Eight April Music Festivals In and Around Austin

From Rancho Alegre to Austin Blues, April offers ample opportunities

"...beats from Philadelphia's ANTI-signed Son Little, the festival highlights young, new talent. Die Spitz's punchy hard rock and Superfónicos's..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Most Memorable Moments of Sunday’s ACL Fest

Spoon, Buffalo Nichols, and Paramore’s devotional nostalgia

"...and Christabel Lin on violin. A strong showing of young women fans focused on Zauner – two nearby leaping..."

Oct. 10, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Voxtrot: The (Re)start of Something

12 years after disbanding, the forerunners of modern indie-pop call on the "mystical, inexplicable force" that flowed through their Early Music

"...has finally come to resemble that musical interplay. As young men, they found it impossible to imagine a happy..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Before Stonewall

The short stories in this collection from Austin's Awst Press simmer with queer rage, grief, and longing

"...narrators and protagonists of these stories are almost exclusively young gay men working in and around the New York..."

June 25, 2021 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...of the many lysergic faces of Levitation vets Acid Mothers Temple. Instrumental flourishes abound, guided by flute, violin, even..."

May 21, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...thanks to scratchy-voiced, high-octane rhyming about gritty environments. The young MC used this momentum to strike a deal with..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

At No Lights No Lycra, You Really Can Dance Like No One's Watching

Since this weekly sober dance party happens in the dark, you're free to move without worry over how you look

"...Sales, an author of young adult books, had regularly attended the Brooklyn chapter, finding..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Erica Lies

Now Streaming in Austin: Night Flight Plus

Three local short films in the launch lineup for “Short Film Showcase”

"...Swaynos. "Don't Ever Change" takes a sideways look at mothers, daughters, and serial killer fandom, while "The Horrible Life..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Local and State Election Ticker

Mamas Walking, Mamas Voting Edition

"...child care. Vote Mama PAC supports the campaigns of mothers with young children running for Congress. Political Party..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Book Review: How We Fight for Our Lives

Saeed Jones' memoir resonates most when it digs the deepest

"...or conceived in the past. The author is a young black teenager, growing up in suburban Texas, who gradually..."

Oct. 22, 2019 Arts Post by Laura Jones

In Memoriam: Rhoda Winter Russell

Movement therapy pioneer who knew the greats of dance has died

"...expressionist dancer and choreographer who was one of the mothers of 20th century modern dance. Russell, having just earned..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

9 Texas Day Trips That Will Inspire You to Hit the Road

We dip our toe in the nearly 1,500 columns from our resident day tripper

"...barrel. It gives you an appreciation for what those young airmen accomplished...."

May 13, 2019 Events Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Playhouse's Summer and Bird

This world premiere production gives audiences of all ages the chance to travel to a mythical land of wonders

"...play is also a common fairy tale trope. Two young girls, the first named Summer (Sarah Chong Harmer), the..."

May 10, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Singing a Musical Fairytale in Teen Spirit

Filmmakers Max Minghella and Jamie Bell show fame's light & shadow

"...developed the story with Jamie Bell (who, as the young star of Billy Elliott, has his own experience of..."

April 18, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...his mother and father passed away when he was young, Alberto Contreras Ramos' older brother took him under his..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The People's Gallery at City Hall Shows Women With Disabilities in a New Light

The Bold Beauty Project of Texas exhibits portraits of courageous women from across the state

"..."Sometimes I hear mothers with young children telling their kids not to stare..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Arts Feature by Laura Jones

10 Free Week Acts to Watch This Weekend

Keep an eye out for these musicians in 2019

"...of Alice Cooper outlier Pretties for You or early Mothers of Invention, minus the satire. – Kevin Curtin..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Gets Virtual

VR film pioneer Jessica Brillhart announced as 2019 keynote

"...Desi Lydic, Dulcé Sloan, Roy Wood Jr., and Jaboukie Young-White in conversation with CNN Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper..."

Nov. 27, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Live Review: Neighbor Lady

Athens country-indie rockers connect

"...sharp, soaring tone rang akin to breakout Athens act Mothers and twangy classics like Patsy Cline...."

Oct. 8, 2018 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: White Denim Breaks Free

White Denim’s new LP Performance signals a new era of emancipation for Austin’s prog rockers, and Como Las Movies rides a nuevo wave

"...primitive Cubase software on a shitty Dell computer (revisit "Mothers of Reinvention," Oct. 23, 2009). Except Radio Milk is..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

"...that WE the people step forward as fathers and mothers, ministers and artists, teachers and soldiers, doctors, businesspeople, community..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Ethan Hawke

The Q&A Hole: What Got You Hooked On the Weird Stuff?

Waiting for the manlike creature with the glowing eyes

"...fourth grade after a stepsister said I was too young; it launched me into the adult section of the..."

July 13, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Difficulties of Dining With Kids

Is the restaurant industry making a bad situation worse?

"...his late lunch. "When my two oldest kiddos were young, we were outside at the playground at Waterloo for..."

March 3, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Austin Punk Pioneer Steve Marsh Climbs the Star Ladder

Ex-Terminal Mind vocalist explores outré galaxies in Evil Triplet

"...of Pere Ubu and Wire, "I Want to Die Young" even betraying the Marxist funk influence of Gang of..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Public Notice: Imagine That

Land development code draft ready at last

"...school is lacking: Thu., Jan. 26 at Gus Garcia Young Men's Leader­ship Academy; Tue., Jan. 31 at Martin Middle..."

Jan. 27, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Ethan Azarian & Jeff Johnston

"...emerged when the two performed together in the Orange Mothers. Since then, the Austin duo have whittled ever closer..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Review by Greg Beets

Playback: Austin Musician Union Overthrown

Local 433 hangs in the balance, a new hit for Fastball, and End of an Ear begins its new lease on life

"...latest platter of starry-eyed realism, titled When You Were Young, Wed., Oct. 26, at the Cactus Cafe. He'll be..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ms. Veteran America's Mission to End Female Veteran Homelessness

Molly Potter raises awareness for mental health issues

"...winner will also act as a role model for young women and girls interested in military service. "You are..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

"Low Down: New Works on Paper by Ricardo Vicente Jose Ruiz"

How the strange visions in this solo show relate to one another is difficult to say, but they're all both ancient and immediate

"...have to do with the imposing figure in Ruiz's Mothers knuckles nearby (strands of gray hair collaged to its..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Kissing in America

Rabb's second YA novel features more than one love story, and they're all worth telling

"...character puts it in Margo Rabb's second novel for young adults, "every poem is a love poem," then arguably..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

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