Faster Than Sound: Gary Keller’s Austin Music Movement Shifts Resources

Major music advocacy funding impacted by the COVID-19 crisis

"...Gary Keller donated $50,000 to the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians to cover musicians’ insurance premiums through April. The..."

April 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Cancellation “Devastating” for Grassroots Austin Music Businesses

Coronavirus shutdown impacts all levels of Austin music

"...worked out so that if COVID-19 shows up in Austin, we can be as prepared as possible," he said...."

March 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Video Festival Reaches 5

Local DIY videos mingle with the big leagues, Austin Music Commission forecasts 2020, and Federico Pacheco leads KOOP into its next quarter-century

"...decade ago, Anthony Erickson and Jeremy Roye launched the Austin Music Video Festival as a multi-day gathering to highlight..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Music Awards Reveals 2019 Lineup

Punk icons, big name scions, viral rappers, and more top the talent

"...Proclaiming “Many sounds, one city,” Austin’s big, busy, boundless music scene comes together at the..."

Jan. 22, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Behold! The Austin Music Awards

Announcing the 2014/15 Austin Music Awards bill, the 13th Floor Elevators reunite for Levitation, and King Coffey recovers after being struck by a car

"...show, or avoiding the snow: "All roads lead to Austin."..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The 38th Annual Austin Music Awards Deliver the Guy Clark Standard

“Stuff That Works” – GA floor, sleek runtime, winner sets, funny hosts

"...the Moody Theater Wednesday night for the 38th annual Austin Music Awards. Typically the unofficial start of SXSW Music..."

March 12, 2020 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Austin Music Poll Innovates in 2020

Write-in, wrong. The Music Poll goes multiple choice.

"...and greatness amongst those it's able to recognize, the Austin Music Poll now undergoes a restructuring. This year's voting..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Dallas Acid blows some bubbles, KUTX remembers the Armadillo, and more music for the moment

"...Austin's ambient synth trio of Linda Beecroft, Michael Gerner, and..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...behind a curtain because they wanted to hear our music but didn't want to see our faces as Black..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts

Our recommended shows for the week ahead

"...Juárez brought her dreamy-then-spiky bedroom pop to last year’s Austin Psych Fest ahead of Cuco (who she’d previously worked..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Music Awards Went Off Without a Hitch in a Show of Communal Strength and Support

The night everything cancelled in the capitol

"...on Wednesday night, March 11, for the 38th annual Austin Music Awards. Typically the unofficial start of SXSW Music..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

An Intergenerational Vision for the Austin Music Awards

AMA Director Nedda Tehrany wants everyone to see themselves in the show

"...down Nedda Tehrany. Nevertheless, duties as director of the Austin Music Awards have managed to briefly stabilize the shape-shifting..."

March 6, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music

Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro

"..."That's the thing, the way music is thought or written about now, is so much..."

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...The uplifting Pre-Form, Future Museums' latest release for renowned Austin electronic outfit Holodeck Records, experienced what lead sound designer..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...of Arginor have been told in print and through music thanks to Tarpey's bands Iron Age, whose seminal 2009..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

10 Freaks and Geeks to Redefine Austin Music

Local passion projects with singular visions

"...reconstitution of carnival freakery utilizing the instrument as its musical fulcrum. Live at their local Thirst Fursdays residency of..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Lucinda Williams, Ray Prim, and Curved Light lead the pack

"...rough-hewn blues starter "You Can't Rule Me," the Louisiana-born Austinite of yore begins by showing off Butch Norton (d),..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Sinatra), "Tune In" grooves like a breakthrough anthem for Austin duo Anthony Farrell and Andrew Trube, its airy and..."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Gary Keller Now Owns West Austin's One World Theatre

Austin music benefactor adds One World to real estate portfolio, alongside Saxon Pub

"...co-founder of Keller Williams Realty, has purchased the West Austin venue known for renowned world, jazz, folk, and legacy..."

April 1, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Historic Approval of City Tax Fund for Local Music

With $3 million in HOT monies, music advocates gear up for vote on Prop B, the Far Out finds its footing in South Austin, and more music news

"...In a huge victory for Austin advocates, City Council approved the first-ever source of ongoing..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Music Advocates Say Convention Center Expansion Key to Unlocking City Funds

Can the commercial music industry finally get a cut of the HOT action? Also: City protects venue employees from receiving sound citations and Austin rapper Hella Sketchy dies of overdose.

"...became the hotly debated civic issue it is today, music advocate Rebecca Reynolds had her eye on a specific..."

July 5, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Austin's Music Tech Movement

Can techies solve the problems facing Austin music?

"...to man. Recently, I passed a self-driving car on Austin's roadways. It had a guitar painted on the door,..."

June 10, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Michael Corcoran Has Died and Austin’s Lost a Voice That Always Kept Things Interesting

Columnist, author, historian found dead at 68

"...all of us who spent our lives writing about Austin music...."

July 2, 2024 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Cancellation “Devastating” for Austin’s Grassroots Music Businesses

Coronavirus shutdown impacts all levels of Austin music

"...instituted protocol to protect employees and customers at his music gear rental facility from the coronavirus...."

March 6, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"..."Austin was boring in 1975," snarls Billy Bill Miller, Roky..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Big Range Austin

A new-to-town dance duo pushes movement–music fusion further

"...a Saturday rehearsal, choreographer Lorn MacDougal is pondering a dance-music problem. Dancers Ann Berman and Theresa Hardy are in..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Jackie Venson, Midland, and more talk country music’s Austin migration

"...western, and post-2010s bro country, the industry arrived in Austin Sunday night, seeming ready to lean back into the..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Faster Than Sound: Shared Frequencies Radio Connects Austin DJs with the World

Online electronic station celebrates third birthday Saturday at Coconut Club

"...come to meet internet friends who have joined her Austin-based operation, Shared Frequencies Radio. The founder rattles off other..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Cracking the SXSW Music Algorithm

If my phone broke and clickbait subsided, where would bring me joy at SXSW?

"...Streaming, which represented 75% of music industry revenue last year, stifles listener potential for finding..."

March 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Sat. 18, Bar 96, 11pm Nearly 15 years on, Austin's Ortiz brothers continue to stoke the fires of hard..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

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