Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

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

"...shows, estimates lone local member George Dishner. "5ish," texts the film production veteran. Co-frontman Cory Plump lives in Kingston,..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Vandoliers, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Mvtant, Florist, and more local shows worth your time

"...Soho House brings a lively interpretation of the jazu kissa from Japan via a yearlong pop-up installation..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Column by Kahron Spearman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

George Clinton, Caramelo Haze, Hulder, RippleFest, and more local shows worth seeing

"...George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic..."

July 22, 2022 Music Column by Julian Towers

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Kendrick Lamar, Brandi Carlile, Red Young, Chucky Blk, and more recommended shows

"...guiding conscience returned. Though our decaying world expected salvation, the messianic MC rose bearing an evasive, eremitic double LP..."

July 15, 2022 Music Column by Julian Towers

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Bigg Robb, Weedeater, the return of Lou Ann Barton, Mike Sailor's Good Time Orchestra, and more

"...With ample sauce in his game to justify the extra Gs and Bs in his name – hell,..."

July 1, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

An Antone's anniversary, Lonestar Unleashed, Country Willie Edwards, Rakim, and more recommended shows

"...Antone’s, Friday 24 – Thursday 30..."

June 24, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A Joe Bataan/Grupo Fantasma collab, Strand of Oaks, Christelle Bofale, a few festivals, and more recommended live shows

"...Paramount Theatre, Friday 27..."

May 27, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Gus Baldwin & the Sketch, High Desert Queen, No Limit reunion, Beto y los Fairlanes, and more recommendations

"...Gus Baldwin & the Sketch..."

May 20, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...“Pull up like skaters, alligators on my boots at the show/ That joint ain’t funny, sweet like honey, my..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Must-See Saturday Acts at ACL Music Festival

Including a handful of weekend-two exclusives

"...Vanessa Zamora11:45am, BMI stage The Tijuana-born singer quickly moved from humble beginnings as a..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Feature

And the Fantastic Winners Are

Fantastic Fest awards go to 'Jodorowsky's Dune,' 'Afflicted'

"...The ballots are all in and counted, and it's official:..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Master of Disguise

"...a “master of disguise.” But he's no filmmaker, as The Master of Disguise so painfully proves. The film is..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Different Question for Every Situation

Stuart Sullivan

"...You know how in every state there's always one city where the derelicts and musicians and..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Free Week and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Catch Skourge, Magna Carda, and more at the no-cost annual fest

"...Check out the Chronicle music team’s handpicked “Crucial Concerts” below or in..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Linda Lindas, Momma, Caramelo Haze, JaRon Marshall, and more highlight our recommended shows

"...The Linda Lindas & Momma Free Shows..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Music Column by Alejandra Ramirez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

This week's recommended shows include mini-fests celebrating rockin' girls, Latinx talent, and Christmas shopping

"...Palmer Events Center, Saturday 17 – Friday 23..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Seven Lone Star-Launched Recommendations at Weekend Two of ACL Fest 2022

Seven Texas recommendations at ACL Fest Weekend Two

"...Spotify bio, atop a mention of his Instagram handle. The Beaumont, Texas, act cuts a somewhat enigmatic figure, as..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

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

"...What do music and hot sauce have in common? They both cause your body to release endorphins. Those brain..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

LookOUT Fest, Circle Jerks, Holy Fawn, Bernell Jones II, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, and a Buddy Holly Birthday tribute

"...lookOUT Fest With Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, the Album Leaf, Mary Lattimore, and More..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Kate Bush Bash, Urban Heat, Knife in the Water, Night Cap, Adrian Ruiz, and Shimmer Island

"...been providing quite a service to Eighties pop hitmakers – if certain oldies find play on the popular streaming..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Die Spitz, Red Axes, Fiddlehead, Albert Lee, Elsa Cross, and more recommended shows

"...Die Spitz, who stated allegiance to Hole in the Chronicle's "10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel..."

July 8, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

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

"...it sound like to be young? It sounds like the epic expressions of these 10 acts, whose array of..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

We Have an Issue: Getting His Due

This week's cover story spotlights rapper J Soulja

"...is it something less tangible? How do you measure the impact you have on a single listener? What about..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

We Have an Issue: It’s Patisserie Week!

French pastry rules the cover, and other reasons we're eating cake right now

"...stories in this week's issue we were considering for the cover, including Brant Bingamon's examination of the murder of..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"..."On the last Friday in February, one week before the city..."

July 9, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...authority, disrupts class time, and disobeys gender roles as the singer of Prom Threat, a crash course in punk..."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...The Teeta World Exhibit..."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Three past albums from his namesake band rollick and writhe, many moving parts congealing into intricate but polished alternative..."

March 26, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...inspirational songs," admits Casey Seymour, whose solo debut contains the unabashedly slinky pop gem "Come Together 2021" and the..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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