Sound on Sound Fest Pops!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Electric Wizard, and king Stooge himself

"...Iggy Pop performing at a renaissance fairground …. You don’t have to promise much more than that to get..."

June 20, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Sound on Sound Fest Is Set, but What About Fun Fun Fun?

SOS Fest dropped its lineup this week, but what of predecessor FFF?

"...last dozen years, Austin's most obsessive music fans anticipate one annual announcement over all others: which acts booker Graham..."

June 23, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Fest Q&A: Power Trip

Riley Gale talks medieval beheadings, awards, and his bucket list

"...On the heels of sophomore platter Nightmare Logic, a perfect..."

Nov. 9, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Fest Make-Up Shows

Salvage includes Grizzly Bear, Cannibal Corpse, Noname

"...Eleven days ago, hours before the start of ACL Fest, the Austin music community received crushing news: Sound on..."

Oct. 16, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Review: Cannibal Corpse

Into the pit

"...Perfect pyramid: 30 minutes of death metal blort from Arizona’s opening Gatecreeper, 45 minutes of tearaway super thrash by..."

Nov. 11, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Austin Terror Fest Crosses Over

Two birthdays and a dark christening

"...First staged during South by Southwest 2017, then a metal festival last year headquartered mostly at..."

June 14, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: No Fun Fun Fun Fest in 2016

Fun Fun Fun Fest won't happen this year and here's the exclusive on why

"...Cat's out of the bag on the worst kept secret in Austin music: There will..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: A Music Snob’s Guide to ACL Fest

There's more to any ACL Fest list than meets the eye

"...can't wrap their heads around the scene at ACL Fest: flatfooted clans staking out real estate with lawn chairs,..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: C3 in Talks to Co-Produce Levitation Fest

ACL Fest promoters partner with psych fest?

"...Levitation, the popular Austin music festival that's been a hotbed..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Best Austin Music Controversies of 2017

The year in quarrel

"...In March, South by Southwest hosted a showcase consisting entirely of musicians from the seven predominantly Muslim nations..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Terror Fest Drops the Big One

Third year comer triples down at Empire & Barracuda June 7-9

"...The Big Lebowski, Austin music abides – especially its festivals, as much as we love to bad mouth them...."

Jan. 23, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Falling Into Levitation

With a new autumn time slot, Levitation finds footing as a Downtown “gaggle of bands,” Angel Olsen chimes in on new album All Mirrors, and more music events

"...Speaking on next week's lineup of some 35 separate shows, Levitation..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: A Belated Introduction From Your Incoming Music Editor

Music columnist graduates to Music editor after four years

"...into music and drive from my hometown of San Antonio to Austin for shows as often as possible. Four..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest First Wave Hits Hard

Stephen King adaptations, Arabic cinema, and Three Billboards

"...nerve-jangling terror, the first wave of films for Fantastic Fest 2017 (Sept. 21-28) announced this morning has it all,..."

Aug. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Growing Up Margin Walker

I've only ever experienced Texas music under the independent reigns of Graham Williams. I didn't know how lucky I was.

"...During my teenage years in San Antonio, I had a much cooler best friend with a..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Best WTFs of ACL Fest Weekend One

The good, the bad, and the myriad Tom Petty covers

"...33 hours immersed in the first weekend of ACL Fest, the spiral-bound pocket notebook "Playback" packs had become a..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

2017 Austin Sketch Festival: What to See

Maybe all of it, yes – but OMG let’s not be ridiculous

"...The Austin Sketch Festival kicks off tonight and goes madly, gloriously, all the..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...Austin this year – or rather, Halloween is. Fantastic Fest has announced that the revamp of the classic horror..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: 12 Years of Peligrosa Drives ¡Eso Es!

Local DJ collective sets a mood at Margin Walker’s new fiesta-val of all Latinx talent

"...Wherever they lived, his Colombian and Puerto Rican family consistently threw dinner-turned-dance parties, always with a Latin soundtrack...."

Aug. 30, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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

Sunday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Saturday handicapping for ACL Fest weekend two

"...James David Treadwell comes by his talent through family connections. His grandmother Genee Harris hit with "Bye Bye Elvis"..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature

Top 10 Festival Films of 2017 You Haven't Seen Yet

From zombie musicals to political scandals, a bumper year

"...Every film festival showcases a slate of titles that deserve an audience...."

Jan. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Virtual ACL Music Fest Keeps Flags Flying

Nostalgic livestream and rising Austin talent fundraise for the Austin Parks Foundation

"...The Austin City Limits Music Festival didn't commandeer the state capital's Downtown last weekend or..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Music-Themed Film Fest Sound Unseen Announces Round Three in Austin

With a Waterloo Records doc and Magna Carda-scored short

"...Back in 2020, Minnesotan films-about-music festival Sound Unseen made its virtual Austin debut with reasonable..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Faster Than Sound – Welcome to Red River World: The Future of Austin’s Music District

Forecasting the storm of developments between the state Capitol and I-35. Also, NPR warned and ACL Fest confirms: Austin’s pop soloists are stepping up.

"...Earlier this month, the first-ever KVRX Fest sent me speed-walking back and..."

May 24, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Interview: Applecart

Into the woods with the media satire horror flick

"...Genre mash-ups are in the blood of Fantastic Fest, but Applecart is that rarest of cinematic chimeras: a..."

Sept. 27, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Unbounded Agency for the Underrepresented

Anita Obasi’s parties make space for queer artistry, Jay Wile’s croon tricks fans of Frank Ocean, and more recommendations for KVRX Fest

"...at Cheer Up Charlies pared down the audience for Monterrey DJ NurryDog's Latin dance selects and Dallas rap duo..."

May 10, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Saturday ACL Fest Picks

"...simply as the Relatives has seen its name grow exponentially, the basic formula of praising Jesus through soul shouting,..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature

Sunday ACL Fest Picks

Oakland, New Orleans, and New Zealand – that's where our head's at today

"...11:45am, Barton Springs stage..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Friday ACL Fest Interview: Hamilton Leithauser

Former Walkmen frontman continues into new sonic territories

"...entity that we were so deeply embedded in, so once you're out of that, everything's completely different in terms..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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