35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...a send-up of faux male benevolence. Last year’s “Pursuit” signals more growth. Abandoning her quirky persona, the vocalist builds..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 26 - May 2

"...enhanced power to inject ingenious changes wherever messiness is mixed with elegance, wherever blemished beauty requires redemption, and wherever..."

April 26, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...A knock at the door signals the arrival of a mysterious package. Abhi the Nomad..."

May 22, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The World of Wayfinding in Austin

How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city

"...have a smartphone, which will inexorably pick up more signals and ping more sensors in a smart city, one..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound – Beerland & Beyond: The Year in Music News

Squeezing out the decade's end in local music headlines

"...in October. Via new local music website Noises and Signals, the Red River Cultural District advocate later expressed plans..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Third Man Records Releases Ghost Wolves 7-inch

Austin duo pair up with Jack White’s label

"...The TMR connection signals instant validation for the relentlessly touring wife-and-husband combo, highlighted..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

City, County Clash Over Future Hotel Tax

The city’s “Palm District” vs. the county’s Expo Center

"...rising on both sides – each feeling they've received mixed signals from the other, each feeling that they've consistently..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Levitation Announces 2019 Fall Lineup

John Cale, Angel Olsen, and Kurt Vile highlight fall fest

"...7-10 throughout clubs in the Red River Cultural District, signals the return of marquee indie darlings Angel Olsen and..."

April 24, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Support the Girls

The hidden rules of life in Andrew Bujalksi's breastaurant comedy

"...a critique of modern feminism through the type of “mixed signals” women are often accused of giving. In this..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Big Money for Big Roads

Deciding how the Mobility Bond is spent on Austin's most traveled streets

"...and development of affordable housing, preservation of local business, mixed-income housing, and pedestrian access and safety...."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Headlines

"...Sylvester Turner didn't endorse a mandatory mass evacuation, sending mixed signals to residents. But Houston officials stood by their..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature

A Place for Pot in Trump's America?

Mixed signals from the White House put legalization advocates on high alert

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Council: Taxes Are Challenging

Council prepares to challenge TCAD

"...hearing closed), with Council members and the mayor sending mixed signals on how they're leaning;..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Key Biscayne

Second Place winner

"...have been Jewish or Greek or Italian or a mixed bag of Middle Eastern. On his gold chain hung..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Remy Barnes Klein

Pause/Play

Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer

"...the room Shapter visits five days a week. It signals that someone – not Shapter – has completed treatment...."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

'Young Latina Artists 19: Y, Qué?'

San Antonio's Más Rudas Chicana Collective fills Mexic-Arte's summer showcase with work by women

"...title of the annual summer exhibit at Mexic-Arte Museum signals a first in that institution's longtime support of artists..."

June 13, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Good Eye: QueerBomb

"...organizer Beth Schindler wears the handmade “Marsha” sash (that signals festival volunteers) over pink­triangle­-embellished white overalls...."

June 10, 2014 Photo Gallery

Point Austin: The Meanings of 'Affordability'

The new year signals changes in the life of Austin

"...that prosperity – a consequence greeted here with very mixed responses. A more striking result, at least to me,..."

Dec. 27, 2013 News Column by Michael King

10 Minutes with Robert Earl Keen

‘Jesus, can we stop with the songwriting for just a second?’

"...the band thing going. I’m big on not throwing mixed signals out there – playing solo one night and..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Reefer Roundup: 2/24/12

Your drug war news

"...to stand down by Gov. Jack Markell, after getting signals from U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly III that growers,..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

TV Eye

The CW and Fox announce their fall programming

"...other navigate love and relationships is the premise of Mixed Signals (zzzzz) while two cop series round out Fox's..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Green Light for CAMPO 2035 Plan

Long-range plan includes SH 45 Southwest project

"...voted 17-2 to approve a new 25-year plan that signals a historic shift in priorities. The CAMPO 2035 Regional..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

In the Game

For her first museum work, Jade Walker steps up to the plate and swings big

"...that might inspire her, particularly a group show called 'Mixed Signals' about masculinity and sports. I was mostly a..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

The good, the bad, and the ugly: a look back at the year in Austin music

"...Mixed Signals 2009..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Developing Stories: Goodie Basket Development

The Grayco South Shore PUD proposal adds public benefits for height

"...for the South Shore planned unit development. The large mixed-use project proposed by developer Grayco Partners goes to City..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...plans to partner with these corporations and businesses? These mixed messages create as much chaos as any lack of..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

'Carol Marine: New Paintings'/'Suzanne Lewis: Dune Shack Summer'/'Lesley Nowlin: Guatemala'

The three exhibitions in two neighboring galleries is like the Neapolitan ice cream of art

"...a loose, square brushstroke. The consistency in her brushwork signals a prolific artistic practice. Her thin layers and even..."

July 31, 2009 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...initiatives such as crafting commercial design standards and promoting vertical-mixed-use and transit-oriented development and similar New Urbanist principles. At..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

TV Eye

Independent Lens rolls out more standout docs

"...Doctor Atomic received mixed reviews when it opened yet is still produced around..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3am

Obama won the election through a uniquely American combination of inspiration and cash

"...with each other and how they caught each other's signals. Nothing unusual about mixed-race pairings these days in this..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

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