Playback: My Top 100 Austin Records of 2018

Kevin Curtin picks his favorite local sounds of the year

"...that respect, 2018 has been another bumper crop for Austin music. We've seen hundreds of records, EPs, and singles..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Top 100 Austin Records of 2019

Kevin Curtin unveils his third annual list of local releases

"...2) Being Dead, Fame Money Death by Drive By (Austin Town Hall)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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

Faster Than Sound: Austin Record Stores Hang On, Together

Online and curbside pivots support an altered Record Store Day for Austin vinyl emporiums this Saturday.

"...Gabe Vaughn, co-owner of North Loop's Breakaway Records, remains hurt by an impassioned email from a would-be..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Austin Record Convention's United Nations

Forget Record Store Day, the Austin Record Convention remains the biggest vinyl swap in the USA

"...The Austin Record Convention – 2016...."

June 17, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Industry Award Winners Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, music writer, and more honored

"...While not as much hoopla as this Wednesday's Austin Music Awards, the Industry Awards go to the clubs,..."

Feb. 25, 2018 Music Post by James Renovitch

Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, and many more

"...The Austin Music Awards ceremony isn't until next week, but the..."

March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

The Music Lover's Guide to Austin

The essential sounds, sights, and settings of Austin music

"...just touched down and the pilot said, “Welcome to Austin: the Live Music Capital of the World.” Now you..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Playback: Waterloo Records at 33¹⁄₃

Waterloo Records turns 331⁄3; native poster artist Jason Austin battles MS with an Aug. 7 benefit

"...Meet John Kunz, Austin's preeminent recorded-music merchant. He owns Waterloo Records, an emporium..."

July 31, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s

Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known

"...Best Austin Music Photographer..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature

Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

KUTX named Best Radio Station, Strange Brew Best Venue

"...The Austin Chronicle hosted the Austin Music Industry Awards this evening..."

March 9, 2015 Music Post by The Music Staff

Encore Records Closing

Metal music retailer shutting in September

"...Encore Records is closing, and likely by the latter half of..."

Aug. 27, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Austin Record Label Rendezvous

The Austin Record Label Flea Market bands together local imprints, while County Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt tries to scatter mass gatherings such as Levitation

"...stacked with micro record companies, enough to justify an Austin Record Label Flea Market, spinning Saturday, 5-9pm, at Mohawk...."

June 19, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Austin's Revamped Record Convention

The Austin Record Convention – the biggest in the country – returns Downtown

"...humongous storage shed in the Hill Country west of Austin, Doug Hanners assesses his inventory. The cement floor is..."

May 22, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Attendance Records

Jenna Carrens' AISD outreach via the CD release

"...Having heard about her high school program Attendance Records, I’ve been anxious to talk with Jenna Carrens. This..."

May 11, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Austin First Fair Chance City in the South

Ban the box ordinance passes Council

"...On Thursday, March 24, Austin became the first city in the South to pass..."

March 25, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp

Cheapo Records to Close

Black Friday comes early for one Austin record store

"...press release this morning announcing the close of Cheapo Records, owner Jason Shields sounded resigned – sad. “I really..."

Nov. 20, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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

Faster Than Sound: Austin Industry Bands Together for March Music Week

Why Austin venues and musicians need you to turn out the next 10 days, and where to do it

"...In the wake of the city of Austin's cancellation of South by Southwest at 4pm last Friday,..."

March 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback – Austin’s Darlin’: Toni Price

Quintessential Austin song stylist takes up residency at Little Darlin’

"...published songs, five of Price's albums rank among Waterloo Records' 100 all-time bestsellers. And without touring, her hometown concerts..."

May 18, 2018 Music Column 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

The Austin Avalanche of Rock & Roll!

When IRS Records' 'The Cutting Edge' Came to Town and Made Me Want to, Too

"..."They say that 90 people a day move to Austin. The signs of growth are everywhere. Changes are not..."

March 16, 2001 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Checking In: Holodeck Records CEO Adam Jones Postpones Entire Release Schedule

First installment of a update triptych from the label

"...his analog synthesizers and programming. As owner of crucial Austin imprint Holodeck Records, the ubiquitous tastemaker also counts his..."

Oct. 6, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Third Man Records Releases Ghost Wolves 7-inch

Austin duo pair up with Jack White’s label

"...Ghost Wolves, the Austin twosome known for their eerie, blues-influenced garage punk with..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Texas Lit Lives at Waterloo Records

The tall tales of Ray Wylie Hubbard and Rodney Crowell

"...Only in Austin are Texas troubadours celebrated freely and around the clock...."

Aug. 19, 2019 Music Post by Reid Jowers

SXSW Music Preview: Holodeck Records Rescores Egyptian Creation Myth at AFS Cinema

Synth whisperers soundtrack Ra: Path of the Sun God

"...The lauded retro synth wizards behind Holodeck Records, homegrown label associated with Netflix’ 2016 hit sci-fi drama..."

March 11, 2019 Music Post by Christina Garcia

2017 Austin Sketch Festival: What to See

Maybe all of it, yes – but OMG let’s not be ridiculous

"...The Austin Sketch Festival kicks off tonight and goes madly, gloriously,..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Psych Fest: Rain Parade

Q&A with headliner/bandleader Matt Piucci

"...O’Clock’s Coachella appearance earlier this month and Rain Parade’s Austin Psych Fest show tonight at Red 7 – 12:15am..."

April 25, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Encore Records Closing

Encore Records, Video & Apparel to close

"...Encore Records, Video & Apparel owner Chuck Lokey was visibly shaken..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Point Austin: They Died in Your City

Austin is built by workers subject to institutionalized injustice

"...incident, the Workers Defense Project released a report, Building Austin, Building Injustice, in an attempt to quantify the state..."

June 19, 2009 News Column by Michael King

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