New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...work typically introduces varying levels of haze, this iteration – based on Lord's "lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences" –..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Checking In: Guitar Hauler Bill Kirchen Pulls Into the Truck Stop at the End of the World

Long-game guitarist keeps twangin’ and sangin’

"...down with the ship, so to speak, both personally & professionally?..."

Aug. 10, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here's what we're listening to

"...Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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

"...should be eye-opening," says Cris Flores of Austin's Loro Man­age­ment. "If our people are dying or falling ill at..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Shakespeare's As You Like It

An Austin-infused Arden is more poetic license than artistic alchemy

"...set in a contemporary women's prison at the Donmar Warehouse, and an actor with thalidomide-induced phocomelia cast to play..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Top 20 Hip-Hop Artists at SXSW Music

"...welcoming. The Philadelphia MC's fleeting feelings mirror the 60-second songs, zigzagging from "All dogs go to heaven" naivete in..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Day Trips: Woody Guthrie Center, Tulsa, Okla.

Guthrie Center hits a high note

"...district of downtown Tulsa retains the appearance of the warehouse it once was. On the inside is a polished-wood..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Playback: Does Size Matter at SXSW?

A smaller SXSW Music week still satisfies

"...that footed the bill for headliners in recent years – YouTube, Apple Music, Amazon, and Spotify – scaled back..."

March 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Gone Unsane

Unsane bassist just left Austin for Italy, while SXSW eschews Sonicbids to bring their submissions process in-house

"...put out a bad album. Like fellow volume fiends Motörhead before them, Unsane doesn't fuck with their formula –..."

July 28, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, and many more

"...Radio Music Program 1) Jason & Deb, The Morning X With Jason and Deb, 101X..."

March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

Playback – Nonprofit Holidays: The Cult of Black Fret and More

Homegrown music nonprofits that need your holiday cheer

"...Austin artists. Ten receiving the most votes from members – namely Dyer, Nakia, Carson McHone, Walker Lukens, Bee Caves,..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

William Clark Green

"...The bandleader's hallmark humbleness comes through in both the songs and banter, as he rips through favorites "Creek Don't..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Public Notice: Planning for Affordability

Council tackles thorny zoning cases

"...zoning agenda: starting with the controversial Lenox Oaks development – which is asking to tear down the current Cactus..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Playback: If the Gloves Fit

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

"...INTL's silky-suited visual aesthetic, which D'Brass calls "basically drag – a way to present the idea of a crew,"..."

June 24, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ben Snakepit Releases His Manor Threat

New collection of diary comics debuts at Beerland this Saturday

"...BS: You can always get them at Austin Books & Comics – those guys are great...."

June 8, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: Spring Festival Season Evolves

Storms can halt an already truncated spring festival season

"...The March meet-up counts as three festivals in one – Music, Film, and Interactive – but SXSW co-founder and..."

April 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music News: Tuesday/Wednesday

First night climaxes and 5 Next Big Things

"...George Strait to his 65th birthday party concert at GSD&M...."

March 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

Some weeks are for the birds, others for the bears

"...Our own Julie Nolen celebrates her full-length solo album Songs of Dignity & Grit with a live performance –..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Roasting Ursula

"...Ms. Wright The legendary Ms. Wright on the black & whites is a great way to kick off your..."

May 22, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gayplace: Breathe

Relax, we've got kittehs

"...Cinema East: HIDE & SEEK Former Austinite, Slacker 2011 producer Daniel Metz returns..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Playback – SXSW: Zero Hour

SXSW started early this year, but now – as usual – everything hits at once

"...Stacked against the last 10 keynotes – Dave Grohl, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Geldof, Smokey Robinson, Quincy..."

March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...7pm, BD Riley's Lawrence, Kansas' answer to Husker Dü in the Eighties, with a dash of the Wipers'..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Infest Shows Relocate – And Then Some

D.O.A. moves to Red 7, while Waka Flocka Flame skips town

"...blues club’s brand to a seven-person consortium called Gin & Pentatonic and Blues Scalable last November. According to Hendrix,..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Gay Place

Holiday apparel ain't the only thing gay in the gAyTX: Check out some annual traditions.

"...a great way to kick off the holidays. Thursdays & Fridays, 6-8pm. Skylark Lounge, 2039 Airport. Free...."

Dec. 20, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Packin'

Gay Place lays out a week as packed as a drag queen's lingerie

"...BedPost Confessions. Thursday is a torrent of smart, sexy stories; Friday is a sneak 2013 Polari peek and the..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Damned, Damned, Damned

Chaos in Tejas, forever extreme

"...Thu., 11:15pm, 1100 Warehouse..."

May 31, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Iceage

"...quartet writes toothy, blackened, and thoroughly foreign two-minute punk songs that escape classification in any niche. Matador signed them,..."

May 31, 2013 Music Review by Luke Winkie

SXSW Saturday Picks and Sleepers

"...and the Family Band, Los Lonely Boys, JJ Grey & Mofro, James Hunter, and Spirit Family Reunion pay respects..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Playback: Blood in the Water

Headliners avalanche SXSW a week out from the music fest

"...are the headliners?" Every year, it's the same refrain – followed closely then by the totally contradictory, "They don't..."

March 8, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Winter Harvest

Digging up the roots of Free Week

"...at Beauty Ballroom last Saturday, and lysergic beach-pop quintet 
the Growlers, the lion's share of the Free Week lineup..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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