Moving From Halloweekend on Red River to Palmer in September, Levitation Announces 2025 Lineup

TV on the Radio and Pavement headline refreshed fest

"...Levitation is going to look a lot different this year. After years of..."

May 29, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

"...Fest braved spring showers and humidity when they returned to the Moody Amphitheater and Far Out Lounge, respectively, last..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

Adrian Quesada Goes Back to College for Home Free’s Original Soundtrack

Grammy winner channels the Nineties for indie film’s music

"...college comedy packing a powerful message on extending empathy toward the unhoused, bases its plot on a real-life experience..."

Feb. 3, 2025 Music Post by Derek Udensi

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

Our recommended shows for the week ahead

"...Bratty bandleader Jenny Juárez brought her dreamy-then-spiky bedroom pop to last year’s Austin Psych Fest ahead of Cuco (who..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 27 - November 2

"...the one before you." I wouldn't recommend his approach to any other zodiac sign but Scorpio. And I would..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...Who said that you had to get rid of all the toxic people in your..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What's Behind the Delays at Austin's Airport and What's Being Done to Help

Lots of turbulence as airport rebounds from COVID lows

"...On Thursday, June 23, travelers to and from our city were delayed at Austin-Bergstrom International..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hiring More Police Is Not a Great Way to Prevent Murders

A closer look at Austin's growing number of homicides

"...No. 27 in violent crimes per 100,000 residents, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting database. [inset-1-right]..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...the front window of Waterloo Records didn't register thanks to the graham cracker album art – and maybe just..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Neighbors and Green Advocates Slow TxDOT’s Roll

“Parkway” no more?

"...Council and Commissioners Court, along with environmental groups like Barton Springs Conservancy, Clean Water Action, Environment Texas, and Save..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Homewrecker

Cringe-inducing and clunky intergenerational black comedy

"...Sometimes cinema is built on coincidence. Like, for example, at Fantastic Fest last..."

July 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Music we’re playing

"...Adrian Quesada, Kyle Ellison, Ricky Ray Jackson, and Charlie Sexton – create head music, happily. "We're make-believe scientists experimenting..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Body Rock Turns 10

Riders Against the Storm and Chorizo Funk’s decade-built dance institution endures, Monday City music meetings, and more

"...Jonathan Mahone and Ghislaine Jean moved from Providence, R.I., to Austin and began hitting music at house parties and..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...with expensive microphones, racks of compressors, and consoles. They're incubators of dreams, places of eternal possibilities, where destinies become..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Daniel Johnston's Death Begins Its Reverberations Around the Globe

“He’s legendary, but he was first a legend in his own mind, then he became a real legend.”

"...Daniel Johnston, the influential singer-songwriter and visual artist who painted Austin's..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Songwriting Genius Daniel Johnston Dead at 58

Eccentric singer-songwriter reportedly died of heart attack

"...Daniel Johnston, the influential singer-songwriter and visual artist who painted Austin’s..."

Sept. 11, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A. Sinclair

"...local fivepiece A. Sinclair cranks up the guitar amps to full volume – finally. Recorded in short sessions over..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Music Review by Libby Webster

Hi, How Are You Day 2019 at ACL Live

"...Built to Spill..."

Jan. 23, 2019 Photo Gallery

Live Shot: Hi, How Are You Day

Mental health considered in 78% superb Daniel Johnston tribute

"...“Now some of you are going to have to retract 20 years of talking shit,” admonished..."

Jan. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hi, How Are You Day: Wayne Coyne

Flaming Lips’ singer talks Daniel Johnston ahead of Tuesday megashow

"...Married Jan. 5 in Oklahoma and reached halfway to Santa Fe to celebrate his 58th birthday, Wayne Coyne..."

Jan. 21, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Music Lab Explores Consolidation

Rehearsal space’s Oltorf location posted for sale; Hi, How Are You Day draws the Flaming Lips; and Esme Barrera tribute launches Girls Rock El Paso

"...Music Lab's Oltorf location, a default rehearsal space for Austin musicians, is..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Solstice Festival 2017

"...Built to Spill..."

June 19, 2017 Photo Gallery

Live Music to See This Weekend

The music staff helps you navigate the next three days of shows

"...of the World. As such, there are scads of auditory options at any given time. Here's a little guidance..."

June 16, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Music: Summer Snapshot

Concert calendar

"...New Kids on the Block Total Package Tour with Paula Abdul, Boyz II Men. Frank..."

May 19, 2017 Music Feature

Lvl Up

Return to Love (Sub Pop)

"...on their third album and Sub Pop debut Return to Love. Relive Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., and Built to Spill,..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Force of Circumstance

Houston honky-tonks + Americana surrealism = Robert Ellis

"...the back gallery room of the Menil Collection in Houston, Robert Ellis stares at René Magritte's painting The Invisible..."

June 3, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Tipping Point

By raising menu prices and eliminating gratuity, restaurateurs hope they've found the recipe for a better quality of life for staff

"...At South by Southwest this year, one hot topic at several Interactive panels was Shake Shack proprietor Danny..."

March 25, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Yuck

"...Stranger Things commences crunchy via grungy "Hold Me Closer." Guitar-tone goodness glistens, but the leadoff single materializes as a..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Built to Spill Gets Untethered

Idahoans return to Stubb’s and jam over the moon

"...“We always look forward to coming to Austin, and we’re never disappointed.” Doug Martsch’s..."

May 20, 2015 Music Post by Neph Basedow

Seven Samurai

SXSW Picks 2 Click: Austin acts cutting through the din

"...have a definitive sound. In fact, many of the top local acts don't sound particularly Texan, or even Southern...."

March 6, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

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