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Here Are Your Winners for the 42nd Annual Austin Music Awards
Austin’s favorite albums, artists, and instrumentalists of 2023
Cactus Lee, Nemegata, Font, Grace Sorensen Set for the Chronicle’s Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Party
Freebie springtime standby returns to Hotel Vegas March 15
Olivia Rodrigo, at the Precipice of Rock and Pop Stardom
Singer teeters on poise and rowdiness for fourth GUTS tour stop
DAWA Highlights BIPOC Artists With Third Annual Unity Showcase
Free March 12 concert features Luna Luna, Tony22, Nemegata
St. Edward’s Students Protest After School Removes Pride Flag From Coffee Shop
“Bring back the flag,” they chanted
Texas Food and Wine Alliance Announces All-Star Chefs Lineup for Live Fire!
And Rick Bayless at Nixta Taqueria even sooner
South by Southwest Sends in the Clowns
Pamela Adlon, Frank Oz, John Leguizamo, and more for Comedy Festival
Crash (1996)
Crash (1996) 1996, NC-17, 100 min. Directed by David Cronenberg, Starring James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas. This polarizing adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel about people erotically ignited by car crashes is peak Cronenberg.
Will Texas Outlaw IVF Following Alabama Ruling?
Abbott not pushing legislation, but signals support for IVF
Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement
Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced
Less Talkin’, More Rockin’: The Austin Music Awards Touch Down at Antone’s
Jim Franklin, Rosa Madriz, Cherubs honored at 42nd Chronicle show
Austin FC Opens the Season Like It Ended the Last One… With Disappointment
El Tree falls 2-1 to Minnesota
UT Students Sanctioned for Conduct During Pro-Palestinian Protest
They delivered a list of demands to the dean of the school of social work
Best Drummer/Percussionist
2. Alton Jenkins 3. Daniel Coborn 4. Daniel Dufour 5. Jeffrey Olson
Best New Club
2. The Coral Snake 3. dadaLab 4. Friendly Rio Market 5. Superstition
Best Hip-Hop/Rap
2. Blakchyl 3. Malik Baptiste 4. Mike Melinoe 5. Norman BA$E
Best Guitarist
2. alexalone 3. Ezra Rodriguez 4. John Morales 5. Wilson Marks
Best Poster Artist
2. Billy Perkins 3. Cat Barrera 4. Ishaq Fahim 5. Taylor Rushing
Best Jazz
2. Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet 3. JaRon Marshall 4. Mockjaw 5. Pamela Hart
Best Horns
2. Andre Hayward 3. Aubrey Logan 4. Daniel Fears 5. Gene Centeno
Best Producer
2. Beto Martinez 3. Danny Reisch 4. Walker Lukens 5. Wiardon
Best Latin
2. Como Las Movies 3. El Combo Oscuro 4. Lesly Reynaga 5. Nemegata
Best Miscellaneous Instrument
2. AJ Castillo, accordion 3. Carolyn Trowbridge, vibraphone 4. Kym Warner, mandolin 5. Thor Harris, marimba
Best Radio Personality
2. Andy Langer (ACL Radio) 3. Deejay Slyce (KAZI) 4. Loris Lowe (Sun Radio) 5. Suzanna Choffel (Sun Radio)
Best Metal
2. Bridge Farmers 3. Deep Cross 4. Sadistic Force 5. Spirit Adrift
Best Pianist/Keyboardist
2. David Alvarez 3. JaRon Marshall 4. Jonathan Deas 5. Rae Mascardo
Best Radio Show
2. 101X Homegrown with John Laird (KROX-FM) 3. Double Heads Variety Hour (KOOP) 4. A Hill Country Saturday with Kevin Connor (Sun Radio) 5. Stronger Than Dirt with Scott Gardner (KOOP)
Best Pop
2. Jane Leo 3. Primo the Alien 4. Redbud 5. Sun June
Best Strings/Fiddle
2. Beth Chrisman 3. Christabel Lin 4. Erik Hokkanen 5. Katie Shore
Best Radio Station
2. KAZI 88.7FM 3. KOOP 91.7FM 4. KVRX 91.7FM 5. Sun Radio 100.1FM
Best Punk
2. BÖNDBREAKR 3. Fuck Money 4. mugger 5. User Unauthorized
Best Vocalist
2. Kalu James (Kalu & The Electric Joint) 3. Nnedi Agbaroji (Trouble in the Streets) 4. Quentin Arispe (The Past Lives) 5. Uncle Roy & Spice (US, Sir Woman)
Best Record Label
2. Chicken Ranch Records 3. Keeled Scales 4. Portrayal of Guilt Records 5. Spaceflight Records
Best R&B
2. Alesia Lani 3. Eimaral Sol 4. Grace Sorensen 5. THEBROSFRESH
Best Equipment Rental
2. ILIOS Production Design 3. Limitless Lights and Sound 4. Nomad Sound 5. The Werd Company
Best Record Store
2. Antone’s Record Shop 3. Big Henry’s Vinyl & Gifts 4. BLK Vinyl 5. Breakaway Records 6. End of an Ear 7. Feels So Good Records 8. Love Wheel Records
