals Headline Our Crucial Concerts
This week's recommended live offerings
Music, April 24, 2025
Reggaeton, Psych Rock, Brat-Pop, and More Crucial Concerts
Local shows worth your admission this week
Music, April 17, 2025
Lunar Vacation, Nané Day, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week
Grab the earplugs and hit the clubs
Music, April 10, 2025
Album Review: David Ramirez, All the Not So Gentle Reminders
Relentlessly raw songwriter resets on seventh LP
Music, April 3, 2025
A Drag DJ, Ducks Ltd., and More Crucial Concerts for the Week
All kinds of sounds can be found around town
Music, April 3, 2025
Shannon & the Clams, Lola Kirke, and More Crucial Concerts
Recommended shows for the week ahead
Music, March 27, 2025
Pop, Metal, Jazz, and Some Unclassifiable Crucial Concerts
Your guide to the week in live sound
Music, March 20, 2025
Ken Pomeroy Has Paid Her Dues
22-year-old Oklahoman talks Cherokee heritage and 11-year career
Music, March 13, 2025
35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts
From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see
Music, March 6, 2025
No Badge Necessary at These Live Music Recommendations
Crucial concerts for the week ahead
Music, March 6, 2025
Brass Bands, Russian Circles, Swindlers, and More Crucial Concerts
Get out and get loud
Music, Feb. 27, 2025
Metal, Hip-Hop, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week
BodyRock ATX, Escuela Grind, Grace Bowers, and more
Music, Feb. 20, 2025
A Mardi Gras Pre-Party, Improvised Intimacy, and More Recommended Events
Allow us to help sort your weekend out
Arts, Feb. 6, 2025
Live Music Recommendations for the Week Ahead
Get to know your shows
Music, Feb. 6, 2025
A Celebration of Black Women, a Benefit for Palestine, and Other Crucial Concerts
Hans Zimmer, Superfónicos, Lola Tried, and more recommended shows
Music, Jan. 30, 2025
An L.A. Benefit, Toni Price Tribute, and More Crucial Concerts
Recommended shows for the week ahead
Music, Jan. 23, 2025
Punk, Noise, and Dolly in This Week’s Crucial Concerts
Shows to see this weekend and beyond
Music, Jan. 16, 2025
Trauma Ray, TILT, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week
Lots of live music options ahead
Music, Jan. 9, 2025
Album Review: Hayes & the Heathens
Hayes Carll and the Band of Heathens capture Southern-fried synergy
Music, Jan. 2, 2025
Crucial Concerts for the Week Ahead
The Point, Wild Heaven, Chris Acker, and more
Music, Jan. 2, 2025
Live Music Recommendations for Post-Xmas and New Year's
Charley Crockett, DJ Paul, and more crucial concerts
Music, Dec. 26, 2024
Uncle Lucius, Norman BA$E, and More Holiday-Adjacent Live Shows
Crucial concerts for the week to keep you out and about
Music, Dec. 19, 2024
A Free Show, Holiday Hootenanny, and More Crucial Concerts
Gary Clark Jr., Geto Gala, Robert Earl Keen, and more recommended shows
Music, Dec. 12, 2024
Benefits, Parties, and All-Around Crucial Concerts for the Week
Graham Reynolds, Big Bill, Urban Heat and more
Music, Dec. 5, 2024
Live Music Recommendations for the Week
Shoegaze, hip-hop, jazz, and three days of Wilco
Music, Nov. 27, 2024
Allie X, the Bill Ball, and Oodles of Locals in This Week’s Crucial Concerts
Lots of reasons to get out of the house and break out the earplugs
Music, Nov. 21, 2024
La Doña, Geto Gala, the Queen of Christmas, and More Crucial Concerts
Plan your week in live music
Music, Nov. 14, 2024
Reading Is Resistance
The Texas Book Festival champions a diversity of voices and ideas that inspire us
Arts, Nov. 14, 2024
Lost in Austin Chronicles the City’s Rapid Rise
Journalist and former Austinite Alex Hannaford takes a hard look at unaffordability and a disappearing culture
