Goodnight, Austin, Texas -- Wherever You Are

The 2000-01 Austin Music Awards

"...when Eminem and Gwyneth Paltrow win Grammys and Oscars, Austin's annual Music Awards stand in stark contrast. For a..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips: Texas Musicians Museum, Irving

Depository of Texas pop-culture memorabilia remembers past and present musical icons

"...and it's not even the coolest thing in the Texas Musicians Museum. The Irving, Texas, depository of pop-culture memorabilia..."

March 4, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Who Wants to Run A Coffeehouse in Austin, Texas?

Four local javamongers tell us what it's like

"...to turn the nearby, mostly abandoned Highland Mall into Austin Community College slog through the next phase of the..."

Aug. 22, 2012 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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.

"...surprise Mills now oversees a program providing nourishment to Austinites without homes...."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Music Disaster Relief Fund Is Now Open

Eligibility requirements center on two key stipulations

"...Austin Music Disaster Relief Fund applications are due this Friday,..."

June 10, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

City Officials Rebuke Out-of-Town Rep Wanting Austin’s Sound Levels Decided at a State Level

Adler says “outside interference” not welcome

"...City officials, along with representatives from Austin’s music venues, came out in strong opposition this afternoon..."

April 5, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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: Austin Music Industry Adjusts to Life Without Gigs

Creative pivots, City Council relief resolution, and meet Quinn Ryan Curtin!

"...basis. During a panel hosted last week by the Austin Music Foundation, a group of local artist managers attracted..."

April 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Records, I flashed back to my fourth day in Texas: Fourth of July, 1992. Crossing over through El Paso..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Musicians Get Sinking Feeling as Fall Festivals Loom and COVID Surges

Will the beat go on? (Outside? Behind a mask?)

"...Among Austin's musicians, a harsh reality is beginning to set in...."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Austin Musicians Brace for Public Shutdown

Dispatches from the week the music died

"...Pullout from corporate sponsors and private parties cost local musicians thousands of dollars before the official activities ever ceased...."

March 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund

Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke

"...Like institutions across the country, the Austin Music Commission grappled with how to address systemic racism..."

July 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re spending time with

"...Los Coast's first foray into country music preceded the Austin psych-soul troupe leaving on tour last year. A cover..."

May 8, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

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

Now Streaming in Austin: A Night For Austin

Willie Nelson, Black Pumas, Paul Simon for music fundraiser

"...Welcome to Now Streaming in Austin, highlighting locally made titles to watch while self-quarantining. In..."

June 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Neighbors Push to Limit Size of Austin Opera House Project

Traffic concerns clash with midsize venue vision at 200 Academy Dr. development

"...sticking point. The development hopes to revive the former Austin Opera House club off South Congress. While the owners..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Venues Are Out of Money

Following last week’s Barracuda closure, a domino effect will continue without emergency city funding

"...the Red River Cultural District and Music Venue Alliance Austin warned that surveyed Austin venues had, on average, only..."

June 19, 2020 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

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

Fire at Texas French Bread Ravages Storefront

Beloved restaurant was housed in a building rich with music history

"...Last night, Texas French Bread burned down; the Austin Fire Department is..."

Jan. 25, 2022 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Last October, Austin artists Christelle Bofale, Vonne, and Kendra Sells (BluMoon) convened..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Local Musicians Perform Remotely for HAAM Day

A wide array of artists played for the health care nonprofit

"...On Tuesday, the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians staged its annual HAAM Day fundraising event throughout..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Music Post by Naomi Brady

Playback: The Mayor's Plan to Save Austin Music

Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar

"...biggest headliner ever on Wednesday ­– the Obamas – Austin music still has problems, and Steve Adler's here to..."

March 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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

Faster Than Sound: Austin Bands for Bernie

Bands turn out for Bernie Sanders, plus a dive into the SXSW rumor mill and an expanded lineup for the Austin Music Awards

"...on Sunday evening, Sen. Bernie Sanders first thanked the musicians...."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...lens, the coronavirus epidemic extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality, from economic distress to broad health and..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Meet the New Texas Music Czar

New Texas Music Office director, new Rock N Roll Rentals branch, and a new Foot Patrol fetish!

"...experience in music-related e-commerce has assumed leadership of the Texas Music Office. Brendon Anthony, 38, whose résumé includes a..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Texas Platters

"...Texas Fruit Shack (Behemoth)..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Review

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...Close-up on two musicians side by side. That they're musicians you have to..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Grapples With Reopening & Protests

Civil unrest erupts nationwide as Austin clubs begin reopening

"...Overshadowed by civil unrest locally and nationally, Austin bars and music venues continued to reopen last weekend...."

June 5, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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