SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...South By Southwest beefs up its 2016 Music lineup this morning with the third and largest..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...After poring over the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1,..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Brain Behind Ambient Trio Dallas Acid

Exploring the oscillators, envelope generators, and filters that create the band’s pastoral, spacey sound

"...Last year on Halloween night at the Blue Starlite Drive-In, Nosferatu awakened..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Austin Music Industry Award Winners

Business and non-performer accolades precede the AMAs

"...through the Grammys and slept through the Oscars, but Monday’s second annual Austin Music Industry Awards ran neither self-congratulatory..."

March 7, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Steve Parker Wins 2018 Tito's Prize

Big Medium selects composer/sound artist for $15,000 award

"...who makes music out of grackle calls and bat sounds, who's composed works for zombie trombonists and and a..."

July 17, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...outside of Dripping Springs, in a development protected by residential-only deed restrictions. Their plan was to build their dream..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

La Follia's Start the New Year With Bach!

The baroque ensemble's first concert of 2016 delivers life lessons along with the beautiful music

"...I hereby resolve to spend 2016 listening to more Johann Sebastian Bach...."

Jan. 8, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

MoPac and the Expensive Mess That Never Ends

Engineering company renovating the beleaguered stretch of highway gets bought out

"...As construction continues on MoPac's long overdue toll lanes, CH2M, the..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Feature by Braden Maccke

State Health Department Makes Fetal Tissue Rule Final

Anti-choice rule takes effect Dec. 19

"...Despite emotional public hearings, roughly 35,000 comments, and major pushback from..."

Nov. 28, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Locals Los Coast Break Out at ACL Fest

Singer Trey Privott on the band's origins and influences

"...in fact quite the opposite – the Los Coast frontman occasionally lifts off terra firma when he's at full..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Music News: Thursday/Friday

Ready for the weekend? Tonight’s top picks

"...That must be the human body’s threshold for a constant barrage of bands, beer, and buffoonery before we require..."

March 18, 2016 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Music Industry Rally Called for Monday at City Hall

Advocates turn up the volume for dedicated music funding

"...groups, Austin Texas Musicians and the recently minted Amplified Sound Coalition, are calling for musicians, industry workers, venue operators,..."

Sept. 26, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Unlocking the Michael Schenker Festival

Sound pilgrim reveals the combination to his “whole story”

"...Ingenious, really, taking ALL your vocalists on tour. In this case, that’s nearly 40 years’ worth...."

May 16, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music: Must-See Indie

11 essential indie bands at SXSW

"...and drums rock with an added layer of glitter on 2015 debut Ugly Cherries. The duo promises a more..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

What Austin Can Learn From Other Cities

Seattle, Minneapolis, and Nashville leaders share at RECA Exchange

"...“Nothing is more contentious than land use,” Marilyn Strickland, President/CEO of the Seattle..."

Sept. 18, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

The great composer, somewhat explained

"...process is an activity that has always presented a presentational challenge to the medium of film, attempting to render..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It’s Adults Only at the Thinkery This Thursday Night

A little grownup tippling, a lot of sonic scientific exploranizing

"...say that youth is, as some have suggested, wasted on the young. But we might complain, just short of..."

April 9, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lucy Dacus Takes Center Stage in ACL Debut

Julien Baker’s last-minute cancellation spotlights Virginian

"...Lucy Dacus’ debut Austin City Limits taping on Tuesday night happened suddenly, like most aspects of her..."

July 31, 2019 Music Post by Libby Webster

Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town

Mackenzie Davis is a great traveling companion for this dull roadtrip

"...Starring: Mackenzie Davis, Alia Shawkat, Haley Joel Osment, Carrie Coon, Alex Russell, Sarah Goldberg, Lakeith Stanfield, Annie Potts and..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Thoroughbreds

America's class system goes under a bloody scalpel.

"...Directed by: Cory Finley. Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Olivia Cooke, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks, Francie Swift and Kaili Vernoff...."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Recommended Shows for Levitation Weekend

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

"...disco and salsa, it's more limbic than cerebral. New converts still get walloped by Andrew Savage and Austin Brown's..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Return of the King: George Strait

Megastar plays Gruene Hall for the first time in 34 years

"...Starting out in Lone Star danceterias like Gruene Hall, George Strait hadn’t played..."

Nov. 17, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Leave No Trace

Into the woods in this moving family drama

"...McKenzie, Dale Dickey, Dana Millican, Jeff Kober and Isaiah Stone...."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Charles Lloyd Marvels

Swimming and soaring with the saxophone great

"...West Coast jazz titan since the Fifties, saxophonist Charles Lloyd’s long career maps enough hills and valleys..."

Jan. 24, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Playback: Make the Austin Music Poll Great Again

Getting the vote out for the 2016/17 Austin Music Poll

"...We realize everyone feels burned from the last election – the one..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback – ACL Fest: Dad Rock Is Dead

Wrapping weekend one of ACL Fest on the eve of the second iteration

"...Now more than ever, kids own ACL Fest. Once a dad rock event where spawn were dragged along..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Announces Keynotes

Fest releases full schedule, plus convergence details

"...SXSW Film attendees, time to finesse your calendars. The conference just announced its final list of speakers, with author/filmmaker..."

Feb. 16, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Alejandro, Blaze & Townes Shake the Continental Club

Escovedo sets up Blaze duo Ben Dickey and Charlie Sexton

"...a while since I played here,” offered Alejandro Escovedo on Saturday, the second installment of his two-night, packed-house return..."

July 2, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Tonight is Saturday Night With Sax Man Bobby Keys

Documentary follows the sixth Rolling Stone from West Texas to legend

"...Dave Mustaine and Metallica. Every legendary band has that one member that helped define their sound, then fell from..."

May 28, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

"...On a March evening in 2016, inside the Dahlia Woods..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

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