Geto Gala, Two Step Inn, and a 420 Smokeout Headline Our Crucial Concerts

From country to hip-hop to sludge metal, get some ideas for your week in live music

"...Rock the Park: Geto Gala..."

April 19, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Briscoe’s Youthful Americana-Pop Gains Traction

Could this guitar-banjo-sax duo be on a Black Pumas trajectory?

"...Dave Matthews' voice bellows from the canyon valleys of Washington's Gorge..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Feature by Amber Williams

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jess Williamson, Ondara, Cherubs, Blushing, and more recommended shows

"...Jess Williamson last visited the Continental Club to see Dale Watson on her 30th..."

June 9, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...South by Southwest, you’d probably guess Harry. More exciting, the conference rolls out the red carpet for the Prince..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

14 R&B Acts to Soothe Your SXSW Soul

"...Eric Burton and guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada, Black Pumas arrived fully formed in 2018. This year's Austin Music Awards winner..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...dweller Tarin Wilda Schröder became an instant worldwide sensation. The German-Ghanaian singer bows at the Gen X R&B altar,..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Playback: Straight Outta Calcutta

Sitar maestro Indrajit Banerjee, stoned synching Doom Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz, and a bigger Breakaway Records

"...Even in the informal realm of a rehearsal space, Indrajit Banerjee resonates..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Bar 96, 11pm Nearly 15 years on, Austin's Ortiz brothers continue to stoke the fires of hard rock and..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Playback: ACL Fest Then & Now

What's changed and remained the same for ACL Fest over its 13 years

"...May 2002 wasn't so different from today. Hole in the Wall was going out of business and Austin's venue..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Shadow 8pm, Ironwood Hall George Lewis Jr., born in the Dominican Republic, raised in Florida, and now Brooklyn-based, rode..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Playback: Cherubs Flit Back

The unlikely return of Nineties noisemakers Cherubs.

"...that developed quickly but burnt out too soon. That's the storyline of Cherubs, a brilliantly abrasive Austin noise rock..."

July 25, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place: Way Beyond Funday

Just like every other day in the Austin week Sunday is way more than Bloody Marys and brunch

"...When did Sunday eclipse the Tea Dance paradigm into full weekend status? Exhausting Austin...."

July 18, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...7pm, BD Riley's Brothers Peter O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa formed Dog Trumpet in..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...Wednesday Picks Sonny Knight & the Lakers..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Wednesday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Stay planted for an evening

"...Burger Records, which presents its third annual Burgermania on these same stages Saturday. Rather, we present local imprint Burger..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...In his maiden voyage to Austin last fall for the ACL Music Fest, the bearded ball of energy covered..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Showcases

"...Detroit indie Small Stone cornered the market on weed-fed power rock, celebrating its 10th anniversary..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...a lengthy tenure leading fellow countryman/saxophonist Manu Dibango's group beginning in the early Eighties. His funky FM Tribe gives..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Scrapbook 2011

Some final thoughts from the brink of March madness

"...Despite three daily editions of Off the Record – Thursday, Friday, and Saturday – and this..."

March 23, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...The One Knite was an oasis of soul. The room..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...Lucero's gathering enters its fourth year and its second SX, and,..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...This isn't just any collective of regional musicians; it's the best of two worlds. Lafayette, La.'s charismatic guitarist C.C...."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...and goth-rock godhead proved once and for all his ethereal pipes have aged better than Bowie's. The world has..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Control

Gretchen Phillips admits she wasn’t Just Comforting that girl

"...Floyd!" exclaims Gretchen Phillips when asked who's singing on the hi-fi as she ushers me into her East Austin..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Feature by Cindy Widner

Thursday Picks

"...In the 25 years since his opening agit-folk cri de coeur..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Psych Out

Psych Out

"...One of the best local surprises of the summer: the full-length debut..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

After a Fashion

It's hard out here for a Style Avatar, especially after all those DHOHs at the Oscars!

"...PREY Most. Boring. Oscar. Presentation. Ever. Like most trends, the rage for pale lips at the Oscars was not..."

March 10, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Film Treatment for the Really, Truly (No Kidding This Time) 'Last Picture Show'

The Rolling Roadshow takes over Archer City to screen Bogdanovich's classic among the people who inspired it

"...two-lane highway a few miles from Archer City, Texas. The red dirt on the roadside has been stripped bare..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Pop Rocks

Making music in mecca for parents and children alike

"...tiny blond toddler in Abercrombie khaki and plaid makes the rounds through the dining area at Jovita's, trailed by..."

June 18, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I wish I could agree with the optimistic thought that "within a few years of this..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Column

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