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Spiders, Slams, and Other Shows Worth Seeing This Week
Dare to go out on a school night!
"...opening a brick-and-mortar space. Joining the celebration will be musician Becca Jane, the whole OW team, the LGBTQ Chamber..."

June 14, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Jess Williamson, Stay Black & Live, Babestock, and More Crucial Concerts
Recommended shows for the week in Austin
"...exploded on TikTok for the Fortnite YouTuber turned full-time musician back in 2022. The 19-year-old Houston artist continued his..."

June 14, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Parker Woodland Affirms You as You Are in Video for “Makeup”
“You don't owe them anything!”
"...Sam Hensley (queer musician)..."

June 11, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

With the Live Music Fund Off the Ground, Commission Brainstorms More Marketing Initiatives
Could a Local Entertainment Promotion Fund take off?
"...this month’s meeting brainstorming other ways to support local musicians...."

June 5, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

After a Stroke, Matt Meshbane Launches a GoFundMe – and a New Charity
Veteran booker/engineer plots Hoots for HAAM concert series
"...for an organization like the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) for other "musician-adjacent people" like sound guys, bookers,..."

May 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Off Beat: A Hot Luck Switcheroo
Chefs talk music – and artists talk food – ahead of the fest
"...about the other side of the festival. Starting with musicians and moving into chefs, read on for all the..."

May 24, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Austin Elders: Meet Guitarist and Defense Attorney Bobby Earl Smith
From professional musician to professional defender of musicians
"...wear and opened a criminal defense practice, sometimes representing musicians who tried to live up to the outlaw moniker...."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Oscar Rodriguez

Texas Performing Arts Crosses Media for 2024-25 Season
Works by David Byrne, Conspirare, Twyla Tharp, and more
"...vocal ensemble Conspirare, and a new collaboration between Austin musician Carrie Rodriguez, Brownsville author Oscar Cásares, and El Paso..."

May 14, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Evil Does Not Exist
A glamping development threatens a small mountain village in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Drive My Car
"...Not Exist. Originally conceived as a 30-minute collaboration with musician Eiko Ishibashi – her music, his images – Hamaguchi..."

May 10, 2024 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Crosstalk: Cheap Concerts, Tattoo Art Shows, and More Culture News
And the Parlor holds out for a reopening
"...shop opened in 2019 by local artist (and Never/Nevil musician) Emily Ng, is hosting its first-ever art show. Kicking..."

May 10, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Affordable Art Fair Comes to Austin
Participating artist B. Shawn Cox discusses why the international art fair is sorely needed in ATX
"...Austin artists like watercolorist Jan Heaton, visual artist and musician Darden Smith, the paper-modeled taxidermy of Erik Wilson, sculptor..."

May 10, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Exclusive: Watch This Clip From Austin-Made Rap Road Trip Lost Soulz
First glimpse ahead of this weekend's theatrical release
"...drama, Sauve Sidle plays Sol, a rising East Austin musician who finds himself going from house parties to the..."

May 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Week in Recommended Live Music
Narrow Head, Pussy Gillette, the Nude Party, and even some innuendo-less acts to see
"...with opening proceeds benefiting the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. The headlining punk purveyors are joined by swamp rocker..."

May 3, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Review: Scott Ballew, Rio Bravo
Austin musician/filmmaker’s poetic phrases demand double takes
"...the surface. Under his keening, languid delivery, the Austin musician/filmmaker twists poetic phrases that demand double takes – never..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Off Beat: Bobby Rush Brings the Funk
90-year-old chats before Blues Fest set with the Blind Boys of Alabama
"...afternoon performer Bobby Rush, who’s less interested in a musician’s approach than their message...."

April 26, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Stick Around, Say Damn: Inside the Cactus Cafe’s Tuesday Open Mic
Songwriters connect under Jake Farr’s ground rules
"...If musicians want to perform, they have to follow Farr’s playground..."

April 17, 2024 Music Post by Dina Barrish

Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week
Get out and get art
"...George Harrison wasn’t just a musician: He was also an enormous film fan, so much..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Blues Festival Announces Set Times for Jimmie Vaughan, Brittany Howard, Robert Glasper
And warns of a ticket price increase this Friday
"...Sunday begins with Robert Finley, the 70-year-old musician who released his first album in 2016, on Dan..."

April 9, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

No Beyoncé, Lots of Jelly Roll, and More Takeaways From the CMT Music Awards
Best and worst moments from the ceremony’s uneven Moody Center return
"...Nelson accounted for the only instance of an Austin musician onstage in a show sorely lacking local relevance, and..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

City Plans for Larger Live Music Fund Grants
Applications for the 2024 city program to open "very soon"
"...Musician and commission member Scott Strickland previously voiced concerns that..."

April 2, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

How Austin Transformed Danny Brown
The Detroit wild card on getting his shit together (and finding H-E-B)
"...As an excellent interviewer, Brown doesn’t interrupt his musician and comedian guests and shows a genuine interest in..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Glitter & Doom
Summer love between a circus performer and a struggling musician Doom is set to the music of Indigo Girls.
"...Summer love between circus performer Glitter (Diaz) and struggling musician Doom (Cammish) is set to the music of Indigo..."

March 15, 2024 Movie Review

Teezo Touchdown, Arny Margret, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW
Standout sets to kick off the big music week
"...breeze scattered fallen leaves around the venue, the now-Copenhagen-based musician swayed along to temperate closer “Walk Away” before taking..."

March 13, 2024 Music Post by Derek Udensi

South by Gay-west
The official unofficial SXSW recommendations for your queer Austin experience
"...you by Austin’s bevy of great queer drag artists, musicians, and organizers who keep the underground, outsider spirit of..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Interview: Nabihah Iqbal’s Lush London Soundscapes
Electronic act talks new analog approach and Pakistani instrumentation
"...DREAMER, emerges from a treacherous creation process. The London-based musician lost her demos in a 2020 studio burglary, then..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Texas String Assembly Bassist Barred From In-Airport Performance Because His Name Matched “Known Terrorist”
Momin Ahmad was denied entry by TSA
"...stop by when their plane landed to watch,” the musician said...."

March 12, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week
Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial
"...joking!” Takedown “Boys in the Band” slaughters ruinous male musicians with Lilly Macieira’s sludgy basslines and Phoebe Lunny’s snarling..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Review: Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
An endearing portrait of the R&B/country/etc. musician
"...directors Isaac Gale (a filmmaker) and Ryan Olson (a musician and producer who had helmed the most recent Swamp..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Joe Gross

South by Gay-west
The official unofficial SXSW recommendations for your queer Austin experience
"...you by Austin’s bevy of great queer drag artists, musicians, and organizers who keep the underground, outsider spirit of..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Off Beat: The Four Horsemen of the SXSW Music-pocalypse
Trying on four local personifications of fest success
"...Paid-parking avoiders also score huge this year with Radio/East,..."

March 8, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

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