New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...Jarosz became the second recipient of the FreshGrass Composition Commission, a grant to compose "a long-form piece of music..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million

Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won't return until 2022

"...Despite lengthy discussion last year, Austin City Council did not allocate exclusive funding from the..."

April 30, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Outlays Another $3.5 Million

City program supports 28 venues with ongoing grants as national Save Our Stages funds stall

"...The Austin Live Music Venue Preservation Fund, created last October alongside..."

April 23, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Carys Anderson Sunshine Ghost by A. Sinclair Texas Workforce Commission Hold Music..."

March 26, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...SXSW Music's opening ceremony unfolds with classical artist Dasom Baek, looper..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Online: Recommended Programming

Must-catch panels, films, music showcases, and more at this year's all-virtual Fest

"...Start SXSW Online off on the right foot with Austin's Yoga With Adriene founder, Adriene Mishler. (CHANNEL 1)..."

March 12, 2021 Features Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Travel news a year into the pandemic

"...After that the gallery space will rotate among different commissioned artists every 30 days. This is the third art..."

March 5, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: Free Lunch Creatives Feed Austin’s Unhoused

Musicians rally for emergency storm relief, and Spicewood's Katy Kirby debuts on Keeled Scales.

"...by Southwest. As leader of local psych-folk enthusiasts Calliope Musicals, the former played the show while the latter musician..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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

Faster Than Sound: Mobley vs. the Occident Supreme

Virtual tour of new EP caps Mobley's movie-sized year

"...19. Beyond his own cinematic making, Mobley's participation in Austin music over the past year felt equally omnipresent...."

Feb. 19, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...out the Chronicle’s continuing coverage of SXSW 2021 at austinchronicle.com/sxsw. Newly-announced SXSW 2021 Keynotes include:..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Faster Than Sound: Sun June’s Emotional Landscapes

Songwriter Laura Colwell discusses atmospheric sophomore effort Somewhere

"...evening. In an array of hazy, semiopaque scenes, the Austin quintet's new LP traverses parking lots and apartments thick..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Pays 73 Venues

Ongoing funding under Phase 2 to begin in March.

"...Phase 1 of the Austin Live Music Venue Preservation Fund distributed checks to 73..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Makes Moviemaker's List of Best Places for Filmmakers

But where in the rankings did it land?

"...in the film industry, and they'll tell you that Austin is a film town. Now that's reconfirmed as it..."

Jan. 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Parlor Believes in Community, Artists, and Pizza

A daughter's plea

"...features that qualify the Parlor as a bona fide Austin original. As the devastating global pandemic continues to forcefully..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Faster Than Sound: Recapping the Year SXSW Got Canceled

Venue closures, fundraising, and industry layoffs headlined Austin music's difficult 2020

"...Austin music proved a global bellwether at the onset of..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: Make the Yuletide Gay

The best way to spread queer cheer is giving thanks, supporting QTs who keep Austin queer

"...the here and now – for Q readers, for Austin's queer and trans fam, and for the QTs like..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

In Live Music Preservation Fund’s First Week, 79 Austin Venues Applied for Relief

The slow road to dedicated venue funding now moving fast

"...Since applications opened for the Live Music Venue Preservation Fund last Friday, operators of 79 different..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Venue Relief Pending as COVID-19 Spike Stalls Restarted Gigs

Also, sampling Flobama's beats, and remembering landmark pianist Margaret Wright

"...Following rallying by music advocates, city music offices say they're on track to..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Sanctifying Saliyah

The electronic producer focuses inward on a striking sophomore EP

"...As emerging electronic experimentalist Saliyah, Austin's Tommy Jammer wants to rebrand the word "selfish."..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: City of Austin Delays Venue Funding – Again

Live music venues have asked for dedicated COVID-19 relief since March, but the city says applications won't open until next year.

"...of dollars remain designated, but the money to sustain Austin's live music venues never arrives. For venue owners and..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires

Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.

"...which had just begun internet broadcasts and spun off music frequency KUTX in 2013...."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Checking In: Nina Diaz Ponders Playing As the Titanic Sinks

“I thought to myself, ‘Would I play ’til the ship sank?’”

"...Austin Chronicle: Where are you sheltering and under what circumstances?..."

Nov. 18, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Fat Tony Tales

Houston rapper plays sole release show in Austin

"...show, the native of Houston's Third Ward travels to Austin to stage it in person on Nov. 6 at..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Council Weighs Choices on Eastside Housing and SAVES Fund

Trying to find the best worst option

"...Council is beginning to see more such cases, as..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: Jana Horn Is Cautiously Optimistic

Cautious and cerebral ATX singer-songwriter finally releases her solo debut

"...output carefully. After performing eponymously for years, the cerebral Austin singer-songwriter finally offers a debut statement. Optimism masters clear-eyed,..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: October Travel Updates

A true beer cave softens the blow of pandemic cancellations

"...are a part of the activities, along with live music and storytelling...."

Oct. 1, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: It’s Now or Never for a Music Venue Preservation Fund

When will the city of Austin give music venues aid to preserve their so-called ‘Live Music Capital’?

"...familiar face behind the bar at Mohawk and a music festival force, made a Facebook video listing local businesses..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: HAAM Day Fundraises Onscreen

The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians’ biggest fundraising day of the year goes online

"...South by Southwest on March 6, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians Executive Director Reenie Collins immediately feared for HAAM..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Remembering Chet Himes, Johnny Limón, and Riley Osbourn

Three Austin music scene stalwarts passed in late August

"...August claimed far too many anchors of Texas music. Fans poured out remembrances for Dallas-based Power Trip frontman..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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