White Weddings, Rock & Roll, and More Crucial Concerts

Dungeon crawling, avant sax, and other amplified options for the week

"...the former Generation X frontman’s fiery spirit isn’t still burning strong. With the Godmother of Punk Joan Jett in..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Kingfish, Mavis Staples, Antone’s Allstars, and More Reviews From Austin Blues Festival 2025

Soul and jam sessions galore at Moody Amphitheater

"...couples to their feet near the stage. From tender, slow-burning ballads to gritty, high-energy shuffles, the night celebrated both..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

Food for Thought

"...the body will begin to feed on itself, greedily burning away your fat reserves, and eventually your muscles. Your..."

April 21, 2025 Postmarks

Art, Eggs, Kink, and Sleaze in This Weekend’s Art Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar consideration

"...in the film is Carl Anderson, who brings true burning heat to his Judas portrayal. It’s a real will-they..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 11-17

"...a feeling-state arrived at through the alchemical process of burning through layers of self, greed, pettiness, calculation, doctrine –..."

April 11, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Common Law

Can a 14-year old work a summer job in texas?

"...dancing at ACL with a stack of hard-earned cash burning a hole in your pocket...."

April 4, 2025 Column by Luke Ellis

Crow Bar Reopens on the Eastside With a New Focus on Live Music

Aryn Jonathan Black and Steve Gee rebuild after 2022 arson

"...to move on. I couldn't prevent a guy from burning the place down. I was upset for a week,..."

March 27, 2025 Music Post by Angelina Liu

City Could Raise Taxes, Cut Costs Amid Funding Fears

Departments asked to identify 5% of budget for potential cut

"...big change: a federal government that seems hellbent on burning funding for programs that help local governments; the dwindling..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Art, Movies, Sports, and More Recommended Events

Pack your weekend with the best happenings around town

"...March 22, this three-part installation features an ongoing incense burning – recalling the Chinese cultural association of incense with..."

March 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Emoting Through AI

Panelists say humanlike voices and AI visuals carry emotion

"...commonplace. So Kinda Studios director Robyn Landau proposes a burning question: How do we use these technologies to help..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Mattea Gallaway

SXSW Film Review: O'Dessa

Bold rock opera dazzles but doesn’t quite land its allegory

"...lovely.) The family heirloom, an instrument fashioned from a burning tree, is the lynchpin; O’Dessa is “the seventh son.”..."

March 9, 2025 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Dust Bowl Blues and Dystopian Futures in South by Southwest Musical O’Dessa

Geremy Jaspar on his Sadie Sink post-apocalyptic Americana odyssey

"...a tree that was struck by lightning and still burning while the wood was hewed from its core. “That’s..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tracking, Vacuuming, and Sinking Carbon at SXSW

Time to save the planet

"...geologic process a couple hundred- or thousandfold by the burning of fossil fuels. And the solution is to speed..."

March 7, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Texas Capitol Protesters Mark Three Years Since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Rep. Doggett says freedom of the whole world is at stake

"...He said he heard stories of Russians stealing appliances, burning down houses, and raping Ukrainian women...."

Feb. 28, 2025 News Feature by Angelina Liu

Metal, Hip-Hop, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

BodyRock ATX, Escuela Grind, Grace Bowers, and more

"...album, Wine on Venus, unloads incredible riffs that smoke burning blues and jam wicked funk from her band Grace..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Punk, Noise, and Dolly in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Shows to see this weekend and beyond

"...Mohawk. They’re in arrears following up 2023’s second long-player, Burning Shadows in the Southern Night, a corrosively melodic blackened..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Crucial Concerts for the Week Ahead

The Point, Wild Heaven, Chris Acker, and more

"...Roddy’s speakeasy extravaganza remains a new year’s hunk of burning love.   – Raoul Hernandez Austin Chronicle Free Week..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

New Year's Adjacent Events for the Week Ahead

Crafts, comedy, and more

"...a tropical pineapple orange mimosa. The world may be burning, but who cares when the eating’s this good?  ..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Uncle Lucius, Norman BA$E, and More Holiday-Adjacent Live Shows

Crucial concerts for the week to keep you out and about

"...the straits of Sixth Street. Hosting genre architects from Burning Spear and Lee “Scratch” Perry to the Skatalites, the..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Allie X, the Bill Ball, and Oodles of Locals in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Lots of reasons to get out of the house and break out the earplugs

"...this year’s meditative Deeper Well, an aloe to the burning world, with her current arena tour literally levitating the..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...suspended hundreds of feet in the air from a burning rope. In 1988, she caught a bullet in a..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Review: On the Ground at Levitation 2024

Gang of Four, Swirlies, Slowdive, and more highlights from the four-day fest

"...broken”) and laughing off a slight technical issue during slow-burning yearner “See you soon.” The crowd, mostly composed of..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Austin Funk Band Extreme Heat Celebrates 50 Years With Anniversary Show

The longstanding groove-makers won't cool down

"...Heat (they changed to Extreme Heat in 1977). Still burning 50 years later, the multiple Austin Music Award-winners now..."

Nov. 2, 2024 Music Post by Amber Williams

The Off Beat: ACL Weekend One Was Hot, Dusty, and Gay as Hell

Notes from the ground at Zilker, plus tips for weekend two

"...off so hot that I could feel the sun burning through the leather of my Doc Martens. Sure enough,..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Qmmunity: Autumn on My Mind

Alternative column title this week: I Wish It Weren’t So Damn Hot!

"...“false fall” we’ve been dealt, but I am still burning my cinnamon-y candles in defiance. Even when the temp..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Column by James Scott

Exclusive: Nightbitch , The Room Next Door to Screen at Austin Film Festival

Fest adds five world premieres in second round of titles

"...it's following up with two titles that have been burning up the global festival circuit...."

Sept. 16, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mélat, Chingona Fest, Benjamin Tod, and More Crucial Concerts

Lots of sounds to be heard this week

"...and kicking with the MC5/ Ted and Seger were burning with the fever, and Suzi Q. was sharp as..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Historic hotels, hummingbirds, and highways

"...all over the globe (including many of the world-famous Burning Man festivals), these monumental public art projects are nondenominational..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Horror Unearthed: The Return of Confessions of a Serial Killer

The lost Austin horror classic finally gets the respect it deserves

"...me again! I was wearing cutoffs, and it was burning my legs.”..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Restaurant Review: Casa Bianca

They’re calling it “weirdo Italian” but the better watchwords are “fun” and “approachable”

"...with flavors of stone fruit and a subtle and slow-burning heat, and I’m impatiently hoping Casa Bianca will start..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

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