New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Wickliffe's heavenly voices with garage-psych instrumentalism continues, though the music's evolved on the Stuart Sikes-produced tape with intelligent progressions..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more

"...the same time, I'm talking to friends in the music business, especially club owners, and they're just like, 'Man,..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Amazon, Spotify..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home

What we’re spending our time with

"...Kathy Valentine: All I Ever Wanted Amazon, Bookshop.org, Indiebound.org..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Twang Twang Shock-A-Boom ‘Cutz’ New Music

Chris Searles revisits the cult local trio’s salad years

"...Searles explains. “I came up with the name as musical onomatopoeia during a particularly boring class at UT, and..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Foundation, which launched a fund to cover Central Texas musicians' energy bills following COVID-19. – Rachel Rascoe Katherine de Rosset:..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Our Music Critics Pick Their Top 10 Austin Albums of 2018

80 local picks from Molly Burch to Brownout

"...at My Soul: The Latin Shade of Texas Soul (Nacional/Amazon Original)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Garth Brooks to Keynote SXSW

DMC, Warren G, and T.I. also added as conference speakers

"...in Garth Brooks for a keynote conversation at the music conference on Friday, March 17. The country superstar will..."

March 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Stacey Abrams, Beastie Boys to Speak at SXSW

Nile Rodgers, Gwyneth Paltrow and more join the roster

"...members of the Beastie Boys will deliver this year's Music keynote speech...."

Feb. 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Watch This: Balmorhea’s Gorgeous Concert Film, Free for Three Days Only

Live in Marfa breathes new life into The Wind

"...Balmorhea’s music has always been cinematic in scope, imbued with a..."

Dec. 1, 2022 Music Post by Austin Powell

Film Review: Amazônia Groove

An entrancing collection of music from the rivers of northeast Brazil

"...had been audibly entranced by his portrayal of the musical landscape of the Amazon basin, pondering the question: “How..."

March 9, 2019 Screens Post by Michael King

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW News: Garth Brooks Performing at Auditorium Shores on Saturday

Country icon stages his own version of Willie’s Picnic

"...As we not-so-subtly intimated in the this week’s “Playback”..."

March 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Local bands get licensed to ill, Marked Men prove lo-fi is all the rage, and Explosions in the Sky curate All Tomorrow's Parties

"...this month, OTR was contacted on behalf of Experience Music Group, the California-based music licensing and publishing company responsible..."

May 16, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Alejandro Escovedo scores his own life and Man From Plains, Backspin Records relocates, and UT's Center for American History archives Tary Owens' legacy

"...long after the initial publication of the 2008 Austin Music Poll ballot, Bubble Puppy guitarist Todd Potter contacted the..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Tweet This Mess Around: Fred Schneider Tells It Like It T-I-Is! Part 1

What's that on your head? An interview with the B-52's lead man?

"...Fred Schneider, the iconic yelp-yap-yowl of the B-52's and..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Now Streaming in Austin: Song to Song

Terrence Malick’s bonkers take on being an Austin musician

"...highlighting locally made titles to watch while self-quarantining. Live music. Terrence Malick. Two creative forces that scream Austin and..."

May 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Song Premiere: Churchwood’s “Triptych”

Seventh son island soul drone

"...Churchwood return to the altar for another ritual of musical madness and cerebral rebellion...."

Sept. 2, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

'Out of Bounds': AusChronSports

Sports? In the 'Chronicle'? Yep.

"...I love sports. I also love music, film, good eats, my dog (and your dog), hanging..."

Dec. 17, 2011 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Like the Wind, Kiko Villamizar Pushes the Culture Forward

Austin's Colombian instigator brings his music, message, and mission to Todo el Mundo

"...Villamizar has become a leading voice in Austin's Colombian music scene, facilitating the transference of traditional forms to a..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Birth of Western Swing, Death of Milton Brown

Chapter excerpt from the new book by ATX music historians Michael Corcoran and Tim Kerr spotlights the debt that the kings of country swing, Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, owed to Texan Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies

"...[Ghost Notes] Pioneering Spirits of Texas Music (TCU Press) teams local music scholar Michael Corcoran with..."

March 27, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Playback: Does Size Matter at SXSW?

A smaller SXSW Music week still satisfies

"...made a big deal of it. South by Southwest's Music week experienced significant shrinkage in 2018...."

March 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

An Excerpt From Omar Dykes: The Life & Times of a Poor and Almost Famous Bluesman

Hard truths about the music business by Kent “Omar” Dykes and spouse Issa Medrano as they revisit Glory Days (for Bruce Springsteen).

"...Columbia could not be signed and finalized unless the music was sent to CBS immediately, or the deal would..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature

Roger Waters and Erin Lee Carr to Keynote SXSW 2020

Also appearing: Phoebe Robinson, 50 Cent & Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

"...Roger Waters has signed on as South by Southwest Music’s first keynote speaker of 2020. The singer, bassist, and..."

Nov. 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book

"We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”

"...ADR: Mike is actively involved in trap music ... in his nephew's house. Mike's really into a..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: David Ramirez’s Lost Art

David Ramirez’s America, HAAM Benefit Day, and the reverend of Austin music

"...time to help your community. Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, the organization that connects local players with affordable health..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: Inner Sanctums, Outer Orbits

The intertwined legacies of indie music and the alternative press

"...always some restaurant or theatre group or business or music club celebrating a 10th or a 15th or a..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Indieconomics 101

That darn Long Tail!

"...Record pulled together a few of Austin’s more established music retailers to address the changes that have been brought..."

Feb. 21, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Yee-Haw! Rodeo Austin 2017 Lineup

Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, and Dwight Yoakam top the talent

"...Turns out that SXSW Music’s big band reveal this morning and Rodeo Austin’s talent..."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Dale Watson's got Tiger Airways by the tail, and more music news

"...then refused to reimburse him for both the lost music and the $500 excess baggage fee for the discs...."

July 29, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

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