Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Weary from the first week of school? Live music to the rescue!

"...Vivienne Styg to Chronophage’s Kim-Gordon-fronts-Crass skronkery and Choir Cherry’s blur-action meld of musique concrète and punk. Stay for the..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Hyde Park Theatre's The Antipodes

A ton of tales enliven this play by Annie Baker, but what do they tell us about the state of storytelling?

"...still they did not find it. Time began to blur, and the tellers remained in the room, prisoners for..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Alejandro, Blaze & Townes Shake the Continental Club

Escovedo sets up Blaze duo Ben Dickey and Charlie Sexton

"...Eric Heywood led the seven-piece band into a freewheeling blur as Escovedo faced off with them on his own..."

July 2, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Getting Caught on 7 Splinters in Time

Director explains mindwarping time travel flick before screening

"...deliberately digital feel of Darius' world, or the grainy blur of the flashback sequences. Nicholas and he shot most..."

June 27, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Beer for the World Cup

Let your favorite local brew determine who you’ll bet on to win

"...Circle Brewing Company – Blur Texas Hefeweizen | Iran: You want to like Spain...."

June 13, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

Lola Tried

"...glittering, power-pop sheen. Live, guitarist/singer Lauren Burton's a headbanging blur of red hair and attitude, and that same sass..."

June 1, 2018 Music Review by Libby Webster

"Dawn Okoro: Punk Noir" at the Carver Museum

The artist provides a corrective to preconceived notions of punk, exploring the ethos through black personal style

"...braids. She is shown flattened into matte planes that blur distinctions between her black pants, black jersey, black hair,..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Buckley

"...howl of "Bakersfield," Buckley's keening regret feeds off a blur of electric guitar roar and whine, as does "Old..."

May 4, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Ibeyi Transmits

Sisters prove the measure of their society

"...for “twins,” composing simultaneously haunting and optimistic rhythms that blur the lines between song and space. The latter spoke..."

April 13, 2018 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

SXSW Music Review: Bully, Wye Oak, Superchunk

Nineties grit sandwiches a quieter reprieve

"...vox and expert, rapid-fire guitar solos, Superchunk was a blur of constant motion live. Boyish energy fed high kicks..."

March 13, 2018 Music Post by Libby Webster

SXSW Film Review: Profile

A cat-and-mouse game is told in first-person perspective

"...charming Abu Bilel al-Britani (Shazad Latif), Amy begins to blur the lines between her story and her life, coming..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...the warmth of a Spanish summer filtered through a blurry UK lens. The Barcelona/London/Madrid foursome's 2017 debut, Maresia, thrums..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Gay Place

Take a moment to enjoy Austin before SXSW barrels into town

"...will be so South-By'd out that the wristbands will blur and we'll have hand stamp smudges on our cheeks...."

March 2, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Westworld Themed Park Experience Coming to SXSW

Activation will sprawl over two acres and three days

"...Fans of HBO’s Westworld will be invited to blur the line between reality and fiction by visiting a..."

Feb. 21, 2018 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

2017/18 Austin Music Awards Reveal

Black Angels and Lucinda Williams lead highlights

"...breakout singer-songwriters of recent years – both of whom blur the lines between folk and indie genres, but in..."

Jan. 18, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Protextor & Brother Bear

"..."When you call, I don't hear." However, the words blur where perhaps one phrase was meant to take precedence..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Chris Stapleton’s Outlaw Triple Threat

Smokin’ guitar licks, howling wail, and forceful songs

"...and catchy tune seemed out of place amid the blur of guitar and howling vocals, showcasing just how much..."

Oct. 24, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Balmorhea

"...into a warm guitar distortion that feeds the waterfall blur of "Ecco." While none of the 10 tracks surprise..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

ACL Review: White Reaper

Clash meets Go-Go’s meets Pixies meets Thin Lizzy

"...Nick and Sam Wilkerson, looking like they belonged in Blur, kept the RPMs at maximum overdrive...."

Oct. 16, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Review: Glass Animals

Electro-pop Brits thunder

"...unremarkable, but Bayley’s showmanship carried the set. A constant blur of motion, he brandished his guitar like a prop..."

Oct. 15, 2017 Music Post by Libby Webster

Gorillaz

"...the audience at large. They appeared hypnotized as the Blur frontman took long strides across the stage, his back..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Feature

ACL Review: Gorillaz

Damon Albarn’s cartoon supergroup transcends

"...the audience at large, which appeared hypnotized as the Blur frontman took long strides across the stage, his back..."

Oct. 9, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sunday ACL Fest Face-Off: Gorillaz vs. The Killers

Compare the headliners!

"...Stereotypical fan: Blur fanatic, into Japanese anime, knows the backstories to the..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Swervedriver Cruises Satansville

Two-album re-creation levitates Moody offshoot

"...the band adding an occasional psych flourish and hypnotic blur of chord bending that extended the songs’ stage presence..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Music Post by Greg Stitt

Drums & Tuba Reunite in Austin

Homegrown breakouts’ prep first local show in over a decade

"...of follow-ups. Nozero calls the next five years “a blur,” spent on the road with frequent tourmates Galactic, Primus,..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gimme Shelter: A Song for Margaret Moser

A stoned soul picnic of Rolling Stones for Wattser

"...singular Sunday in Austin music history proved a certifiable blur for locals given the surreality of the World’s Great..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Hikes

"...sports beautifully layered production that far exceeds the muddled blur of their 2013 debut Friends. Wilkins and second guitarist..."

July 14, 2017 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Emily West's "Why Eulagene?"

Second Place winner in the 2017 Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...at the same time. The boundaries are just so blurry...."

June 9, 2017 Arts Feature by Emily West

Lvl Up

Return to Love (Sub Pop)

"...distortion sweeps ("Five Men on the Ridge"), pop washes ("Blur"), and militaristic epics ("Naked in the River With the..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Ballet Austin's Belle Redux: A Tale of Beauty & the Beast

In its striking concept and execution, Stephen Mills' take on the fairy tale was his most fully realized story ballet since Hamlet

"...inexorable pull toward each other, those distinctions began to blur in unexpected ways. In dreams and before mirrors in..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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