Playback: Mayor Steve Adler's Politics of Music Policy

Omnibus staff report is imperfect, but don't stop the momentum, says mayor

"...a campaign to craft policy that will sustain Austin musicians, artists, and creative venues, advanced last week with the..."

July 8, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Music Venue Summit Today at 3pm

Club owners and city officials convene on permits and public safety

"...with club owners this afternoon at the first ever Music Venue Summit, presenting information about safety planning, loan programs,..."

Jan. 25, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Music Lab St. Elmo to Close Within 30 Days

Owner confirms end of final location with incoming Tesla center

"...pricey bro-ification of Austin wouldn’t be good for local music, but few could have predicted something so emblematic so..."

Jan. 19, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music No. 5

Hurray for the Riff Raff, Naomi Achu, Cakes da Killa, and 171 more added

"...South by Southwest arrives in exactly six weeks. Music fans from Austin to Australia remain eager for some..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Utopia Fest Announces 2019 Music Roster

Mikaela Davis, Brownout, and Toubab Krewe highlight lineup

"...Utopia Fest is different this year in that it’s..."

May 21, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Music Matters

Two meetings set to address Austin's sound ordinance

"...The Austin Music Commission will try again to host its monthly meeting..."

Jan. 16, 2012 News Post by Mike Kanin

How To Get To and From ACL Music Festival

Shuttles, bikes, rideshares, scooters, and sometimes just your feet

"...season is upon us. To get you to the music as quickly as possible, we compiled a guide to..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Music Post by Leena Alali

Department of Hope

Trish Murphy

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Feb. 28, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

ECSD Plays Musical Chairs, but the Music Never Stops

Environmental Shuffle

"...can't decide what to do with its environmental department. Six years ago, the city decided it needed to..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

ACC Dance Department: The joys of discovery

ACC's dance program is noteworthy for its strong faculty and the way they help young choreographers find their voice

"...work with students in the Austin Community College Dance Department, where she's been working for several years to help..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...Cattle Country Music Festival..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: DJ Shani Unites Black Women in House Music

Also the search continues for missing musician Brenden "Chameleon King" Foster, and increased afterhours sound enforcement impacts local venues

"...in Austin like to dance and drink to house music, they just don't know what it's called.' First I..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Music Policy Draft Fails Venues

A complete detachment from the original vision of the Omnibus

"..."Please just don't make it worse." The Economic Development Department's recently unveiled presentation on Agent of Change policy and..."

May 19, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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

Live Music Lands on Police Radar

Live music capital of the world, my ass

"...Take the slogan "live music capital of the world," for example. In November, the..."

Dec. 30, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

YouTube Music Workers Call Strike Against Local Contractor

Cognizant's return-to-office order viewed as possible union-busting tactic

"...of the headquarters of Cogni­zant, a contractor with YouTube Music's parent company Google (in turn a subsidiary of Alphabet),..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

City Counseling: Face the Music

One man's music is another man's noise complaint

"...an ordinance expediting rezoning for several restaurants hosting live music, after it looked like a laughably low 70-decibel limit..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Our New Events Department Brings You All the Fun

Chron Events is off and running

"...the Chronicle, in addition to our reportage on local music, movies, arts, and all things fun, interesting, and thought-provoking..."

March 2, 2018 Features Feature by Mark Fagan

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...lead to Austin come March 13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites over 1,400 artists to play on more..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Where Live Music is Dead

Welcome to Sixth Street

"...While the club's original plans called for live country music four nights a week, after just over one year..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Career Opportunities: Music to Shoot Aliens By

"...progressed, those beeps and bloops have been transformed into musical scores that would make John Williams ache to slay..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature by Al Kaufman

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

Playback: Bombs, Beto, and the Biggest Music Stories of 2018

“Playback” recaps the news, trends, and controversies of the year. Outrage level: high.

"...woke up that Monday morning one of us: a musician, an Austinite, a person with a life ahead of..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Enron

This production of Lucy Prebbles' play smartly recounts and reframes the corporate beast's rise and fall

"...story people really should know. The University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance not only does a bang-up..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Playback: Best Austin Music Controversies of 2017

The year in quarrel

"...South by Southwest hosted a showcase consisting entirely of musicians from the seven predominantly Muslim nations targeted in Trump's..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The New Face of Austin Music Festivals

Taking stock of Austin’s festival landscape a week after the conclusion of ACL Fest

"...estate mogul Gary Keller that's fast emerging in municipal music politics through funding HAAM, SIMS, Black Fret, Austin Music..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Is Lockhart the Live Music Suburb of the World?

A growing wave of musical expats heads south

"...player was working on his thesis in the anthropology department and had been tipped to an off-the-grid bar 30..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...House. Like the Armadillo, the Opera House was sacred musical ground, and you need dig down only a layer..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Faster Than Sound: Ukeme Maps the Music Genome

Multidisciplinarian Jason Ikpatt ponders community across arts and sciences

"...The bedrock of the 27-year-old's creative output is music, coalescing in a string of fearlessly calm singles throughout..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...took home Best New Act honors at March's Austin Music Awards. While the full-length remains on hold, the Wild..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

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