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Live Nation Acquires ScoreMore

ScoreMore Shows, the Austin-based concert promotion company that throws many of Texas’ marquee hip-hop events — including the hugely popular three-city JMBLYA festival — has sold a majority stake of their company to industry giants Live Nation.

9:25AM Wed. May 30, 2018, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Hot Luck Review: Blackillac

I came to Barracuda hungry. Given that Saturday night’s Blackillac appearance was programmed as part of the culinary carousal known as Hot Luck, “Playback” banked on munching on some innovative snacks, but there was nary a kabob, taco, or slider in sight. Fortunately, my guts also panged for music.

11:30AM Sun. May 27, 2018, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Sidewinder Closes

Sidewinder, the two-stage Red River Cultural District club, closed this week and many of its upcoming concerts are being relocated. Owner John Wickham is in talks to re-sign a lease on the property and open another live music venue there with a new partner.

9:55AM Fri. May 18, 2018, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Sweet Pill, Zeta, Equipment

Parish

Friends Trivia
at Waterloo Ice House

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

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Q&A: Peelander-Z’s Kengo Hioki

Twenty years into their madcap career, Peelander-Z remains without equal. That is to say no one else has thought to create a color-coded punk band that chants non-sequitur hooks and engages in human bowling at their concerts.

3:55PM Fri. May 11, 2018, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Sammy Allred Dead at 84

Sammy Allred, singer and mandolin player in hillbilly humorists the Geezinslaw Brothers and longtime local deejay, has died at age 84, KOKE-FM reported.

3:23PM Thu. May 10, 2018, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Introducing Waterloo Music Festival

Addressing what its organizers have diagnosed as an underserved local market, Waterloo Music Festival will produce a large-scale jam band event for Austin come this fall.

9:00AM Tue. May 8, 2018, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Tony Kinman 1956-2018

Tony Kinman, a day-oner in California’s punk scene who later pioneered alt.country and cowpunk as the bassist and vocalist in the Austin-based band Rank & File, passed away this morning in his California home at age 63, his brother and bandmate Chip Kinman confirmed. He had been battling cancer.

2:10PM Fri. May 4, 2018, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

A Giant Dog Triumphs on A Giant Stage

“Last time we played here was for one girl in a Korn shirt,” announced A Giant Dog guitarist/vocalist Andrew Cashen, recalling the locals’ scarcely attended X Games gig at the Circuit of the Americas Amphitheater in 2015. “This is a lot better.”

11:40AM Thu. May 3, 2018, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Jawbreaker Playing Austin in July

Updated, May 2, 10am: Jawbreaker will perform at the Skyline Theater – the front lawn of the Long Center – on July 13. Tickets go onsale Friday, 10am, here. General admission is $44. It’s their only Texas show on the books.

2:30PM Tue. May 1, 2018, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

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