How the Red River Cultural District Was Made

Decades of off-kilter activity and music activism culminate in our current concert hub

"...to a sweeping view of our city's last concentrated music corridor. It's a panorama of Red River, with a..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: “Hastily Prepared” Ordinances Head to City Council

Revised drafts of Agent of Change and OMV permitting head to Council, but again, live music interests raise alarms

"...Music advocates are imploring city staff to pump the brakes..."

June 9, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"..."This November Vote for Music!"..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Save Our Spaces March: "Give Us the Keys!"

Creative Alliance leads artists on a second line down Second

"...With signs reading "Invest in Arts and Music," "Life Is Art," and "We Are the Weird in..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Reviewing the three-ring circus of Fun Fun Fun Fest and flashing back to the Armadillo World Headquarters with Dweezil Zappa

"...be surprised how often I get that." The Polaris Music Prize winner was later spotted swinging from the rafters..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Word of amendments to Austin's sound ordinance prompt a town hall meeting, Marcus Rubio discusses The Life of Pillows, and Flipnotics turns 15

"...Sound of Music..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Reasonably Offensive

Two civil suits against live music venues downtown call into question Austin's sound ordinance.

"...Red Eyed Fly, he's likely to be pegged as anti-music. And particularly because court documents reveal Rhode pays just..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Faster Than Sound: Recapping the Year SXSW Got Canceled

Venue closures, fundraising, and industry layoffs headlined Austin music's difficult 2020

"...Austin music proved a global bellwether at the onset of COVID-19..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: White Denim Stiffens

White Denim v.2 bows a new debut, Magna Carda raps its full-length debut, and the Austin Music Census holds on to its virtue

"...The dive shuttered in 2012, later reopening – after..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Rockin' Solutions: A Four-Piece Combo

Highlights of solutions emerging from the four Live Music Task Force subcommittees

"...Helping Musicians: Tip jars to transit..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Off the Record

Hayes Carll searches for Ooga Kabooga Juice, Alejandro Escovedo finds a friend in Houston, and introducing the lineup for the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...If there's one thing the newly created Live Music Task Force agrees on, it's that the solution to..."

April 18, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Playback

Austin Music People wants to meet up

"...and Chicon, is the first public fundraiser for Austin Music People, an advocacy group with City Council-reach and legislative..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Daily Hustle: 6/14/10

No future for Red River?

"...the impact the plan could have on the live music scene along Red River...."

June 14, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

SXSW Post-Mortem

Taking stock of the most tumultuous SXSW in the event's history

"...This year's South by Southwest Music Con­ference & Festival proved the most troubled in the..."

Sept. 12, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Online: Recommended Programming

Must-catch panels, films, music showcases, and more at this year's all-virtual Fest

"...12:30pm:  KoTPA (Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation) — Music Showcase Featuring Jambinai and Dasom Baek. (CHANNEL 2)..."

March 12, 2021 Features Feature

Playback: The Westin Sues the Nook Over Sound

And “Playback” votes in the Austin Music Poll

"...Credit Austin's music community with this: We're exceptional at outrage...."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...told a standing-room-only crowd of club owners and local music industry players, who had just spent an hour outlining..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Faster Than Sound: Remembering Chet Himes, Johnny Limón, and Riley Osbourn

Three Austin music scene stalwarts passed in late August

"...August claimed far too many anchors of Texas music. Fans poured out remembrances for Dallas-based Power Trip frontman..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Body Rock Turns 10

Riders Against the Storm and Chorizo Funk’s decade-built dance institution endures, Monday City music meetings, and more

"...moved from Providence, R.I., to Austin and began hitting music at house parties and community centers. Local spinner Eddie..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Off the Record

Inquiring into the city's new music program manager position, trick-or-treating with the Butthole Surfers, and introducing Thenewno2

"...a new generation, fusing warm and playfully experimental pop music with post-Kid A electronics and Bristol trip-hop beats. "It's..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Playback: Come & Take It

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

"...2015 E. Riverside complex is seemingly cursed for live music. From 2012 to 2016, the room housed five short-lived..."

July 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Across the Borderline: BettySoo travels abroad with Doug Cox, Monte Wardens discovers Kevin Ahart, and Ancient VVisdom collaborates with Charles Manson

"...Love Too Easily.' I thought that was the greatest music and voice I had ever heard." Discovered at one..."

June 17, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Casting the annual ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and paying tribute to poster artist extraordinaire Bill Narum

"...As is now customary for the Chronicle Music staff, the annual ballot casting for the Rock and..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Extended Play '07

Off the Record scratches the surface

"...Recapping the year in music for this week’s column proved to be more difficult..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Austin Creative Alliance Honors 2015

Third class of honorees: Moser, Mexic-Arte, Esparza, Harden

"...Alliance isn't busy connecting members of our arts, film, music, and other creative communities; providing them with services; and..."

Nov. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Learning the ones and twos with the Dub Academy and Phranchyze

"...Mike Martinez raised concern over "the expulsion of live music venues that are in rental spaces right now" and..."

June 18, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Council Watch

The delicate business of funding substance abuse programs for musicians.

"...Austin musicians ... leaders of our "live music capital" economy? Or..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Do the Right Thing

Call me Commissioner

"...deal of fanfare, I was appointed to the Austin Music Commission...."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lunch

"...pack their bags. Last week's meeting of the Austin Music Commission, meanwhile, revealed that the board voted down a..."

April 2, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Faster Than Sound: HAAM Day Fundraises Onscreen

The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians’ biggest fundraising day of the year goes online

"...by Southwest on March 6, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians Executive Director Reenie Collins immediately feared for HAAM Day...."

Sept. 11, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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