Let Us Help You Pick Out the Perfect Live Show This Week

Our writers pick the best live music for the week ahead

"...only the internet generation could muster. On her latest, Underdressed at the Symphony, Webster revels in this vibes-first zone,..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...1978-85, the aggregation of singer/frontman Ronnie "U-Ron Bondage" Bond, drummer Bob Weber, guitarist Kelly Younger, and bassist John Paul..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Arya’s Weyes Blood aftershow, celebrating SPOT, Urban Cultural Fest, and more

"...minutes. Opener "Perilous" calmly plunges into feelings of impending doom with laid-back upstrokes and Dominic Minix's silky blues vocals,..."

March 31, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta, Kady Rain, More Eaze, Pusha T, and more non-ACL shows

"...Friday goes down at Eastside doom tavern the Lost Well (8pm-2am), headlined by provocative New..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Interview: Richard Stanley Sees the Color Out of Space

How his mother's love and death shaped his Lovecraft adaptation

"...capsized by the Hollywood interference around The Island of Dr. Moreau (as captured in crystal detail by the 2015..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"...Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Playback: RSD in ATX

Record Store Day local exclusives, and out-of-the-way wax emporiums that may carry them

"...Record Store Day," contemplates Exploded Records at JuiceLand operator Andrew Brown. "There's the shallow, short-lived hype surrounding the new..."

April 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...imminent terror of the Iran-Iraq War. Neece said, "The backdrop of the film is cool and inventive, a good..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Where my queers at? SXSW, b'duh.

"...non. (Listings marked "SXSW" require credentials.) You know the drill: This print column is but the tip (hush!). So..."

March 7, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Mothership Connection

Space is place for the hip-hop race

"...decade later, John Sayles' The Brother From Another Planet dropped a three-toed African-American mute in the middle of Harlem...."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...this dynamic, climbing toward a dozen members horn- and percussion-driven Latin powerhouse has developed into one of the hottest..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...become one of the recent hallmarks of summer schedules. DreamWorks has not just scheduled the romantic comedy, The Love..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...Southwest: discovering the undiscovered. Of course, local director Robert Rodriguez, who featured the L.A. band on the soundtracks to..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Scanlines

"...puppets. Meet the Feebles, a behind-the-scenes narrative involving the drug-crazed, sex-obsessed cast of a Muppet Show-like variety hour, pulls..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Screens Feature

Gary Clark Jr.’s Free Longhorn City Limits Show and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Recommended shows for Halloween night, from Genesis Owusu to Full of Hell

"...renovation bows Friday, Oct. 27, as shredded by ... Dr. Clark, I presume. The Hogg's first performance will be..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Eight Lineups to See at Levitation This Halloween Weekend

Our picks at the venue-based festival, from Panda Bear to Flying Lotus

"...Returning Levitation venues to be drenched in liquid light include Stubb's, Mohawk, Empire, Hotel Vegas,..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Mexico City/Austin Trio Demons My Friends and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Plus the debut of Radio Coffee’s new location and Natalie Jane Hill’s Texas return

"...up in a renovated Forties-era house at 3504 Montopolis Dr., the offshoot second location of South Austin hangout Radio..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: Serving Corporate Cxnt

Thee Gay Agenda decides to girl boss, gaslight, but not gatekeep in their new show Gags to Riches

"...a fun, campy satire of rainbow capitalism done through drag, stand-up, dance, and more that'll run Aug. 23 and..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by James Scott

Cheap Eats for Austin Students

From Huston-Tillotson to St. Ed's to UT and even Texas State

"...Slice & drink lunch special + tax + tip = $7.18 Mary's..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A Juneteenth celebration, Taméca Jones, the Howdy Gals' Pride Celebration, Mad Professor, and more recommendations for the week

"...a self-proclaimed "triple whammy" intersection of marginalization into swagger dripping with defiant pride. Though Cha'keeta B's musical output has..."

June 17, 2022 Music Column by Derek Udensi

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...spend a Tuesday night in Austin. - Thomas Fawcett Cassandra Jenkins Gently Commands..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Roger Waters and Erin Lee Carr to Keynote SXSW 2020

Also appearing: Phoebe Robinson, 50 Cent & Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

"...Jeffrey Hirsch, for a look inside the wildly popular drama series as well as upcoming expansions to the Power..."

Nov. 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Unofficial Shows & Qmmunity Guide to SXSW

"...four RSVP-free days of spastic math rock (HMPH!), instrumental doom jazz (Jorge Arana Trio), Krautrock-informed electronic psych (Monta at..."

March 15, 2019 Features Feature by Greg Stitt

After Two-Year Hiatus Levitation Hits the Clubs

Droning on with Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Ian Svenonius, and Bedouine

"...Tank-grade doom colored by brown acid psychedelia, Electric Wizard still riffs,..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Playback: Austin’s Rarest Vinyl

Want exclusive vinyl for Record Store Black Friday? Check out some of Austin's rarest wax.

"...That's a modest example of the scores vinyl miners dream about, but it got me thinking. What are the..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hidden Room Theatre Resurrects King Lear

The once-popular but now obscure revision of Shakespeare's play by Nahum Tate is revived, complete with happy ending

"...we've never seen as an example of that period's drama, presenting it in its full Restoration glory, though no..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

Texas Book Festival: Kids' Corner

A quartet of children books by guest authors reviewed

"...of time and space is devoted to books for children, with guest authors not only talking about their books..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

DVDanger: All This Horror Business

Catching up with the major terror releases

"...bilingual commentary track with Kerman, he recounts tales of drunk actors, spies, borrowed guns, extras hired from the local..."

July 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Cherubs Flit Back

The unlikely return of Nineties noisemakers Cherubs.

"...Guitarist/vocalist Kevin Whitley turns to drummer Brent Prager...."

July 25, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Lovers Rock

Announcing the Austin Music Awards and more Valentine's Day mash notes

"...From the Cramps to Sonic Youth and hundreds in between, bands led by romantic couplings have proven..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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