30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...Any Austin-based or Austin-headed music fan worth their salt starts encountering the same line of questioning come..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Unpacking Emperor Jones’ Esoteric, Career-Launching Label Catalog

The late Craig Stewart released early works by the Mountain Goats and more

"...From 1995 until 2007, the late Craig Stewart ran the Austin-based record label Emperor..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Feature by Joe Gross

Craig Stewart, Emperor Jones Founder and SXSW Alum, Has Died at 53

Stewart also ran the Trance Syndicate label with husband King Coffey

"...an Austin Music Industry Hall of Famer who spearheaded the Emperor Jones label and worked for South by Southwest,..."

Dec. 20, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The American Analog Set’s Heavy Return and Seven More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Pelvis Wrestley, NOOK Turner, the Teeta, and more

"...videos from Austin artists. Listen to our playlist on the @austinchronicle Spotify...."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed

"...Hey, true believers, are you ready for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3? This being the 32nd movie in..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crosstalk: The American Analog Set Due for Numero Group Reissue Treatment, and More Music News

Blaze Foley’s Outhouse online & Broken Spoke's historic marker

"...The American Analog Set’s reissue campaign is starting to hum,..."

April 6, 2023 Music Post by Austin Powell

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...From legacy Texas songwriters to New Order’s keynote insights, the Chronicle music team’s Wednesday sightings at South by Southwest..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...artists to play on more than 75 stages throughout the Texas capital. Among the international, national, and hometown musicians..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Urban Heat's Darkwave Road Map for Uncertain Times

Spaceflight-deluxified Wellness pushes beyond post-punk pastiche

"...toe in all-black everything, Urban Heat is modest about the whirlwind 12 months they just wrapped up...."

Feb. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Kate Bush Bash, Urban Heat, Knife in the Water, Night Cap, Adrian Ruiz, and Shimmer Island

"...pop hitmakers – if certain oldies find play on the popular streaming thriller's soundtrack, a turbo-boost in their fortunes..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Monday

Cifika in a tube, Haru Nemuri thrives live, and other highlights

"...Southwest’s music week is typically chill in comparison to the ensuing pandemonium, but when our writers hit the clubs..."

March 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...Maybe there's a reason why ecstasy is the young person's synthetic..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...cause: Children's Advocacy Center, a nonprofit providing intervention and therapeutic services to child abuse victims and their non-offending family..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...Seoul's Jambinai soars heavy post-rock with trad instruments like the geomungo...."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

The Hot Sauce Fest, a Love & Lightstream, and more sounds to check

"...Whether saucing up spicy jerk chicken or rapping, Mike Melinoe..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more

"...Ben Kweller Live(streamed) From the Continental Club..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...Top: That Little Ol' Band From TexasNetflix Imagine seeing the most enduring of all power trios at Gruene Hall...."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Plan Your Psychedelic Weekend With These Levitation Picks

Nearly two-dozen choices ranging from the Flaming Lips to Elephant Stone

"...Middle Eastern sitar drone, and heavy synth exploration. From the swirling epic "Dripping Sun," wah-wah meditation "Nazo Nazo," and..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

A New History, A New Horror in The Terror: Infamy

Showrunner Alex Woo recreates the nightmare of the internment camps

"...About 10 years after Alex Woo's father came to America, he bought a Cadillac. "It was..."

Aug. 12, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nearly 50 Food, Music, & Arts Festivals to Keep You Busy This Spring

From barbecue to burlesque, something for every Austinite this season

"...glorious time in Austin, a three-month stretch of perfect weather and every weekend packed with music, food, and arts..."

April 3, 2019 Events Post by Alyssa Hiarker

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"...suddenly recall promising a friend I would stop by their dinky afternoon set. And I can just see it..."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Multidimensional Production Team Musically Reimagines Fantastic Planet

Lifted Traces rescores classic films, Harlem re-emerges locally with Oh Boy, and more

"...of sci-fi classic Alien, complete with water sprinklers for otherworldly drool and shaking seats. If the house that Mickey..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Vice

Unsubtle Dick Cheney bio-pic is the political bludgeon we deserve

"...In writer/director Adam McKay’s 2015 film The Big Short, he razzle-dazzled a dry subject – 2007’s..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Friday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

TGIF picks for Zilker Park

"...bursts with a kinetic frenzy of sound and sentiment. The first single and title track to debut EP No..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature

Friday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Handicapping ACL's first Friday plus a handful of locals

"...get down?" asks Topaz Jones on bouncy single "Powerball." The charismatic, Jersey-bred twentysomething murders microphones with a breezy, singsong..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature

Playback: The Greyhounds Hoof It

Groove-mongering R&B duo the Greyhounds get mule-headed, S.S. Hangover floats Laguna Gloria, and the Austin Music Commission overlooks music hub

"...For the singer and guitarist, who grew up with equine companions..."

April 13, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene veteran..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Is ACL Fest Local Mobley Austin's Bill Withers?

First-weekend act transforms hardship into post-genre pop

"..."post-genre pop" artist Mobley (Anthony Watkins II) remake Bill Withers' "Lovely Day" for future programming. The simultaneously imposing yet..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...or government surveillance. But that’s what’s so great about the dystopia genre: Set a story 200 years in the..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Austin Breweries

Power ranking the local leaders in craft beer

"...state for craft beer. We don't mean that in the sense that craft beer isn't wildly popular and fully..."

June 23, 2017 Food Feature by Eric Puga

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