Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Census Returns While the Live Music Fund Faces Delays

A spring music ecosystem news roundup with all those familiar players: the Austin Music Census, Live Music Fund, and HAAM

"...Music Census highlighted fault lines in the local music economy still referenced in current policymaking – including that 75%..."

May 27, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback – Austin Record Convention: The Greatest Record Store on Earth

ARC of the covenant, good Reputations, and Blind Sight

"...the Bay Area, I scooped LPs at Berkeley's Mad Monk Center for Anachronistic Media (Rasputin Music's vinyl outpost) and..."

May 5, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Captain Quackenbush’s and Outer Heaven Disco Club Make COVID-Delayed Debuts

New musical hubs launch in former Strange Brew and Dozen Street spaces

"...On Saturday evening, Alex Peterson of Alexalone's blaring guitar work..."

July 2, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Terror Fest Album Reviews

Seven platters spanning the spectrum of extremity

"...bolts, rolls thunder, and growls menacingly as they drive stream-of-consciousness riffs toward undeviating devastation. On occasion, after numbing listeners..."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Faster Than Sound: City on the Fence Regarding Red River’s Homeless Problem

Red River merchants push to finally enclose dangerous alley with 10-foot fence, electro-pop diva p1nkstar touches down at Fuego ATX, and more

"...Following approval by the Downtown Commission, the city finally took another step toward the installation..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Moody Amphitheater Rises Out of Waterloo Park

Delayed opening until spring, the Moody Amphitheater will be the biggest music venue in the Red River Cultural District

"...Onlookers can now view the expansive, geometric steel-beam roof of..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Grow Into Emo’s

Berkshire Hounds back a piano-smashing good time, non-Spring Break SXSW needs more volunteers, and Bayonne brings his piano home

"...Industry Awards, I earned the merit badge. I also won Best Music Writer...."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: 523 Thompson Sticks Around

DIY venue co-runners recap a year ahead of Vans event, Rev. Merrill Wade ends the Soul of a Musician Series, and Hi, How Are You Project announces Daniel Johnston tribute

"...big horse mural at Callahan's General Store, carefully cross Thompson Lane – a side street off the construction hell..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Willie and a Movie

The Red Headed Stranger rides again at Luck Cinema's kickoff, thriving Austin rapper Ladi Earth can't be categorized, and more music news

"...Stranger never made it to DVD. Following a limited national release in 1986, the onscreen adaptation of Willie Nelson's..."

July 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Spider House Ballroom Will Cease Live Entertainment

Longtime local venue converts to arcade bar following co-owner misconduct allegations, code violations, and artist payment delays

"...Following South by Southwest next month, long-running North Campus hub Spider House Ballroom will no..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Terror Fest Picks

"...CommunionFri. 15, Lost Well, 4:45pm Radically heavy Austin doom trio..."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Aftereffects of Astroworld

Austin promoters ScoreMore fall under scrutiny after deadly concert

"...is the semantic shift that ensues. The name "Astroworld" once conjured memories of a bygone Texas amusement park. Then,..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

First-Ever Lucktoberfest Reduces Planned 10-Day Festival to 3 Days

“Due to the uncertainty of the touring market right now”

"...weeks out from its planned start date, the first-ever Lucktoberfest has been reduced from 10 days of music-focused programming..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

GAyCL: Making Austin the Queer Music Capital of the World

The alternative showcase provides the queer answer to ACL

"...As Austinites prep for the second weekend of that music festival on the south side..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Euphoria’s Urban Upsurge

Young Thug and Wiz Khalifa spike weekend EDM fest

"...Saturday at Carson Creek Ranch, during the third of Euphoria Fest’s four..."

April 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown

Vetting City Hall's recommendations to Mayor Adler's arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest's Renaissance location and debut lineup

"...In February, Mayor Steve Adler made the dire declaration...."

July 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The New Face of Austin Music Festivals

Taking stock of Austin’s festival landscape a week after the conclusion of ACL Fest

"...Presents exits Zilker Park's Great Lawn after hosting its second weekend of ACL Fest, the homegrown Austin concert promotions..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Awards Announces First Honorees of 2019 Ceremony

Alejandro Escovedo, Dianne Scott to be fêted at Feb. 27 AMAs

"...Music Awards announces today the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of something truly special. Tickets for..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Music Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback – Still Standing: Savannah Welch

Austin songbird Savannah Welch rehabs serenely after losing her right leg

"...On Nov. 2, Savannah Welch had been enjoying an idyllic..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Austin Chronicle Earns AAN Awards Nominations

Cover design, music coverage singled out for excellence

"...The Association of Alternative Newsmedia announced today the finalists for the..."

June 20, 2018 News Post

Playback: Collateral Events During SXSW Scale Back

SXSW Music's festival sideshow contracts

"...In recent years, these festivals within a festival – held during South by Southwest,..."

March 3, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016

Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year

"...Fun Fun Fun Fest is now owned by real estate billionaires ... Welcome..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Levitation Materializes 2018 Lineup

Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Black Angels, etc. à la carte

"...Following September’s announcement that Levitation would return next year as a series of late-April..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Margin Walker Owners Discuss Closure

Graham Williams and Ian Orth step back to reassess amid unknown future

"...In one of the most significant closures to hit Austin’s music..."

Dec. 15, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

But you can still put your arms around Margaret Moser

"...As we raced to San Antonio last Sunday, three full-time Austin music men exchanged origin..."

June 16, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Essential Tips for an Austin Summer

Survival tips and tricks for summer.

"...Summer is not just a season in Austin, it’s a lifestyle. Luckily, we have the..."

May 1, 2017 Events Post by Sandra Gisi

Playback: David Ramirez’s Lost Art

David Ramirez’s America, HAAM Benefit Day, and the reverend of Austin music

"...Fall 2015 found me one night standing in front of Lamberts, the door guy..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Free Week Announces January 2024 Lineup, and More Music News

Power Trip reunited at Mohawk; Sonic Guild divvied grants at ACL Live

"...announced the first wave of performers for the 2024 edition of the festival including The Tiarras, Large Brush Collection,..."

Dec. 7, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Croy & the Boys’ Golden Rule of Honky-Tonks

Local outlaws convert country haters in new video

"...“We normally don’t do country, but we’ll make an exception,” sniffs an..."

Oct. 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"...The official rock & roll handbook states: "A famous frontman should never sing in a local tribute act based..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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