Psych, Blues, and Conjunto Festivals Headline Our Crucial Concerts

This week's recommended live offerings

"...is donation-based and the venue is ADA-compliant.   – James Scott Austin Blues Festival..."

April 25, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Valentine's and Beyond With This Weekend's Recommended Events

From dark stories to romantic dance

"...aloud. After they’ve said their piece, an open-mic poetry jam follows where wordsmiths of all levels may speak their..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Live Music Recommendations for Post-Xmas and New Year's

Charley Crockett, DJ Paul, and more crucial concerts

"...I’m a certified Christmas Grinch. There’s too much traffic, too much gift-giving pressure, and too many people yelling..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Album Review: PES’s Corales Prematuros (En Vivo)

Peruvian-fronted rock band offers a daring approach of their debut EP

"...a lot of the postpubescent charm of a college jam band. It’s risky, releasing a live album when very..."

July 12, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Top 10 Most Popular Screens Stories of 2023

Rooster Teeth still rules the roost, even in the strike year

"...year, and Joe Gross managed to push through the traffic jam to get bumper-to-bumper with the satirist who has..."

Dec. 20, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Quin NFN, corook, ​​and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest

From viral “If I Were a Fish” to M83’s essential “Midnight City”

"...intro, and a flash of Santana in the end jam contented all. Un sueño, dream a little dream of..."

Oct. 16, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...missed the Austin Beer Guide’s annual, exceptionally curated Lager Jam as we did, then you’ll just have to go..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

Widespread Opposition to Concert Venue West of Austin Might Not Be Enough to Kill It

Commissioners say it’s a road safety issue

"...that already experiences delays in emergency response due to traffic on narrow roads like Fitzhugh, Crumley Ranch, and Trautwein...."

Oct. 6, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

News and events from Corpus Christi to Fort Davis

"...or the length of about 5.5 football fields. • Traffic will pass 205 feet above the water. Pedestrians and..."

May 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

On Eras Tour, Taylor Swift Can Take Us Anywhere She Wants

Over those bridges and through the woods to Arlington stop

"...Grand Prairie, Selena Gomez and her sister caused a traffic jam around a VIP tent during second opener Beabadoobee...."

April 2, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: Fun & Fancy-Free

Queer comedy variety shows fill the weekend, plus ATX Trans Pride rocks its big return

"...a reason to wear layers. And according to the traffic jam of PR emails staring me down, Austin Pride..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Column by James Scott

Public Notice: Zilker Park Vision Still Cloudy

It’s hard planning for the future, when humans insist on living in the present

"...appointee – and the presentation itself was clear and jam-packed with ideas and options, presenting three very different concept..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed Over Austin – in Second Ever Local Concert

…with sympathy for the parking lot

"...the racetrack’s concert grounds were still filling up. A traffic jam and parking situation that fell in between the..."

Nov. 21, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Pro-Increase Props

"...pro-increase tax project has a disconnect photo of a jam of traffic on I-35. How much of the $400..."

Oct. 13, 2020 Postmarks

Nine Austin Juice Bars to Boost Your Immunity

You really can’t go wrong with fresh fruit and vegetables

"...still feels like a local spot. After navigating Austin traffic and the always-full parking lot right off the busy..."

March 10, 2020 Food Post by Zelly Martin

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...it. He leaned the seat back. He had a jambox with him. He started playing music. He just chilled...."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...growls into the mic at the storm-plagued 1982 Tornado Jam in Lubbock. As Grenon is upstage of him, we..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tomar Williams Hones Four Decades of Soul

Breakout of his family band, the performer seizes on his pop, soul, R&B, and hip-hop successes and failures in Tomar & the FCs

"...as the token maracas player, in reference to the high-traffic African-American club periphery. "When we finally made it to..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

ACL Fest Spoilers

As ACL’s second weekend dawns, here are the most unforgettable moments from week one

"...Puppets," which highlighted a powerful set only marred by James Hetfield's corny banter: "I smell barbecueeeeee!" Na-Na-Na-Na Hey Jude..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Brewer's Table

East Austin’s truly wonderful dining experience with a complicated history

"...with chicken liver mousse and topped with egg yolk jam. I preferred the salty comfort of the pretzel croissant,..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

White Ghost Shivers

"...they're living in the past. On the single-worthy "Crosseyed Traffic (Mopacalypse Now)," singing guitar ace Jeremy Slemenda cleverly laments..."

June 1, 2018 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Inka Chicken's O.G. Peruvian Fare

The South American cuisine is having a moment in Austin's scene

"...Chicken: It's tucked away from the I-35 access road traffic and hidden between a gas station and an oddly..."

May 18, 2018 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Public Notice: Your City at Work

"Shaping policy for generations to come"

"...and Capital Metro are jointly presenting this open house, "Traffic Jam! Taking It to the Streets," next Wed., March..."

March 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

SXSW Film Review: Rush Hour

The time we lose in traffic, on a global scale

"...as exhausting as finding oneself ensnarled in an actual traffic jam. Which is exactly the point of this calculatedly..."

March 19, 2018 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A

Breaion King arrest doc heads up the Oscar short list

"...In the Oscar-nominated "Traffic Stop" by Kate Davis, what King went through is..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sean Morales

"...Fresh off the homegrown James Arthur's Manhunt, Virginia-bred multi-instrumentalist Sean Morales' solo debut prioritizes..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Music Review by Greg Beets

Playback – SXSW Recap: Love, Hate, Garth & Trump

Final love / hate SXSW listicles

"...addition since another thorn in Trump's side, top G-man James Comey, had to cancel his SXSW appearance...."

March 24, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: The New Apartheid?

Everyone hates the non-transect zones

"...he was just keeping them hidden in his briefcase. Traffic: Jammed and Hacked..."

March 3, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Top 10 National Albums of 2016

Our favorite picks from across the country

"...6) The Gotobeds, Blood // Sugar // Secs // Traffic (Sub Pop)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

A Bicycle Built for Tunes

Steve Parker creates a music-making bike with Lo Fi Cycle

"...Leave it to the musical mastermind behind the award-winning Traffic Jam concert, which included compositions for an orchestra of..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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