Jump On It Organizer NOOK Turner’s 30-Year Fight to Preserve Eastside Black Culture

Rapper / promoter / activist goes long on his annual “Black Culture 360” event

"...city limits and you’ll hear some account of Old Austin’s superiority, but the Eastside’s continued gentrification and its rippling..."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Volunteering, Drag, Birthdays, and More Recommended Events

Let us help you plan your weekend

"...27 – they’ve been showcasing artist Moyo Okediji, a UT-Austin professor of art history. His time as an apprentice..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Sing Sing Scores Oscar Nominations For Austin

Greg Kwedar, Colman Domingo, Adrian Quesada all get Academy nod

"...It's been a heck of a day for Austin filmmaker Greg Kwedar. Not only did he fly to..."

Jan. 23, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...puppetry and performances that rocked the B. Iden Payne awards. Now it’s back: the perfect time to get acquainted..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Back in Austin, the Ameripolitan Awards Define a Musical Spirit

Show's 10th anniversary return uplifts largely outsider roots sounds

"...A decade into the Ameripolitan Music Awards, the event’s namesake genre remains a somewhat nebulous..."

Feb. 19, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Terry Allen, ericdoa, and More Crucial Concerts

Essential Austin gigs in the coming week

"...Allen and Shakey Graves, opening the show with Eighties Austin group the Reivers’ “I Knew.” No surprise, given Johnson’s..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Free Week Unleashed: These Four Austin Acts Hit the Ground Running in 2024

Catching up with Redbud, lluvii, Daydream Twins, and SINE

"...January (conceptually repeated in July for Hot Summer Nights) Austin music is the main event. The whole enchilada. The..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Deborah O'Keefe of Jason & Deb Sues 101X Owners Waterloo Media

Lawsuit alleges misogyny and discrimination by owner Bob Sinclair, station countersues

"...Waterloo Media is now the majority owner of eight Austin outlets: 101X Alternative Austin, Austin City Limits Radio, 103.5..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Music Feature by Julian Towers

ATX Screen News: Animation, aGLIFF, and the Alamo Village

Incentives get funded, aGLIFF gets glam, and the oldest Alamo is reopening

"...Masters of the Universe: Revelation is another smash for Austin's Powerhouse Animation. The Netflix original, picking up where the..."

July 30, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Riders Against the Storm Hit Their Stride With Flowers for the Living

Three-time winners of the Austin Music Awards' Band of the Year honors keep building community and creativity

"..."We are Austin music," repeats Jonathan "Chaka" Mahone...."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

David Garza Recounts a Few of the 10,000 Stories Behind Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Texan muse and former Austinite relocated production to El Paso

"...Worth metroplex, and becoming a star in 1989 at UT-Austin when his collegiate trio Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom touched off..."

April 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

30 Years of “Best of Austin”

Some of the stories behind 10,484 awards

"...10,484 total "Best of Austin" Awards over 30 years (an average of 349 per..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Roky Erickson Ascends to the 13th Floor (1947-2019)

Psychedelic pioneer clocked 71 Earth years

"...Roky Erickson, Austin's homegrown pioneer of psychedelia, garage, punk, and horror rock,..."

May 31, 2019 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Qmmunity

Plus new music from Krudxs Cubensi and a Cinco de Mayo drag brunch

"..."coalition of the us's" is an urgent reminder for Austin's qmmunity to keep showing up: in the streets, before..."

May 3, 2019 Column by Beth Sullivan

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...word "classical" throw you. In the context of classical music in Austin, it doesn't mean formal. It doesn't mean..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing

"...Want to hear the music that Austinites are buzzing about right now, before they..."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

Office Space Star David Herman Is the Real Michael Bolton

"Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks!"

"...Hall of Fame's Star of Texas Award at the Austin Film Society, after a special 20th anniversary screening at..."

March 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Britt Hayes

Playback: Waterloo Music Festival vs. Eastside Kings Festival

Austin music’s fall festival opens with a double-barrel bang

"...Waterloo Music Festival, Friday 7-Sunday 9..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hosea Hargrove Passes

Austin bluesman influenced the Vaughan Brothers among others

"...Austin bluesman Hosea Hargrove died on Tuesday, confirmed his daughter..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...In a city like Austin, it is downright invigorating to have a such a..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Playback: White Denim Breaks Free

White Denim’s new LP Performance signals a new era of emancipation for Austin’s prog rockers, and Como Las Movies rides a nuevo wave

"...green and lush – not scorched earth like most Austin yards in late August. Bandleader James Petralli attributes it..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Fri. 16, CU29, 11pm Club music for the masses of Guadalajara, Nacho Luquin and drummer..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Feels Like the First Time

The 36th annual Austin Music Awards mark a number of debuts

"...Agenda item No. 1 for the 2017/2018 Austin Music Awards Show hinged on a landmark first for..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Lake|Flato's Impact on Austin

The firm behind the new library has changed our city's look

"...28 has generated much buzz for Lake|Flato, the San Antonio/Austin-based architectural firm that partnered on the project with Boston's..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback – JMBLYA 2017: Trapper’s Delight

JMBLYA garners the third largest concert audience in Austin's 2017

"...now in the rearview mirror, JMBLYA saw its youthful music promoters ScoreMore successfully stage Austin's third largest concert of..."

May 12, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Awards Posters, 1983-2017

"...2009-10..."

March 2, 2017 Photo Gallery

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin Music Awards show audience visited the genre’s desired effect..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Announces Lee Daniels as Film Keynote

Featured speakers, a panel, and some music acts drop

"...to think about that March behemoth that takes over Austin (whether you're a participant or not), SXSW released some..."

Sept. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...spontaneity, practitioners of the unpredictable. They are improvisers, and Austin is overrun with them...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Altered States

Three Austin artists that are changing their tune

"...This ain't no April Fools. Every musician desires maximum artistic latitude, so it's only a moderate..."

April 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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