Live Music Recommendations for the Week

Shoegaze, hip-hop, jazz, and three days of Wilco

"...Violet Lea, Cari Hutson, and Kelly Green each front their own bands, yet merge with PAACK as one power..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Our music writers recommend the best day parties and unofficial bonanzas for one-stop concert..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Take Me to the River New Orleans

Rhythms of the generations resonate in a portrait of the Big Easy

"...in collaboration. He walked out with Take Me to the River, a unique lens on a living history. A..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Interview: The Broad, Brilliant, Beautiful Musical Universe of Jon Batiste

"We take you on a journey through Black American music history, ragtime to trap."

"...This July, on break from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert as its house band..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Up From the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music

Delightful if overstuffed musical history of the Crescent City

"...hip-hop – generously seasoned with love and respect for the largely African-American artists who forged that heritage over the..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin Film Festival Witnesses The Obituary of Tunde Johnson

Time travel thriller will be opening night film

"...away, but that's still time (ad time again) for the fest to have added sci fi social commentary The..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...years and counting can't slow down SXSW Film. As the festival enters its second quarter-century, A Quiet Place –..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Another Epic Austin City Limits HOF

Roy Orbison, Rosanne Cash, Neville Brothers, and LBJ honored

"...fonk to fill three separate Austin City Limits tapings, the most important induction at Wednesday evening’s fourth annual Hall..."

Oct. 26, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

2017 ACL Hall of Fame Induction

"...of Fame induction ceremony honoring Roy Orbison, Rosanne Cash, the Neville Brothers, and the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon..."

Oct. 26, 2017 Photo Gallery

Page Two: Leaving It Up to Her

On Margaret Moser: Happy together, then, now, and forever

"...Sweetly and appropriately the celebration of the extraordinary life of Margaret Moser continues..."

June 30, 2017 Column by Louis Black

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

Playback: Holy Mountain Closing Oct. 1

Holy Mountain falls prey to skyrocketing rents Downtown

"...bombs in Austin's increasingly exorbitant real estate market. As the contract ticks down, rent hikes turn meteoric, and if..."

June 26, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...SXSW Film has unloosed its 145-film strong slate for the 2015 festival...."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Poughkeepsie Kid

Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona

"...There's no clock above the stage at the Moody Theater,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

ACL Music Fest 2014 Saturday Interviews

ACL Fest phoners

"...Orleans' Tremé neighborhood, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews occasionally obliterates the boundaries of jazz. "SupaFunkRock" he calls it...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Tonight at the Paramount! Aaron Neville

NOLA crusher opens tour in ‘way awesome’ Austin

"...a century into a career that’s taken him from the slums of New Orleans to the most prestigious stages..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Audio Hype: Dumpstaphunk

This veteran outfit affirms that the NOLA funk feel is alive and well.

"...Dumpstaphunk is the toe-jamming, loud-talking, duck-squatting brain child of Ivan Neville, son..."

June 7, 2013 Events Post by Derek Van Wagner

True Believer

You're at SXSW today because of its late creative director, Brent Grulke.

"..."It either makes sense for you to be at South by..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Not Fade Away

Sifting through a work week worth's of Grateful Dead footage

"...How much is too much? On the heels of last year’s 73-CD box set of every..."

April 11, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Down These Mean, Ink-Stained Streets

Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick brings his 'Nickel History' to Slugfest Gallery

"...The articulate Irishman from Chicago, who looks like he could..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...cause for joy, but for thousands of filmmakers, it's the annual time of frayed nerves and to-the-quick-bitten nails, as..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

A curated survival guide to the Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...The Shape of What's to Come..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

This Is My Life

LZ Love's reveal: dance music!

"...and her light brown eyes shine. Her face displays the high, sculpted cheekbones of her mother's family – black,..."

June 4, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Kind Words and Thoughts About Black

"...Louis Black [“Page Two,” May 7] – partly about the markers that indicate the start of summer – and..."

May 10, 2010 Postmarks

Off the Record

A flashback from Red River's seedy past, the Sour Notes hit a sweet spot, and Patty Griffin gets Grounded in Music

"...Music's new recording studio in South Austin on Tuesday. Their response? Trae and Lil Wayne. Nevertheless, Griffin and Jack..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Shit happens: Hosing off and cleaning up after the glorious mess that was the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...Charles Attal on Sunday afternoon, forcing a smile near the entrance of Zilker Park...."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...On our desert island, a two-story bungalow faces the lagoon, and goats, donkeys, and rabbits forage around the..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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