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

Little Simz

Stillness in Wonderland (Age 101)

"...English rapper Simbi Ajikawo, doing business in bars as the extraordinary Little Simz, tackles success, vulnerability, and sheer escapism..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Music Live: Modern Outsider Showcase

Austin label packs club, dance floor, and homegrown breakouts

"...Modern Outsider’s SXSW showcase proved why the imprint earned repeat honors for Best Local Label at..."

March 15, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

2016-17 Austin Music Awards

"...The New Generation Children’s Choir director..."

March 13, 2017 Photo Gallery

SXSW Tuesday Showcase Picks

"...soaring fretwork. Los Angeles proto-punk outfit Sextile hovers at the grim periphery where vocals curdle at the back of..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature

Greenhouse Craft Food + Austin Beerworks: A Dinner

Some things are worth driving a little ways north

"...All the way to Round Rock for a food event might..."

March 1, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Willing

Western Europeans through most of the last few thousand years haven't been very enthusiastic bathers

"...grateful for that, but he always stops at exactly the wrong time. It's like he gets bored and moves..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

"...music head-on with blues and dirty punk rock on their fifth studio LP, and first since 2013's Electric Slave...."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Stephen Colbert had to learn how to play baritone horn in six days...."

Feb. 10, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Leonard Cohen Tribute

Austinites say hallelujah for Refugee Services of Texas

"...Depending on the circumstances of your birth, 2016 may have seen your..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Post by Dave Randall

Playback: The Westin Sues the Nook Over Sound

And “Playback” votes in the Austin Music Poll

"...Hackles shot up last week when news broke that the Westin had filed a $1 million lawsuit against nearby..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...tapping of toes is about all we’re allowed in the movie theatre these days. That’s a shame considering movies..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Mother Falcon’s Major Label Deal That Wasn’t

Mother Falcon signs to Universal and seconds later terminates the contract

"...Last week, members of Mother Falcon applied their signatures to a document every band..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Bright Light Social Hour & Israel Nash

Nash to host TBLSH cameo at Antone’s on Wednesday?

"...Long orbiting the same musical cosmos, Austin space jammers Bright Light Social..."

Dec. 6, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Eric Bee

"...On their eponymous extended play, the Eric Bee churns out boozy..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Music Review by Bryan Rolli

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

A soldier returns home in Ang Lee's war movie

"...Halftime Walk marches in formation but stirs little awe. The troops perform admirably and complete the film’s overall mission,..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brownout

"...arts distortion sounds like a gimmick, but Brownout channeling the British outfit by appending its Afro-Latin psychedelia on Brownout..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

The Rebirth of Doyle Bramhall II

For his first solo LP in 15 years, Eric Clapton’s top lieutenant may have put out the blues album of 2016

"...of multiple modes – producer, singer, songwriter, sideman – the Dallas-born guitarist, 47, began his journeyman's path as a..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Adele Rules

First of two Erwin Center shows sets fire to the rain

"...voice fills its surrounding so completely one can hear the ambiance of the space, her booming mezzo-soprano pouring into..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth

by Jane Alexander

"...of Hollywood acting roles may have afforded Jane Alexander the opportunity to sustain a lifetime of adventures worth writing..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Leon and Stella Alesi: Love Conjures All

Leon and Stella Alesi provide ocular proof of a life in the arts

"...How any couple, married or otherwise, stays together for more than a few years is..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hector Ward & the Big Time

"...19, Hector Ward has proved a formidable bandleader, commanding the horn-revved ninepiece Latin big band with a throaty growl...."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Austin Film Festival Review: Long Live Death

German crime TV show makes the jump to the big screen

"...very Seventies credit sequence, all brutal close-ups and blaring horn sections. But that kitsch disappears the instant the camera..."

Oct. 19, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Bicycle Built for Tunes

Steve Parker creates a music-making bike with Lo Fi Cycle

"...just for personal transportation anymore. You can also use them to make music. Well, there's one of them you..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Weekend Two Sunday ACL Fest Picks

ACL sendoffs

"...Pearl Charles 11:30am, Cirrus Logic stage Veteran of the Driftwood Singers and the Blank Tapes, Pearl Charles emerged..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Music Feature

ACL Review: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats/St. Paul & the Broken Bones

Battle of the blue-eyed soul titans

"...Williams, and Chris Stapleton – soul reigned supreme in the eastern corner of Zilker Park, with Denver eightpiece Nathaniel..."

Oct. 3, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

Recommended ACL Records to Get You Psyched for the Fest

The best CPR (concert psychin' rock) to get in the fest mindset

"...a bear. Make sure you have tunes to keep the energy high on your journey. Here are a few..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

Sunday ACL Fest Picks

The first weekend of ACL Fest closes with highlights galore

"...The Shelters 11:30am, Cirrus Logic stage; Weekend One only Sixties..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature

Jazz Cartier

Hotel Paranoia

"...Becoming the successor of Toronto's rap throne isn't attainable without Drake's..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Local Acts at ACL

Homegrown music at its finest

"...What's ACL festival without some local music? Here are the homegrown acts you can't miss out on at this..."

Sept. 28, 2016 Events Post by Thomas Danh

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