Shannon & the Clams, Lola Kirke, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the week ahead

"...Will the Circle Be Unbroken. The album aligned the country-rock insurgence of the 1960s with the Grand Ole Opry..."

March 28, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...Anycia appears at SXSW courtesy of Rolling Stone, whose Future of Music showcase has brought big..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Winners of the 43rd Austin Music Awards

The best bands, venues, backstage folks, and more, as voted on by you

"...Best Rock: A Giant Dog..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Music Feature

La Doña, Geto Gala, the Queen of Christmas, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in live music

"...upon “jam band,” noticed a distinct lack of AOR rock vocals, goofy sci-fi concepts, and heavier guitars, and slithered..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...Just Missed: Roughhouse (81.1 pts) Winners of three Untappd..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

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

Get ready for the Fourth or the weekend in general

"...few years, and shares the spotlight with “Austin’s prevailing rock and roll glamour boy,” Caleb De Casper.   –..."

July 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Family Classic and Timely New Productions for Zach’s 2024-25 Season

List includes latest from Austin’s Tony winner Robert Schenkkan

"...that will be followed by a new production of rock & roll history lesson Jersey Boys. But don't worry,..."

May 8, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...gestation and beyond. Cast: Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, John Carroll Lynch, Hasan Minhaj (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...Kenichi Ugana Japan, 2023, World Premiere, 61 min A rock ‘n’ roll band drop in unannounced on a friend..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...school teachers' sake: Raul's, described by king of all rock critics Lester Bangs in a 1980 Musician magazine piece..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

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

"...a perfectly sized South by Southwest. The streets are strollable, long lines are scarce – though hot shows did..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The 2021-22 Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

"...Rock n Roll Rentals..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature

30 Years Ago, GG Allin Cleared Austin’s Scuzziest Punk Venue in 24 Minutes

Witness accounts of the notorious shock rocker’s antics and arrest at the Cavity Club

"...A typical night for the shock-rocker born Jesus Christ Allin on August 29, 1956, in..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

How Cranky Granny's Sweet Rolls Went From a Teenager's Dream to a Must-Stop Destination

Sianni Dean wants to see her cinnamon rolls across the country

"...A cinnamon roll is a deceptively simple treat. It's an enriched bread..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Antone's monthlong 46th anniversary rolls both sides of its legacy this weekend. New Orleans..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...follow-up, February's Born Stupid, appropriately released on revived weirdo rock label Shimmy-Disc. Setting aside gonzo psychedelia for demented Americana,..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...with a chapter from new memoir Horse Racing & Rock ‘N’ Roll, in which he helps produce Willie Nelson's..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

Faster Than Sound's Musical Top 10s of 2020

Eleven lists of Austin's best releases, theme songs, livestreams, creative pivots and more.

"...4) The Lost Well's Rock for Rent..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Federico Archuleta Has More Murals to Make

The artist who made “‘Til Death Do Us Part” isn’t letting the pandemic stop him from making art

"...music-oriented is no coincidence; he fell in love with rock growing up in El Paso in the Seventies, listening..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...history Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls, the North American debut of Contradict, exploring..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Brands, thrillmeister Dean Koontz, novelist Yaa Gyasi, activist Erin Brockovich, NPR host Steve Innskeep, novelist Jonathan Lethem, poet Naomi..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Announces 15 Authors for 2020

Virtual fest hosting Dean Koontz, Julia Alvarez, Kevin Kwan

"...Medal of Arts recipient Julia Alvarez, environmental activist Erin Brockovich, award-winning novelist Yaa Gyasi, sharp-eyed satirist Kevin Kwan, and..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Charley Crockett..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Drive-In Concerts ATX..."

May 15, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options During Coronavirus Quarantine

Support local business while maintaining your social distance

"...Black Rock Coffee Bar Drive-thru is open with local goods from..."

March 16, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Rocket 808

"..."Rocket 88" is Ike Turner's contribution to the birth of..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Five Good Places to Eat in Pflugerville? Easily.

Austin’s growing neighbor to the north gets cookin’ for real

"...mind heading back to Austin or up to Round Rock, just get you to the corner of Railroad and..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Grow Into Emo’s

Berkshire Hounds back a piano-smashing good time, non-Spring Break SXSW needs more volunteers, and Bayonne brings his piano home

"...band comprising former Berkshire Hounds duo Jim Campo (Magic Rockers of Texas) and Spencer Garland (PR Newman) with Brendan..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...attendance), and the return of the ultimate historian of drive-in movies, Joe Bob Briggs, with his special presentation, How..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...decadelong Austin scene veteran to fully embrace brooding indie rock, full of guitar nerd solos and power chord bursts..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

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