Lucy Dacus, a Gary Floyd Retrospective, an EXTC, and More Crucial Concerts

Sounds all over town and all over the musical spectrum

"...why Rachmaninoff nevertheless was enamored with the sacred. Grammy-winning chorus Conspirare delivers two renditions of the composer’s masterpiece at..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Album Review: Emerging Indie Act West 22nd Has Nowhere to Be

Cross-genre debut album embraces heartache, desire, and nostalgia

"...Deep in the heart of Texas – well, the “University of,” at least – lies West Campus: unhinged at..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Catalina Perez

Pop, Metal, Jazz, and Some Unclassifiable Crucial Concerts

Your guide to the week in live sound

"...– performed this weekend by Austin Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Austin – is terrific, both oppressive and soothing, to..."

March 21, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...accentless crooner, and single “Unreal” chimes with a sing-along chorus. Their sonics may differ, but expect this fivepiece to..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Movie Duos, Rude Little Pigs, and More Events for the Week Ahead

Time to reflect and project

"...Monday 20, Texas Capitol to Huston-Tillotson University..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Chappell Roan Says ACL Performance Is Her Last of the Year, and More Surprises From Weekend Two

The heat lingered at sets from Vince Staples, Dua Lipa, Jeezy, and more

"...Friday Huston-Tillotson University Jazz Collective: Rams Go Ham With Jams..."

Oct. 14, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Arts Review: Early Era Collective’s “Rising From the Roots”

Hybrid production explores the immigrant experience through dance and taped interviews

"...at the Wimberly School of Religion at Oklahoma City University, shares his family’s history of escaping conflict. Growing up..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by Cy White

Hey, Look! It’s the Crucial Concerts for This Week.

Cooling temperatures mean no reasons not to go out and see some music

"...our last shot at national peace – check the chorus on recent SZA/Drake collab “Rich Baby Daddy” for proof..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Bloody Brides, Creepy Cats, and More Arts Events for the Week

Valentine's (and anti-Valentine) fun, soundtracking a rock, etc.

"...American Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, performed in collaboration with Chorus Austin.  – Kimberley Jones PrintAustin’s PrintEXPO..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

From Jonathan Richman at the Continental to Saweetie at AFROTECH

"...of "Ice Cream Man" sometime. He sings the goofy chorus on repeat for 8 minutes while hecklers demand his..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The American Analog Set’s Heavy Return and Seven More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Pelvis Wrestley, NOOK Turner, the Teeta, and more

"...ruffled wings, and powder blue eyeshadow. To a heaven-reaching chorus of cello and violin, a pair of marionette devils..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Column by Austin Powell

JID & Smino’s Luv Is 4ever Tour Goes Berserk on Valentine’s Day

Sold-out Stubb’s co-headline ends in high-octane rap blitz

"...Hands soared skywards by the time the anti-dap pre-chorus to “Dance Now” dropped, complete with synths from outer..."

Feb. 15, 2023 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Review: Austin Opera’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sharp Sondheim staging could benefit from some musical raggedness

"...mountings of Sweeney Todd, like the one at The University of Texas’ Butler Opera Center in 2014, to fly..."

Feb. 1, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Pleasure Venom's Introspective Punk Road to Rebirth/Return

Revamped and fully realized Austin quartet breaks down debut

"...decade after an initial two-year stint at St. Edward's University. The ex-marching band field captain and Baptist church chorister..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Chicago

Hello, suckers!

"...the touring Chicago, hoofer-turned-femme fatale Velma Kelly (Texas State University's own Logan Floyd) greets the audience with the salutation,..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...becoming Chairman of the Department of Drama at the University of Texas at Austin...."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Dee Dee Ramone, and Joe Strummer swirled a cyclone chorus of his inked and illustrated iconography. South by Southwest..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...brothers from San Marcos. He was attending Texas State University, and had his mom swing by Record Hole to..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...least 10 local bands singing a variation on that chorus. Except Austin...."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Faster Than Sound: Mobley vs. the Occident Supreme

Virtual tour of new EP caps Mobley's movie-sized year

"...In "James Crow," a festival-ready chorus examines American systems of oppression. That kind of conceptual..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Jana Horn Is Cautiously Optimistic

Cautious and cerebral ATX singer-songwriter finally releases her solo debut

"...its somber, just-enough vocals holding down a buoyant pop chorus: "Baby, there ain't no clouds/ Baby, there ain't no..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...chiming arpeggio guitar notes. Instead of a common stand-alone chorus, the key lines come as a refrain at the..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

YBN Cordae’s Sold-Out Tour Promises a Bigger ATX Stake Next Time Through

Maryland MC packs C+TIL and eyes the unbuilt Moody Center

"...waiter at TGI Friday’s before dropping out of Towson University in 2018. That alone gives creedence to his emphatic..."

March 2, 2020 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Archive Theater Company's Cyrano de Bergerac

Jennifer Rose Davis' new staging immerses audiences in 19th-century France, taking them on an epic journey that's equally humorous and heartfelt

"...gender-inclusive production of The Three Musketeers at St. Edward's University). Given the Archive Theater Company's stated mission of staging..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

In Memoriam: Rhoda Winter Russell

Movement therapy pioneer who knew the greats of dance has died

"...Department of Women's Physical Education and Dance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was impressionable but confident, and Wigman (1886–1973)..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Summer Stock Austin's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

This musical succeeds on the infectious energy of every member of its enthusiastic cast

"...During the opening ensemble number, my eyes scanned the chorus, stopping at a performer situated so far stage right..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...A professional chorus of considerable focus: just eight voices singing only polyphonic..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TexARTS' Xanadu

This musical comedy embrace of Eighties pop culture is served up with all the energy, excess, and extravagance the decade deserves

"...era is communicated via physicality. At one point, a chorus member lands a back handspring in the middle of..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

“We Were Very, Very Lucky”

City bids farewell to political and literal father Gus Garcia

"...in the audience joined in the “ay yi yi” chorus...."

Jan. 7, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Anna and the Apocalypse

Scottish zombie musical is your new Christmas playlist

"..."There's no such thing as a Hollywood ending," chorus the cast of horror-musical Anna and the Apocalypse, and..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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