Lucy Dacus, a Gary Floyd Retrospective, an EXTC, and More Crucial Concerts
Sounds all over town and all over the musical spectrum
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Music, May 8, 2025
Fashion, Heritage, Ballet, Puns, and More Weekend Events
Arts and culture to fill your days
Arts, May 8, 2025
Psych, Blues, and Conjunto Festivals Headline Our Crucial Concerts
This week's recommended live offerings
Music, April 24, 2025
Pop, Metal, Jazz, and Some Unclassifiable Crucial Concerts
Your guide to the week in live sound
Music, March 20, 2025
No Badge Necessary at These Live Music Recommendations
Crucial concerts for the week ahead
Music, March 6, 2025
Modernform, Chat Pile, and More Crucial Concerts
Metal, punk, Mary J, and more worth seeing
Music, Feb. 13, 2025
Live Music Recommendations for the Week Ahead
Get to know your shows
Music, Feb. 6, 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
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
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
Cyndi Lauper, Pleasure P, Luxury Television, and More Crucial Concerts
Live music to drown out the week's news
Music, Nov. 7, 2024
Ravyn Lenae, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, and More Crucial Concerts
Plan your week in music with a little help from these recommendations
Music, Oct. 17, 2024
S.L. Houser, TsuShiMaMiRe, and More Crucial Concerts
Plus country jams, doom metal, and a jazz tag team
Music, Oct. 10, 2024
Mélat, Chingona Fest, Benjamin Tod, and More Crucial Concerts
Lots of sounds to be heard this week
Music, Sept. 12, 2024
Shoegaze, Synthpop, Hip-Hop, and More Crucial Concerts
Whatever your genre, we got you
Music, Aug. 15, 2024
Ghost Funk, Fast Devo, an Elliott Smith Tribute, and More Crucial Concerts
Plan your week in live music with a little help
Music, Aug. 1, 2024
Magda, Mélat, Madam Radar, and More Crucial Concerts
Recommended shows for the week in Austin
Music, June 27, 2024
Proms, Humps, and Queerbombs Highlight This Weekend's Events
21 ways to get out of the house
Arts, May 30, 2024
Jon Muq Album Release, Hole in the Wall Anniversary, and More Crucial Concerts
All manner of sounds for every ear
Music, May 30, 2024
From Revolution to Entertainment in We Are Fugazi From Washington, D.C.
Chronicle writer Joe Gross goes documentarian for the hardcore pioneers
Screens, Dec. 7, 2023
The Riverboat Gamblers' Something to Crow About Turns 20
The album that made Austin's apex punks earns anniversary vinyl remaster
Music, Aug. 10, 2023
Remembering Teresa Taylor, Stand-Up Butthole Surfers Drummer With a Memorable Role in Slacker
The Texas percussionist and “Madonna Pap smear girl” has died at 60
Music, June 20, 2023
Art-Punks Transy Warhol Carve the "Space to Figure Everything Out"
Quartet seeks Control in transphobic Texas on gushy, unabashed debut
Music, May 11, 2023
Nine Essential Albums From Willie Nelson’s 90 Years
Wishing the Texas outlaw icon a Willie nice birthday
Music, April 28, 2023
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Dinosaur Jr. at Lakeline Park, Los Texmaniacs in Sunset Valley, and more recommended shows
