Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

An Antone's anniversary, Lonestar Unleashed, Country Willie Edwards, Rakim, and more recommended shows

"...documented every note. Hopping through July 23, the Home of the Blues' 47th anniversary touches off week 1 with..."

June 24, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Consider the cinematic, Boz Bozi´c-produced five-track EP his statement of purpose. Here, the rapper sounds like Superman – spinning..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

T$O – Trill Shit Only

"...talk" about cooking up crack cocaine without an ounce of irony. Nonetheless, T$O or Trill Shit Only – a..."

April 12, 2019 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

The Next Generation of Austin Hip-Hop

Young rappers reinvent the most streamed genre in America

"...Kendrick and Killer Mike, and (think) you can pull off RompHims and man purses, Chinese topknots, and velvet dresses...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...his own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Playback: Come & Take It

On Austin as a metal town, and a leaked shortlist for the next Austin Music Office boss

"...action: megabooker Margin Walker reliably presents the hippest heroes of the genre, be it doom (Electric Wizard), post-metal (Deafheaven),..."

July 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Magna Carda’s Golden-Era Rap Realization

The homegrown rhyme syndicate just went from "emerging" status to "fully realized"

"...and Megan Tillman, walking down from the Downtown Facebook offices toward Halcyon coffee bar, are the here and now..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback – Fun Fun Fun Fest: A Decade of Aggression

Flashing back on 10 years of Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...commandments, an amplifier's maximum volume, the total counting power of our hands. Fitting for music, it's a union of..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Weird City Hip-Hop Festival Re-Ups

ATX’s early fall classic serves up a sophomore swang and bang

"...new digs, a lumber mill smack in the heart of East Austin. Equally mysterious is the headliner’s row –..."

July 15, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Holy Mountain Closing Oct. 1

Holy Mountain falls prey to skyrocketing rents Downtown

"...So goes the fate of Seventh Street venue Holy Mountain, which will expire with..."

June 26, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

S.Dot & Tuk Da Gat

"...There's a twinge of "the fuck?" when listening to two adult white males..."

June 19, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback

Late SXSW Creative Director Brent Grulke memorialized, and other Thursday SXSW tips

"...Look around you. Listen. The magnitude of music at SXSW remains a result of Grulke. His..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

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

"...Copper Gamins 6pm, Mexican American Cultural Center The pride of Mexico City, the Copper Gamins – singer/guitarist Jose Carmen..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Tuesday SXSW 2015 Showcases

"...Control Room and Garage, blend Austin singer-songwriters with some of the biggest names in L.A.'s electronic scene. Not unlike..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature

Tests of Mettle in Austin Hip-hop

Stop passive-aggressive and aggressively-passive mediocrity

"...Austin’s rap scene is one of immense growth and enthusiasm – as noted by this..."

March 3, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Music: List No. 5

New crop ups the ante to 1,251 acts so far

"...We’ve been poring over the growing list of showcase announcements now arriving weekly from SXSW Music, combing..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hip-Hop on the Verge

Austin finally cemented a scene, but who will break out nationally?

"...Congress to discuss his progress on a yearlong series of releases...."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Free Week Live Shots

"...First of the Month SmokeoutFlamingo Cantina, Jan. 3..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Critics Poll

"...Hernandez: Alejandro Escovedo's United Sounds of Austin, ACL Live at the Moody Theater..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature

Dowrong & Eric Dingus

Last Texas Platters of 2014

"...late father. Armed with Eric Dingus' ominous production, the League of Extraordinary Gz rapper minces no words about his..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Grohl Call

Nirvana drummer, Foo Fighter, and documentarian Dave Grohl passes it on

"...again bolstered his Austin cred with a homegrown installment of HBO documentary series Sonic Highways, which held equal regard..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Second List

243 + 171 = as many acts as the last two ATX fests combined

"...from here on in. This morning, the Music festival offered a second batch of showcasing acts – 243 to..."

Nov. 18, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback

Stop complaining there's no hip-hop scene here because now it has its own festival

"...Doughbeezy, Maxo Kream, and A.Dd+, and Austin acts including League of Extraordinary Gz, LNS Crew, and Phranchyze. The fest..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Mineral Reunites

Emo pioneers Mineral return

"...tiny Austin club. A week later, the locals kick off a national tour with three sold-out gigs at New..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Bavu Blakes’ Summer Vacation

Veteran rapper introduces new singles series

"...Nothing gets in the way of one’s ability to create music like a spouse, offspring,..."

Aug. 4, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Cold Sweat

Where have all our black clubs gone?

"...and it's dark as the daybreak inside. A party of 16 has reserved the farthest front table for the..."

June 13, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Faces Behind the Beats

Thursday’s Flamingo Cantina Beat Battle puts mugs to the thuds

"...she hadn’t seen a beat battle in a while. Of course she decided to make one of her own...."

April 30, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...a release party for a 2012 Secret Stash reissue of lost Twin Cities funk and soul rarities. The retired..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Wednesday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Stay planted for an evening

"...Roll, who favor a similar raw and crude love of punk, garage, and power-pop stylings. Agape over this ambitious,..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Saturday Picks and Sleepers

Saturday night SXSW blurbs

"...has to be so ugly and complicated. A trio of fashion-forward kids from Tel Aviv playing bubblegum electro-pop that..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

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