Our Country Mapped in Music

The Austin Symphony's concert with Grantham's Southern Harmony, Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite, and Gershwin's Second Rhapsody gives audiences a chance to hear how some composers describe an American sense of place through music

"...New York City, Appalachia, and the South, respectively, through music, using tools of their trade – melody, rhythm, tempo,..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Music to Wallow By

Wayne Alan Brenner's list for maudlin millennium-toasting listening displeasure is sure to send you flinging yourself off of Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song."

"...Hello, Darkness, my old friend; I've come to talk with you again. But..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Adventures in Old-Fi

Unearthing the Memphis Goons

"......"

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Live Music Recommendations for the Week

Shoegaze, hip-hop, jazz, and three days of Wilco

"...from Seventies yacht rock to stock beats in an old Casio synthesizer to Black Sabbath, sometimes multiple things in..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

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

"...Floor, goths skulk around Elysium, and rock & roll oldheads sip cheap beer at Valhalla. Some 2,200 tickets signal..."

July 12, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoirby Lucinda Williams Crown, 272 pp., $28.99..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Anna Sawyer distrusts authority, disrupts class time, and disobeys gender roles as the singer of Prom..."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...It's Been Here Changing for a Long Time (PorchFire)..."

June 4, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Honor Old & New

Recapping the ceremony, plus local trio Nevil pack shout-along garage rock, and concert site ShowList Austin relaunches

"...Camaraderie permeated all levels of the Austin Music Industry Awards on Monday night. In its second year..."

March 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Two Music-Centric Bars Add Rhythm to the Local Bar Scene

Hanging with the Long Play Lounge and Frazier's Long and Low

"...Tanner (co-owner of Hole in the Wall and Stay Gold) spotted the "For Sale" ad for a small house..."

July 19, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

The Women of Hot Luck Fest Talk Food and Music

15 chefs share kitchen tunes & exclusive bites

"...with its focus on the intersection of food and music and just having a damn good time. The stacked..."

May 24, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Her "Bist Du Down?" video going viral last year, 24-year-old Hamburg dweller Tarin Wilda Schröder became an instant worldwide..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Playback: The Austin Music Industry Awards Come of Age

Kevin Curtin reverses his “awards are bullshit” stance

"..."Wow, look at this, so much of Austin's music industry is here tonight. If a bomb went off..."

March 2, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Best Austin Music Controversies of 2017

The year in quarrel

"...South by Southwest hosted a showcase consisting entirely of musicians from the seven predominantly Muslim nations targeted in Trump's..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Live Music This Weekend, Sept. 1-4

An extra day of delights for your weekend music-going

"...FRIDAY MC 900 Ft. Jesus..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...art rock on 2014's IX. Fresh off headlining Keely's Golden Street Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday's showcase features..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music

Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro

"..."That's the thing, the way music is thought or written about now, is so much..."

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: 2012-2013 Music Poll Ballot

Vote your local music conscience

"...as a congregation of people with great taste. It's time for you to show it off by telling us..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

'Austin Ain't the Live Music Capital of the World (Anymore)'

"...went to a party at a house in an old, eclectic neighborhood in Central Austin the Saturday before Christmas...."

Dec. 22, 2010 Postmarks

Just an Old-Fashioned Cat

Eartha Kitt is one funny dame

"...performer, just shy of becoming an octogenarian. She spent time on a sitting president's enemies list. And Austin Cabaret..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

This Old House

"...the main tenets of the interviewing process is that oftimes the best quotes occur when the tape recorder is..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Medium Is the Music

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

March 5, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Music To Know America By

Letters at 3AM

"...seriously any vision of America that doesn't include its music. For our music is where our paradoxes exist with..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

Whatever Your Genre, We Have Live Music Recommendations for You

Beerthoven, Tommy Stinson, Moody Bank$, and more

"...to win passes to this party. Enjoy food, bevs, music, and fraternization with our fabo writers, editors, sales &..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more

"...South by Southwest Music’s fourth day progressed with news of outdoor set times..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

Photos From 2022-2023 Austin Music Awards

"...Feb. 26, 2023, the four-decades-running tradition of the Austin Music Awards returned to celebrate the best and brightest locally..."

March 1, 2023 Photo Gallery

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Saturday

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

"...But not our writers, who’ve been chronicling their daily..."

March 20, 2022 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Writers on Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez as He Leaves His Post

The retiring editor left deep imprints on all who wrote for him

"...27 years, Raoul Hernandez has overseen The Austin Chronicle's music coverage. A conservative estimate would indicate that he's cultivated..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...feels distinctly autobiographical in spots. "Awake" touches on your musician father's sacrifices, and "Home" is an ode to growing..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

The Hot Sauce Fest, a Love & Lightstream, and more sounds to check

"...Facebook, Sunday 30, 1pmMusic by Austinites Go Fever, Como Las Movies, Mike Melinoe,..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

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