Best Rock
2. Font 3. Magic Rockers of Texas 4. Never 5. On Being an Angel
Album of the Year
2. A Giant Dog, Bite 3. alexalone, ALEXALONE TECHNICAL RESEARCH 4. Being Dead, When Horses Would Run 5. BLK ODYSSY, DIAMONDS & FREAKS 6. DAIISTAR, Good Time 7. Nemegata, Voces 8. Portrayal of Guilt, Devil Music 9. Tele Novella, Poet’s Tooth 10. Various artists, Texas Wild
Best Instrument Repair
2. Austin Vintage Guitars 3. Straight Frets 4. Strait Music 5. Switched On
Best Recording Studio
2. Alnico Studio 3. Bud’s Recording Services 4. Estuary Recording 5. Orb Recording Studios
Best World
2. Atlas Maior 3. Nagavalli 4. Oliver Rajamani 5. Paula Maya
Band of the Year
2. Being Dead 3. Die Spitz 4. Fuck Money 5. Nemegata
Best Live Music Booker
2. Happen Twice 3. Howdy Gals 4. Katelynn Garza (Hotel Vegas) 5. Resound Presents
Most Creative Event
2. Bill Ball 6 3. A Celebration of Bobbie Nelson 4. Fusebox Festival 5. Wizard Rodeo 3
Hundreds of Beavers
Loony live-action cartoon about a fur trader who goes to war with rodents
Best New Act
2. Grocery Bag 3. Nuclear Daisies 4. SKATELAND 5. Slow Pulse
Best Live Music Venue
2. ACL Live at the Moody Theater 3. Antone’s Nightclub 4. Hotel Vegas 5. The Saxon Pub
Best Blues
2. Buffalo Nichols 3. Henri Herbert 4. Jesse Dayton 5. Zach Person
Ordinary Angels
True story about a small-town hairdresser’s crusade to help a widower secure a liver transplant for his daughter
Music Video of the Year
2. Being Dead, “The Great American Picnic” (Dir. Kai Winikka) 3. Malik Baptiste, “Who!?” (Dir. Wes Ellis) 4. Mike Melinoe, “Clichés” (Dir. Michael Whitsett & Shelly Knicks) 5. Tele Novella, “Funeral” (Dir. Vanessa Pla)
Best Live Sound Engineer
2. Chris Corbo 3. Connor Schwanke 4. Dan Richardson 5. Myles Crosby
Best Country
2. Harvest Thieves 3. Sentimental Family Band 4. The Tender Things 5. Theo Lawrence
Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity
Documentary uses reenactments to dramatize the five apparitions of Our Lady in Guadalupe
Musician of the Year
2. Ben Kweller 3. Blakchyl 4. BLK ODYSSY 5. S.L. Houser
Best Music Festival
2. ACL Festival 3. Austin Blues Festival 4. Oblivion Access Festival 5. South by Southwest
Best DJ
2. Ashmar 3. DJ Jester the Filipino Fist 4. DJ Kay Cali 5. King Louie
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training
Film expansion of the manga series and television show
Song of the Year
2. DAIISTAR, “Star Starter” 3. Grace Sorensen & Magna Carda, “Digits” 4. Walker Lukens, “The One Who Loves You” 5. Wild Child, “Dear John”
Best Music Nonprofit
2. Anthropos Arts 3. Diversity Awareness and Wellness in Action (DAWA) 4. SIMS Foundation 5. Sonic Guild
Best Electronic
2. Felt Out 3. LP Giobbi 4. Lucía Beyond 5. SEWA
Drive-Away Dolls
Ethan Coen solo effort is screwball without the comedy
Songwriter of the Year
2. Abhi the Nomad 3. Cactus Lee 4. Laura Colwell (Sun June) 5. Will Johnson
Best Music Photographer
2. David Brendan Hall 3. Pooneh Ghana 4. Roger Ho 5. Samantha Tellez
Best Experimental
2. Alex DL 3. Attic Ted 4. fibril 5. Water Damage
Stopmotion
An animator starts to lose her mind in this chilling horror
Best Bassist
2. Daniel Foose 3. Greg Gonzalez 4. Nora Predey 5. Sam Pankey
Best Music Residency
2. Club X at the 13th Floor 3. Farmer’s Wife at Hotel Vegas 4. Fresh Fridaze at Independence Brewing 5. Sketch at C-Boy’s Heart & Soul
Best Folk/Bluegrass
2. Batty Jr. 3. Briscoe 4. Large Brush Collection 5. Lost Patterns
Spaceman
Adam Sandler is an astronaut confronted with a mysterious creature
Theatre Review: Always a Boy Is Never a Bore
Ground Floor Theatre production offers a tender trans portrayal
Headlines / Quote of the Week
More Border “Security”: Gov. Greg Abbott announced the state is building an 80-acre base camp in Eagle Pass for Texas National Guard troops. The base will hold up to 2,300 soldiers who have been deployed to the border as part of Operation Lone Star, which has deployed thousands of Texas state troopers and the National…
Day Trips: Mother Neff State Park, Moody
Texas’ first state park is still going strong after nearly 90 years
What’s New at the 42nd Annual Austin Music Awards?
