Save Austin Music Picks Up Steam

"...joked Troy Dillinger as he began Monday’s meeting of Save Austin Music. He was referring to the fact that..."

Aug. 20, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Save Austin Music (or Else)

Happenings around town...

"...Hats off to the diligent folks at Save Austin Music. The local grassroots organization, led by veteran..."

Oct. 16, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Playback: The Mayor's Plan to Save Austin Music

Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar

"...biggest headliner ever on Wednesday ­– the Obamas – Austin music still has problems, and Steve Adler's here to..."

March 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Industry Award Winners

Business and non-performer accolades precede the AMAs

"...and slept through the Oscars, but Monday’s second annual Austin Music Industry Awards ran neither self-congratulatory nor constituted self-important..."

March 7, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Austin Music Awards (On Everything)

Austin Music Industry Awards down, here come the 2016/17 AMAs and a slew of SXSW buzz acts

"...Blaze Foley's been added to the 2016/17 Austin Music Awards lineup!..."

March 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Awards Announce a Special Performance by Ryan Bingham

Oscar-winning onetime local makes AMA debut

"...most trusted songwriters, will perform at the 37th Annual Austin Music Awards tonight – Wednesday, Feb. 27 – at..."

Feb. 27, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Now Hiring: Austin Music Office

Austin’s top governmental job in music is up for grabs

"...week posted an online application for manager of their Music Division, a top governmental position held by Don Pitts..."

April 28, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Datsun 280ZX only to discover abuelita hospitalized and a musical christening scheduled for historic Hemisfair Park via an Alamo..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Austin Music Poll Innovates in 2020

Write-in, wrong. The Music Poll goes multiple choice.

"...and greatness amongst those it's able to recognize, the Austin Music Poll now undergoes a restructuring. This year's voting..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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

"...Austin's ambient synth trio of Linda Beecroft, Michael Gerner, and..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Live Shot: 2013/2014 Austin Music Awards

An epic last dance for AMA director Margaret Moser

"...The Austin Ballroom of the Convention Center bustled with this town’s..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Venues Are Out of Money

Following last week’s Barracuda closure, a domino effect will continue without emergency city funding

"...A month ago, the Red River Cultural District and Music Venue Alliance Austin warned that surveyed Austin venues had,..."

June 19, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crowdfunding Austin Music Venues

Mayor Adler announces new mini-bond plan to preserve at-risk venues

"...utilize a new mini-bond program to preserve local live music venues. His hope is to crowd-source a $10 million..."

Sept. 22, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

An Austin Music Poll FAQ: Attempting Answers on the 43-Year Tradition

Winner announcements move to print; the party moves to Antone’s

"...Just a few months after the launch of The Austin Chronicle as a brand-new baby publication, the first Austin..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016

Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year

"...now owned by real estate billionaires ... Welcome to Austin 2016! Transmission Events, Austin's most trusted independent concert promoters,..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Save the Music

Power Plays

"...both sides of the battle has been tough. While music commissioners scoured the nation for ideas, people, and resources..."

Sept. 4, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Music we’re playing

"...John Michael Schoepf – in collaboration with A-list local musicians and producers including Jonas Wilson, Adrian Quesada, Kyle Ellison,..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Music: 'Things Are Better Than They Have Ever Been!'

"...the Bands Play On?” [News, July 18]: The Live Music Capital of the World is only a phrase. Let's..."

July 21, 2008 Postmarks

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Even on an LP thriving with music diversification, Exhalants' secret weapon remains powerful, multipart breakdowns. They..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Off Beat: Hole in the Wall Celebrates 50 Years of Being an Austin Music Incubator

The Drag’s final girl plots a monthlong golden anniversary celebration

"...he took the reins in 2008, the Drag restaurant/arcade-turned-dive bar/music venue had already closed once, and Tanner didn’t want..."

June 7, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...record stores carried releases by mom-and-pop labels such as Austin's Dialtone, documenting artists rooted deep in regional scenes where..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Could a Hotel Tax Help Save Austin’s Creative Sector?

A familiar debate returns under extreme circumstances

"...all revenue that can be used to stabilize the music venues, bars, and restaurants that face imminent closure, a..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Records and third LP overall for the raw, glammy Austin sextet whose alter ego A Giant Dog also yawps..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home

What we’re spending our time with

"...Crockett celebrated his 36th birthday holed up in South Austin alongside his girlfriend and dog – and a new..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Music Industry Rally Called for Monday at City Hall

Advocates turn up the volume for dedicated music funding

"...Two music advocacy groups, Austin Texas Musicians and the recently minted..."

Sept. 26, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Outlays Another $3.5 Million

City program supports 28 venues with ongoing grants as national Save Our Stages funds stall

"...The Austin Live Music Venue Preservation Fund, created last October alongside..."

April 23, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Save Our Spaces March: "Give Us the Keys!"

Creative Alliance leads artists on a second line down Second

"...With signs reading "Invest in Arts and Music," "Life Is Art," and "We Are the Weird in..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

In Live Music Preservation Fund’s First Week, 79 Austin Venues Applied for Relief

The slow road to dedicated venue funding now moving fast

"...Since applications opened for the Live Music Venue Preservation Fund last Friday, operators of 79 different..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Music Rally Demands City Funding: “Put Up or Shut Up”

Thursday’s Council vote portrayed both as last stand ... and a start

"...Musicians, venue operators, sound and lighting technicians, bookers, radio deejays,..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Disharmony Over City Music Department

Live Music Task Force members resign from SAM board after Troy Dillinger criticizes city

"...In a Save Austin Music e-newsletter sent March 26, SAM founder Troy..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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