Riders Against the Storm Hit Their Stride With Flowers for the Living

Three-time winners of the Austin Music Awards' Band of the Year honors keep building community and creativity

"...juice. Adding young Georgetown crooner Clarence James in the Kid Cudi role of providing a hypnotic hook/outro sends the..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Checking In: J Soulja Recalibrates

Native ATX MC eases into summer with steamy street reality

"...soundtrack for the apocalypse would probably be “Immortal” by Kid Cudi, lol. I think music is such a release..."

June 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Live Review: RL Grime

DJ walks line between commerce-driven parlor tricks and art

"...classic “Promises” from Nero, one of the genre’s heroes. Kid Cudi’s “Day N’ Nite” also made an appearance in..."

Oct. 12, 2019 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing

"...music, while Phranchyze – now with a wife, two kids, and a mortgage – considered passing the mic for..."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

After the Bastrop fires, Deezie Brown pursues happiness over Lamborghinis

"...his mom) freezes sunshine tracks into arctic odysseys like Kid Cudi's Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' while stitching together..."

March 8, 2019 Music Feature by Rick Weaver

ACL Review: Lily Allen

London musical millennial stages a sleepy pajama party

"...set fizzled out for good. Allen resides in the Kid Cudi rapping lane: her merits reside in witticisms and..."

Oct. 13, 2018 Music Post by Clara Wang

Travis Scott

"...the compositional flips featuring big-name players – James Blake, Kid Cudi, Stevie Wonder; and Drake, respectively. (8:45pm, American Express..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Music's Hip-Hop Hierarchy

From up-and-comers to rap royalty, 20 key sets to see

"...the fertile Chicago area. Teetering between coming-of-age manifestos, spaced-out Kid Cudi raps, and abstract spoken word, the 20-year-old wordsmith..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Playback – JMBLYA 2017: Trapper’s Delight

JMBLYA garners the third largest concert audience in Austin's 2017

"...evident in the late afternoon as "Playback" witnessed heat-baked kids fainting and throwing up in alarming numbers. No doubt,..."

May 12, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Permitting Nightmare Precedes SXSW

SXSW events permitting induces promoter panic, the Austin Music Hall receives a stay of execution, and there are two last Austin Music Poll categories to vote in

"...with G-Eazy prompted enough demand amongst hordes of pop-rap-lovin' kiddos that the show was relocated to AMH – still..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Entourage

In this feature spin on the HBO show, it's still boys beings bros, only the screen is bigger

"...Emmanuelle Chriqui, Perrey Reeves, Rex Lee, Ronda Rousey and Kid Cudi...."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

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

"...some of the biggest names in the business – Kid Cudi, Bun B, Kanye – but has yet to..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

More X Games Austin Music

"...and, in 2009, a little-known rapper from Cleveland named Kid Cudi. Nineteen releases later, more than half have charted..."

June 6, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Live Shot (Second Weekend): Lissie

Stevie Nicks for the Kid Cudi generation

"...remained late, clearly waiting for her popular take on Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness,” an exceptional closer, but nonetheless..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: This Monkee Went to Heaven

The death of the Monkees' Davy Jones butts up against the local In Passing list at next week's Austin Music Awards

"...in this year's tribute. His description of meeting rapper Kid Cudi in the near-afterlife resonates with a kind of..."

March 9, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Theophilus London

"...by TVOTR's Dave Sitek), which London coats with his Kid Cudi-thick croon, but such pop tracks are few and..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

London Calling

Free Theophilus London show

"...as he has for his laid-back flow and smooth, Kid Cudi-coated hooks since making the major label leap. And..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday night blurbage of SXSW

"...the Fool's Gold family and have sired releases from Kid Cudi, Kid Sister, and Chromeo since 2007. – Chase..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Kanye West

"...includes Elton John, Rhianna, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Fergie, Kid Cudi, and no fewer than three French horns. In..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Glitoris' Top 10 Songs for the Week of Oct. 18

Kanye and Rihanna, Ladytron and Mason, La Glit tops 'em off

"...8. “Switchin Lanes” Kid Cudi..."

Oct. 19, 2010 Qmmunity Post by The Glitoris

Lissie

"...re-creating Catching a Tiger's coast-to-coast warmth. A cover of Kid Cudi's "Pursuit of Happiness" closed the set, Lissie delivering..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Off the Record

Good vibrations courtesy of the Roots, Distant Lights, and the Sword

"...off." The rave boasts some marquee names (Disco Biscuits, Kid Cudi, Girl Talk) across four lavish stages. Details at..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sleigh Bells & Ratatat

"...("Drugs" et al.). Ratatat excels in the context of Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon, but LP4 ultimately is..."

July 2, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW 2010

"..."You'll find empty classrooms and busted parties, and indie kids who think they're artsy," boasts Denton Denton USA! (Play..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

T-Pain's Blueprint

Jay-Z's latest, reviewed via app

"...Jeezy, West, Alicia Keys, Rihanna) next to descendents (Drake, Kid Cudi, J. Cole), and for the most part, the..."

Sept. 10, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Blunt Cruisin’

Asher Roth and Kid Cudi roll deep at Stubb's

"...miniature Uncle Sams making it rain during “Sour Patch Kids,” one choreographed dance to Soul 4 Reel’s “Candy Rain,”..."

July 31, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger