New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...sweet sincerity on "Animal Ending," all while crossbreeding casual indie-pop with untamed electric guitar solos and doo-wop backup vocals...."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...strength of the idea and notion of America: a nation of immigrants." – Kevin Curtin Master Plan by Cilantro Boombox..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Recommended Shows for Levitation Weekend

The sounds may be scattered all over Austin, but here are a few must-see performances

"...still get walloped by Andrew Savage and Austin Brown's apoplectic wordplay on pricklier passages like "Almost had to start..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Playback: Does Size Matter at SXSW?

A smaller SXSW Music week still satisfies

"...Definitely not Keith Urban. The Australian pop country superstar only half-filled Stubb's on Friday, proving SXSW..."

March 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music's Hip-Hop Hierarchy

From up-and-comers to rap royalty, 20 key sets to see

"...Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe offers pop with decidedly urban production on singles "All Hands on..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

DVDanger: Let's Get Weird

Getting stranger with Kino Lorber, plus slime mold!

"...the crowd over, their tiny doppelgängers get the cheap pop. Even the prostitutes envy the beggars for their easier..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books

Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs

"...familiar with the Blanton Museum of Art or the internationally heralded Harry Ransom Center, then you know about their..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: C3 in Talks to Co-Produce Levitation Fest

ACL Fest promoters partner with psych fest?

"...Levitation, the popular Austin music festival that's been a hotbed for the..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Combat Rock

New doc unearths Cambodia's rock & roll spirit

"...Phnom Penh boasted an insistent, grooving, 4/4 backbeat and pop songs you could definitely dance to, whenever, wherever, and..."

June 19, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Behold the Texas Miracle!

The Texas Miracle has a very mixed record on state prosperity

"...state economy of the last decade, the term was popularized on the stump in former Gov. Rick Perry's ill-fated..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

ACL Music Fest 2014 Sunday Listings

Blurbing Sunday ACL

"...California's AFI have been the heaviest, most gothic of pop-punk outfits since arising from their crypt in 1991. Launched..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature

Veg Out!

There's no better place than Austin to branch out into meat-free eating

"...deer leg and the accompanying gut-punch of revulsion would pop into my mind and I would satisfy my appetite..."

March 30, 2012 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

ACL Music Fest Friday Listings

ACL Friday by the blurbs

"...makes blues rock and Southern boogie with a distinctive pop edge somewhere between the Drive-by Truckers and Kings of..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...promoter Don Arden – dubbed "The Al Capone of Pop" – they're generally written off as the boring business..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Inspiring Words

Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. keynotes the Austin African American Book Festival

"...to find the precise words to process that defining national tragedy. Leonard Pitts Jr. didn't have 10 years –he..."

June 25, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Green Movement

KRS-One and Hakim Green bring the Stop the Violence Movement to Austin

"...for us, hip-hop, being the cultural leaders of this nation, to create more awareness around peace and stopping the..."

Jan. 21, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Off the Record

The best things in life are free, at least on Red River for the first week of January

"...rave up to the next level. Pataphysics' bastardized glitch pop, on the other hand, may be an acquired taste,..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Spotlight: Blitzen Trapper

Blitzen Trapper: the hip-hop of indie rock?

"...Trapper did on 2007 breakout third album, Wild Mountain Nation. From the opening, off-tuned riffs of "Devil's a-Go-Go," the..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...would give balance to the paper's fixation for highlighting nationally prominent music/art folks and their projects...."

Feb. 25, 2005 Column

Rising Sun Roster

Japan nite IX

"...Titan Go King's brought their zany, over-the-top pop-punk from Kyoto to Tokyo in 2000, signing with Audrey..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...my volunteer positions is as a member of the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women. Abortion is violence..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...on your Web site. The name listed was a combination of our name and that of a competitor. To..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Column

Eric Schlosser at BookPeople

"...Times bestselling author talked about his book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (HarperCollins, $13.95),..."

March 15, 2002 Food Review by Clay Smith

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...European settlers, it soon became the preeminent form of popular entertainment in the Unites States, reigning supreme for the..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Different Traditions

"...it. I love SoundSight on Sunday mornings and American Pop on Sunday afternoons. Believe it or not, all of..."

July 30, 1999 Column

SXSW Record Reviews

Built to Spill

"...Ooh Wah Ooh Wah!-ing could fit right on their poppy debut, while showstoppers like "Yoo Hoo" and "Lipstick" plant..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...but the explicit detail of "Body Rott" and "Hatin' Nation" suggests there may be a lot less of such..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Review

Sleazy Listening

Scamping Through the Cocktail Revolution

"...one-man-band repertoire consisted mostly of standards, sprinkled with Sixties pop hits like "The Look of Love," and modern rock..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...BINARY The Netherlands, 2024 International Premiere, 42 min. D: David-Jan Bronsgeest As Nisha prepares..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dinos, Sharks, Muppets, and Lots of Fireworks Lead Our Recommended Events

Get ready for the Fourth or the weekend in general

"...probably including “America the Beautiful,” the best of our nationalistic themes – and oh, won’t you be glad you..."

July 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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