Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

August rolls in with a fresh batch of tunes to keep you busy this weekend

"...and gained national traction. In the midst of a summer tour, they stopover at home to co-headline with sweet..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Playback: Love Us or Hiatus

Rare gigs and soft breakups from Iron Age and US Weekly

"...complete and he hopes they'll play shows again next summer when school's out...."

July 13, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Being Christeene in 2018

“I’m a collection of all the shit that you’re throwing around in this stratosphere of online media conversation.”

"...Antone's blows its top this summer, per tradition, with a month of stacked anniversary shows...."

May 25, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Food and Music Strike a Chord With These Austin Chefs

We explore the link between the culinary and musical in anticipation of Hot Luck

"...revolution with Ramen Tatsu-ya, Kemuri's noodle-focused predecessor, Matsumoto spun hip-hop records across Texas and Aikawa's gigs spanned the globe,..."

May 25, 2018 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Playback: A Nomad in Austin

Abhi the Nomad drops anchor, Whip In’s new soul, and Wilson Marks makes his mark

"...is a prowess in the American-born art form of hip-hop. Since 2014, he's released an impressive run of tracks..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Queer Events to Come

A guide to Austin's poppin' parties, fests, and art shows

"...Volume 6: Joy (Exact date and location TBA). Coming summer 2018, the Project’s latest theatre production will celebrate blackness,..."

Feb. 12, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Summer '03 D: Becca Gleason On her deathbed, Jamie’s grandmother..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW’s Fifth Artist List

Todd Rundgren, Starcrawler and 110 more

"...LP last week. Other stateside artists of note: H-town hip-hop iconoclast Fat Tony and Dutch-born, L.A.-based pop prodigy Nick..."

Jan. 25, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Adds to 2018 Music Lineup

Andrew W.K., Tank & the Bangas, and 164 more

"...Rayland Baxter, NOLA noise-pop duo Caddywhompus, and thoughtful Bronx hip-hop artist Kemba, who went by YC the Cynic before..."

Nov. 7, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Jay-Z

"...to ever pick up a mic, his place in hip-hop's pantheon cemented. Going from scrappy street hustler to Oprah..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Feature

Playback: A Music Snob’s Guide to ACL Fest

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

"...over the past quarter-century. The other main stage closer, hip-hop spark Chance the Rapper, topped Austin's JMBLYA festival over..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Where to Give for Hurricane Harvey Relief

Donating is as easy as it is necessary

"...the box office and receive free admission to a Summer Classic Film. St. Elmo Brewing..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Events Post by Tamar Price

Chargaux at the 2017 Austin Chamber Music Festival

This dynamic Brooklyn-based string duo proves that the Austin Chamber Music Festival has many more colors than its name suggests

"...beats, spiced here with Eastern airs and there with hip-hop rhythms, and maybe some spoken lines or softly sung..."

July 7, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: “Hastily Prepared” Ordinances Head to City Council

Revised drafts of Agent of Change and OMV permitting head to Council, but again, live music interests raise alarms

"...neighborhood and music groups should work together over the summer on policy that everyone likes. "We're really not that..."

June 9, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

The Contemporary Austin kicks off a QTPOC film series for the month of May

"...Party Three live DJs spinning Top 40, Eighties/Nineties throwbacks, hip-hop, and reggae just for you. With your headphones on..."

May 5, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Music List No. 3

Dead Meadow, Sad13, Cindy Wilson, Lizzo, Boogarins, and 494 others

"...Also descending locally: Birmingham boogie garage gang Banditos, evil hip-hop crew Ho99o9, L.A. rockers Warbly Jets, SX alt-country perennials..."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Saturday ACL Fest Picks

First week, second day handicapping

"...Noise." Hot off singles "I Remember," "My Blood," and summer scorcher "Mean What I Mean," the UK future-pop electro..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature

YG’s Politics and Paranoia

Compton MC spits 4Hundred Waze to love/hate thy neighbor

"...between My Krazy Life two years ago and this summer’s Still Brazy...."

Sept. 28, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Magna Carda’s Golden-Era Rap Realization

The homegrown rhyme syndicate just went from "emerging" status to "fully realized"

"...Janet Jackson braids from 1993's Poetic Justice. Even their hip-hop sobriquets – as producer Dougie Do and rapper Megz..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Friday SXSW Sleepers

"...was called out of the fashion world and into hip-hop, a journey that's produced five EPs and several tours,..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Friday SXSW Showcases

"...ferocious Olympians whose debut LP, Subjective Concepts, dropped last summer. Fellow label newcomer Porter Ray adds his edgy, Seattle-spun..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Patty Griffin Leads Local Grammy Nominations

Lone Star accolades span country, gospel, folk, and R&B

"...July Picnic and the attendant Waylon Jennings tribute this summer...."

Dec. 7, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

"Angelbert Metoyer: Life Machine" at the Canopy

For this Co-Lab Projects exhibit, a gallery at Canopy becomes a tomblike space for exploring religion

"...temporary space (preceded by "Art of the Brew" and "Summer School"), focuses on artist Angelbert Metoyer, a self-proclaimed nomad..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Friday Fun Fun Fun Fest Blurbs

Friday's top FFF picks

"...of futuristic folklorico on fourth studio LP Amanecer, this summer's eclectic electric follow-up to 2013's Elegancia Tropical. Singer Liliana..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Sunday Fun Fun Fun Fest Blurbs

Sunday's top FFF picks

"...Weather. Creating dreamy, atmospheric guitar rock fit for a fall/spring/summer/you-name-it nice weather day, the Brooklyn string bender apprenticed as..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature

Grupo Fantasma’s Quinceañera

And you thought you had Problemas

"...blindsided us. We wanted to have it out that summer, so we were scrambling...."

Oct. 29, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Music: First Band List of 2016

Initial names for (154) and days remaining until (146) March madness

"...spitter Sy Ari Da Kid representing the up-and-comers. Malaysian hip-hop (Altimet & the Kawan Band) anyone?..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Ariana Grande’s Tween Spectacle

TV star’s vocal prowess matches her debut arena spectacle

"...it, the local welcoming committee cooled its heels all summer anticipating the Grammy-nominated TV star’s first international jaunt. When..."

Oct. 14, 2015 Music Post

Leon Bridges Comes Home

Ft. Worth soul sensation Leon Bridges returns for Austin's second-biggest music festival

"...songs about four years ago, I was listening to hip-hop and neo-soul. I had a song about my mom,..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Bad Girls' Club

UnREAL introduces a new female antihero

"...UnREAL, which debuted this summer, and wraps its first season tonight, takes the female..."

Aug. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Amy Kamp

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