The Zev Award launches, Antone’s hosts, and winners are out of the bag
Music Industry Hall of Fame: Poster Visionary Jim Franklin
The iconic artist reflects on armadillos, self-unemployment, and his influence on Austin culture
Qmmunity: Peace, Love, and the House of Juicy
Legendary Father Akasha and princess BabiBoi talk the new Central Texas chapter of Juicy Couture
The Margaret Moser Award: Behind-the-Scenes Concert Wiz Rosa Madriz
The talent buyer and Margaret Moser Award winner discusses her career shift and influential decades in Austin music
Crosstalk: Kelly Willis, Melissa Carper, and Brennen Leigh Are the Wonder Women of Country
Chalk breaks up, Big Sugar reemerges, Die Spitz shoots a music video
Bassist Mikki Itzigsohn Premieres First Visual Art Show
Ode to “Songwriters” at Yard Dog Art Gallery
Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events
Get out and about in Austin while the weather’s good
Can a Veteran Oil Man Clean Up the Railroad Commission’s Mess?
Running for statewide office as a Democrat is never an easy task in Texas, where a Dem hasn’t won since the Nineties. It’s even more difficult for an office with a misleading name, against incumbents who accept campaign donations from the industry they’re meant to regulate. The Railroad Commission is in charge of wrangling the…
Cassette Roulette, Some Bitchcraft, and More Arts Events
Get arty this week with our recommended happenings
The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts
Our recommended shows for the week ahead
New Evidence Suggests Ivan Cantu’s Innocence, But Will Anyone Stop His Execution?
85,000 petitioners and celebrities are behind him
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, February 23-29
The Luv Doc: Middle-Aged, Caucasian, and Cranky
Middle-aged white guys have it tough all over, not just in Texas
José Garza, Jeremy Sylestine Vie for District Attorney
Travis County residents have a D.A. decision
Opinion: Dear Israel: I’m Stuck in the Middle With You
My parents taught me that the existence of Israel is essential. My children taught me that support for their violently racist policies is fascistic. There’s a middle position, even if it sometimes feels contradictory.
Live Screening Screams Abound in It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This
Filmmakers bring their found-footage horror to Fallout Theater on its IRL-only tour
Here Are Your Winners for the 42nd Annual Austin Music Awards
Though the details wiggle around annually, the meat-and-potatoes mission of the Austin Music Awards sticks. The Austin Chronicle celebrates the year in citywide music-making with a springtime party/concert, now for the 42nd year. For the first time, the party moves to Antone’s Nightclub on Sunday, Feb. 25 at 7pm. Tickets are on sale now at…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Leonardo Da Vinci frequently painted on wood. The Mona Lisa is in oil painted on a panel of white Lombardy poplar. Researchers say a breakup has physical effects on our bodies. In takotsubo syndrome, first described in 1990, the stress of heartbreak or loss can change the shape of your heart and mimic the symptoms…
The Verde Report: The Biggest Questions Surrounding Austin FC’s 2024 Season
First up: Can El Tree get off to a winning start?
The Strip Club: Lake Creek Festival Shopping Center
Sampling noodles, shoes, salsa, and silencers at the Northwest Austin strip mall
Controversial $1M+ McKinsey Homelessness Study Canceled
Mayor doesn’t “believe anyone has been misled”
Back in Austin, the Ameripolitan Awards Define a Musical Spirit
Show’s 10th anniversary return uplifts largely outsider roots sounds
March 2024 Primary Election Endorsements for Travis County Residents
Our choices for local, state, and national races
Election Info for Travis County Voters
Early Voting: Feb. 20 – March 1; Election Day: Tuesday, March 5
