The Off Beat: ACL Weekend One Was Hot, Dusty, and Gay as Hell

Notes from the ground at Zilker, plus tips for weekend two

"...It sounds too obvious to bear repeating, but the heat remained..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...BTNP as you stroll to appreciate the sights and sounds of the forest. The Turkey Creek Unit north of..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Your Weekend Events Shopping Already Done for You!

Recommended arts and music events for your perusal

"...(close to 26 hours!) and his performances of original soundtracks to eerie silent films like Nosferatu and The Cabinet..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Viva México, Mooncakes, and Motorbikes in Our Recommended Events

Lots to celebrate this weekend

"...Over 120 motocross superbikes going 190 mph sound like something your kid – and, let’s be honest,..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Week Unleashed: These Four Austin Acts Hit the Ground Running in 2024

Catching up with Redbud, lluvii, Daydream Twins, and SINE

"...The squishy, wobbly, sepia-toned psych-funk of Redbud sounds thick in the way cough syrup tastes thick. It's..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Temple of Angels, a DJ Chicken George benefit, a Soap Creek Saloon reunion, and more recommended shows

"...Twins comparisons – not to mention fest placements like Sound and Fury and Not Dead Yet – Temple of..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Soundwaves' New Exhibit Envisions 20 Austin Songs as Art Prints

Signed Spoon and Sue Foley pieces fundraise for the SIMS Foundation

"...Wakefield creates his own wild synesthesia. In his 4,000-square-foot gallery and workshop just off of the main plaza in..."

May 12, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Jackie Venson, Midland, and more talk country music’s Austin migration

"...of the awards show here, or find a photo gallery of performances here.) Across the board, they felt that..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Maggie Quinlan

The Austin Historical Weapons Guild Brings Historical Swordplay to Life

Cut, thrust, parry, fun

"...the clashing of ancient weapons and instructors' commands, another sound rings louder: the sound of laughter. "At the end..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Arts Feature by Robert Penson

Angelo Moore & More

The Art Of Never Giving Up

"...to snow, has closed its two sibling bars, the Gallery and C-Boys, for the evening. Even the headlining band..."

Feb. 14, 2022 Music Post by Gary Lindsey

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...to the hottest party in town, set to a soundtrack of the biggest UK Garage hits of the 90s...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gift Guide for the Music Head on Your Holiday List

What a fan, finger drummer, or Austin nostalgia freak may want for Christmas

"...Austin, Texas." For the Active or Aspiring Musicmaker The Sound Stone..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Aaron Frazer’s MCU of Soul

The Indications’ drummer and soul crooner introduces himself at ACL

"...instruments, tessitura. That’s the range for when an instrument sounds its best, like a cello can play super, super..."

Oct. 7, 2021 Music Post by Austin Powell

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...apex, "Do It Again," folds a mesmerizing myriad of sounds across six minutes, a sax and keys breakdown serving..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Music we’re playing

"...mind/ Complicated frame in time/ Spellbound by an obscure sound/ Mystified by common ground." Parisian night out, "Transparency (La..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Come Sunday With Jazz Siren Pamela Hart

“My soundtracks are What’s Going On and Imagine”

"...tracks (some good, some so-so) and Kevin is doing sound and lighting. It keeps my chops up and gives..."

April 28, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Luv Doc: A Real-Life Swipe Right

There is a difference between being likable and having a neurotic need to be liked

"...I am not trying to brag, I know I'm..."

April 5, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep

ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35

"...March evening in 2016, inside the Dahlia Woods Art Gallery in San Marcos, a mixtape release party transpired unassumingly...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

Playback: Altered States

Three Austin artists that are changing their tune

"...romantics commence a weekly residency at the Continental Club Gallery, 8:45pm. No covers of "Fly Me to the Moon,"..."

April 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Don't Call It Street Punk

A new breed of punk rules Red River

"...Boys, Suicide, the Clash. Do any of these bands sound like the other? No, aside from a shared dissatisfaction..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

¡Pachanga! By One and All

Spanish, Mexican, Texan – sated en Español!

"...the South’s Camilo Lara of the Mexican Institute of Sound. The early afternoon set burned with “Te Andan Buscando”..."

May 18, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Playback: SXSW News and Sightings

Polaroids, print, and dance funk – can they survive SXSW?

"...discussion is veteran SXSW panelist Jason Gross, whose Perfect Sound Forever website ranks as the longest-running online music mag..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Behold! The Austin Music Awards

Announcing the 2014/15 Austin Music Awards bill, the 13th Floor Elevators reunite for Levitation, and King Coffey recovers after being struck by a car

"...notice. Fans of psychedelic music everywhere brace themselves for sound waves they never dreamed would reverberate again...."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Your Austin Music Poll Ballot

Armadillos for sale, Free Week, and an Austin Music Poll primer

"...World Headquarters and Threadgill's Collections" auction at the Burley Gallery in New Braunfels on Sat., Jan 17. Among hundreds..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ian McLagan: All I Wanna Do

Ian McLagan's swan song

"...Letter," the organ is mixed really high and it sounds great...."

Dec. 12, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: Grohl Call

Nirvana drummer, Foo Fighter, and documentarian Dave Grohl passes it on

"...Austin Chronicle: With Sound City and Sonic Highways, you're becoming a storyteller of..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

'Drawnonward: Jonathan Gruchawka & Mark Leavens'

Decay, distress, and destruction are the themes in the multidisciplinary works by these two artists

"...with rough timber framing, suspended wires, and an 8-channel sound system encased in bizarre cubic jelly at various points..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

July Is Crime Month: Raymond Chandler’s 'The Long Goodbye'

Sleuthing for a childhood relic

"...“She was sleeping on her side without sound. Her knees drawn up. Too still I thought. You..."

July 11, 2014 Books Post by Raoul Hernandez

No Prayer for the Dying

Iron Maiden returns to Austin after 25 years

"...on the band remains a mercenary lot, as sleek, sound, and storied as ye olde Rolling Stones themselves...."

Sept. 11, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Spotlight: Elias Haslanger

Eli, blow your horn

"...guitar, their Monday night residency at the Continental Club Gallery remains a must-see weekly event...."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

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