Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol Stays Hungry

A serious band with a silly name and an all-in mentality

"..."When booking out-of-town shows, I usually have to say 'heavy groove rock trio,'" chimes in drummer Sean St. Germain...."

June 24, 2022 Music Feature by Robert Penson

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...– Greg BeetsALEX SKOLNICK TRIO8pm, Flamingo Cantina The former heavy metal guitarist for Testament has forsaken his head-banging ways..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...changing; if it's not changing and not reflecting the sounds of the street, it's not jazz." The previous night..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...show. Lair thus primed the pump for this landing. Psych-funk trio Ali arrives somewhere between the Western twang of..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Wednesday

The buzzy, the brave, the thrash-able twee-pop

"...who’ve been sent out to explore the sights and sounds of SXSW music – sometimes risking their personal safety..."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!

"...recent being last year's Jazeera Nights: Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria. Souleyman recently worked with Björk, his first..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...is a heady mix of full-on angst-rock that likely sounds just as fine in a dive bar as it..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...tune's relentless momentum, it's a call that acknowledges the heavy work to be done in building equity. – Doug Freeman..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Friday SXSW Sleepers

"...placid conviction, supported by the bobbing rhythm section of neo-psych-pop wizards from Jacco Gardner. – Sam Jacobson..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

SXSW Tuesday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Tuesday night SXSW showcase

"...stars, and even though it's in Korean, it still sounds way more earnest than Coldplay. Jambinai, the first band..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

The Off Beat: The Four Horsemen of the SXSW Music-pocalypse

Trying on four local personifications of fest success

"...likes of shoegaze revivalists Horse Jumper of Love, Austin-launched psych band Mamalarky, Dallas-based slowcore band Teethe, and indie sleaze..."

March 8, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

The Austin Chronic: Meet the Stoner Who Puts Plants Onstage at Concerts

Zak Peters and Play to the Plants bring greenery to Austin music

"...he noticed his weed plants grew better to the sounds of synth-heavy music. Peters began taking them down to..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by Kevin Curtin

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

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

"...As the band opened with the languid instrumental soul-psych of “Home Town” from WITCH’s 1973 debut (and the..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Faster Than Sound: Levitation Returns for Halloween Weekend

A conversation with Botany and other cross-genre recs

"...The former Austin Psych Fest continues cross-genre exploration with headliners Thundercat, Japanese Breakfast,..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

10 Free Week Acts to Watch This Weekend

Keep an eye out for these musicians in 2019

"...Austin Perriraz, and Sherry bomb that alchemy with surf-pop psych and amp rock delight. – Rick Weaver..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

KUTX Summer Jam

Inaugural showcase highlights the best of ATX hip-hop and beyond

"...Venezuelan DJ Joaqu.N supplied solid sounds between artists, remixing a variety of hits for the..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Events Post by Savannah Opre

SXSW Monday Showcase Picks

"...SX showcase celebrates an appreciation for all types of sounds, starting with Houston's DJ Baby Ro, who segues acts..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature

Playback – Antone's New Booker: Zach Ernst

Did Clifford Antone know he was grooming his nightclub's future booker when he mentored Zach Ernst?

"...Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, then with resurrected Dallas psych-funk preachers the Relatives, jive-talking soul man Bobby Patterson, and..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...year to rework Sgt. Pepper's "She's Leaving Home." Okie psych staples, the Beatles, and a Missouri farm girl add..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Showcases

Turnstile Presents, 2k14 SeoulSonic, Metal Injection, Womex, Sounds From Colombia, BBC Introducing, Ground Control Touring, M for Montreal, Western Vinyl

"...anticipation of the new Year of the Snake. Chicago psych/prog/black metal sorcery blackens the sun in the claws of..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Friday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Make like a shrub and plant yourself for Friday night SXSW showcases

"...with Unsane. Brooklyn trio Mutoid Man carries a pedigree heavy in more ways than one, the roiling riff blast..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Free Week Unleashed: These Four Austin Acts Hit the Ground Running in 2024

Catching up with Redbud, lluvii, Daydream Twins, and SINE

"...Redbud: Psych-Funk For the Fishes..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Crucial Concert Countdown: New Year’s Eve Edition

"...well as soul-rock singer Chief Cleopatra, and members of psych troupe Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band. Lastly, members of garage..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Column by Greg Stitt

Playback: Austin’s Rarest Vinyl

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

"...Ltd. "Trackin' Down Jody" 7-inch (Austin Custom Records, 1972) Psych soul beatdown. Last three auctions averaged $1,305...."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Friday International Bands

Friday lists bleed both ways, backward and forward; know your lists!

"...the spirit of Bollywood with Andean and Eastern European sounds over an electronic backbeat...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...on revived weirdo rock label Shimmy-Disc. Setting aside gonzo psychedelia for demented Americana, Leary immediately unfurls the freak flag..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Playback: Start the Presses – Gold Rush Vinyl

Austin’s first major record press opens, and more music news

"...San Marcos' Float Fest stole everyone's thunder with a heavy-hitting lineup that was almost as much of a coup..."

April 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Friday Showcases

"...Where Thursday's Montreal showcase cartwheeled experimentation, tonight's Arbutus Records-heavy showcase leads with romance and introspection. A slightly sleazy..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Tuesday's Gone

On your marks, get set, Tuesday SXSW showcases!

"...CMT, for both its pointed honesty and diversity of sounds, all accomplished while keeping things unapologetically country. – Jim..."

March 8, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...with ultimate survivor Cris Kirkwood for 2007's return to psychedelic roots form Rise to Your Knees, and follow-up Sewn..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

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