An L.A. Benefit, Toni Price Tribute, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the week ahead

"...In 1973, folk rock sweethearts Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks cut their duo..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Genre-Hopping Hustler Quentin Arispe Wants to Be in Every Room

The Past Lives’ theatrical lead singer takes on a party girl role on new solo LP, As Above, So Below

"...Sept. 17, the Past Lives singer drops an indie rock-tinged second EP, As Above, creating together with its predecessor..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

An Art, a Craft, a Movie, and More Events for the Weekdays

Don't let the workweek get you down

"...Wednesday 24, Round Rock Community Clay..."

July 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Rolling Stones Start Up Their Hackney Diamonds Tour in Houston

Between the magnetic poles of Jagger and Richards

"...In point of fact, Mick Jagger, also 80, now runs the ship, maybe, as..."

April 30, 2024 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Terry Allen, ericdoa, and More Crucial Concerts

Essential Austin gigs in the coming week

"...Friday the 13th represents the second coming of glam rock divinity. Fronted by siblings Sloane and Felix Lenz, the..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Adds Ho99o9, Kikuo, Sofia Kourtesis to 2024 Music Lineup

243 artists make up the festival’s second artist announcement

"...Omni, and Toronto indie-folk crooner poolblood add a more rock-tinged edge to the lineup...."

Dec. 6, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Dinosaur Jr. at Lakeline Park, Los Texmaniacs in Sunset Valley, and more recommended shows

"...that can be justifiably professed as godfathers of alternative rock, Dinosaur Jr. came into consciousness on Eighties punk stable..."

April 28, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"

Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers

"...felt dangerous – Lee Shupp with eyeliner, looking like Mick Jagger with a meth problem."..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Inu-Oh

Japanese medieval history gorgeously reimagined as a rock & roll fable

"...magical and bloody historical musical drama Inu-Oh, is a rock & roll, stadium show, pyrotechnic extravaganza...."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...school teachers' sake: Raul's, described by king of all rock critics Lester Bangs in a 1980 Musician magazine piece..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Diggin' Way Down Into Life With Carolyn Wonderland & A. Whitney Brown

For Valentine's Day, we bring you a snapshot of life at home with a blues musician and her comedy writer husband

"...Downtown Austin. The late Mike Nesmith, of Sixties teen rock superstars the Monkees, officiated the service – having been..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Erickson and Doug Sahm spurred this primal strain of rock & roll, and Chapter 2, delineating the pre-punk world..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed Over Austin – in Second Ever Local Concert

…with sympathy for the parking lot

"...Super Stage preceding the arrival of the 59-year-running British rock outfit, though black clouds had rolled over it as..."

Nov. 21, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Table Ed Ward Built

Pioneering music journalist (1948-2021) wrote rock & roll history

"...mimeographed folk fanzine Broadside at the age of 16, rock & roll ranked right up there with newsprint at..."

May 5, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Pins back in 1996 during the heyday of ATX alt-rock. Twenty-five years later, their debut EP finally comes to..."

April 9, 2021 Music Feature by Annie Lyons

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...follow-up, February's Born Stupid, appropriately released on revived weirdo rock label Shimmy-Disc. Setting aside gonzo psychedelia for demented Americana,..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

SXSW Music Panel Recap: Going Viral with Mick Fleetwood & TikTok

Fleetwood Mac founder drums up dreams for yet another generation

"...and lip-syncing Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.” Overnight virality and a Mick Fleetwood recreation on the video-sharing service quickly followed...."

March 18, 2021 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Faster Than Sound: Triangulating SXSW Music Online

Artist, industry, and local representatives break down the fest

"...of Watford. Since moving out at 17, she grew rock roots into feisty indie sonics. The shape-shifting songwriter showcases..."

March 12, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Buttigieg Back for SXSW, Plus Kenan Thompson and More

New speaker list adds keynotes and notables to virtual conference

"...and Timbaland talking live performance in the pandemic; and rock legend Mick Fleetwood talking about old heads embracing going..."

Feb. 24, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Rolling Stones Booked for Circuit of the Americas on May 24

British Invasion co-leaders encore 2006 Zilker Park razing

"...24 – the day before Memorial Day. The English rock & roll icons announced a continuation of their No..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rolling Stones Booked for Circuit of the Americas on May 24

British Invasion co-leaders encore 2006 Zilker Park razing

"...the band nor its PR team – pioneers in rock & roll publicity since day one – have announced..."

Feb. 3, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Cage the Elephant Gores Austin City Limits

Kentucky crew’s debut taping Friday proves their universality

"...as Cage the Elephant continued its ascendent rampage into rock & roll history during a taping of Austin City..."

Sept. 29, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ZZ Top, Bad Company, and Cheap Trick Stage a Texas Jam

Seventies headliners reanimate the me decade for the ages

"...the Doobie Brothers added, that’s 1,000 years of classic rock...."

May 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Review: Swervedriver

Pulling the plug on the sweetest of crunches

"...songs, trusting its powerful and peerless catalog of alternative rock gems to carry a show...."

March 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

Fleetwood Mac Goes a New Way at Frank Erwin Center

Slow start aside, don’t dream it’s over

"...spun out lethargically. Granted, nearly every song from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers struck familiar to the..."

Feb. 11, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely), from a washed-up rockstar who is using her in a satanic pact that..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Joe Strummer

"...urban bohemian and electric folkie, a one-man R&B and rockabilly preservation society, not to mention a fervent socialist and..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"...So says Marty Stuart, the 60-year-old Mississippi hillbilly rocker with a rhinestone cowboy wardrobe and a Ziggy Stardust..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

ACL Live Review: The Nude Party

Expertly cruising a Sixties-drenched patchwork

"...Psychedelic surf rock licks kicking off the Nude Party’s early-afternoon set Sunday..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Evil Triplet

"...of keyboards behind a blunt riff seemingly inspired by Mick Ronson's tenure with the Spiders From Mars. "Aren't You..."

July 27, 2018 Music Review by Michael Toland

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