SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...Texas songwriters to New Order’s keynote insights, the Chronicle music team’s Wednesday sightings at South by Southwest Music 2023..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

SXSW Music Review: DJ Paypal/DJ Taye/Madam X

Teklife footwork heroes meet a genre-bending UK ambassador

"...of affiliates DJ Paypal and DJ Taye. One futuristic club soldier in all black even led his own personal..."

March 15, 2019 SXSW Post by Dan Gentile

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...two-stepping, but even in 2017, walking into a dance club in Austin feels cheesy. Despite a recent electronic music..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Fri. 16, CU29, 11pm Club music for the masses of Guadalajara, Nacho Luquin and..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced

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

"...The Austin Music Awards ceremony isn't until next week, but the industry..."

March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

The Music Lover's Guide to Austin

The essential sounds, sights, and settings of Austin music

"...and the pilot said, “Welcome to Austin: the Live Music Capital of the World.” Now you feel obligated to..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

KUTX named Best Radio Station, Strange Brew Best Venue

"...The Austin Chronicle hosted the Austin Music Industry Awards this evening at the Palm Door on..."

March 9, 2015 Music Post by The Music Staff

Austin Music Industry Award Winners Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, music writer, and more honored

"...While not as much hoopla as this Wednesday's Austin Music Awards, the Industry Awards go to the clubs, radio..."

Feb. 25, 2018 Music Post by James Renovitch

SXSW Music Pro Tips

Prepare thy self

"...Touching down in Austin for the South By Southwest Music Conference? You’re one in a million, baby...."

March 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Buena Vista Social Club

Intended less as a concert film than as a set of cinematic liner notes, BVSC is about the vanishing musical culture of Cuban stars who became famous in the Forties and Fifties while playing in the legendary Havana night club of the title.

"...“one-off show” takes on special meaning when applied to musicians 70 and older. And when these singers and players..."

July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Austin Music Industry Award Winners

Business and non-performer accolades precede the AMAs

"...slept through the Oscars, but Monday’s second annual Austin Music Industry Awards ran neither self-congratulatory nor constituted self-important ego..."

March 7, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...Close-up on two musicians side by side. That they're musicians you have to..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2022/2023 Austin Music Awards Winners

You voted – here's Austin's favorite artists, albums, and more

"...Sunday, February 26, the four-decades-running tradition of the Austin Music Awards returned to celebrate the best and brightest locally..."

Feb. 26, 2023 Music Post by James Renovitch

Austin's House Music Scene Clings to the African-American Community That Birthed It

House music rose to prominence from Chicago’s black music community and hangs on here in its original form

"...This past November, the North Door hosted house music history. A more electronic and minimalist offshoot of the..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Uptown Sports Club and Meanwhile Brewing Co. Are Throwing a Backyard BBQ

Four-part series gathers pit & brew masters, chefs, live music

"...A new series highlighting pitmasters, brewmasters, chefs, and live music might just fit the bill...."

July 15, 2024 Food Post by Kimberley Jones

Seeking Divinity With the DJs of Bitches Play Music

At the collective's pre-sabbatical, post-freeze Club Eternal party

"...After foul weather threatened the late-night festivities, Bitches Play Music (cleverly shortened to BPM) posted an Instagram story confirming..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Team Behind Barracuda to Open “Chess Club” in Former Plush Location

“A soft opening, about as soft as they come” during South by Southwest

"...you may have noticed a new name – Chess Club – at 617 Red River...."

March 10, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Red River Music Venue Barracuda Closes

Rent due and no revenue, thriving club shutters

"...as the most devastating loss to the live original music scene Downtown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Barracuda has gone..."

June 10, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s

Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known

"...Best Austin Music Photographer..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature

Live Music Recommendations: April 13-19

Texas Independence Fest grinds, Ibeyi smooths it out, and more

"...sweat while the temperatures are still reasonable. This week's music recos include everything from the metal of the Texas..."

April 12, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Austin Music Atlas

A primer for the musically inclined

"...weekend.” Everyone – and we mean everyone – plays music...."

June 14, 2016 Columns Post by Emily Gibson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Dallas Acid blows some bubbles, KUTX remembers the Armadillo, and more music for the moment

"...The Bubble Club Vol 1: A Prayer for Peace..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Could Austin Arts & Music Finally Get a Cultural Trust?

It's not here yet, but talks are intensifying. Also, bars and a few live music venues reopen.

"...the city of Austin continues to divvy COVID-19 relief, music advocates are making big moves. To rebuild the local..."

May 29, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Good Music Club: Guns of Navarone

The Guns ring out in their latest live videos

"...No-one can accuse the Good Music Club of not living up to its name. Now..."

April 6, 2012 Music Post

The Good Music Club

First meeting/taping of the Good Music Club

"...Laurie Gallardo’s “Austin Music Minute” offers one of KUT's myriad endearments. Partnered with..."

Jan. 18, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

DIY Dance Venue Club Eternal Announces “Indefinite Hiatus”

Events wrap Friday at 207 W. Fourth

"...Fourth Street after-hours dance venue Club Eternal will take an “indefinite hiatus” after wrapping events..."

July 31, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...many on our tireless (okay actually very, very tired) music team, Friday was filled with the Chronicle’s wild day..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more

"...Ben Kweller Live(streamed) From the Continental Club..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Faster Than Sound – Beerland & Beyond: The Year in Music News

Squeezing out the decade's end in local music headlines

"...Richard Lynn announced the sale of the 18-year-old punk club to an unnamed buyer in a press release. An..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: The Mayor's Plan to Save Austin Music

Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar

"...headliner ever on Wednesday ­– the Obamas – Austin music still has problems, and Steve Adler's here to help...."

March 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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