New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...Melissa "Daddy" Carper's six-year stint in Austin last decade produced the formidable Carper Family, a string trio..."

March 19, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

5 Local Releases for Bandcamp Friday

Five LPs, EPs, and singles worth your money today

"...Last March, when COVID-19 all but halted the music industry,..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Faster Than Sound: Contextualizing Broken Spoke Owner James White

Honky-tonky lifer died of congestive heart failure at age 81

"...When James White opened the Broken Spoke in 1964, the barn-red building at 3201..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...Austin Music Pollster: Moving Panoramas' Leslie Sisson Best of the Year..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...A Tribute to Really Red: Teaching You the Fear ... Again..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

12 Things to Do With the Family Over the Thanksgiving Break

Give blood, see the circus, do a virtual 5K, and more

"...this year. Many traditions just can’t go on in the same way because of the pandemic, and we’ve all..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Events Post by Kat McNevins

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...Grand but rough, the realm bustles with strapping warriors, malevolent sorcerers, strange cults,..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...2020 marks 25 years blowing up Austin rock for brothers AJ, Alex, and Omar Vallejo. Decades of shows, albums,..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...Atonement, in the Christian paradigm, means ponying up for your sins...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Conjunto Los Pinkys Readies for the New Normal

“Conjunto has survived [here] for decades and will continue to do so”

"...of conjunto lifers skipping rhythms across time and stage. The Conjunto Los Pinkys cabal leader provides an epic glimpse..."

Aug. 31, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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

Lucinda Williams, Ray Prim, and Curved Light lead the pack

"...Gone, gone, gone is the impish folkie on the cover of 1980's sophomore full-length..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Dallas Acid blows some bubbles, KUTX remembers the Armadillo, and more music for the moment

"...The Bubble Club Vol 1: A Prayer for Peace..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

All the steps before that last waltz

"...The Last Waltz, the model for the modern concert film,..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Have an Issue: In Pets We Trust

Introducing our third Pet Issue, plus Chronicle endorsements for the March primary

"...list, but now that we've done it, I'm over the moon. The sloth – her name's Sophia – heralds..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Song Premiere: Jonathan Terrell’s “Cowboy Band”

ATX roots wrangler taps bittersweet heartache in LP tease

"...The biggest risk in going to see Jonathan Terrell at..."

Feb. 10, 2020 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Next Waltz Affiliate James Steinle Premieres “Without You”

Small-town South Texas soundtracked a la Robert Earl Keen

"...Since winning the Kerrville Folk Festival’s “University Singer-Songwriter” competition in 2017, James..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Lockhart Western Swing & BBQ Festival Kicks Off the Weekend

Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame centers event’s second year

"...When Al Dressen co-founded the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame in 1988, the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis Step Into Their Third Act

Chronicle Hot Sauce headliners look ahead to the next waltz

"...Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis enter the Pershing to a backslapping barrage of greetings. The couple..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese

Recounting of legendary Dylan tour is best when the details blur themselves

"...more complicated question, and one that seemingly lurks in the background of every frame of Martin Scorsese's second full..."

June 11, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Unlocking the Michael Schenker Festival

Sound pilgrim reveals the combination to his “whole story”

"...and Doogie White all orbit a red-hot turbine at the center, German guitarist Michael Schenker, 64. Lightning rod to..."

May 16, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing

"...Want to hear the music that Austinites are buzzing about right now, before..."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Bedroom Zhu goes global

"...Traveling last summer, Shirley Zhu found two international connects to her..."

March 8, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

The singer’s long road to Austin

"...Last week, Charley Crockett released his fifth album in four..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...began as a piss-take on post-punk from one of the first UK acts to rev the sound to Motörhead..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Deadpool 2

The uncanny merc with a mouth returns with paternal instincts

"...massive nerd in an era of comic blockbusters. After the core Marvel Cinematic Universe broke all our hearts with..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Willie Nelson

"..."I don't want to be the last man standing," intones the most recognizable voice in..."

May 11, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Fusebox Festival Review: Magdalena Jarkowiec’s In Here

Are we all just doing a dance in a box?

"...into In Here already a fan of several things: the choreographic and soft-sculpture work of Magdalena Jarkowiec, the typically..."

April 19, 2018 Arts Post by Jonelle Seitz

Mike & the Moonpies

"...Mike & the Moonpies' fifth studio album kicks off where the highway-burning..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

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