The Best Music We’ve Seen So Far at SXSW 2023

An insightful Jeff Tweedy, sunshiney Armani White, and more

"...dead father,” Jeff Tweedy assured the audience at Audible’s pop-up performance space on Saturday … “I’m going to play..."

March 14, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Eddie Taylor's 100th birthday, Dry Cleaning, and Terry Allen highlight our recommended shows

"...compliment to November's "Dreaming of Forever," a sprightly electronic pop song urging people to see past their differences and..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Vandoliers, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Mvtant, Florist, and more local shows worth your time

"...of the jazu kissa from Japan via a yearlong pop-up installation of the Miami-based Dante's HiFi – an audiophiliac,..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Column by Kahron Spearman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Fest, Borzoi, International Jazz Day, Ladyfang, Juan Wauters, and more

"...Before recently joining the popular piano-pounding, ol'-school rock & roll spectacle Low Cut Connie,..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Ethan Azarian’s Life on the Fringe

A new album emerging, the songwriter-painter reflects on his journey

"...As leader of the Orange Mothers, Azarian’s pop style could be joyous and provoking, and his subsequent..."

Oct. 21, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

TC Superstar, Swass Night, Tune-Yards, and more recommended shows

"...A mini synth-pop fest transpires at the Mohawk this weekend, headlined both..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Column by Christina Garcia

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Sir Woman's soulful send-up, and new Austinite Jade Bird's pop-inflected songwriting from the young UK native's upcoming, Dave Cobb-produced..."

March 26, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more

"...thenoisecompany.com, Friday 7..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...the drive-in theatres is that they're absolutely American entrepreneurial mom-and-pop shops," he says. "There's no AMC drive-ins. They're all..."

June 5, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

10 Free Week Acts to Watch This Weekend

Keep an eye out for these musicians in 2019

"...Murtagh, Austin Perriraz, and Sherry bomb that alchemy with surf-pop psych and amp rock delight. – Rick Weaver..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Recommended Shows for Levitation Weekend

The sounds may be scattered all over Austin, but here are a few must-see performances

"...still get walloped by Andrew Savage and Austin Brown's apoplectic wordplay on pricklier passages like "Almost had to start..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

International Female Producers

Beatmakers and sound shapers from Taiwan to Down Under

"...hiatus to focus on journalism but re-formed her minimal electro-pop trio in 2017 to release Two Windows, a slice..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Recommended ACL Records to Get You Psyched for the Fest

The best CPR (concert psychin' rock) to get in the fest mindset

"...“Dead Arms & Dead Legs” interrupts a perfectly good synth-pop tune with acid guitar noise, while “After Dark” paints..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Saturday night SXSW showcase

"...Gabriel Fulvimar and his Gap Dream then bring trippy power-pop oscillations to the Hotel Vegas club stage before Austin/Denton-based..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Twinkies, Twerking, & Paraplegic Crowd Surfing

Fun Fun Fun Fest 8 – wrapped

"...of Austin's OBN III's. Frontman Orville Neeley displayed Iggy Pop-like volatility in chasing down a terrified concertgoer who had..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: ACL Mania

The ACL zeitgeist in review

"...will never die" and proved it with a lengthy noise solo...."

Oct. 19, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

ACL Music Fest Friday Listings

ACL Friday by the blurbs

"...makes blues rock and Southern boogie with a distinctive pop edge somewhere between the Drive-by Truckers and Kings of..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Fest Saturday Picks

Blurbing Fun Fun Fun Fest one act at a time

"...Though originally hailing from Boston, Frank Smith's laid back folk-pop is a natural fit to Austin, and since transplant-ing..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature

Saturday Picks

"...sophomore album, 2007's Rykestrasse 68 (Nettwerk). Her endearing, idiosyncratic pop songs are still rich with avant-jazz orchestration, landing halfway..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview

"...Ben Webster's local troupe loves to cram the noise onstage: They jump and shout, blast some trumpet, and..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...now-defunct Northwest psych-rockers Delay, is lo-fi indie folk with pop sincerity. 2006's self-titled debut was an acoustic basement affair..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

The Blurbing of SXSW 06

"...Portland's the Nice Boys mine a cross between Sixties Britpop and Seventies American power pop. Oakland's Cuts touch on..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature

Let There Be Rock

Australia vs. New Zealand in a SXSW rugby death-match

"...the latter disguise it behind a My Bloody Valentine noise blowout...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...1980 book Saturday Night at Gilley's, now-deceased Houston Post pop music critic Bob Claypool wrote: "It was, quite simply,..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Blame It on the Bossa Nova

"...Brazil has one of the richest and most varied pop music scenes in the world, which isn't surprising given..."

July 2, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Record Reviews

"...girls, and virtually defining the term bubblegum with well-crafted pop songs. In 1996, Michael (The Smart One) Nesmith's "Circle..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...bland and the ugly. The good are fierce, near-perfect pop songs. "The Toughest Girl in the World," an I-am-woman-hear-me-cringe..."

June 21, 1996 Music Review

Infinity Song, Softcult, and Hot Summer Nights Standouts in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Get out and get free

"...Prehuman plays shoegaze songs from last week’s debut 7-inch, noise rock veterans Borzoi pummel sonic fury, and Sarah Ronan..."

July 19, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Why Venues Are Struggling to Stay Open in the Live Music Capital of the World

As Hot Summer Nights descends, Austin’s live music epicenter campaigns for city support

"...in 2013, when it became clear that gentrification and population growth were threatening the city’s status as “Live Music..."

July 12, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Less Talkin’, More Rockin’: The Austin Music Awards Touch Down at Antone’s

Jim Franklin, Rosa Madriz, Cherubs honored at 42nd Chronicle show

"...Vasquez. But as a solo artist, she issues indie pop that’s equal parts brooding and dancey. Psych rockers DAIISTAR,..."

Feb. 26, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

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