30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...Any Austin-based or Austin-headed music fan worth their salt starts encountering..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Crypta, Cherubs, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Must-see shows for the weekend and beyond

"...Thursday 15 – Friday 16, Hotel Vegas..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Ameripolitan Awards Return to Austin for Ceremony’s 10th Anniversary

Ray Benson, Augie Meyers, and Flaco Jiménez will be honored Feb. 18

"...After a three-year residency in Memphis, Dale Watson’s Ameripolitan Music Awards will return to Austin from Feb. 15-18, 2024,..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...All roads lead to Austin come March 13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...It’s a really nice return to reality. In turn, Austin-area breweries have recommitted to quality-driven mainstay beers supplemented by..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Austin Film Society’s Doc Days Returns

Third edition opens with Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground

"...Austin Film Society’s Doc Days, a celebration of the best..."

Sept. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...The Austin hip-hop scene's collective march toward widespread recognition is taking..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020

It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings

"...So despite the scurrying about by the Austin-area beer scene, we went ahead and power ranked 'em..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Today's lineup additions also include some of the first Austin-linked films for SXSW Film 2020 (March 13-21), starting with..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Calliope Musicals

"...While 2016 breakout Time Owes You Nothing flourished jangled psych, Calliope..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Review by Reid Jowers

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

New Documentary Shows the Beauty of the Border, and the Perils of a Barrier

The River and the Wall captures a wilderness without divisions

"...With his new documentary, The River and the Wall, Austin-based natural history filmmaker Ben Masters and his team travel..."

May 3, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

Eight International All-Stars at SXSW Music

"...WestermanWed. 13, Swan Dive Patio, 9pm; British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, 3:50pm A buzz-cut Londoner with..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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

Playback: And the Armadillos Went Wild

Threadgill’s World Headquarters goes the way of its predecessor, the Armadillo World Headquarters, plus Black Fret offers more than just money

"...chicken-fried pork chops and vegetable plates. The restaurant and music venue's owner, who previously oversaw the three-ring circus known..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Taps ConsenSys Founder Joseph Lubin for 2019 Keynote

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency track programming comes into focus

"...joins previously announced Keynotes Shirley Manson and Lauren Mayberry (Music), Marti Noxon (Film), and Kevin Systrom with Josh Constine..."

Oct. 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Bonny Chu

Willie Nelson Unites America

A guitar-strumming Beto O’Rourke tries too

"...Although Willie Nelson, 85, remains an outspoken troubadour of..."

July 5, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...Austin Chronicle: Greetings from Austin, Texas...."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Fri. 16, Hotel Vegas Annex, 8:55pm Frank Smith and Grape St...."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

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

"...Wed. 14, Speakeasy Kabaret, 9:10pm; Fri. 16, Townsend, 10pm Ecuadorian synth-pop duo 1982 sounds straight out..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

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

A New Era for the Austin Music Awards

Voting process expands as show moves to February and off SXSW

"...calendars, because for the first time in decades, the Austin Music Awards no longer falls during South by Southwest...."

Sept. 25, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Awards’ Message of Love

35th annual local prom sets a new standard

"...historical performances, the emotional core of the 35th annual Austin Music Awards show occurred early. As the “Femmes for..."

March 13, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The 2016-17 Austin Music Awards’ Texan Tower of Song

Thirty-five years of AMAs? More like 181 years of Texas on one stage, on one night!

"...Instead, Austin guitarist for the most famous living musician (he whose..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Music Awards Posters, 1983-2017

"...2015-16..."

March 2, 2017 Photo Gallery

Gay Place

OUTsider Fest heads into the woods and will "emerge ready to fight"

"...than queer survival, it's also about queer life. (See austinchronicle.com for more coverage.) GAYDAR..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Pleasure of the Paynes 2016

Annual theatre awards think Terminus is the living end

"...Sometimes at a ceremony where awards are being handed out, there's one show that just..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Arts Post

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

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