Little Voice

"...McGregor, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine and Jane Horrocks. The decibel level in Little Voice ranges from a delicate whisper..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

I'll Be Home for Christmas

"...I'll Be Home for Christmas doesn't have the aggravating decibel level or nearly the mindless mayhem of Jingle's massive..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Opera, a Laboratorio, and One Wild Nothing in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Shoegaze, black metal, jazz, punk, and more

"...Mohawk last month, where said Norwegian legacy act concluded Decibel magazine’s annual road binge. Every human in the venue..."

May 16, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

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

Shows to see this weekend and beyond

"...who roared through Empire Control Room on last year’s Decibel Magazine tour, supporting the genre’s Rapunzel in Hulder, while..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

S.L. Houser, TsuShiMaMiRe, and More Crucial Concerts

Plus country jams, doom metal, and a jazz tag team

"...The Obsessed’s initial swan song, just saw induction into Decibel’s album HOF, and here the third-eye trio teams with..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Parker Woodland, Good Looks, and More Crucial Concerts

Album releases, artist departures, and more recommended shows

"...full-length from Bay Area grindcore fiends Exhumed, rolling into Decibel Magazine’s Hall of Fame last month – 26 years..."

June 7, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Eight Dining Destinations on the Lubbock Food Trail

The Hub City of the High Plains becomes a culinary destination

"...biggest downside is that the room can reach earsplitting decibel levels during peak times. 9806 Quaker Ave.806/553-9500closed Mon.$$ The..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

17 Texas Artists to See at ACL Fest

Lone Star acts to catch at Zilker, from Houston breakout d4vd to Austin’s Die Spitz

"...deliver IRL with a freight-train stage presence and obliterating decibel levels. The ACL first-timers share a massive grandstand with..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Dinosaur Jr. at Lakeline Park, Los Texmaniacs in Sunset Valley, and more recommended shows

"...The notoriously decibel-pushing trio's a bold choice for an outdoor show in..."

April 28, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Bearer's Chained to a Tree (Silent Pendulum)

Austin metalcore trio tightens the restraints

"...LP represents via cleverly bookish video "Jagged Lines," which Decibel magazine pinpointed as a "portal" to 1998, citing Dillinger..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest, Eastside Kings Festival, HAAM Day, Vein.fm, Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, and more

"...there." So remarked Houston's Cammie Smalls to metal mag Decibel deep in the heart of the pandemic's BLM moment,..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Diggin' Way Down Into Life With Carolyn Wonderland & A. Whitney Brown

For Valentine's Day, we bring you a snapshot of life at home with a blues musician and her comedy writer husband

"...lets out a loud "hooo-eeeh" at just the right decibel and hertz to make all the strings vibrate and..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Hovvdy, Cherubs, Hoody Rap, a Tribute to Walter Hyatt, and more recommended sounds

"...antecedent 2 Ynfynyty sound refined," ventured this post-punk in Decibel magazine, 2019. "Gutted, dissolute, keening, Whitely's voice remains magnetic..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Column by Carys Anderson

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

Adler says “outside interference” not welcome

"...from a loudspeaker level that does not exceed 75 decibels; and 2) at any time between the hours of..."

April 5, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...New label from NYC decibel pusher Oliver Ackermann showcases his A Place to Bury..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"..."We're kinda bored," Matt King told Decibel magazine this month. "We live five minutes away from..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...an extra air of breathability to the dynamic punks' decibel-pushing sound...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Skeleton Releases Best Death Metal in Recent History

20 Buck Spin debut puts blackened ATX death metal on the map

"...Writes Decibel magazine: “Iron Age’s 2009 sophomore blindside The Sleeping Eye..."

July 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...police on me about the sound. I bought a decibel meter and learned the laws about sounds and dBs...."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: DJ Shani Unites Black Women in House Music

Also the search continues for missing musician Brenden "Chameleon King" Foster, and increased afterhours sound enforcement impacts local venues

"...sound citations for outdoor sounds after 10:30pm. Although no decibel level is written into city code for post-curfew hours..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin's Best New Restaurant DipDipDip Tatsu-ya Reinvents Shabu-Shabu

Feel free to double dip

"...is teeming with life, but it still ups that decibel ante for sure...."

Dec. 13, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Desert Hearts Texas Takeover Glammed Up Austin Shed Cedar Street Courtyard

Burning Man-like dance music party starred Damian Lazarus

"...throbbed with bass maintained at a strict, debatably neighborly decibel level until 11pm, when the volume went up. At..."

May 13, 2019 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Housing Plan, Stadium Vote in Council Spotlight

Still to come this spring: child-friendly policy, land use code reboot

"...outdoor music venue permit, asking that its approved maximum decibel level be lowered. For what it's worth, music is..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Seaholm Residents Got Dem Ol’ Noisy Freight Train Blues

Downtowners want to turn down the volume on the adjoining rail line

"...curve, according to CALM, the squeal can exceed 100 decibels, multiple times throughout the day and night...."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Election TIcker: 60 Days and Counting

Labor Day is over

"...buzz, check the Sept. 4 Facebook Live conversation on Decibel, KLRU’s news and politics show hosted by Judy Maggio..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

A Solitary Manley

On the vetting process for Austin's chief of police

"...of the community. The forum was broadcast on KLRU-TV, Decibel (KLRU's Facebook channel), and the city's closed circuit network,..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Recommended Shows for Levitation Weekend

The sounds may be scattered all over Austin, but here are a few must-see performances

"...and Elliott Frazier striving to sing over a triple-digit decibel mix. Better with age, start with 2016's fifth LP..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Playback: Best Austin Music Controversies of 2017

The year in quarrel

"...million even though the latter largely complied to city-specified decibel regulations. Seven months later, the two parties settled out..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Music Policy Draft Fails Venues

A complete detachment from the original vision of the Omnibus

"...the Nook, which was largely operating within the legal decibel range. A year later, the Westin sued the Nook...."

May 19, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SOS Q&A: Carcass

“Everyone in the band enjoys Austin”

"...last time you were here, you were headlining the Decibel magazine tour at the Mohawk with the Black Dahlia..."

Nov. 3, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

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