Playback: 2018-19 Austin Music Poll Ballot

Kevin Curtin votes in the only election that matters, and you can too

"...– most people don't anguish this much over the Austin Music Poll. For me, it's an important annual ritual:..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Your Austin Music Poll Ballot

Armadillos for sale, Free Week, and an Austin Music Poll primer

"...a second-story room neatly arranged with commercial antiques and music ephemera. For owner Eddie Wilson, that "upstairs store" was..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The Austin Music Poll's 11th Hour

A final push to get out the vote in the Austin Music Poll

"...real popular vote: 59 categories determining the top bands, musicians, recordings, and businesses in our community. If you haven't..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Make the Austin Music Poll Great Again

Getting the vote out for the 2016/17 Austin Music Poll

"...but you still have six days to cast your ballot in the Austin Music Poll. How Big Is Your..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Austin Music Poll Got COVID-19

In a once-in-a-lifetime music year, the 40th annual Austin Music Poll pivots.

"...For hundreds of locals, the 2019/2020 Austin Music Awards transpired as the last big show they..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Don’t DM Me, Vote in the Austin Music Poll!

The Austin Music Poll is open all month. Go vote – online!

"...Last year's Austin Music Awards, held at the Moody Theater on March..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Listen Now: 2020-21 Austin Music Poll Finalists Spotify Playlist

Sample Austin’s finest in 40 songs

"...Voting is now underway in the Austin Chronicle’s annual Austin Music Poll. You can sample many..."

Jan. 13, 2021 Music Post

We Have an Issue: Vote Now in the 2022-23 Austin Music Poll

Readers make the call in our annual survey of the best in Austin music

"...The Chronicle first launched the Austin Music Poll more than 40 years ago. It was..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

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

A Closer Look at the Music Poll Ballot on This Week's The Austin Chronicle Show

Exploring the nominees for Best Song, plus Free Week picks

"...the new year with an episode dedicated entirely to Austin music...."

Jan. 3, 2020 Music Post by Kimberley Jones

Final Round of the 2017-2018 Austin Music Poll

Vote to help determine the winners of the 36th annual AMAs

"...be heard, and now the most important elections in Austin music have arrived – the Austin Music Awards. The..."

Jan. 18, 2018 Events Post by Savannah Opre

Austin Music Poll Launches Wednesday

Now complete with “Music Industry Awards” section

"...Austin’s voter turnout was atrociously low through this month’s run-off..."

Dec. 29, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

We Have an Issue: Last Week to Vote in the Austin Music Poll (Plus Some Exciting News About the Austin Music Awards)

Tickets are now on sale, and a pretty stellar performer lineup is announced

"...at midnight, it'll be pencils down for this year's Austin Music Poll, but you'll probably want to get to..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Revamping the Austin Music Poll

Here's how Playback's voting

"...Chronicle staffers are poring over 20 years of online Austin Music Poll results for evidence of Russian interference. Meanwhile,..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: 2012-2013 Music Poll Ballot

Vote your local music conscience

"...show it off by telling us who the best musicmakers in town are via the 2012-13 Austin Music Poll...."

Jan. 18, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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 Industry Award Winners

Business and non-performer accolades precede the AMAs

"...and slept through the Oscars, but Monday’s second annual Austin Music Industry Awards ran neither self-congratulatory nor constituted self-important..."

March 7, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

What Changed on the Music Poll?

"...if the exclusions in the online version of the Music Poll were intentional, but there is no "strings" section,..."

Jan. 3, 2009 Postmarks

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Celebrity Austin Music Pollster: Moving Panoramas' Leslie Sisson Best of the..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Music Awards Announces First Honorees of 2019 Ceremony

Alejandro Escovedo, Dianne Scott to be fêted at Feb. 27 AMAs

"...The Austin Music Awards announces today the opportunity to get in..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Music Post by Kimberley Jones

Music Poll Blues

"...hate popularity contests, however I still fill out an Austin Music Awards ballot because I know others care and..."

Nov. 15, 2018 Postmarks

Another Sea Change Year at the Austin Music Awards

So much so that even we don't know what to expect!

"...the first time in its illustrious 38-year history, the Austin Music Awards booked funny emcees...."

March 6, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

We Have an Issue: Time to Cast Your Vote in the The Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin" Readers Poll

Shout-out the people and places that make Austin so special

"...The Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin" Awards are back! Longtime readers..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Sloke One and Billie Buck Discuss Their Art This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show

Graffiti and gig poster art take the stage in new exhibits

"...find fine art hanging on plenty of walls around Austin, but this weekend, the emphasis is on two art..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Events Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Austin’s Rarest Vinyl

Want exclusive vinyl for Record Store Black Friday? Check out some of Austin's rarest wax.

"...Of course he'd stumbled upon ground zero documentation of Austin's Eighties punk boom: a split capturing the Big Boys..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Behind the Latest AISD Controversy and an Eventful Week for Austin Restaurants

LISTEN: The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Community Radio

"...the heck the proposed "seven-of-eight" plan is and why Austin ISD teachers are unhappy about it. Morgan wrote about..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Concerns With Restaurant Poll

"...Dear Editor, I think the Chronicle Restaurant Poll would be far more meaningful if you would print..."

May 22, 2012 Postmarks

Why Isn't Bubble Puppy in the Music Hall of Fame

"...escapes me how one can promote a so-called Texas Music Hall of Fame without Bubble Puppy in it [Music..."

Jan. 13, 2009 Postmarks

We Have an Issue: Best of Austin: Restaurants Finalists Announced

Vote now!

"...vote in the first round of our Best of Austin: Restaurants poll? The fruits of your labor are here!..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Save the Music

Power Plays

"...both sides of the battle has been tough. While music commissioners scoured the nation for ideas, people, and resources..."

Sept. 4, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

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