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Brittany Howard, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and More Austin Blues Festival Reviews
Standouts from the Antone’s organizers’ Waterloo Park return
"...for the homegrown event’s expansion. Check out the Chronicle music team’s reviews from Austin Blues Festival below. – Rachel..."

April 29, 2024 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Madeleine Leigh, HONK TX, and Eclipse Mania Leads Our Crucial Concerts
Find some sounds to match the celestial sights this week
"...Invited recently to the Austin Music Commission, yours truly testified about journalism and all-ages music..."

April 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Dinosaur Jr., Flo Milli, Estevie, and More Reviews From Thursday of SXSW
Standout sets from the clusterfest
"...(Read our Luck review here.)..."

March 15, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Mike Melinoe’s Playfully Sinister “Casper” and Four More Songs From Austin Artists
New music picks from Loveme, sayang, Shaz, and more
"..."Paper Cuts" features new songs and music videos from Austin artists. Listen to our playlist on..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
The Filipino Fist, Horsegirl, Night Drive's EP release, and more recommended Austin shows
"...As Messi mania blazes at a fever pitch matching global warming this..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More
Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival
"...Access marked a new high for the homegrown heavy music festival...."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
King Louie, Killah Priest, and indie classical lead our recommended shows
"...classical exports, hosted by contemporary sound highlighters Tetractys New Music. A deep appreciation for the Lone Star State is..."

May 26, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup
Texas travel news and events for spring
"...Fiesta Edinburg Music Festival March 2-5, Edinburg, edinburg.com/fiesta-edinburg..."

March 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Most Memorable Moments of Levitation’s Saturday and Sunday
Die Spitz, L7, and the Pinky Rings as Fembots
"...The Chronicle music team ventured across downtown venues to wrap the Black..."

Oct. 31, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Qmmunity: Kings, Queens, and Other Things
Trans performers get the keys to the Kingdom on Fridays, plus Erica Nix enters the mayoral race
"...The physical is becoming political: Erica Nix, known to..."

July 29, 2022 Column by James Scott

Russian House Becomes Just 'The House'; Cowboy Breakfast Brings the Free Noms; Tatsu-Ya Takes Over Former Contigo Space; This Month Is All About the Women Everywhere; and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...biscuits, strong coffee, and more – and live country music, dance lesson, and trick roping demos. You gotta get..."

March 2, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week
Spirit Adrift, Luvencie, Jonathan Terrell, American Friend, TSO Jrag with Quin NFN, and Rod Gator
"...the song draws inspiration from Ringsmuth's personal experience of "mania and shame involved with body dysmorphia and binge eating." –..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Live and Recorded Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more
"...Parker Jazz Club, Friday 23 Physicians for Musicians Together Again..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Seven Decades and One Wall Apart: Finding Friendship on Either Side of a Bouldin Creek Duplex
Two women at different stages of life keep company during a pandemic
"...Austin at the height of the city's real estate mania. When I found a listing for a 1930s duplex..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Ali Montag

Faster Than Sound: Growing Up Margin Walker
I've only ever experienced Texas music under the independent reigns of Graham Williams. I didn't know how lucky I was.
"...children annually attended Fun Fun Fun Fest, the cultish music and comedy festival held at Austin's Auditorium Shores. I..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re playing
"...that exists in the ample spaces between singing and musical accompaniment...."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: ACL Fest’s Recipe for Success
Essential ingredients for a modern edition of our city’s largest music festival
"...Last year's Paul McCartney mania could have left ACL Fest 2019 looking like sloppy..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music Review: Revival Experience at Camp Lucy
Not at all the Hill Country brush Fyre Fest trolls predicted
"...back vibe felt far removed from the downtown Austin mania...."

March 14, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Qmmunity: SXSW Gets Queer’d
Whether or not you’re carrying a badge, we’ve got the q’d events for you
"...10 days Austin will be all but consumed by SX-mania (hopefully you haven't broken out in hives at the..."

March 8, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Playback: Bombs, Beto, and the Biggest Music Stories of 2018
“Playback” recaps the news, trends, and controversies of the year. Outrage level: high.
"...woke up that Monday morning one of us: a musician, an Austinite, a person with a life ahead of..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Texas Tiki Week Returns With an All-Star Cast and Tropical Spirit
The annual event is back with the best bits of tiki craft and history
"...on their first Tiki Village, an event combining cocktails, music, and vendors of tiki-themed art and products. The 2018..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Food Feature by Tom Thornton

Blowing the Dust Off Punk Record Collections
Jason Blackmore explores punk musicians' record collections in Records Collecting Dust II
"...different," Jason Blackmore laughed. The 48-year-old San Diego-based punk musician-turned-filmmaker has just finished making Records Collecting Dust II, a..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

Punk Weirdos Big Bill Finally Unleash Their Inner LP
Reining in the freak show while doubling down on the absurd
"...lived in Lubbock and, despite a glaring lack of musical experience, somehow convinced a guitarist named Fiddles to start..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Five Can't-Miss Free Week Shows
American Sharks, Sailor Poon, and Peelander-Z headline a packed slate
"...the New Year's Eve hangover when Austin's finest up-and-coming musicians fill the stages at Red River District venues starting..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Events Post by Mark Fagan

Margaret Moser Tribute: John Cale
Velvet Underground co-founder on first meet: “Up walks a petite blonde with all the swagger of someone 10 feet tall”
"...WEST in an Econoline van packed with sleepy, angry musicians and their gear – we still had NYC in..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Aldous Harding’s Enormous Voice
Kiwi channels the brilliant mania of Kate Bush
"...Familiars accompanying on keyboard, occasionally guitar, and harmonies. Harding’s musical arrangements are sparse and slow-moving – and, in some..."

June 20, 2017 Music Post by Libby Webster

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup
Springtime in Texas means wildflowers and festivals abound
"...Robot Mania March 14-16, Johnson City, www.sciencemill.org..."

March 1, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

My Father’s House: A Moment With Bruce Springsteen
“His lyrics tethered me to my family, the way they grew up”
"...Comics in Boston to buy his fill of new music every week, and has since he was in his..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Post by Libby Webster

ACL Review: Radiohead II
Fear and loathing for a second weekend
"...red lights and screens split in a disorienting, schizophrenic mania...."

Oct. 8, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Playback: RSD in ATX
Record Store Day local exclusives, and out-of-the-way wax emporiums that may carry them
"...– has been a hot spot for psychedelic beat music, experimental EDM, and underground hip-hop. Over the winter, the..."

April 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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