Hot Luck, Vibe Vault, No Idea, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

A smattering of sound suggestions

"...Saturday 24 - Sunday 25, Radio/East..."

May 23, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Opera, a Laboratorio, and One Wild Nothing in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Shoegaze, black metal, jazz, punk, and more

"...Thursday 15, Radio/East..."

May 16, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

How Three Austin Songwriters Found Family in Next of Kin

On debut EP Homemaker, Lili Hickman, Madison Baker, and Caelin reach queer country transcendence

"...like to do our own thing, and have always kind of done our own thing. So to get together..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...changes, but it is a long time to maintain radio silence. Ciccolella’s concerns sum up the general response from..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Art Prom, Pup Crawl, Eeyore’s Birthday, and More Recommended Events

A smattering of ways to fill your weekend

"...but please: Cellphones should stay silent. That’s not the kind of clown you wanna be.   – James Scott..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Squirrels, Girls, and Other Pearls in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Acro-Cats, Earth Day, and all manner of arts and culture happenings

"...If it is, then Grady Hendrix must be some kind of necromancer, since his jaunty and twisted tales of..."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Ivan Cornejo, Steve Wynn, Cardinals, and More Reviews From Thursday of SXSW

Sonic dispatches from Ireland, Mexico, and the Afro Diaspora

"...stoic dramatics during a Pooneh Ghana-presented, mid-afternoon set at Radio/East. I know about as much about the accordion as..."

March 14, 2025 Music Post by Kyra Bruce

Adapting “Weirdness” at SXSW 2025

Amid changes and challenges, the Festival attempts to preserve Austin’s spirit

"...eclectic music showcases. Brazilian shoegazers terraplana, Australian post-punk ensemble Radio Free Alice, and budding Austrian-Iranian pop star Sofie Royer..."

March 14, 2025 Music Feature by Caroline Drew

The Light in the Tragedy of Magic Hour

Katie Aselton unpacks grief and love in her SXSW film

"...Erin, she gave herself the latitude to perform the kind of role she was yearning to play, a role..."

March 6, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

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

"...Thursday 13, 3pm, Radio Day Stage at Rivian Park..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Brass Bands, Russian Circles, Swindlers, and More Crucial Concerts

Get out and get loud

"...Water Damage, currently on the cover of brilliant zine Radio Dies Screaming and one of the best hypnotic, loping,..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Soccer Mommy Is Always Changing

Singer-songwriter talks Evergreen before Saturday Austin set

"...totally different beast, and it doesn't have that same kind of emotional connection. It's more like when you're listening..."

Feb. 20, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...the New York Post, One America News Network, the radio arm of the Breitbart News Network, and HuffPost...."

Feb. 7, 2025 News Feature

A Celebration of Black Women, a Benefit for Palestine, and Other Crucial Concerts

Hans Zimmer, Superfónicos, Lola Tried, and more recommended shows

"...For her debut album, Some Kind of Longing, Nicole Hale recruits support from a who’s..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...to Earth to spy on one of its own kind, learns what it means to be human. Cast: Peace..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Parton This Interruption

Qmmunity chats birthday girl Dolly Parton with Dolly of ATX, Brigitte Bandit

"...queer community has been outspoken for ages, but her kindness has taken on extra meaning during our country’s recent..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Column by James Scott

Waterloo Records Owner John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It

With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar

"...“The hotel business, economically, was kind of the basis for Gold Rush Vinyl,” Kelleher says...."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Solo Shoegazer Dottie Makes Free Week Debut

Saturday Mohawk set alongside Ringo Deathstarr and Fawn caps off the project’s successful 2024

"...year to date: features on tastemaking platforms like NTS Radio helped boost the songwriter from 1,000 to 70,000 monthly..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Seeing Downtown Through the Eyes of Austin’s Caretakers

An afternoon with Austin’s ambassadors

"...about cities. “Oh my gosh, I haven’t seen that kind of trash can before,” he’ll catch himself thinking...."

Dec. 27, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Benefits, Parties, and All-Around Crucial Concerts for the Week

Graham Reynolds, Big Bill, Urban Heat and more

"...spinning raw garage and old-school punk records on community radio station KOOP: Scott Gardner’s been religiously filling our airwaves..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

A Drag Fest, Nutcracker, and Puppets in This Week’s Events

Lots of weekend events to keep you occupied

"...After giving audiences a star-studded romp version of his kind of darkness in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid,..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

International Musicians Keep Austin’s Scene Alive, but They Struggle to Stay

Putting the “world” in Live Music Capital of the World

"...out the noise with an explosion of a different kind: the furious guitars on Kiss’ album Alive! Music, specifically..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 29 - December 5

"...I’m guessing you will experience the best, most healing kind of double trouble. Substitutes and stand-ins will have useful..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

La Doña, Geto Gala, the Queen of Christmas, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in live music

"...even sample ATX. Both Chamber Music Society (2010) and Radio Music Society (2012) manifested at a piano in her..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Ravyn Lenae, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music with a little help from these recommendations

"...Mary Gauthier writes the kinds of songs that cut to the core, compassionate but..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Live From Saturday Night, It’s Jason Reitman!

Behind the scenes of the re-creation of the first ever SNL

"...The urge to make this kind of immersive movie actually predated the idea for Saturday..."

Oct. 10, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dua Lipa, Reneé Rapp, and More From Saturday at ACL

Hump day brought more heat and fiery kiss-offs

"...to boot, in animated and claymation-style images, like some kind of meta videogame. Though his lyrics were largely indiscernible,..."

Oct. 6, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...the preserve is amazing. Inside the BTNP are four kinds of carnivorous plants, hundreds of species of birds, mammals,..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

To Infinity and V/H/S/Beyond

Anthology horror filmmakers talk taking the franchise into space

"...there has been some continuity. For example, filmmaking collective Radio Silence has been a regular part of the equation..."

Oct. 2, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Off Beat: Being Dead, in the Flesh

Reeling in the EELS with a North Loop meeting of the minds

"...any way whenever we were writing 'Dragons.’ It just kind of happened,” Dosier shrugs, while Falcon says she sees..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

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