ACL Preview: Kalu & the Electric Joint’s Message of Joy

Kalu James: “It’s poetry in motion”

"...that inspires joy, inspires growth and change. The 2023/24 Austin Music Awards Best Vocalist nominee reflects on 2023 album..."

Oct. 10, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

Dua Lipa, Reneé Rapp, and More From Saturday at ACL

Hump day brought more heat and fiery kiss-offs

"...How many acts can I describe as “vibey” before..."

Oct. 6, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

ACL Preview: Myles Smith Doesn’t Think About the Algorithm

“Stargazing” viral crooner just wants to share

"...Combining folky instrumentation with ultra-catchy chorus earworms, UK-born crooner Myles Smith rides into ACL Fest..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Opinion: One Year Later, Local Leaders Must Be Bold Despite “Death Star” Law

A San Marcos city council member urges localities to push back on anti-democratic forces and address their communities’ urgent needs

"...3rd Court of Appeals, I am part of a chorus of countless local leaders statewide who know that Republican..."

July 5, 2024 Column by Alyssa Garza

Megan Thee Stallion Was More Than a Hot Girl at Moody Center

It's the summer, so we had to get hot with the stage titan

"...breaks out in a smile that could light up Austin. She was even sometimes upstaged by her dancers as..."

June 14, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

Review: Charley Crockett, $10 Cowboy

A more ruminative, less hooky use of the Texan’s bulletproof baritone

"...less hooky, but still a recognizable play in the Austin-area singer’s traditional and soul country mix – new album..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Plus Luther Hotel updates, Elephant Rock petition, more

"...Moontower Just For Laughs Comedy Festival April 10-21, Austin, www.austintheatre.org/moontower-comedy..."

April 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: Creekbed Carter Hogan, Creekbed Carter

Open-road mysticism, brokenhearted yearning, and laugh-out-loud wit

"...from the inescapable labyrinth of socialized gender, the track's chorus ditches embodiment for a more expansive take on existence:..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Sunny Day Real Estate’s Dan Hoerner on 30 Years of Diary

Guitarist Dan Hoerner discusses the emo originators’ modus operandi

"...A famously embattled rock band will be commemorating 30..."

March 8, 2024 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Five Established Music Acts Headed to SXSW

From Bootsy Collins to Faye Webster

"...headed to South by Southwest Music, which lands in Austin March 11-16. Bootsy Collins..."

March 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Review: Cha’keeta B, Where the Wildflowers Grow

EP balances softness and hunger regarding the divine feminine

"...vocalist/guitarist Ivy Roots; Temple, Texas, emcee Marcell Clemons; gruff Austin rapper Dame Mac; and R&B composer/singer Terrence Léon. On..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville Still Reigns, Reimagined, at the Moody Theater

Try “Fuck and Run” as “Make Love and Stick Around”

"...night Moody Theater set proved no different. Landing in Austin on the home stretch of the era-defining Exile in..."

Dec. 2, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Listen to This: David Beck Follows His “North Star” Home

New album reunites with Sons of Fathers bandmates and his actual father

"...early listen to “North Star,” which has a natural chorus that you’ll want to pick up a guitar and..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Decades Into Her Career, Jenny Lewis Is Still Bringing Effortless Feminist Energy to the Stage

ACL taping highlights a pristine voice and career-spanning catalog

"...the gals of boygenius. So her third taping for Austin City Limits Thursday night, her second as a solo..."

July 27, 2023 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Will Texas Expand Medical Marijuana Access?

Weed be a lot cooler if we did

"...applications to license medical marijuana dispensing organizations, a budding chorus of advocates and patients celebrated the potential for greater..."

April 21, 2023 News Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

SXSW Film Review: Angel Applicant

Award-winning documentary finds two artists linked by one disease

"...to consider those existential questions, living like a Greek chorus in the mind, with a bit less fear and..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more

"...Yesterday at the Austin Convention Center, Rolling Stone supervising producer Delisa Shannon, Consequence..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Tuesday

Bartees Strange, Coco & Clair Clair, plus a PinkPantheress misfire

"...Explore 10 of the Chronicle music team’s favorite, and..."

March 15, 2023 SXSW Post by Nayeli Portillo

Album Review: The Stacks

Lay Me Down to Rest (Feels So Good)

"...is the closing of a chapter. The densely layered chorus guitar, Southern crooning, and splash cymbals guide this reflection..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Qmmunity: The Gift of Gay

Tips on how to shop small and queer from The Little Gay Shop's Justin Galicz

"...Slay Ride: An AGMC Holiday Concert Austin Gay Men's Chorus welcomes you on a festive musical..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Column by James Scott

Listen to This: David Beck Breaks Down Bloom & Fade

Family ties and looking at life, track-by-track

"...“I had a first verse and chorus and nowhere to go, luckily I have talented friends..."

Sept. 22, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Spray Paint, Heavy Meddo, Why Bonnie, Gypsy Mitchell, Black Midi, and more recommended live shows

"...Since drummer Chris Stephenson moved to Melbourne in 2017, Austin post-punks Spray Paint performed all of five shows, estimates..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Review: Zach Theatre's The Inheritance, Part 1

Epic in length and ambition, this portrait of gay life in the 21st century is stunning

"...Designers Josafath Reynoso (scenic) and Austin Brown (lighting) create a physical world composed of a..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"...rock legends Hole, Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and Sleater-Kinney. The Austin-born hellions spawned in the same sludge cesspools as contemporary..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

John Mayer Sets the Moody Center Mood

Sob rocker marks first show at not-quite-ready stadium

"...Last night, alongside the crowd chorus on Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’,” an impressive number sang..."

April 21, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

What We're Listening to Right Now

Money Chicha, Rajinee, Carson McHone, Harry Edohoukwa, Larry Seaman, and Jenny Parrott

"...six-string flourishes appear on the album alongside vocals from Austin's Kiko Villamizar...."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Column by Alejandra Ramirez

Watch This: Life is Going Pretty Great for Chief White Lightning in “Mr. Miyagi” Video

Nothing could possibly go wrong from here… or could it?

"...Chief, aka Josh Logan, who started the project in Austin, before basing it out of Los Angeles and Oregon..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Black Pumas Singer Eric Burton Stars in New Sci-Fi Noir Devexity

Luke Lidell-directed short raises questions of real vs. simulation

"...The sci-fi, film noir short, written and directed by Austin-area filmmaker Luke Lidell, find a new way to percolate..."

Sept. 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

“After Dark” Singer Mr. Kitty Exchanged Explicit Messages with Underage Fan

Russian teen's claims go beyond artist's admission to fans

"...The Austin-based musician, real name Forrest Avery Carney, built a successful..."

July 8, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

It’s a Celebration

Deezie Brown and Jake Lloyd throw a gala

"...as far as the reaction to my music," the Austinite offers. "For both me and Deezie, it put us..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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