Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

JMBLYA, a conjunto fest, and more weekend sounds to keep you busy

"...The weather is clearing up and it's time for the great Austin pastime: live music. From conjunto..."

May 4, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

12 Breakthrough Austin Bands at SXSW Music

Frontman Tomar Williams on the soul music that stitched together his fivepiece

"...was singing lead and playing bass guitar at the time. The first show we did in Austin was at..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

A New Era for the Austin Music Awards

Voting process expands as show moves to February and off SXSW

"...Mark your calendars, because for the first time in decades, the Austin Music Awards no longer falls..."

Sept. 25, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Live Music to See This Weekend

Breaking down the next three days

"...Interested in a concert escape? Let the music team hand hold you through the city’s standout moments..."

July 21, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

SXSW Music Live: Garth Brooks

Stage antics get winded but not his bestselling catalog

"...different entertainer than the Nineties superstar who transformed country music by climbing stage riggings and wearing out audiences...."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music News: Tuesday/Wednesday

First night climaxes and 5 Next Big Things

"...widening her lead. Here in Texas, South by Southwest Music played out like the Iowa Caucus: The first major..."

March 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Twine Time Host Paul Ray Dead at 73

Deejay, singer, and soul scholar had been hospitalized since November

"...week since 1979 for KUT and KUTX on Twine Time, has died at the age 73. The latter frequency..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Lady Gaga: SXSW Music Keynote

Pop queen’s crowning comes after months of speculation

"...sponsor, South by Southwest, has finally put forth its Music fest keynote speaker. Prepare thyselves for Lady Gaga...."

March 9, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Stooges at ACL Music Fest 2012

ACL Music Festival lineup announced

"...Last fall, when Stooges guitarist James Williamson told the Chronicle that Detroit's punk pioneers had a local..."

May 22, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Old Crow Medicine Show/Justin Townes Earle

Live from Stubb's, May 9, 2009

"...The supposed righteous side of Nashville’s country music scene came to town on Saturday night. What went..."

May 11, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

How Green Is the Music?

Festivals, bands, and musicians seek environmental harmony

"...October, Thom Yorke, frontman for the British band Radiohead, told the UK's Guardian newspaper he would "consider refusing to..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Celebrates the Music of Scott H. Biram

"...proudly displays on his guitar case. Scott plays blues music like it's supposed to be played, covering such artists..."

March 31, 2004 Postmarks

Caroline Rose Ditches Spotify and Live Nation for an Old-School Album Rollout

Alt-pop artist embraces a “slug mentality”

"...If the music industry is a game, Caroline Rose is one of..."

Feb. 5, 2025 Music Post by Caroline Drew

Behind the CMT Music Awards’ Move to Austin’s Moody Center

Nashville ceremony was “in need of a new venue”

"...In Margaret Comeaux’s 20-plus years of producing the CMT Music Awards, the country music celebration has always called Nashville..."

Feb. 1, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

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

"...South by Southwest expands its 2022 music lineup today with over 300 acts including Detroit experimental..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: The Fall Music We Always Talked About

Music columnist returns to two major venues and a new one

"...The last time I walked up Second Street with my boyfriend, we..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Dallas Acid blows some bubbles, KUTX remembers the Armadillo, and more music for the moment

"...Gerner, and Christian Havins captured 35 minutes of subtle musical movement from the modular control center they call the..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Could Austin Arts & Music Finally Get a Cultural Trust?

It's not here yet, but talks are intensifying. Also, bars and a few live music venues reopen.

"...the city of Austin continues to divvy COVID-19 relief, music advocates are making big moves. To rebuild the local..."

May 29, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

How a Genetic Disorder Drove Abby Solomon to the Forefront of Science and Music

After supplying a scientific breakthrough, this Austinite improves one show at a time

"...so many meandering Austinites in their early 20s: local music. Far from the archetypal Slacker townie navigating existential quandaries,..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music Keynote 1: Tony Visconti

Bowie producer leads multiple speakers as yet-to-be announced

"...David Bowie as a South by Southwest Music keynote? Tony Visconti, who produced The Man Who Sold..."

Jan. 26, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: HAAM's Time of the Season

HAAM Day fills its coffers for uninsured live music capitalists

"...Rare are the entities in Austin music that transcend the subjective barriers of generation and clique..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Mo' Music: 20 Top Tracks of 2013, Part 1

Rob needs more than 10 Tops for the best music of the year

"...Another year bites the dust, so it's time to make a list, check it twice, and dish..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Music Mo'nday: Dark Parts with Perfume Genius

Rob chats with Mike Hadreas about drugs, Whitney, and more.

"...age of artifice, honesty in art can be elusive. Music and messages go through so many channels that you..."

March 26, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

The Day the Music Lived

"...JUNGLE: It's unlikely Feb. 2 will go down in music history the same way Feb. 3 has. Tomorrow is..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Playing for Time

Turk Pipkin's 'The Old Man and the Tee' reviewed

"...The Old Man and the TeeBy Turk Pipkin..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Music Awards 2002-03

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 12

"...could probably hear the carping when the 2002-03 Austin Music Awards lineup was first announced, "C'mon, Steven Fromholz, Ray..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Clock Runs Out on Music Hub: Mosaic Sound Collective Losing Lease to Development

Owners hold hopes to relocate music industry collective

"...Mosaic Sound Collective, the East Austin music/entrepreneurial hub that opened in 2017, is winding down its..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

SXSW Music Panel Recap: TikTok Curators Roundtable

“What you’re seeing is the deepest corners of anybody’s brain”

"...TikTok’s influence on music consumption sprawls wider than 10-second clips of Generation Z..."

March 16, 2021 Music Post by Derek Udensi

The Time I Ruined a Marriage Proposal

Walker Lukens turns my misdeed into a Song Confessional

"...door as I sit in the back of an old travel trailer...."

Aug. 13, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hot Luck Announces Chef and Music Lineup

Tickets are on sale now for Aaron Franklin’s party of the year

"...slump for the much-anticipated return of this food and music fest...."

Feb. 21, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

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