Faster Than Sound: Headlines From a Year in Limbo

A year-in-review of Austin music news

"...of the concert promotions team behind Margin Walker and Transmission Events debuted new events company Resound Presents under Graham..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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

"...all the way to the roof to reduce frequency transmission. It's serious construction, but Mosaic owner Dan Redman, who..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Margin Walker Owners Discuss Closure

Graham Williams and Ian Orth step back to reassess amid unknown future

"...made itself” given the pandemic’s nuclear impact on live entertainment. Substantial concert calendars went mostly black after March and..."

Dec. 15, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...this contribute to an already imbalanced representation in our entertainment industry? We know the answer: It worsens our livelihoods..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...years in the future and suddenly our anxieties become entertainment – a space for our brains to wrestle with..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Collateral Events During SXSW Scale Back

SXSW Music's festival sideshow contracts

"...or plentiful as they were five years ago. Remember Transmission's Mess With Texas fest on the Eastside? The grassy..."

March 3, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Mosaic Sound Collective Comes Into Focus

Mosaic Sound Collective's music hub and ancient atmospheric Adam Torres point to the future

"...Mosaic. Concert equipment provider Capital Radio Backline, run by Transmission Events gear guy Erick Sanger, has set up shop...."

Feb. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016

Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year

"...by real estate billionaires ... Welcome to Austin 2016! Transmission Events, Austin's most trusted independent concert promoters, fractured when..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Sound on Sound Gets Medieval

Sound on Sound’s über headliner: 23 acres of Sherwood Forest

"...concert promotions. Last spring, Fun Fun Fun Fest organizers Transmission Events split with business partners Stratus Properties, losing their..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Patio Smoking Ban in Flames

The Central Health Equity Policy Council's efforts to ban smoking on smoking patios meets with community resistance

"...Controversy sparked, Central Health met with ATX Music & Entertainment Division head Don Pitts, who related the experience in..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown

Vetting City Hall's recommendations to Mayor Adler's arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest's Renaissance location and debut lineup

"...• Entertainment License: Instead of requiring up to 16 permits from..."

July 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: If the Gloves Fit

Gloves INTL ices funk, Allegro Media Group ices local label, and the ATX6 plan to ice international festivals

"...Local attorney John Absher, versed in music and entertainment law, says he can envision legal paths for small..."

June 24, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Anthem of the Sun

Non-commercial frequency Sun Radio broadens its solar-powered Americana throughout Central Texas

"...in AM, the medium was used mostly for military transmissions and matters of official, closed-circuit communications, first going on-air..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Meals That Matter

Nubian Queen Lola rewarded for years of service

"...queen was honored this morning at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex in East Austin. Tyson Food, the Capital Area..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Playback: Hole Lotta Rent

The historic Hole in the Wall is in danger of closing. So who's to blame?

"...about the real estate. Red 7, located in an entertainment district and armed with superior bookers Transmission Events, shuttered..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hole in the Wall in Danger of Closing

Tenant and landlord offer different accounts on negotiations

"...that Red 7, which was in a bona fide entertainment district, closed over a similar, $5,000 rent increase –..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Red River Optimist John Wickham

Red River poker king John Wickham remains optimistic, Nazis stab concertgoers at Trailer Space, and Fun Fun Fun Fest gets its acre at Auditorium Shores

"...buddy Randall Goodwin in 2001, Red River wasn't the entertainment district it is today...."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Trying to Be Attractive

Carefully cultivating a look of masculine nonchalance

"...Anyway, if you have ever seen some red-faced musclehead..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Red 7 Will Close/Sidewinder Will Open

Red 7 and Red Eyed Fly partners join forces in a new venue

"...solidarity in the Red River Cultural District, a vibrant entertainment strip recently challenged by rent increases and encroaching development..."

Aug. 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

What Now for SXSW?

A year after tragedy, the city and the Festival look to a sustainable future

"...with James Moody [a partner at both Mohawk and Transmission Events] and a number of others about setting up..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards

"...Transmission Entertainment General Manager Bobby Garza..."

March 10, 2015 Photo Gallery

Beethoven to Beyoncé

SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.

"...Is Hard to Do: Breaking Contracts!, intellectual property and entertainment attorney Brian Rosenblatt isn't bothered that "music business" might..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest's New Look

New location and grass, same Fun Fun Fun

"...Riverside Drive. The dry condition of those grounds, where Transmission Events has held FFF Fest since 2011, first necessitated..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Jon Pettis Rising

One man's life touches so many others

"..."We're interested in facilitating entertainment Downtown, especially live music, but it has to be..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ready, Aim, Tacos!

Area restaurant dynasties provide festival food ... and artillery

"...with Torchy's Tacos has produced memorable moments of festival entertainment the past couple of years. The Torchy's folks had..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Playback

Austin Music People wants to meet up

"..."AMP was created out of necessity," says Transmission Events co-owner James Moody, who helped found the coalition..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest Aqua Olympics

August 4, 2013. 19 photos.

"...Fun Fun Fest righteousness put on by festival organizers Transmission Entertainment. Held at Fiesta Gardens on the shores of..."

Aug. 5, 2013 Photo Gallery

Black Milk Returns

Detroit MC spins tonight at the Museum of Human Achievement

"...town without heading up a venue in the C3 Presents/Transmission Entertainment ring is surprising news...."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: The Beautiful Old

Gabriel Rhodes makes Grammy bait

"...As Austin gets denser, with residents moving into entertainment areas and entertainment moving into residential areas, local venues..."

May 24, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Empire of Music

Even a new Pope couldn't top SXSW

"...› Transmission Entertainment, the local company that puts on Fun Fun..."

March 22, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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