Ghost Funk, Fast Devo, an Elliott Smith Tribute, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in live music with a little help

"...Montrose, Sammy Hagar, (uncle) Denny Carmassi, and Bill “The Electric” Church, Seventies rockers Montrose set the template for Van..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...we get these refreshing bevs? If you missed the Austin Beer Guide’s annual, exceptionally curated Lager Jam as we..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...opportunities like this don't come around too often.  – Austin Powell..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Denny Freeman, the Graceful Guitarist Who Made Everyone Sound Better, Has Died

Masterful player had a foundational presence on Austin music

"...musically deep multi-instrumentalist whose presence has been foundational to Austin over the last 50 years, passed away today, at..."

April 25, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...EQ Austin Presents: KUTX the Breaks..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Jackpot/American Girls pulls on the two main threads of Austin's Braun Brothers and their songwriting over the past quarter..."

May 22, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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

"...Press) teams local music scholar Michael Corcoran with fellow Austinite, pioneering punk musician, illustrator, and music folklorist Tim Kerr...."

March 27, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...Austin will be well represented, as well, with Oscar Cásares..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

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

"...of Return" and Sudanese pop from the Seventies. Oud, electric bass, and smooth harmonies of the frontwoman and co-singer..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Snapshot: The Electric Church’s Anniversary Party

The DIY venue celebrates one year at the crossroads of Austin’s underground music scene

"...local underground music scene, all roads lead to the Electric Church. Quite literally, the DIY outpost sits at the..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Live Music to See This Weekend

Your handbook for a happy Friday and Saturday

"...The Electric Church Sat., July 8, 9pm..."

July 7, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...There" – the onetime St. Albans quintet awed at Austin's Psych Fest last year. Still led by voice/songwriter axis..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...Count this as the third lineup list revealed by..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...1,500 of the roughly 2,000 bands that will storm Austin in just 63 days...."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...song on the last day of 1949 and left Austin at the end of 1959. He's a man of..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro

The other music Halls of Fame have had their say – time to focus locally on the Austin Texas Music Hall of Fame

"...The best holiday card I got this year came..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

A Thanksgiving feast with Speak, A Welch Family Affair, and Ornette Coleman

"...Acorns might not fall far from his family tree,..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 2010

"...awards, Los Texas Wranglers are part Texas legacy, part Austin's future. This tough quintet of Tejano players with two..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...and Suns Sessions, which comes at you like an electric drill before settling into a pensive, driving melody. (Also:..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Magic Time

Oh, the sights you'll see at First Night Austin

"...see it on Dec. 31. That's when First Night Austin unleashes dozens of area artists on the heart of..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Quote of the Week "I'm Vince Young, and it's..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...indicted Tom DeLay last week, interviewed by News 8 Austin. (Gibson – see photo above – would not allow..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week: "With our recovering economy, we..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TCB

SIMS and Alejandro Escovedo on the mend, plus more hip-hop and SXSW for your shoulder-to-shoulder

"...a snazzy new T-shirt or tank top printed by Austin's own Billy Bishop; larger offerings bring further rewards like..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Bright Lights, Inner City

When Austin's Eastside music scene was lit up like Broadway

"...was a band student at L.C. Anderson High School, Austin's black high school of the day, which was named..."

July 4, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

"...commission while fully inclusive negotiations can take place? Does Austin need apartments and office space so desperately that we..."

July 19, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Your article of March 8, 2002 on Austin Community College (ACC) focused on the management of the..."

March 22, 2002 Column

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...come off looking as good as Beck at the Austin Music Hall or the Beastie Boys at the Alamadome...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...All it took was a song, "The Way," and Austin's previously ignored power pop trio Fastball wound up generating..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

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