BLK ODYSSY Brings Tenpiece Band to Tiny Desk Performance

Watch the Austin-launched project premiere new song “WANT YOU”

"...Austin-launched BLK ODYSSY premieres on the NPR Tiny Desk stage (er, office corner) today. For the notable..."

Jan. 24, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music Review: Tiny Desk Family Hour

Nine sanctified mini concerts debut a future SX staple

"...NPR Music’s Bob Boilen said he hoped the inaugural Tiny Desk Family Hour on Tuesday at Central Presbyterian Church..."

March 13, 2019 SXSW Post by Libby Webster

Tiny Mess: Big Bill

Austinites perform at Kevin Curtin’s desk

"...over 150 Austin bands had submitted entries to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert contest and none of them won. Capriciously,..."

March 11, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...Juwan Elcock enlightened larger audiences in a recent NPR Tiny Desk concert, where he assembled a 10-piece band to..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

When You Finish Saving the World

Underwhelming adaptation of Jesse Eisenberg's neurotic audio drama

"...rightly mauled the insufferable post-emo piffle of Hobo Johnson's Tiny Desk Concert for NPR. Just insufferable, whining, self-aggrandizing, self-pitying..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Antone's Resurrected

The return of Antone's, Free Week, and the Austin Music Poll Ballot

"...NPR's Tiny Desk contest, the public radio equivalent of Hustler's "Beaver..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Linda Lindas, Momma, Caramelo Haze, JaRon Marshall, and more highlight our recommended shows

"...Williams' approval. Sporting an impressive résumé of an NPR Tiny Desk Concert and opening for riot grrrl legends Bikini..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Music Column by Alejandra Ramirez

Introducing Free Press Forever

Associate Publisher Cassidy Frazier talks about the importance of donor-supported journalism and our new live music series

"...patio furniture, all to create a cross between a Tiny Desk Concert and summer music in the park, an..."

June 21, 2024 Column by Cassidy Frazier

Gina Chavez Sees the Light

Latin-infused songstress on her new sound and new marriage

"...decade, garnering ten Austin Music Awards and a NPR “Tiny Desk” concert along the way. But it wasn’t until..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Seven Lone Star-Launched Recommendations at ACL Fest 2022

Sources of Texas Heat from the Chron Music team

"...and André 3000-reminiscent "Big Cap." On his standout 2022 Tiny Desk Concert, the artist traverses vast terrain: navigating his..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...few lingering questions, and a presiding tone of arch self-scrutiny, Blackman's gentle dream folk invites listeners to float alongside..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Pop Oddity Caroline Rose Explores Ambition's Seedy Underbelly

Her first Austin album follows a character moving to L.A.

"...spunky, former self is preserved in a 2015 NPR Tiny Desk concert...."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Vince Staples Pays Tribute to Mac Miller at Emo’s

Compton rapper prompts smiles and bouncing off walls

"...and voice overtook the screens with videos from NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert. Staples had said his part, so he..."

Feb. 11, 2019 Music Post by Marilee Bodden

SXSW Music's Hip-Hop Hierarchy

From up-and-comers to rap royalty, 20 key sets to see

"...a performance at the White House for an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, they cover Sounds of Blackness' "Optimistic" on..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Friday SXSW Picks

"...– beat out 7,000 entries to win NPR's inaugural Tiny Desk Concert Contest. Due this summer, The Last Days..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

¡Pachanga! Picks

Pachanga Fest preview

"...Love You Madly. A hopeless romantic, Diaz stunned NPR's Tiny Desk Concert last August with her smoky vox and..."

May 15, 2015 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...marriage, the birth of his son, winner of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Contest. The soulful blues-hopper tells his story..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Red Riding: 1974

This is the first of three absorbing adaptations (filmed concurrently by different directors) of David Peace’s linked novels about crime and corruption in Yorkshire, England.

"...crime reporter who returns home to join the news desk at the Yorkshire Post. Eddie quickly links the case..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

We Have an Issue: Yup, Something’s Different

The story behind our new print redesign

"...paper. Gone are page after page after page of so-tiny-it’s-tough-to-read event listings. Instead, we’re presenting in print a curated,..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column by Kimberley Jones

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

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

"...week? Check out the Chronicle music team’s handpicked “Crucial Concerts” below or in the paper every Thursday. And for..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

"Welcome Home" to the Kerrville Folk Festival

Five neighborly artists to see onstage at Quiet Valley Ranch

"...the Kerrville Folk Festival is less like attending a concert and more like stepping into another universe. The 51-years-running..."

May 26, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Nané Vocalist Daniel Sahad Has Passed Away

Band confirms passing of “our beautiful leader,” age 29

"...as one of her top picks in the NPR Tiny Desk Contest. The group was also featured, in concert,..."

April 11, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...NPR Tiny Desk..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Body Rock Turns 10

Riders Against the Storm and Chorizo Funk’s decade-built dance institution endures, Monday City music meetings, and more

"...hiatus from Riders Against the Storm's influential RAS Day concert, citing decreased funding from Austin's Cultural Arts Division, Body..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Behold! The Austin Music Awards

Announcing the 2014/15 Austin Music Awards bill, the 13th Floor Elevators reunite for Levitation, and King Coffey recovers after being struck by a car

"...NPR's Tiny Desk Concert contest yielded over 150 entries by Austin..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...UT. I said yes. I remember sitting in my tiny West Campus apartment banging out a column for the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Sara Smile

Those teeth, those lips, those songs -- the one and only Sara Hickman

"...glistening. And just where it is least expected, a tiny dimple flirts on the upper right. Julia Roberts wishes..."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...azure walls. In it, a solitary chair and a desk with a typewriter and a neatly arranged stack of..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...unlikely warriors: two drag queens, an HIV-positive man with tiny gemstones dotting his bald head, and his HIV-positive sister...."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...sound quality and the fact that sitting at a desk with your face in a monitor isn't exactly a..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

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