Chronicle Readers Share What They Love and Miss About Austin

Everything from restaurants to neighbors to long, stress-free walks

"...“The Arbor Regal. A truly mom-and-pop operation designed for grownups who love movies with character(s)...."

April 28, 2020 Chronolog Post

Blackillac's Phranchyze and Zeale Go From Frenemies to Brothers

ACL Fest all-stars cruise the beats

"...Fngz fully reintroduced Zeale into another realm of melodic power-pop/rap consistent with his touring alignment to Billboard singles-chart bullies..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

ACL Fest Interview: Finneas

Billie Eilish’s brother makes bedroom hypno beats for himself too

"...be something she loves and about her," offers the electro-pop wizard. "I'm trying to do the same thing for..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Isa Jones

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...Ziggy Star­dust spotlight upon proto-punk influences Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and Mott the Hoople. Doug Sahm exercised his own..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Music Review: Fontaines D.C.

Post-punk Dubliners achieve must-see, early-week greatness

"...been stationary all night, calmly attentive to the impressive indie-pop song craft of Soak, the furious street jazz of..."

March 13, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Nine Metal Bands to Bang Your Head to at SXSW

"..."Ocean Is a Desert" sandpapers bass that short-circuits into noise-grime...."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

SXSW Music News: Jenny Lewis Makes Surprise Appearance on Rainey Street

Netflix embed follows up Father John Misty with Rilo Kiley singer

"...latter drew a petite fan crowd, fighting with the noise of attendees chatting with old timey-garbed actors detailing a..."

March 12, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: I’m Just Not Into Labels

CD Baby brings DIY Musician Conference to Austin, Sidewinder won't be ready for SXSW, and PledgeMusic withholds Fastball campaign funds

"...Aughts, making the platform a natural choice over other popular distributors like DistroKid and TuneCore...."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback – Lords of the Dance: TC Superstar

TC Superstar promotes body movement, Dallas Acid get blissed with Laraaji, a black metal binge, and Trouble in the Streets breaks rules

"...in which those ultra-expressive dance routines combine with dark-themed pop music has a strange synergy...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Terror Fest Interview: Primitive Man

"...all on Philly foundry Relapse Records, also blacken white noise into cataclysmic death...."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

After Two-Year Hiatus Levitation Hits the Clubs

Droning on with Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Ian Svenonius, and Bedouine

"...following their 1995 album Pygmalion. After a generation of dream-pop bands reintroduced them to younger audiences, the group reunited,..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

"Don't Be a Dick" Mural Covered Up by Ads, in Textbook Dick Move

Temporary OkCupid ads festoon Native Hostel wall

"...co-hosted by OkCupid and Native Hostel, feature Andy Warhol-style pop art with variations of the acronym “DTF” on them...."

Feb. 8, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

Playback: No Really, How Are You?

Daniel Johnston provides backstory to Hi, How Are You? Day, plus the first 2017/18 Austin Music Awards talent reveal

"...with hard-hitting garage rockers Lord High Fixers and aggressive noise art mob Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee, both..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Austin’s Rarest Vinyl

Want exclusive vinyl for Record Store Black Friday? Check out some of Austin's rarest wax.

"...Cherubs Heroin Man LP (Trance Syndicate, 1994) Noise rock cult classic. Median Discogs price: $145...."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Brain Behind Ambient Trio Dallas Acid

Exploring the oscillators, envelope generators, and filters that create the band’s pastoral, spacey sound

"...Forthcoming LP Spa Hunter incorporates some pop structure and sounds less like a dark wash of..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 11-13

Elvis tribute to Japanoise, take your pick

"...remain punk’s first success story owing to a Shangri-Las-like pop sense and an adventurous bent that made them among..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Post by Victoria Mycue

Sheriff Sally Hernandez Continues to Do "What’s Right"

Besieged by the state GOP, Hernandez shows no sign of backing down from her immigration policies

"...never driven outside of her tiny hometown of Llano (pop. 3,300). "I was kind of a crybaby," she admitted...."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Xetas

"...recent breakup dupes your ears into believing that every pop tune is about your erstwhile lover, the social climate..."

May 26, 2017 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

US Weekly

"...finally devolve into a chaotic clash of pedals and noise. "US Weekly F.C.," a two-minute alienesque meditation on sports,..."

May 26, 2017 Music Review by Libby Webster

Page Three: Summer Songs

Soundtracking the summer

"...new opportunities to cram every could-be contemplative space with noise from morning to night. The news scroll you thumb..."

May 19, 2017 Column by Kimberley Jones

Playback – JMBLYA 2017: Trapper’s Delight

JMBLYA garners the third largest concert audience in Austin's 2017

"...attention away from his music, a playlist of joyously poppy EDM and remixes of artists like Blink-182 and Kid..."

May 12, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Greetings From Euphoria

Austin’s best spring festival – correction, “experience” – faces competition after idyllic sixth year

"...printed with cosmic symbols and geometric designs. The festival's populace, a composite of hip millennials, furry-booted ravers, crystal hippies,..."

April 14, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Transona 5

"...in the late Nineties, but this isn't the psychedelic noise of Mazinga Phaser. Rather, it's the sound of Major..."

March 31, 2017 Music Review by Michael Toland

Faces of Death

"...Hymn Number 9Wed. 15, Hotel Vegas Annex, 9:30pm L.A. noise riot is that rare band that lives up to..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Gay Place

Lesbian Wedding is high on the list of SXSW closing parties

"...The SIR Band Denver's queer-fronted alt-rock meets pop-soul band play electric and acoustic sets. A SXSW unofficial..."

March 17, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Music Live: BBC Radio

Grime, glitch, and throat-squelched screams

"...the multi-instrumentalists bring an ethereal and dark brand of pop brimming with experimentation as the duo switches between gentle..."

March 15, 2017 SXSW Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Red River Clubs Grapple With Downtown Homelessness

Beggars, hustlers, and dealers make you wonder how Downtown music keeps from going under

"...moved in," said Jason McNeely, co-owner of Barracuda, a popular venue on Seventh Street. "People still shit by the..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Free Week Live Shots

Sidewinder, Jan. 4

"...sounds on Sidewinder's inside stage owed debts to Nineties noisemakers found on the Trance Syndicate, Amphetamine Reptile, and Homestead..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Lou Reed Box Set Tells Tale of Early Solo Career

The RCA & Arista Album Collection's 17 discs document the Seventies and Eighties

"...had been written about the NYC group, only that pop artist Andy Warhol had some sort of new musical..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Sound on Sound Review: Jagwar Ma

A slice of Madchester from Down Under

"...and Stone Roses. Their 2013 debut Howlin’ hones neon pop with heady house clashes, while this year’s Every Now..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

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