Qmmunity: The RuPaul Express

Join the Ru-volution in Austin at one of our local Drag Race watch parties

"...a brand-new lineup of queens vying for Ru-proval. Missed the first train? Not to worry. Watch parties for this..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Column by James Scott

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...Fabián Rincón runs a drumstick up and down the scratcher on his cymbal stand as César Valencia picks..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Arya’s Weyes Blood aftershow, celebrating SPOT, Urban Cultural Fest, and more

"...Arya's relationship with music mirrors the winding path she took from Belgrade to Austin, where..."

March 31, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Women of Antone's, underground MCs, FuckEmos, and more recommended shows

"...matriarch Susan Antone, women built Austin's world-famous Home of the Blues, now staging three separate spotlight events on the..."

March 24, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Glen “Spot” Lockett, In-House SST Records Producer and Former Austinite, Has Died

American punk innovator also explored Celtic and bluegrass

"...Glen “Spot” Lockett, the longtime Austinite who early in his life produced some..."

March 5, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Five Local Arts Events Using the Human Form as Inspiration

Fascinations of the flesh, from portrait to burlesque

"...Meat puppets, flesh hotels, corpuses delectable: all these frangible and..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Girl Ultra, Nori with strings, Maxo Kream, Mudhoney, Little Mazarn, and more recommended shows

"...to provide "a map of people before I meet them." Today, 26-year-old Mariana de Miguel prefers to discover people..."

May 13, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

The Luv Doc: Probably a Rat

Can cats see ghosts?

"...she would argue with me about my choice of clothes or the foods I like, or the beer I..."

April 1, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Bands Are Practicing Again, but Does Austin Have Enough Rehearsal Space for Them?

A love letter and state-of-affairs on the practice space scene

"..."I'll tell you a secret: I have dreams about the [Austin Rehearsal Complex], a couple a year," reveals Don..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...eponymous third album became a generational touchstone only after the ashes of the band's lead singer, Bradley Nowell, spread..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...filled with expensive microphones, racks of compressors, and consoles. They're incubators of dreams, places of eternal possibilities, where destinies..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...As Roky Erickson's live solo debut loomed at the grand opening of the Ritz on October 18, 1974..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Freedom

A Tinder date that went really well

"...up through a Tinder date that went really well. The sex is really great and we really like hanging..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Margaret Moser Tribute: Shawn & Shandon Sahm

Beautiful Texas sunshine

"...Shawn: Soap Creek Saloon was the Sahm kids' day care center. We used to try..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Music: Summer Snapshot

Concert calendar

"...New Kids on the Block Total Package Tour with Paula Abdul, Boyz II..."

May 19, 2017 Music Feature

7 Roky Erickson Moments at the Austin Music Awards

"...1986: The 1985/86 Austin Music Awards took place at the Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1984: LeRoi Brothers, Angela Strehli, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Big Boys, Stevie Ray Vaughan..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Music Covers

"...On the occasion of the Chronicle’s 35th anniversary, back in 2016,..."

March 1, 2017 Photo Gallery

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...On Aug. 17, 2005, as the Chronicle headed to the printer, Big Boys frontman and..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...There's a full-color painting hidden beneath several coats of white..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Friends of SIMS Wanna Be Your Dog

Locals cover classics for musicians healthcare provider

"...The Stooges’ seething, 1969 pre-punk doctrine, “I Wanna Be Your..."

Dec. 14, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hot August Nights Playlist

A hot/cold jukebox to jumpstart your Spotify wormholing

"...yes – finally. Having built my own version of the South Austin Popular Culture Center at work and home..."

Aug. 27, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Hot August Nights: Hot

"..."Fire," The Crazy World of Arthur Brown..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sharks in the Water

American Sharks kick off tour on Pau Wau’s party barge

"...Sharks shove off on a national tour. Since releasing their eponymous LP in 2013, Austin’s speed-sludge trio has toured..."

Aug. 10, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

S-L-A-Y-E-R Siege

Sold-out Moody Theater takes a beating

"...flypaper hands, jack rabbit moves, and elusive grace over the middle. Slayer is none of these things, but when..."

Nov. 19, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

D-I-V-O-R-C-E: Greg Ginn’s Gets Ugly

Child custody at issue for Black Flag leader and ex-wife Marina

"...“I am filing the Emergency Motion to modify the Parent Child Relationship because..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bob Log III Q&A

One-man guitar orgy crams into Mohawk on Thursday

"...Nor is it his extreme showmanship of rafting over the audience in a rubber dinghy and enlisting the breasts..."

July 21, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Chronolog Radio (March 28)

Welcome to the musical afterlife... as in after SXSW

"...this week with its four eyes fixed firmly on the future and Austin music...."

March 28, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Taco Queen Upgrades

Maria Taco Xpress keeps up with South Lamar, Moistboyz debut Dean Ween in Austin, and SXSW footnotes

"...Determined to grow her business with the rapidly developing South Lamar strip, Austin taco queen Maria..."

March 28, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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