What's the Worst That Could Happen?

"...most of its marketing efforts on the prominently featured hip-hop soundtrack. So here's a shocker: This frothy little crime..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

"...Hip-hop summer's gonna be hot, so we'll roll the slow..."

April 27, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...the song that will pay for the yacht, the summer home, and the new car, hit this showcase. Local..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Jazzed Off

"...later in the year due to the blazing Texas summer heat. "But I always said that with good, progressive..."

June 11, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Allie X, the Bill Ball, and Oodles of Locals in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Lots of reasons to get out of the house and break out the earplugs

"...of the Austin Music Award-nominated mini-fest features luminaries in hip-hop (Houston rapper Fat Tony, plus local hip-hop maestro Jonny..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Abolishing the ominous "DoWrong" handle (revist "Hip-Hop on the Verge," Music, Jan. 16, 2015) and adopting..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Meet the Women of Austin R&B

Spotlighting five formidable soul vocalists

"...tradition, her next project will include more R&B and hip-hop...."

Sept. 22, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Bob Dylan Goes Electric – Again!

Fifty years ago, Dylan and the Band went electric at Austin's Municipal Auditorium

"...live music faithful have been battered with bummers all summer via Red River's Seventh Street corridor, notably the shuttering..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: A Plethora of Pride

Gay Pride, Asleep at Wheel 'Then and Now,' and David Yow confirms he's a Dick

"...in Austin. Not just DJs, drag queens, and Donna Summer covers; the soundtrack to Austin's gay culture remains as..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...a new LP tentatively called Guerra is scheduled for summer. – Audra Schroeder Damaged Good$..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Friday Sleepers

"...Riche breaks down the walls of pop, rock, and hip-hop with 2005 EP Longtail (Raw Life). The fivepiece finds..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

ACL Prime Time

Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.

"...rifle through their Blue Note parent's archives as it hip-hops the East Coast organ trio's sound with the likes..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...PREFUSE 73: Scott Herren's retort to the path hip-hop has taken is the creation of "clip-hop." MCs are..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

America Circa 1999

"...down to #21, but has already sold out a summer tour and is recording a second album due by..."

June 11, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Gay Place

An Austin ex-pat returns for a film screening

"...TEMPTATION THURSDAYS Hip-hop, R&B, and house in the house, all for we..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Wednesday SXSW Sleepers

"...of emotion that ultimately becomes spellbinding on numbers like "Summer of Our Love" and "In Our Time." The quartet's..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Rolling Stone Wraps, billy woods Plays a Red River Patio, and More Music Reviews From Friday of SXSW

Fest winds down with a lot of hip-hop

"...but Friday still (nearly) wrapped SX ‘25 with a hip-hop-heavy bang. Rolling Stone closed its Future of Music showcase..."

March 15, 2025 Music Post by Miranda Garza

ArmadilloCon, Art, a Hot Sauce Hootenanny, and More Recommended Events

Get out and get spicy this weekend

"...Mahone – music commissioner and one-half of the husband/wife hip-hop duo Riders Against the Storm – launched Diversity and..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Trains, Dance, and Lesbionage in This Week’s Recommended Events

Find some art and community this weekend

"...We are in the crispy crunchy part of summer where the greens scorch and turn to brown if..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Jess Williamson, Stay Black & Live, Babestock, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the week in Austin

"...an opportunity to experience the freedom of a balmy summer accompanied by a soundtrack of some of Austin’s most..."

June 14, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Austin R&B Cool Girl Grace Sorensen Prioritizes Good Energy

BLK ODYSSY and Magna Carda collabs hype the singer/dancer’s Zilker debut

"...On the 2022 track “Digits,” Austin singer-songwriter Grace Sorensen..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

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

"...Brother and Glorietta. Among the friends the Wimberley songwriter's Summer Ramble recruits onstage are Heartless Bastard Erika Wennerstrom, J...."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

CupcakKe Keeps Austin Pride Going, and the Crowd Moaning, at Sold-Out Antone’s Set

Texas openers Lynn, Shirt Off Fe, and Ladi Earth upped the energy

"...James, Lil’ Keke, and Lil’ Flip at Antone’s this summer...."

Aug. 17, 2023 Music Post by Adam Cherian

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

King Louie, Killah Priest, and indie classical lead our recommended shows

"...influential force in the city's now-familiar integration of cumbia, hip-hop, house, and more, the DJ packs a dance floor..."

May 26, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music Adds New Order, Killer Mike, Protomartyr, and Isabella Lovestory

Along with over 300 more artists headed to the Austin festival

"...Boiler Room’s December show at the Concourse Project. Japan/Colorado hip-hop act Wez Atlas totes playful bilingual singles like “Overthink.”..."

Jan. 25, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A few fests, Nineties Brits, AfroTech, and more shows worth seeing

"...Kydd Jones and Deezie Brown spin alternative takes on hip-hop. Punk fivepiece the Pinky Rings rounds out the lineup..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

Seven Lone Star-Launched Recommendations at Weekend Two of ACL Fest 2022

Seven Texas recommendations at ACL Fest Weekend Two

"...sound, a true fusion of R&B, rock, soul, and hip-hop. The dynamic Round Rock native follows the 2021 trail..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest, Eastside Kings Festival, HAAM Day, Vein.fm, Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, and more

"...Chronicle cover star Mama Duke scorches tongues with her hip-hop lyricism that spans braggadocious raps and "sad girl shit,"..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What We’re Listening to Right Now

Blakchyl x Hyah!, Empyrrean, Homemade Bangs, the Applicators, and more sounds for your week

"...also saxophonist of the Medellin Collection, back up Austin hip-hop original Blakchyl in the latter band at Hot Summer..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Mary Jane Coles, Empowerment Fest, and whole lotta metal top our list of recommended shows

"...inspiration by Katy Perry. As techno alias Cayam and hip-hop and bass-music moniker Nocturnal Sunshine, Coles ties her tried-and-true..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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