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

Playback: Austin's Music Tech Movement

Can techies solve the problems facing Austin music?

"...Eighties, playing tube amps from the Seventies, listening to music on vinyl, recording to analog tape, and getting paid..."

June 10, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ben Kweller to Launch the Zev Award at the Chronicle’s Austin Music Awards

New grant for musicians under 18 honors his son, Dorian Zev Kweller

"...Alongside the Austin Music Awards’ annual Hall of Fame inductions, much-loved Austin artist..."

Feb. 19, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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

Making Music from the Sound of Speech

Austin's JoySpeak Project brings light from conquered darkness.

"...of good-time shenanigans. No, she's a woman with a software program that translates human speech into music – and..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

What’s New at the 42nd Annual Austin Music Awards?

The Zev Award launches, Antone’s hosts, and winners are out of the bag

"...wiggle around annually, the meat-and-potatoes mission of the Austin Music Awards sticks. The Austin Chronicle celebrates the year in..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

NBA Star and Music-Maker Chris Bosh Sets Up Shop in the ATX

The future NBA Hall of Fame forward wants it all

"...Initially curious, Chris Bosh's pivot into an Austin-based music producer isn't surprising. Consider the constant rejiggering of the..."

March 19, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...keen sense of imaginative fun to traditional Indian classical music. Tabla master Sri Gourisankar accompanies. – Michael Toland Bee Caves..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Your Window Into the Austin Invasion Music Festival

Concert Window allows ATX fest to be streamed online

"...use. I call it high-tech streaming for the low-tech musician...."

June 19, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Vanessa Pla Unpacks 10 of Her Magical Music Videos

Inside the busy director’s creations for Tele Novella, Night Beats, and more

"...perfect for a Black Angels fan like herself. Making music videos became a business-and-pleasure catchall, allowing the Lockhart-based filmmaker..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

12 Breakthrough Austin Bands at SXSW Music

ATX siblings make refreshingly breezy R&B

"...group's individually styled, electro-pop meets hip-hop unity. The bloodline music-making began when Chris molded a middle-school-aged Troy into his..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

No Purchase Necessary

Does Napster, the MP3-sharing software program that has spawned several lawsuits and been banned at universities across the nation, mean the end of music as we know it?

"...been. This time, the innovation is Napster, a file-sharing software program that allows users to swap MP3 (digitally compressed)..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Roll Over, Beethoven

An interview with Francis Preve, laptop composer and producer

"...Francis Preve is a "laptopper" – the modern musician. Record producer, music remixer for the likes of Orbital..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

After Napster

The world of online music after the fall of Napster.

"...and find that out pretty quickly. There's not much music to download anymore. Napster will continue to exist, but..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Autechre Melts IDM

UK duo spans from pirate radio to the dark side of the Internet

"...foundry of Autechre melts decades of dance and experimental music into plasma. Its indefinite shape and volume enables the..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Music Post by Conor Walker

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...profitable (and merry) nights of the year. For Austin music in general, the next 12 months weren't much better..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Checking In: Horn Leader Elias Haslanger Gets Interstellar

Native ATX saxist homeschools himself in advanced John Coltrane

"...“Melodies jumping like bursts of water from a sprinkler,..."

Dec. 7, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Let’s Download Some Metallica

Napster anniversary?

"...Fourteen years ago, South Park satirized the music hangup of the decade. “Let’s download some Metallica, some..."

April 10, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Virtual Reality Arcade Opens in East Austin

It's like a karaoke room for immersive play

"...since early prototype headsets made their way into local software developers’ hands. Despite this, access to VR has been..."

June 1, 2017 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Media Watch: Bow Chica Wow-Wow

The life and times of a porn-music impresario

"...John Dial, software designer and porn-music impresario, is trying to explain his..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...for a heavy story with pounding rhythms: Sound Unseen Film/Music Festival, the hybrid tunes and flicks fest from Minneapolis..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Locals Join Over 1,000 Independent Clubs Fighting for Survival

Meet the National Independent Venue Association, goodbye Shady Grove, and more music news

"...Years ago, Austin music venues realized the necessity of collaboration in the face..."

May 15, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Checking In: BettySoo Invents the Corona-Gram™

Inside the beautiful mind of a reluctant livestream breakout

"...produce herself on video.” So offers BettySoo on live music’s new paradigm, instantly demonstrating a folklorist’s ability to tap..."

May 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Ruthie Foster Extends Mother’s Day

Parenting in a pandemic: “There’s an entirely new math”

"...As for my music schedule, I was due to be on tour, but..."

May 12, 2020 Music Post

Faster Than Sound: Empire Control Room Owners Purchase Longtime Location

Seventh Street venue takes charge of its live music destiny

"...purchased and promptly shuttered dance clubs Kingdom and Ethics Music Lounge (revisit "Eviction Notice," Aug. 3, 2018). Following Chronicle..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

You Got Me Singing

Another Spotify convert

"...experiences when it come to how we’ve gotten our music over the years...."

Aug. 10, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

The lineup for ACL drops just in time for Pachanga and the Midgetmen's nine-year anniversary bash

"...Promoter Rich Garza likens the Pachanga Latino Music Festival to a really good Mexican restaurant. "Not all..."

May 20, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Free Interactive Party List

What? Like dorks can't party?

"...like it's 2005? Free parties aren't exclusive to the music portion of the festival. Here's a short list of..."

March 10, 2009 SXSW Post by James Renovitch

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...not to mention a whole host of shorts and music videos...."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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