What We're Listening to This Week

Otis Wilkins, Fuck Money, Cash Grab, Jake Lloyd, and more notable sounds

"...His latest, "Eat Yer Phone," dishes a dreamy, soulful pop ode to summer – and a timely reminder to..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Die Spitz, Red Axes, Fiddlehead, Albert Lee, Elsa Cross, and more recommended shows

"...run-in with Texas cow-punk standards Hickoids, as well as noise project Skratz...."

July 8, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol Stays Hungry

A serious band with a silly name and an all-in mentality

"..."It's metal you can dance to," explains Lydon. "It's pop metal. Doom-wop."..."

June 24, 2022 Music Feature by Robert Penson

Qmmunity: Beautiful, Vibrant, and Queer

Bad news can’t overshadow the brilliance of Austin’s queer scene during Pride

"...In non-distressed-noise news, this weekend heralds the amazing Hermajestie the Hung's..."

June 17, 2022 Column by James Scott

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"...his primarily indie classification. All to mitigate the "background noise in [his] head," James has been increasingly welcoming ambience..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Faster Than Sound: Nine Records That Inspired Austin Author Fernando A. Flores' Valleyesque

From Pauline Oliveros to Big Boys, sounds behind the surreal South Texas-rooted story collection

"..."I witnessed this gothy, noise-pop, bluesy duo perform at a backyard show during South..."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Emily Wells, Dwight Yoakam, Sir Woman, Tony Kamel, Jake Lloyd, and more recommended shows

"...since Atlanta's Whores – the best of the post-Unsane noise & roll revivalists – unleashed their full-length debut Gold,..."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

After a Relapse Into Addiction Quietly Broke Up Street Sects, the Duo Has Exorcised Their Demons

The Gentrification V 7-inch hit last week, but Austin experimentalists are focusing on a balanced existence instead of rushing anticipated third LP

"...According to the duo, the record hovers timidly between "noise" and "melody" – an outcome they pin to the..."

May 27, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...slow songs and shitty ballads seldom manifest. Maryland power noisecore quartet Full of Hell, screamed by vocal blowtorch Dylan..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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

Knock Their Socks Loose

Hardcore’s leading lights bring Emo’s to its knees

"...band in question – Knocked Loose’s freshly signed Pure Noise label mates Koyo – are about as ingratiating a..."

April 16, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Sound and Vision: The Meow Wolf/Spatial Connection

Did SXSW give a preview of the technology behind the next portal?

"...with a site-specific work that melded Meow Wolf's unique pop experimentalism with software firm Spatial's auditory architecture. Now, Spatial..."

April 14, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

What We're Listening to This Week

A cross-border collaboration, Good Looks, Adrian Quesada, Skloss, and Letting Up Despite Great Faults

"...Dream-pop is a loaded term – the implied twee aspects..."

April 8, 2022 Music Column by Chad Swiatecki

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A couple of mini-festivals, Progger, Blk Ops, Mama Duke, and more live music to see

"...at press time, there's tantalizing uncertainty surrounding the rustic art-pop collective as they prepare for this weekend – only..."

April 1, 2022 Music Column by Chad Swiatecki

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Saturday

Ukraine's KAZKA, Fuck Money, Shawn Mendes, Beck, and more

"...are our favorite performances of the final 24. Ukrainian Pop Star KAZKA Leads Community Catharsis..."

March 20, 2022 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday

Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more

"...SXSW show is typically a Billboard bombast with mega pop acts spurring prohibitively long queues. 2022 welcomed the locals,..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...the thoughtful, restrained layers of the five-piece group’s sweeping chamber-pop arrangements left ample room to bloom. Rob Barbato on..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Monday

Cifika in a tube, Haru Nemuri thrives live, and other highlights

"...gas burner – grew slowly to entrancing, drone-leaning loose pop structures, beckoned by reliable and unexpected club beats...."

March 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...manifested a discography whose narrative consistency is unrivaled in popular music. Last year's Weight of the World might be..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Sean Wheeler, a KVRX house party, the Southside Psychout, and two Hole in the Wall extravaganzas

"...can hear the strums and instrumental quirks. On the baroque-pop tip, Lockhart duo Tele Novella wound ravishing, retro-whimsy brilliance..."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Album Review: Blindshore

Into the Ocean

"...album under the Blindshore moniker, Adkisson takes forlorn, introspective pop songs and drowns them in a bathtub of reverb,..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Michael Toland

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

… along with 302 other acts from around the world

"...lineup today with over 300 acts including Detroit experimental noise terrorizers Wolf Eyes, feminist reggaeton breakoutt La Doña, the..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...of genres that included most everything except opera: Iggy Pop, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Eagles, Patti Smith, Muddy..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...everything about the Seventies. They had to make this noise themselves...."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Gift Guide for the Music Head on Your Holiday List

What a fan, finger drummer, or Austin nostalgia freak may want for Christmas

"...Lomelda, Alex Peterson's Polyvinyl debut world-built with shades of noise, indie rock, and shoegaze. Appropriately, the album's packaging compiles..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Post Animal Elevates Levitation Fest with a Psych-Punk Score

“In a world where rock is dead..." Post Animal returns to Austin

"...drinking crowd drowning in the drippy distortion of dream pop with a heavy psychedelic twist of lime. Show openers..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Post by Mars Salazar

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Black Angels & Kikagaku Moyo, Video Age & Shy Boys, Exhumed & Creeping Death, ST 37 & the Gary, Arooj Aftab, and Kool Keith

"...ambience. Perennial ATX power trio Ringo Deathstarr brings the noise with their aggressive, Detroit-style attack on British shoegaze via..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

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

Faster Than Sound: Levitation Returns for Halloween Weekend

A conversation with Botany and other cross-genre recs

"...Motörhead-covering alter ego Mean Machine and Daiistar, a new noise-pop project from Wurve bandleader Alex Capistran. Find more "Faster..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Ethan Azarian, Soccer Mommy, OUTlaw Pride Fest, Fuckemos, Playboi Carti, and Dr. James Polk & Centerpeace

"...leader of the Orange Mothers in the 1990s, Azarian's pop style could be joyous and provoking, and his subsequent..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Column by Doug Freeman

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