Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...Myers and the Randy Rogers Band. Sunday aptly delivers Eric Church, along with Austin’s Yellowstone breakout Shane Smith &..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 5-11

"...ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Eric G. Wilson claims, “Darker emotional states – doubt, confusion,..."

April 5, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Carnaval to Chili Cook-Off: This Week's Recommended Community Events

A kickoff for Black History Month, Mean Girls trivia, a farewell to boobies, and more

"...Saturday 3, Austin Asian American Resource Center..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...SethiProducers: Renee Witt, Charlie McSpadden, Andrew Calof, Justin BaldoniScreenwriters: Eric Randall, Madhuri Shekar When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

After Almost Six Years in Jail, Devonte Amerson Has Been Released

Murder suspect met by family and supporters

"...At the Dec. 6 gathering, Mano Amiga’s Eric Martinez announced that the group had raised $15,000 for..."

Dec. 12, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

From Country to Blues, Check Out These Austin-Area April Music Festival Lineups

Peruse new 2024 plans from Eclipse Utopia, Two Step Inn, and more

"...Boasting appearances from outlaw legend Tanya Tucker, millennium mainstays Eric Church and the Randy Rogers Band, plus Texas troubadours..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Journeyman: JaRon Marshall's Path From Black Pumas to Jazz-Hop Debut

Methodical keyboard maestro lands atmospheric LP earth sounds

"...enough, Marshall was already prepping earth sounds, his funky, atmospheric, and swinging debut album with his group the Collective...."

April 21, 2023 Music Feature by Michael Toland

We Have an Issue: This Is Austin, Sometimes Pretty Swell

A good issue for the reading, and a great Austin Music Awards on the horizon

"...being squeezed in East Austin and a historically Black church fighting to stay in Montopolis to a chef melding..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Brings the Cosmos to Austin

Keynote brings unseen images from the James Webb telescope

"...filmmaker Julia Ducournau and former Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Cecile Richards, this morning SXSW added even more..."

Jan. 10, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Celebrations of NYE Weekend

Boot out 2022 and usher in 2023 with laughs, music, and a good walk

"...memory of a little Bach to the future, as Eric Taeyang Mun performs the maestro's Cello Suite No. 1;..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Austin Filmmakers at the Lake Travis Film Festival

Get out of the city and enjoy a big weekend of movies

"...Eric Alan Rousseau makes his directorial debut with this comedy..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...vocals; Stevie Wilson, drums; Tony Dukes, bass; and one Eric Johnson on guitar. Others remember them as a threepiece:..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...it in recording studios. In 1984, after tours with Eric Burdon and Linda Ronstadt, I moved back to Ft...."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday

Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more

"...began Qobuz’s avant-garde Thursday evening showcase at Central Presbyterian Church. Vocals with a vaguely ancient, folkloric purity aligned with..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...and keynotes to the conference, including two one-namer musical mavericks: Beck and Lizzo...."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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

"...by clicking through some forms on the Universal Life Church website...."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Southeast of Austin, an Unarmed Immigrant's Killing Galvanizes a Quest for Justice

Why did Adil Dghoughi die?

"...immigrant from a highly educated family who came to America in 2012 to get a master's degree in business..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blue Öyster Cult, Mannequin Pussy, Guthrie Girls, and more shows to see

"...slot on his 1982 solo sleeper Flat Out, while Eric Bloom's "Alchemist" taps discographical alpha "Astronomy," both survivors still..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Column by Carys Anderson

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Megan, Miley, Maidza, and one really long line

"...discussed being a lesbian who grew up in the church. “When I decided I was going to come out..."

Oct. 2, 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

"...Eric Burton, singer of four-time Grammy nominated psychedelic soul outfit..."

Sept. 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Black Pumas Backline Lauren Cervantes and Angela Miller Maintain 20 Feet From Stardom – On Purpose

Respect and admiration remains the key to their success as co-frontwomen and backup singers

"...should really at least try to sing in the church choir, or try to do something,' because when we..."

May 28, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Faster Than Sound: White Horse and Sagebrush Regular Jordan Matthew Young Rises on The Voice

"You're just cool, man." – Nick Jonas

"...who Young chose as his coach, described him: "Like Eric Church ... with a deeper, baritone-sounding voice."..."

April 9, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

For His Dance (Re)current Unrest, Charles O. Anderson Keeps Moving

Through the pandemic and other obstacles, the choreographer and UT teacher continues to adapt

"...to be about systemic racism and violence against Black Americans. It was supposed to be about cultural appropriation. The..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Remembering Chet Himes, Johnny Limón, and Riley Osbourn

Three Austin music scene stalwarts passed in late August

"...Power Trip Frontman Riley Gale Talks SXSW, COVID, & American Healthcare"), and Nashville singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, 38, rooted..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Our favorite albums, videos, and performances

"...when he made waves with cult classics like "Sold American," which earned him a prime spot on Willie Nelson’s..."

July 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...These numbers aren't unique, with most of the continental Americas reporting similar data, if not worse...."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Steve Bognar come straight from their Oscar nomination for American Factory with another examination of blue collar life in..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gov. Abbott Says No to Refugees

UPDATED: Texas first state to refuse refugees under new Trump policy

"...the nation, and immigrants,” Roy tweeted. “We endanger both Americans & immigrants when we continue w/ failed open borders.”..."

Jan. 13, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Black Pumas Bring Down the Hammer Behind Powerhouse Singer Eric Burton

The frontman might not admit it, but he's a professional

"...Led by singer Eric Burton and producer/guitarist/project umbrella Adrian Quesada, Black Pumas are..."

June 21, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...his notoriously eccentric musical flair as a grand-piano-toting, white-tuxedoed, Americana-pop showman, and leans hard into his sharp, wry songwriting...."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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