Playback: The FAQs of Austin Music 2015

Q: Is Austin still the "live music capital of the world"?

"...This tradition-steeped stretch of December, when we munch tamales and exchange gifts (then..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Yassine Clubs Seized by State

UPDATE: Comptroller seeks millions in unpaid taxes from downtown bars

"...IRS has to wait in line. The Texas Comptroller's office has changed the locks on six of their eight..."

April 25, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Or, How Not to Pass Open Carry

How one gun group became its own worst enemy

"...pro-gun group has been more pivotal in the collapse of a key piece of the Second Amendment advocacy agenda..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Saints of St. Paul, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving 'Fun Is Good'

"...The Notorious P.I.G. – Piggy Smalls. These are just six of the former and famed "Ball Pigs" the St...."

May 21, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

The First Rule of Dinner Club Is ... Well, Let’s Talk About It

Austin’s array of subscription-based nomfests will please your palate, expand your experience, and maybe even comfort your budget

"...always said, "You get what you pay for," is often equally spot-on; and so if you want a meal..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

European Soccer Clubs on Collision Course

"...on track for what could be an unprecedented series of showdowns next month.FA Cup semifinal wins on the weekend..."

April 18, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...if you're over, say, 10 years old. The wisdom of such an accouterment for anyone old enough to sport..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Misery Business: The Cathartic and Unexpectedly Joyful Trend of Emo DJ Nights in Austin

Welcome to the Black Parade

"...a nightclub DJ booth comes armed with a clutch of "in case of emergency, break glass" songs they can..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...renamed a street Hot Mix 5 Way in honor of pioneering house music DJs. Here, we traverse Willie Nelson..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Eve of Destruction?

The City plans for a big New Year's Eve party downtown while East Sixth Street merchants complain of threat of competition

"...for a photo finish. Together, they are the faces of Austin's pre-millennial tension. The city's officially sanctioned New Year's..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Andy Langer

Austin’s New Batch of Supper Clubs

Three of the city’s latest additions to the underground dining scene

"...to connect with complete strangers over a shared love of food, during a one-of-a-kind experience in a clandestine location,..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Food Feature by Adrienne White

Year Two for Austin FC Will Determine the Future of Local Sports Culture

A preview of the players, strategies, and songs for a new season

"...supporters’ groups, and beyond helped develop the laundry list of traditions, habits, and quirks that made up Austin FC’s..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Features Feature by Eric Goodman

The Smell of Success

Austin's poster art scene is back, and it's better than ever.

"...curious, why do so many great posters come out of Texas? You'd think this site came out of Texas..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Spirit of Improvisation

"...energy still pulsed in the smoke-filled air as scores of dazed fans shuffled through the door and back out..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...committed to script like cryptocurrency from the very taproom of the brewery we were writing about. Apart from being..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Verde Report: Austin FC Has a New Jersey and It’s an Own Goal of Ugliness

Austin FC has committed to looking like a bushel of Granny Smith apples for close to half a season

"...Austin FC lost a lot of road games last year – 13 of 17, to..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

The Verde Report: Three Questions Austin FC Must Answer in Its Final Six Games

A supreme striker, mid-week matches, and more Qs in need of an A

"...After a weekend of star-spangled hysteria at Q2 Stadium, Austin FC gets back..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

City Officials Rebuke Out-of-Town Rep Wanting Austin’s Sound Levels Decided at a State Level

Adler says “outside interference” not welcome

"...City officials, along with representatives from Austin’s music venues, came out..."

April 5, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New Documentary Delves Into the Life of Austin's Voodoobilly Queen Izzy Cox

A celebration of love and struggle in Izzy Cox: Fighting the Devil

"...self-proclaimed Voodoobilly Queen exuded a defiantly DIY aesthetic, full of brash charisma and an often chaotic energy distilled from..."

April 15, 2022 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

The Verde Report: An Offseason of Change

Austin FC ends season with a win, and with the hunt for a new head coach at the top of the to-do list

"...Austin FC’s 2024 season officially came to an end over the weekend, concluding in..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Austin Aztex Last Home Games of the Season?!?

"...reason to look forward to the debut next year of the USL-1 Aztex, and its six-month-long season. Anyway, the..."

July 2, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Top 10 Most Read Stories of 2015

Sex sells, and so does stupidity and guns

"...take a look back at our most popular stories of the year...."

Dec. 30, 2015 News Post by Kimberley Jones

The Return of the Champ

Mick Foley swaps the wrestling ring for spoken word

"...community. The hardcore icon, the reckless daredevil, the master of Hell in a Cell and the Japanese death match,..."

July 12, 2014 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Like the Rest of Us

Atmosphere's Slug isn't dead from tequila poisoning yet

"...the past year, and over a decade they've released six LPs, thirteen EPs, and a two-album side project with..."

Nov. 5, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Long Story of East 11th and 12th Streets Takes a Turn

Austin’s historically black neighborhood continues to stand at the crossroads of growth

"...Charles Urdy, at 86, can still remember the names of long-gone nightclubs along East 11th Street. He studied chemistry..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...a child. Yet between No Child Left Behind's culture of high-stakes standardized testing, the reform movement's bullish attitude to..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jeff Nichols on the Tragic Romance of The Bikeriders

The Austin filmmaker on finding the right POV for his new film

"...film The Bikeriders, Jeff Nichols travels to the Midwest of the mid-Sixties to explore how the blue-collar bikers who..."

June 20, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

"...surveyed Austin venues had, on average, only 30 days of operational savings. Meanwhile, the National Independent Venue Alliance heralded..."

June 19, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...where your particular timeline begins, with the first syncopation of the blues form, with Ragtime, with King Oliver, or..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Austin Music Scene's Spectrum of Sexism

From sexual assault to all-female bills, women musicians face myriad issues in the live music capital

"...During an overcast morning over coffee last summer, Miranda Fisher sat at a picnic table,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

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