SXSW Music: Second List

243 + 171 = as many acts as the last two ATX fests combined

"...regular basis from here on in. This morning, the Music festival offered a second batch of showcasing acts –..."

Nov. 18, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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

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

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

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

Playback: ACL Mania

The ACL zeitgeist in review

"...one of the flagpoles by which Austin City Limits Music Festival attendees locate one another in the masses. "Bernice"..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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

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

ACL Music Fest Sunday Interviews

Kate Pierson's inner bongo mania

"...Claire), where kitsch met thrift-store style and fun met musical substance. Their universe consisted of dances about underwater creatures,..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Saturday's Metal Mania

Saturday's metal SXSW picks.

"...As the entire music industry swarms Red River, pillaging everything in its path,..."

March 17, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Everything Must Go

Tower's last hours

"...record stores," he says. "I think that the retail music industry is just gonna have to cater more to..."

June 25, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Touched With Fire

Two manic-depressive poets meet in group therapy and fall in love

"...(Kirby), who meet in group therapy, fuel each other’s mania, fall in love, and further their relationship in the..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: Endtroducing

Record Store Day: Don't forget the actual record store, America's 'musical town square'

"...and introduced me to the Chronicle. I live for music. I'm at shows, in the stores, on the streets..."

April 20, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Lust for Life

The 2015/16 Austin Music Awards' bedrock mania

"...have been the most important set at the Austin Music Awards since the Big Boys shared the bill with..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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

Alvin and the Chipmunks

What's it all about, Alvin? This by-the-numbers attempt at a chipmunk revival is not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

"...and abetted in life and love (and icky-sweet pop music) by My Three Chipmunks. Mr. Show's Cross is a..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Return of ... the Cassette

The Walkman revolutionized portable music. Can their fodder – cassettes – jump the shark?

"...about his Minner Bucket Records putting out "handmade experimental music" on cassette. Like many who grew up in the..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Love Walks In

The first Rockrgrl Music Conference gets a blessing from Seattle's rain goddess.

"...a voice cry, "Hey, you're going to Rockrgrl!" was music to my ears. Yes, I was going to the..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Cover Up: The Fun Fun Fun Fest Files

Front page stars of the 'Chronicle,' from Black Angels to Ume

"...Now we know the full lineup, it seems pretty..."

July 14, 2012 Music Post

Steel Bluebonnet Determination

Robin Shivers, founder of HAAM, worked behind the scenes, and yet was one of the Austin music scene's most important faces

"...was instrumental in creating the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, yet her other efforts in the music community were..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

TCB

All the hip-hop that fits in ATX.

"...part to ensure there's more to our self-proclaimed "Live Music Capital of the World" than fiddles and guitars. A..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

TCB

Hepatitis C and the damage done.

"...always part of the woof and weave of the music business in Austin," says (Condo) Joe Bryson, who owned..."

June 20, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Slouching Toward Happy Hour

East Sixth & Thereabouts

"...and the buzz of the tequila will heighten your musical pleasure. -- M.V. Knucklehead's Garage Bar and Grill..."

March 19, 1999 Food Feature

Dancing About Architecture

"...word went around that the soft-spoken owner of Primetime Music Shoppe and Repair had taken his own life last..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Not Really From L.A.

"...submit an application to showcase at SXSW '96. The music conference and festival will be held March 13-17 next..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Music Column

Dancing About Architecture

Lollapalosers and Winners

"...for non-clubgoers to be introduced to some fine local music. Your best bet when deciding which nights to go,..."

July 28, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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

Whut It Dew

They don't call DJ Rapid Ric the Mixtape Mechanic for nuthin'

"...For more than two decades, rap music has bent over backward in adapting itself to the..."

May 20, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

More Hot Butts!

"...As for the Butties' recent show at the Austin Music Hall, Haynes is adamant that "We gotta do something..."

June 28, 1996 Music Column

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

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