Walker Lukens’ The Last Walt and More Crucial Concerts This Week

From Explosions in the Sky to CAPYAC’s Far Out Fest

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week?..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Review: Explosions in the Sky, End

ATX instrumental band's seventh studio album is also its first in seven years

"...Rest assured: This is not the end. Explosions in the Sky already confirmed as much...."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Malik Baptiste’s Statement of Self and Four More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Holy Wave, Explosions in the Sky, and more

"..."Paper Cuts" features new songs and music videos from Austin artists. Listen to our playlist on the @austinchronicle Spotify...."

July 28, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

RTX 2023: Is RWBY Still a Cliffhanger?

Surprising news about Rooster Teeth’s biggest series

"...For the last 10 years, it's been impossible to talk about..."

July 7, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Watch This: Balmorhea’s Gorgeous Concert Film, Free for Three Days Only

Live in Marfa breathes new life into The Wind

"...Balmorhea’s music has always been cinematic in scope, imbued with a distinct sense of time,..."

Dec. 1, 2022 Music Post by Austin Powell

LISTEN: Why Did Adil Dghoughi Die?

Plus, the latest from Explosions in the Sky and Balmorhea

"...This week on The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Community Radio, reporter Brant..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...Chris Hrasky wishes there was a better backstory to Big Bend..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

We Have an Issue: It’s Patisserie Week!

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

"...We have a number of excellent stories in this week's issue we were considering for the cover,..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Come for the dodgy CGI fighting, stay for the ... rom-com?

"...Directed by: Andy Serkis. Starring: Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Impalers Deliver 20 Minutes of Mayhem at Rare Show

Friday’s parking lot concert was the best live punk we’ve seen all year

"...“Another bar, another show/ High end condos in a row/..."

Sept. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Under the Stadium Lights

True-life high school football drama uses a worn-out playbook

"...Directed by: Todd Randall. Starring: Milo Gibson, Abigail Hawk, Acoryé White, Carter Redwood, Germain..."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Growing Up Margin Walker

I've only ever experienced Texas music under the independent reigns of Graham Williams. I didn't know how lucky I was.

"...During my teenage years in San Antonio, I had a..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Eastside Kings Festival..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound – Relocations & Precautions: Austin Recording Studios During COVID-19

Big Orange and Cacophony engineers relocate as recording industry tiptoes back into the studio.

"...Alongside national outcry over the survival of music venues during the COVID-19 pandemic, another..."

July 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Levitation Live Shot: Brutus, Russian Circles, Deafheaven

Like a hurricane

"...What’s in a voice? In Stefanie Mannaerts’ case, a hurricane. Brutus’..."

Nov. 9, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...[inset-2-right]..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

William Harries Graham

"...Although William Harries Graham released Foreign Fields in 2015 with teen titan outfit the Painted Redstarts, Jakes..."

April 12, 2019 Music Review by Doug Freeman

The Best of Asia at SXSW Music

"...The Fur.Wed. 13, Elysium, 8pm Fans of Mitski and Japanese..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Playback: Compose Like a Pro

Graham Reynolds teaches musicians how to score ... film

"...Next Thursday, Austin's most distinguished composer teaches a free, two-hour film scoring..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Snapshot: Houston’s In Bloom Music Festival

Photographer David Brendan Hall heads to H-town in search of ... Austinites

"...How do you pick out a bunch of Austinites in a Houston crowd? Well, over the weekend at C3..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

In Bloom Music Festival 2018

"...March 24-25 marked Houston’s inaugural In Bloom Music Festival at Eleanor Tinsley Park. The..."

March 27, 2018 Photo Gallery

“Sean Caulfield: Landscapes: Transformed/Transfigured”

The blackness and voids in the artwork here feels like a future world laid waste, but it also feels like us

"...a name. It is nowhere. It's a darkened village in a landscape of black oil and fire where color,..."

June 16, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...urgently. "We told people we're on at this time. They may not get to see us!"..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

“Robert Collier Beam: Scry” at Pump Project

The artist uses photographs and other media to catch the invisible and intangible but in a remarkably peaceful way

"...There's something desperate about photography. It may be the most..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Kraken Quartet Unseals the Gates

Polyrhythmic Austinites preview debut LP

"...Like the mythical North Atlantic sea monster that predates part of..."

April 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Austin Music Awards (On Everything)

Austin Music Industry Awards down, here come the 2016/17 AMAs and a slew of SXSW buzz acts

"...Blaze Foley's been added to the 2016/17 Austin Music Awards lineup!..."

March 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

Never before published list of all Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees

"......And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (11)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Music Covers

"...On the occasion of the Chronicle’s 35th anniversary, back in 2016,..."

March 1, 2017 Photo Gallery

Playback: Mosaic Sound Collective Comes Into Focus

Mosaic Sound Collective's music hub and ancient atmospheric Adam Torres point to the future

"...The Mosaic Sound Collective, a DIY music co-op and creative..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Drank the Lemonade

As album sales give way to streaming services, how much longer will we be able to purchase music?

"...How can one drink the Lemonade if they can't find a lemonade stand?..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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