Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Quirk rock, turntable antics, local pop, and more to keep you busy

"...rockers Primus, riot grrrls FEA, and Kid Koala's vaudeville show help you get out of the house and into..."

May 10, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Live Music Worth Seeing This Weekend

Joey Bada$$, Clint Black, Oliver Rajamani, and more!

"...Levitation rules the live music landscape this weekend, but it’s far from the only..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Austin Music Awards’ Ecstatic Experience

Thirty-four awards and six musical sets in 211 minutes

"...In a metropolis where music does the talking, words buoyed the 2017/18 Austin Music..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hozier Takes Austin Music Hall to Church

Irish balladeer calls to the wretched and joyful

"...shrieks signaled Hozier’s arrival onstage at a sold-out Austin Music Hall on Tuesday night. The welcome provided a census..."

April 22, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Music Supervisor Thomas Vale

Next Big Things on the silver screen

"...I’ve discovered incredible music while watching TV and films...."

April 2, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Playback: Meet the New Texas Music Czar

New Texas Music Office director, new Rock N Roll Rentals branch, and a new Foot Patrol fetish!

"...A professional fiddler with experience in music-related e-commerce has assumed leadership of the Texas Music Office...."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

When Dallas and Fort Worth Were the Music Capitals of Texas

Before Austin became the 'live music capital,' they were rocking & rolling in DFW

"...Angeles and New York were the kings of the music business in the Seventies," Kirby Warnock narrates in his..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Some Parts of the World Pt. 7

BettySoo's European tour winds to a close

"...finding I have an extended family all over the world. In Austin, musicians are really fortunate to have a..."

June 20, 2011 Music Post by BettySoo

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Music Awards

Austin Music Hall, Saturday, March 19, 2011

"..."So your steampunk barbershop quartet has a 3am unofficial showcase at the Brixton? Well do-re-mi-fa-so what motherfucker?" By Saturday..."

March 18, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

ACL Music Fest Friday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...the Lifetime Achievement for Performance award from the Americana Music Association. – Austin Powell School of Seven Bells..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

Crosstalk: Plains Brings Out Hoyt Van Tanner, DIA on Día Centers Live Music Funds, and Black Pumas' Eric Burton Teases His "Own Work"

Austin music news headlines of the week

"...last month at ACL Fest, Plains wrapped their variety show – of oldie odes, new duo material, and respective..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Video: Local Music Ambassadors Project ATX6 Prep for Reeperbahn

Or is Hamburg’s red-light district fest prepping for the ATX6?

"...Project ATX6 is an annual music and documentary project exporting six Austin acts to international..."

Jan. 8, 2020 Music Post by Chris Brecht

2018-19 Austin Music Awards

"...honors and live performances during the 37th Annual Austin Music Awards at the Moody Theater on Wednesday, Feb. 27..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Photo Gallery

SXSW Music Review: A Tribute to Blaze Foley

Ethan Hawke’s film spotlights ATX Eighties grit

"...SXSW Film outpaced the conference’s corresponding Music and Interactive festivals this year. It’s telling that two..."

March 17, 2018 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music Live: Garth Brooks

Stage antics get winded but not his bestselling catalog

"...different entertainer than the Nineties superstar who transformed country music by climbing stage riggings and wearing out audiences...."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music Review: RVG

Melbourne quartet introduces new muse Romy Vager

"...People play music and form bands for all kinds of reasons: fame,..."

March 14, 2018 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

Keith Urban Announces SXSW Show

Superstar follows up 2017’s Garth Brooks appearance

"...back in May, as a star speaker for their Music Culture & Stories track. Today, it’s been announced that..."

March 8, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

2016-17 Austin Music Awards

"...Best World Music winner Rattletree..."

March 13, 2017 Photo Gallery

SXSW Music: Live at the BBQ

Wyclef Jean, Trae tha Truth, Bun B, 2 Chainz, DJ Khaled, Nas

"...BBQ rap event waylaid the insides of the Austin Music Hall...."

March 18, 2016 SXSW Post by Kahron Spearman

ACL Music Fest Swap-Outs

Two-weekend music festival earmarks 33 bands for single sets

"...suggested that the lineup for the Austin City Limits Music Festival in October would feature the same talent both..."

May 9, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Music Live: Stereogum Party

Real Estate, Sleigh Bells – feh! Girlpool bests all

"...delivered a slick set, while the latter proved all show and no substance. By then, the most dynamic sets..."

March 15, 2017 SXSW Post by Libby Webster

A World in Which All Worlds Fit

"...Don Walser at the granddaddy of South Austin live music venues, the Broken Spoke. photograph by John Carrico The..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin Music Awards show audience visited the genre’s desired effect on..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

Forget the details, relish the intimacy of this music documentary

"...singer herself, “ilomilo” is haunting, and, similar to her music, Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry isn’t just..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...Chronicle: You’re from Birmingham, which for some in the music realm remains infamous as the birthplace of Black Sabbath..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re spending time with

"...Birthed at world famous Arlyn Studios just south of the Colorado, Los..."

May 8, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Excerpts From Texas Is the Reason, a Look Into Austin Music's DIY Age

Scenes from inside the weird gold mine

"...Read Rachel Rascoe's interview with Texas Is the Reason:..."

April 10, 2020 Music Feature by Pat Blashill

Food and Music Strike a Chord With These Austin Chefs

We explore the link between the culinary and musical in anticipation of Hot Luck

"...opened it again – or that he'd open a world-famous brick-and-mortar, top every national barbecue list, and win a..."

May 25, 2018 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Old Settler's Music Festival Preview

Bluebonnets and bluegrass: the Old Settler's Music Festival, still picking, still grinning

"...For 21 years now, the Old Settler's Music Festival has marked the arrival of spring to Central..."

April 18, 2008 Music Feature

Music Reviews

"...hard to say whether the Supersuckers are better as musicians or cartoon characters, though it almost doesn't matter. One..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Music Review

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