With the Live Music Fund Off the Ground, Commission Brainstorms More Marketing Initiatives

Could a Local Entertainment Promotion Fund take off?

"...With applications for the 2024 Austin Live Music Fund open to the public until June 18, the..."

June 5, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Unsubtle Art of Self-Promotion, Plus Unconventional Holiday Movies

LISTEN: The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Community Radio

"...On this week's The Austin Chronicle Show on 91.7..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Sizing Up Music's Bite of the Hotel Tax

Two new municipal funding schemes look to finally impact Austin music

"...Wouldn't it be nice if musicians could derive income from the constant stream of tourists..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Music Deportment

The Live Music Task Force recommends a Music Department under Austin government. Time for the Austin music community to put its many heads together.

"...both the promise and struggle of the contemporary Austin music scene. The venue has become a linchpin of Red..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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

"...club in Austin feels cheesy. Despite a recent electronic music boom, house and techno sprang far afield from the..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Playback: Austin Music Awards (On Everything)

Austin Music Industry Awards down, here come the 2016/17 AMAs and a slew of SXSW buzz acts

"...Blaze Foley's been added to the 2016/17 Austin Music Awards lineup!..."

March 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Austin Music's Cooperative Future

Could music collectives make Austin the next Music Row?

"...no quick fix for the arduous grind of Austin's music industry, where the pay's low, the rent's high, and..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Settling in but Never Settling at the Old Settler's Music Fest

Executive Director Jean Spivey looks back at three decades of roots music

"...act as a landing strip for thousands of roots music lovers. It's three weeks out from the 32nd running..."

April 12, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music News: Jenny Lewis Makes Surprise Appearance on Rainey Street

Netflix embed follows up Father John Misty with Rilo Kiley singer

"...Rainey Street hosted Jenny Lewis after Lukas Nelson as promotion for streamable feature The Highwaymen. Bedouine started the show..."

March 12, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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

What Happened to the Big Idea in Music Technology?

"...A lifelong musician and friend of Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen,..."

March 2, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Datsun 280ZX only to discover abuelita hospitalized and a musical christening scheduled for historic Hemisfair Park via an Alamo..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...photograph by David Lynch..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

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

Three Music Writers Descend Into the NFT Craze at SXSW

One NFT-fatigued, one NFT-Curious, and NFT-skeptical

"...I’m not slowly backing away from someone in the music world talking to me about NFTs. Roughly one-third of..."

March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep

ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35

"...producers, from UT student Merlyn Wood to Texas State music major Russell Boring, aka Joba, scattered themselves around the..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

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

Dangerous Music

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

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Presidential Candidate Cornel West Hosts Music Industry Roundtable at Carver Museum

Sentimental talk invites Bill Callahan and Alphabet Workers Union

"...to campaign for a unique voting bloc’s support: working musicians...."

April 17, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Faster Than Sound: Cracking the SXSW Music Algorithm

If my phone broke and clickbait subsided, where would bring me joy at SXSW?

"...Streaming, which represented 75% of music industry revenue last year, stifles listener potential for finding..."

March 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Unplugged: Lowering the Volume of the Live Music Capital

Ley Line, Aaron Stephens, Team Goodtimes, Uncle Pie Hole, and more grounded sounds

"..."I did not grow up playing music, but I found my voice in Brazil and singing..."

May 18, 2018 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

Playback: ACL Fest – Can't Stop the Music

ACL Fest met both supply and demand. Mostly.

"...as an unprecedented year for the Austin City Limits Music Festival. It was the first time the event spanned..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Music News: The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking

C3 Presents acquires Emo's

"...owner Frank Hendrix was headed to the East Riverside music venue for a drizzling, 6pm rendezvous with C3 Presents..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Laura Jane Grace Finishes Media Therapy to Concentrate on Music Again

Catching up with the singer, activist, and Against Me! and Devouring Mothers bandleader

"...Calling the Chronicle on Valentine's Day, Chicago-based music icon Laura Jane Grace recently emerged from a reflective..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

10 'Austin Music Minute' Bands Laurie Gallardo Loves

"...On an AMM promotion for their gig at Hotel Vegas, I actually said..."

June 28, 2013 Music Feature by Laurie Gallardo

Playback: Empire of Music

Even a new Pope couldn't top SXSW

"...tape recorder" at 13 taught him his most valuable music lesson: "There's no right or wrong; there is only..."

March 22, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Once “Outsiders,” the Music World Is Now at BLK ODYSSY’s Fingertips

Collabs with heroes & new Earthchild Ent. label signal ascent

"...The expanded version of August’s BLK VINTAGE, which inspired..."

June 8, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: What Sparked Joy at SXSW Music

Marie Kondo-ing my Festival experience, with scooters and shooters in the giveaway pile

"...South by Southwest's attempts to winnow official Music Fest offerings over the past several years played out..."

March 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Apple Music, Bandcamp, Spotify..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

BoomBaptist and the Art of Crafty Self Promotion Schemes

Instrumental hip-hop mastermind sells us his world

"...other member is his fiancée), and something of a music marketing chaos agent. Besides the fake donut franchize –..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Julian Towers

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