Crosstalk: Austin Parks and Rec Board Discusses Fair Pay at SXSW, and More Music News

The latest moves from Austin's Tribe Mafia and Jackie Venson

"...This is not a consumer-driven event like Coachella and Lollapalooza."..."

March 31, 2023 Music Column by Lina Fisher

A Look Inside South Congress’ New Superstition Nightclub

C3-Backed dance venue pays homage to Seventies disco

"...Presents – famed for helming Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza festivals as well as booking Stubb’s and Emo’s locally..."

Dec. 29, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

What to Know Heading Into ACL Fest

Forecast calls for vaccine cards, clear bags, mask areas, and rain

"...and 8-10. Local ACL promoters C3 Presents, also behind Lollapalooza, set similar safety requirements of vaccination proof or negative..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Stinky Jewelz Ascends From the Necks of Local Club Kids to Pop’s Biggest Stars

Chart toppers Olivia Rodrigo, Tinashe, and Post Malone sport Madeline Modesti's custom designs

"...Onstage last month at Lollapalooza, chart-topping rapper Post Malone wore a chunky string of..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Rachel Rascoe

ACL Festival To Require COVID Vaccination Card or Negative Test

C3 Presents roll out new safety requirements for October event

"...Local ACL promoters C3 Presents, also behind Chicago’s Lollapalooza, set similar safety requirements at the Illinois music festival..."

Aug. 19, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Musicians Get Sinking Feeling as Fall Festivals Loom and COVID Surges

Will the beat go on? (Outside? Behind a mask?)

"...immunization requirements will be in place. ACL's sister event Lollapalooza, which transpired in Chicago last weekend, mandated vaccine cards..."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Live and Recorded Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more

"...venues. This month's tour, anchored by an appearance at Lollapalooza in Chicago next week, crescendos locally on Friday at..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...unassuming threepiece invokes the epic as if they headlined Lollapalooza Bogotá...."

July 9, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...global head of music at William Morris, founder of Lollapalooza and recent founder of Savelive a national live venue..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...prepping an international tour including stops at SXSW and Lollapalooza South America. Once the pandemic curtailed Earth, he ventured..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: It’s Now or Never for a Music Venue Preservation Fund

When will the city of Austin give music venues aid to preserve their so-called ‘Live Music Capital’?

"...C3 Presents, Austin's leading event producers (ACL Fest, Lollapalooza) laid off a significant portion of its workforce last..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

We Have an Issue: Honoring RBG

The stakes have raised even higher for the most consequential election in a lifetime

"...pandemic has forced the cancellation of C3 signature events Lollapalooza and ACL Fest...."

Sept. 25, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

C3 Presents Thins Staff With Widespread Layoffs

ACL Fest, Lollapalooza producers mum on shrinking workforce

"...versions of its signature events during the pandemic, including Lollapalooza and ACL Fest. Charlie Jones, the mass gathering guru..."

Sept. 17, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Longtime Austin Collaborators Patrice Pike and Wayne Sutton Finally Duo Up

At the heart of so many essential acts beats a duo, so it is with the Little Sister / Sister 7 legends

"...South by Southwest showcases and a slot time at Lollapalooza in Chile. In a now familiar refrain, all those..."

May 1, 2020 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Faster Than Sound: Austin Musicians Brace for Public Shutdown

Dispatches from the week the music died

"...touring to Treefort Festival, and Golden Dawn Arkestra tables Lollapalooza Chile. By the time the city of Austin shut..."

March 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

We Have an Issue: The Measure of Time

In this week’s issue, we’re looking back to the beginnings of Austin Studios, assessing C3 founder Charlie Jones’ mid-career move, and crossing – finally! – Super Tuesday’s finish line

"...and evolution of ACL Fest, the reviving of the Lollapalooza brand, and why it was time to leave C3..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Charlie Jones Steps Away From C3 Presents

The homegrown concert giant’s events visionary exits

"...the eventual promotions triptych, which stages ACL Fest and Lollapalooza. The College Station native entered Austin’s concert market in..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Ghostland Observatory

"...Ghostland Observatory on hiatus four years earlier. Having headlined Lollapalooza and graced Lexus commercials, the Austin duo of frontman..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Auckland City Limits? Absolutely.

Expanding the “City Limits” brand beyond Austin

"...“It’s the same way with the Lollapalooza brand in South America and Paris and Berlin. They’re..."

March 9, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Origin Story of the Liberty Lunch Brand

Former venue owner Mark Pratz on Stubb’s potential re-branding

"...they’re savvy businessmen and there’s ACL Fest and there’s Lollapalooza and all that, so it’s all one big ol’..."

July 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Tuesday Showcase Picks

"...crooner ("Yo Soy"). Riding the success of their Chilean Lollapalooza performances, Protistas fuses bubbling synths and driving distortion into..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature

Playback: C3 in Talks to Co-Produce Levitation Fest

ACL Fest promoters partner with psych fest?

"...continued expanding its portfolio of festivals – which includes Lollapalooza, Big Day Out, and Orion Music + More –..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sunday ACL Fest Face-Off: LCD Soundsystem vs. Mumford & Sons

Digital or analog?

"...DJ in Chicago in either 2010 or 2011, around Lollapalooza. I watched him be a massive asshole to literally..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Shove

Fun Fun Fun Fest headliners L7 come roaring back on the lips of Donita Sparks

"...The Word. Although the lengthy lag time between the Lollapalooza 1994 vets' breakup and Sparks' ballsy proposal passed comparatively..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Friday Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: Babes in Toyland

The Babes are back in town

"...girl-next-door-gone-awry look on lock. Trailblazing bands like Hole, the Lollapalooza '93 vets gingerly fizzled as the decade advanced, officially..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Saturday Fun Fun Fun Fest Interviews

Mike Kinsella returns to FFF with another pop-punk reunion

"...broke up, this sort of festival scale didn't exist. Lollapalooza was already happening, but it didn't have anything to..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

ACL Music Fest 2015 Friday Interviews – Second Weekend

Friday, 6pm, Samsung stage

"...lot of big summer festivals this year, like Chicago's Lollapalooza back in August. Do you ever get nervous or..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Playback: ACL Fest Then & Now

What's changed and remained the same for ACL Fest over its 13 years

"...the festival world with a plethora of international gatherings; Lollapalooza's now in five countries, and there's a curiously named..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hold My End Up

Delta Spirit frontman Matt Vasquez returns to his roots: Austin

"...remains TBD, but the 25-plus-date tour, including stops at Lollapalooza and Michigan's Electric Forest Festival, is reported to include..."

June 5, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: Bavu Blakes Carpes the Diem

Bavu Blakes seizes his own day, Shakey Graves lands an Austin City Limits taping, and the Saxon Pub turns 25

"...megafest Bonnaroo, following up a majority buyout of ACL Fest/Lollapalooza promoters C3 Presents last fall...."

May 1, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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