ACL Live Shot: Lorde

17-year-old New Zealander waxes cool blue and icy

"...Lorde’s target audience of high school girls was out in full force on Sunday night, ready..."

Oct. 13, 2014 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

ACL Live Shot: Mac DeMarco

“I’m a man”

"...slack rocker didn’t look like the conventional heartthrob. Nevertheless, girls squealed with delight as he strolled onstage. “I’m Mac,”..."

Oct. 12, 2014 Music Post by Neph Basedow

ACL Live Shot: Belle & Sebastian

Glaswegian vets arc across their catalog in 62 minutes

"...what to expect on the Glaswegian quintet’s ninth full-length, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, coming in January...."

Oct. 11, 2014 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

ACL Live Shot: Jenny Lewis

Live, the onetime Rilo Kiley frontwoman is no rerun

"...38-year-old on a rerun of Roseanne or The Golden Girls. Watching her perform, however, makes one grateful that she’s..."

Oct. 6, 2014 Music Post by Neph Basedow

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Three-Day Weekend Edition

Your guide to finding the grrrls and bois of ATX all weekend long

"...they release this year's zine. A plethora of bands, live paintings, and a roaming photo booth are just some..."

May 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Avey Tare

He’s no Animal Collective

"...He’s totally justified in telling anyone looking for “My Girls” to go fuck themselves...."

May 4, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Offbeat Edition

Clues to capture the elusive grrrls & bois of ATX this weekend

"...talked about festivals is taking over Fiesta Gardens with live music, craft beer, speakers, sponsors and vendors. That's right..."

April 4, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Live Shot: Foster the People

Jell-O shot with your spring night ‘Supermodel’ pop?

"...Friday evening, with young couples toting newborns and sorority girls chugging $10 cans of Fosters beer to confused grandpas..."

March 15, 2014 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Live Shot: Laura Cantrell

You can’t take Nashville out of this New Yorker

"...that crooner, she writes songs – like “All the Girls Are Complicated” and the album’s title track – that..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Feral Future

"..."James" is, he obviously didn't see the line of girls in the front row empowered by the local punk..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Music Review by Andy O'Connor

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Daniel Johnston

True love will find you in the end

"...poignant, crowd-backed chorus, and ended abruptly. Space Ducks’ “Mean Girls Give Pleasure” fit well with Johnston’s more familiar material...."

Nov. 11, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: M.I.A.

Sri Lankan MC, activist, and provocateur brings the banga

"...immediately been followed by stagehands dragging giddy audience “Bad Girls” up onstage to help “Bring the Noize” via the..."

Nov. 10, 2013 Music Post by Marc Savlov

Alabama Shakes

Zilker Park, Oct. 12

"...through the majority of the tracks from Boys & Girls, highlighting Fifties doo-wop inspired "I Found You" and the..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

The Lumineers

Zilker Park, Oct. 14

"...it fell apart. "Flowers in Your Hair" and "Classy Girls" both rolled with an infectious bounce, even as the..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Palomar

SXSW Showcase Reviews

"...because really, who doesn't want to see three cute girls play bliss-pop music? Not like rock-star huge, still good..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Skrillex

SXSW Showcase Reviews

"...tatted-up punk kids with their hands in the air. Girls who probably left the house before their dads saw..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Fitz & the Tantrums

"...vocals, and a whip-smart dance beat à la "Rich Girls." In fact, for a ringer the quintet wheeled out..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Schmillion

SXSW showcase reviews

"...of the Bangles. The local quintet, which formed at Girls Rock Camp Austin a few years ago, is edging..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Sarah Jaffe

SXSW showcase reviews

"...play acoustic guitar as a girl among many other girls," she remarked mid-set, toppling the accusation but picking up..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

LCD Soundsystem

"...nonstop exuberance levitated the crowd, which danced from "Drunk Girls" through "All My Friends" to the lengthy medley throb..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The Gaslight Anthem

"...get to if and when they stop mooning over girls and cars. Then again, on "Old White Lincoln" and..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Review by Dan Oko

Top 9 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings That I Chanced to See in 2009

A theatre year of crazy families, love lost and found, and lots of dancing

"...8) 'THE PAJAMA GAME' (MARY MOODY NORTHEN THEATRE) Boys! Girls! Love in a pajama factory and all of the..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Doug Sahm's 'Mendocino'

SXSW panels

"...Although this lively panel was ostensibly about the Sir Douglas Quintet's landmark..."

March 27, 2009 Music Review by Greg Beets

Rye Rye

La Zona Rosa

"...Ground" had many rapping (and dancing) along. On "Hardcore Girls," the prodigy postured as "the baddest chick" before confessing:..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Grizzly Bear

SXSW showcase reviews

"...was principally responsible for the capacity crowd greeting opener Girls, the San Francisco quartet proved worthy of the slot...."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Kool Keith

Sunday

"...was introduced with a series of inquisitions: "How many girls like the Motel 6? Who likes the Holiday Inn?..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Gogol Bordello

"...dancers that look like a cross between Coors Light girls and low-impact aerobics instructors...."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

N.E.R.D

"...repping B-boys breaking and a 30-strong line of dancing girls as the two slapped lyrical stylings amidst a crowd..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Nakia & His Southern Cousins

"...Backed by the Marvelettes-styled dance moves of the Fresh-Up Girls, who were dutifully dressed for Sunday service with white..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears

SXSW showcase reviews

"...but it was easy to see what the little girls understand...."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

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