Stooges at ACL Music Fest 2012

ACL Music Festival lineup announced

"...the Chronicle that Detroit's punk pioneers had a local festival date “around the October [2012] time frame," we assumed..."

May 22, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Pachanga Fest Announces Lineup

Local fiesta spreads to include Houston and Dallas

"...Austin’s annual gathering of acts rooted in Latin music, Pachanga Fest, transforms into a Texas tour this year,..."

March 3, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Adds the Residents and a Free Latin Concert

Experimental legends plus Intocable, Bomba Estereo, and Compass

"...The South by Southwest Music Conference bulked up its schedule today with the inclusion..."

Feb. 24, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Music Fest Sunday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...Southbound (in Spanish), Eastbound, and Westbound. Speaking of Pachanga Festival, Garza starred in Fiesta Gardens' tree shake this May,..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

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

"...Fri. 16, CU29, 11pm Club music for the masses of Guadalajara, Nacho Luquin and drummer..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Off the Record

There's a whole lot of shaking going on thanks to Johnny Walker, the Pachanga Latin Music Festival, Return to Forever reunion, and Breakaway Records

"...those more rhythmically challenged at the inaugural Pachanga Latin Music Festival in Waterloo Park last Saturday, Grupo Fantasma's Jose..."

June 6, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

ACL Fest 2016 Lineup

Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, Mumford & Sons, LCD Soundsystem

"...On Wednesday, the Austin City Limits Music Festival teased its 2016 lineup with sign spinners around..."

May 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Big Wheel Keep On Turning

Bluegrass, new grass, song grass, tropical grass – roll some Old Settler's Music Fest

"...Honk!TX, Austin Urban Music Festival, and Wobeon World Music Fest were all warm-ups..."

April 19, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Wobeon and Beyond

World music festival rings in a delirious local debut

"...March 29 & 30, we missed the Austin Urban Music Festival for some post-SXSW decompression in Port Aransas. Beginning..."

April 8, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Strictly Conjunto

“We don’t want this music to die” – Johnny Degollado

"...full. In its fifth year, the Rancho Alegre Conjunto Festival again secured Red River's largest venue and a world-class..."

May 11, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fables of the Reconstruction Part II

Todos Santos, Mexico, rebuilds as its music fest grows

"...There are still remnants of destruction from Hurricane Odile..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Spoon Headlines Free SXSW Concert

Beloved ATX showcasers break in Auditorium Shores

"...local luminaries Spoon headline the first of the free festival concerts at Auditorium Shores...."

March 3, 2015 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Off the Record

The politics of Austin music in 2008: Barack Obama boogies back to Texas, a Man From Plains, and the Live Music Task Force

"...in Austin, where local producer Bruce Newman of Barnstormers Music exposed archived recordings of Ashley Alexandra Dupré, the call..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

City of Austin "Major Events" Roster

The city lists over 400 days’ worth of events from the Commitment Day 5K on Jan. 1 to the New Year’s Celebration on Dec. 31. The full list is posted here.

"...Reform2/22/20132/22/2013 Boys and Girls Club of Austin - Feer Festival2/23/20132/23/2013 Farmers Market (every Saturday)2/23/20132/23/2013 Save TX Schools March**2/23/20132/23/2013 Day..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature

Playback

You thought SXSW was the spring festival end-all/be-all? You thought wrong.

"...Festival Season..."

April 5, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Event Horizon

As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?

"...Chris Richards is the pop music critic for the Washington Post. For the past four..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Public Notice

So much to do, so much Austin

"...special events come fast and furious in Austin's spring festival season. They've already started, in fact, as the 88th..."

March 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Playback: The Boxing Lesson Goes Rambo

Boxing Lesson's not afraid of 'Big Hits'

"...The Austin City Limits Music Festival unveiled its fall lineup on Tuesday, starring South..."

May 10, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dazed, But Not Confused

The next 96 hours of SXSW Music starts here

"...Welcome world, to the wellspring of live music you won't encounter anywhere else on the planet –..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Venturing to Rockdale for Electronic Fest Camp Capsul: Destination Unknown

Regional support shines among luscious international lineup

"...family of dancers and DJs. Dedicated and addicted to music, they roam far for weekend-long ragers populated by an..."

Nov. 9, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Sentimental Family Band, Leti Garza, Dorian Electra, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music

"...so let’s pachanga.   – Raoul Hernandez Bésame Mucho Festival..."

March 1, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Sarah Jarosz & Gary Clark Jr. Nominated for Grammys

Local youths step further out into the national spotlight

"...March, Lamar then returning to the Austin City Limits Music Festival in October to steal everyone’s thunder save perhaps..."

Dec. 9, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Damned, Damned, Damned

Chaos in Tejas brings the bedlam

"...equal to the effort you make." Austin's final major music festival of the spring, Chaos in Tejas saves some..."

May 31, 2013 Music Feature

Wednesday Rewind

Introducing Paper Hotel, plus Pure X and Girl in a Coma

"...and electric, Nina Diaz debuted "Smart" at the Pachanga Music Festival in May, her piercing eyes as telling as..."

Nov. 2, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Psych Fest 5

Line-up for Psych Fest 5, Apr. 27-29, revealed

"...South by Southwest remains the end-all, be-all of music festivals, but locally, it's only the first one of..."

Jan. 17, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Chaos in Tejas

"...Punk and metal don't mingle much outside the actual musicians inciting all the moshing. Each strain infects the other..."

June 10, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Charlie Pierce Burns It Down

Charlie Pierce, the Gibby Haynes of piano, speaks out; Sweet Spirit serenades Spoon in a tour diary excerpt; and Phil Anselmo says maybe next year for a Housecore Horror ATX return

"...since transitioned from being an educator to a full-time musician, tickling keys in barrooms and honky-tonks nightly...."

May 29, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...of national touring – survival of an outdoor Texas musical gathering doesn’t just take tenacity, it may actually require..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Ringo Deathstarr Awakens the Force

Ringo Deathstarr achieves a Pure Mood, Lench anthem decries Eastside gentrification, and a Pink Floyd scion takes root in Austin

"...Austin Music Poll voting numbers are strong, with roughly 4,500 votes..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Worst of Both Worlds

R. Kelly dies in performance only, while Tony Offender and Traci Lamar Hancock leave Austin's astral plain for real

"...evidence of a dichotomy between the English- and Spanish-language music worlds – how heroes on one side of a..."

May 18, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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