Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Grow Into Emo’s

Berkshire Hounds back a piano-smashing good time, non-Spring Break SXSW needs more volunteers, and Bayonne brings his piano home

"...rite of passage, then Sunday night at the Austin Music Industry Awards, I earned the merit badge. I also..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Music Lab Explores Consolidation

Rehearsal space’s Oltorf location posted for sale; Hi, How Are You Day draws the Flaming Lips; and Esme Barrera tribute launches Girls Rock El Paso

"...Music Lab's Oltorf location, a default rehearsal space for Austin..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Food and Music Strike a Chord With These Austin Chefs

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

"...Now, music is back in Franklin's life in a big way...."

May 25, 2018 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Playback: The Austin Music Industry Awards Come of Age

Kevin Curtin reverses his “awards are bullshit” stance

"..."Wow, look at this, so much of Austin's music industry is here tonight. If a bomb went off..."

March 2, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Live Music This Weekend, Sept. 1-4

An extra day of delights for your weekend music-going

"...FRIDAY MC 900 Ft. Jesus..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 25-27

Your auditory agenda for the next three days

"...FRIDAY Alesia Lani Album Release..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Music Policy Draft Fails Venues

A complete detachment from the original vision of the Omnibus

"...of the Omnibus' regulatory recommendations: preserving and stabilizing live music venues...."

May 19, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Is Lockhart the Live Music Suburb of the World?

A growing wave of musical expats heads south

"...know," remembers Fox, now director of the Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University in New York. "Lockhart was dirt..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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

Red 7 Closing One Month Early

Red River club shuttering after August 28

"...co-owner Tyson Swindell confirmed today that the prominent downtown music venue will close on Aug. 28 – a month..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The State of the State of the 2012 Austin Music Scene

A look back at 2012

"...at a bong store to writing a widely read music column. The new opportunity affirmed my belief that dreams..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

ACL Music Fest Saturday Listings

ACL Saturday by the blurb

"...college roommate Lisa Loeb and found her calling performing music for children. Besides playing for Ben Harper, Tom Freund..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

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

G. Love

"...sour moments. "Ride" sets the album on cruise control early with a bluesy groove that flows well into the..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell

ACL Music Festival Interviews

"...has always been different. From their humble beginnings in early Nineties Bogotá, the group's sound-clash of heartfelt folk rhythms..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Martin de Leon II

Music in the 1990s

"...More than anything else, the Chronicle started as a music publication. Some of the Nineties staff talk about the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...really can be the center of the universe. When music and community come together under a big Texas sky,..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Dangerous Music

"...(l-r): Laura Krause, John Brewington, Cisco Ryder, Aaron Blount,..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Phil Music

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

No Beyoncé, Lots of Jelly Roll, and More Takeaways From the CMT Music Awards

Best and worst moments from the ceremony’s uneven Moody Center return

"...year’s notable move from Nashville to Austin, the CMT Music Awards presented a not-always-cohesive collage of ideas about the..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts

Our recommended shows for the week ahead

"...A notable breakout from Mexico to the stateside alternative music scene, the Culiacán, Sinaloa singer-songwriter cut back on features..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Book Smart: Four Young Bookers Fueling Austin's Collegiate Music Scene

Behind the unjaded lineups of Happen Twice, Howdy Gals, Moonbby, and Beary Good

"...After a sleepy pandemic interlude, the 2022-23 school year musically slapped back like one of those toy sticky hands...."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Crosstalk: Remembering Brad Houser of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, and More Music News

Mala Fama opens on Sixth Street, and Golden Hornet seeks young composers

"...Brad Houser, celebrated Texas musician and founding member of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians,..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

What the Broken Spoke's Historic Designation Could Mean for Music Venue Preservation

Honky-tonk could join sites eyed for city venue investments

"...Owner James White, who passed away in early 2021, grew the club into a breeding ground for..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Two New Music Documentaries About New Orleans Merge Genres and Generations

A river runs through it

"...Fans of film, music, and the city of New Orleans can enjoy a..."

May 20, 2022 Screens Feature by Michael King

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Saturday

Ukraine's KAZKA, Fuck Money, Shawn Mendes, Beck, and more

"...But not our writers, who’ve been chronicling their daily..."

March 20, 2022 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Jim Eno Launches Project Traction for Women Music Producers

The Spoon drummer co-produced songs with eight women and nonbinary artists at his Public Hi-Fi studio

"...of improving the abysmal statistics on gender inclusivity in music production. A 2021 report by the University of Southern..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

I’m Not Okay: LA’s Weathers Discuss Mental Health and Writing Music During COVID

An interview with the soundtrackers of millennial burnout

"...before their show at Empire to talk about their musical inspirations, being creative during COVID-19, and their band coming..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Post by Clara Wang

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Pays 73 Venues

Ongoing funding under Phase 2 to begin in March.

"...Phase 1 of the Austin Live Music Venue Preservation Fund distributed checks to 73 local music..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Big Boys, Houston's Really Red proved as integral to early-Eighties American punk culture as Black Flag or Dead Kennedys...."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

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