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

Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...Friday 12 - Sunday 14, The Boot, Gonzales..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Psych Fest Announces Night Shows With the Zakary Thaks, METZ, Luna Li

As well as set times for the main fest at Far Out Lounge

"...The additions tack onto the main festival, which takes place..."

April 3, 2024 Music Post by Miranda Garza

Neko Case, the Urban Cultural Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Live sounds for the week ahead

"...After Chelsea Cutler’s headline, keep the feelings-fueled melodies going with Austin act Madison Baker’s indoor..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Last Week in Live Music: Gary Clark Jr., Deap Vally, Last Dinner Party, Bayonne, and More

"...Pictured here: Gary Clark Jr. at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on March 26, 2024..."

March 27, 2024 Photo Gallery

Immaculate

Sydney Sweeney excels in just-OK nun horror

"...The imagery of Roman Catholicism is ripe with the melancholy..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Scenes from SXSW, March 13-14

"...Brendan Hall, and Gary Miller share some snapshots from the past couple days of SXSW 2024. Pictured here: cumgirl8..."

March 15, 2024 Photo Gallery

Dinosaur Jr., Flo Milli, Estevie, and More Reviews From Thursday of SXSW

Standout sets from the clusterfest

"...always create a downtown muddle, Thursday felt particularly active. Open-to-the-public offerings of headliners the Black Keys and Dinosaur Jr...."

March 15, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

SXSW Film Review: Immaculate

Nun horror delivers decent scares, but gets in its own way

"...The imagery of Roman Catholicism is ripe with the melancholy..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

SXSW Interview: Bestie Rap Duo Flyana Boss Remain Students of the Form

Bobbi and Folayan talk Dallas influences before first headlining tour

"...In late February, the duo behind Flyana Boss – who go by first..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Off Beat: The Four Horsemen of the SXSW Music-pocalypse

Trying on four local personifications of fest success

"...Did you hear that? As globe-trotting suits confirm their hotel reservations, Austin’s most music-loving, hard-partying locals let out..."

March 8, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

South by Gay-west

The official unofficial SXSW recommendations for your queer Austin experience

"...days of startup talk, and you simply can’t take another conversation about artificial intelligence that doesn’t concern how hot..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Stuff to Do at SXSW 2024

Party at the post-apocalypse, smell good doing it

"...Film / TV Tie-ins Wasteland of the Fallout..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Interview: UK Art-Rockers Dry Cleaning Make Up for Lost Time

Upon 4AD reissue of fully formed 2018 debut EPs

"...supposed to debut at South by Southwest in 2020, the UK post-punks had two EPs’ worth of material, and..."

March 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 8-14

"...PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I invite you to entertain the following theory: Certain environments, companions, and influences enhance your..."

March 8, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Sentimental Family Band, Leti Garza, Dorian Electra, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music

"...Thursday 29, The White Horse..."

March 1, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Crypta, Cherubs, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Must-see shows for the weekend and beyond

"...living, seething, bouncing bridge between pioneering local post-punks of the Eighties (Scratch Acid and Butthole Surfers) and their contemporary..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Lydia Loveless, Helado Negro, and More Crucial Concerts

Essential Austin gigs in the coming week

"...mixtape Beautiful Pimp and Rome Fortune is still pushing the envelope. After gaining notoriety for his unique blend of..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Music Feature by Elizabeth Braaten

Terry Allen, ericdoa, and More Crucial Concerts

Essential Austin gigs in the coming week

"...Angsty, glitchy, brash bastion of the Spotify-encouraged hyperpop genre, a teenage ericdoa signed to Interscope..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Last Week in Live Music: The Bluebonnets, Robin Pecknold, Emily Wolfe, Moving Panoramas, Snõõper, Tear Dungeon, and More

"...Riddlin Kids at Parish on January 20, 2024..."

Jan. 29, 2024 Photo Gallery

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...In/visible A: The Building of an Asian American Film Community..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Could ERCOT Connect to the Southeastern U.S. Grids?

Plan in the works to build transmission lines through Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi

"...has long maintained a stubbornly independent electric grid, unlike the rest of the United States. Most states share power;..."

Jan. 12, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Day Trips: Presidio Chapel, San Elizario

Historic chapel maintains a simple beauty

"...The Presidio Chapel of San Elizario, about 22 miles southeast..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Free Week’s Big Weekend and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Plus back-to-back gigs from Cactus Lee, Runner and Bobby

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week? Check out..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Walker Lukens’ The Last Walt and More Crucial Concerts This Week

From Explosions in the Sky to CAPYAC’s Far Out Fest

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week? Check out..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Deerhoof at Wizard Rodeo and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Austin acts El Combo Oscuro and sleep well. both host album release shows

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week? Check out..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Psych Punks Grocery Bag Shred Through Debut Break You

Catch the rising quartet at a Parish release party and Wizard Rodeo fest

"...Club with raucous, flashy psych rock last Thursday evening, the sound suddenly dropped a few decibels. Nothing's coming out..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

With Bad Dream Jaguar, Sun June Hasn’t Given Up on Texas Yet

The Austin pop in-betweeners’ third LP arrives at Parish on Nov. 18

"...Sun June's dream-pop fiddles with such in-betweener nightmares on the sextet's third LP, a paired release with local label..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Meanwhile Brewing’s Free Birthday Bash and More Crucial Concerts This Week

From Jonathan Richman at the Continental to Saweetie at AFROTECH

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week? Check out..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Church, yeule, Codeine, and More Highlights From Levitation’s Thursday and Friday

Standout sets from the multi-venue Austin festival’s opening dates

"...Call it a curse or just seasonality, the almost-annual presence of storms during Levitation luckily narrowly avoided..."

Oct. 28, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

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