Piknic Électronik at Auditorium Shores to feature Moon Boots, Claude...
House DJs Moon Boots (Saturday) and Claude VonStroke (Sunday) top the lineup for the inaugural Piknic Électronik at Auditorium Shores on Oct. 27-28. DJ Mel plays the Titos Handmade Vodka stage at ACL...
View ArticleAustin 11-year-old is the youngest person nominated for a Tejano Music Award
Young Austin singer Mia Garcia has been nominated for Best New Female Artist at the 2018 Tejano Music Awards. At 11, she’s the youngest person in the history of the award show to receive a nomination....
View ArticleAustin club crawl: 13 music venues to explore downtown
Where should you go see live music in Austin? Glad you asked. Here are 13 music venues to check out downtown. Soweto Kinch plays the Elephant Room during SXSW 2018. Deborah Sengupta...
View ArticleSome customer information compromised in Ticketfly cyber attack
Online ticketing company Ticketfly was taken offline last week following a cyber attack on the company. On a web page set up by Ticketfly to share information about the attack, the company has...
View Article16 years later: Austin’s … Trail of Dead on that defining record
Released in 2002 on Interscope Records to immediate and overwhelming critical acclaim, “Source Tags & Codes” became the defining album for Austin art punks …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of...
View ArticleKendrick is king, Sza is queen, but where were ‘All the Stars’?
I only have one complaint with the Top Dawg Entertainment’s Championship Tour, which rocked the Austin360 Amphitheater on Friday night, but it’s a big one. So let’s get it out of the way up front:...
View ArticleWeekend music picks: Finding Euphoria releases club schedule, plus a Huey...
Friday-Saturday: Finding Euphoria club shows in the Red River District. After the EDM Festival scheduled to take place at Carson Creek Ranch failed to secure the proper permits, the local music...
View ArticleJ. Cole schools mumble rappers and trap stars alike at Jmblya
This weekend marks the sixth year of Jmblya, the hip-hop festival launched by local promoter Scoremore that visits Dallas, Austin and Houston over three days. Last year, the festival graduated from the...
View ArticleJack White shreds — his guitar and his songs — in show that’s basically all...
Maybe there’s something to be said for zigging when everyone wants you to zag. Case in point: Jack White’s third solo album “Boarding House Reach” easily has been the most critically derided of his...
View ArticleWaxahatchee makes us feel — a lot — on final night of Levitation Fest
You can’t call it a disconnect. But it was certainly an odd juxtaposition to watch couples embraced and swaying back and forth in reverie Sunday night at Mohawk while Waxahatchee front woman Katie...
View ArticleThe top ten touring shows coming to Austin in May
The weather is not yet unbearable, but these artists are bringing heat to Austin. May 5: Jmblya at Circuit of the Americas. Once again, local hip-hop promotion powerhouse Scoremore has produced a...
View ArticleTy Segall, Parquet Courts play it loud and loose as Levitation opens
Over the past 12 months while outdoor clubs along Red River Street have enjoyed a trial period of later weekend noise curfews as a tactic to increase bar business, Austin city staff closely monitored...
View ArticleQueens of the Stone Age start loud and then turn up the volume at Austin show
For most the past 20 years Josh Homme has managed to cultivate one of the more consistent and readily identifiable sonic imprints in modern rock music. While he shifted creative gears with occasional...
View ArticleIt’s a Deal: We will follow wherever the Breeders want to go
There’s a decent argument to be made that Kim Deal has had one of the most free range, “do what I want, when I want” careers in music. The Breeders perform Saturday, April 21, at Emo’s in Austin. Kyser...
View ArticleSix hip-hop shows bringing heat to Austin this spring
Spring in Austin is often warmer than we’d like it to be, but when these artists bring fire we’ll take the heat. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeQW-9Cg8qs&w=492&h=307] April 29: Joey...
View ArticleJared Leto is performing in front of the ‘I love you so much’ mural tonight....
Jared Leto is running, biking and hitch-hiking across the country to promote the new 30 Seconds to Mars album “America” which drops on April 6. Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds to Mars visits Texas Motor...
View ArticleEn Vogue’s set and a tribute to Draylen Mason set powerful mood at Austin...
By Kayleigh Hughes, special to the American-Statesman The weather could not have been better on Friday night for the musical celebration that went down at Auditorium Shores during Austin’s 13th Urban...
View ArticleRainey Street live music venue, the Blackheart closing in April
The Blackheart, one of the few venues in the Rainey Street district that regularly programs live music, will shutter at the end of April after failing to secure a lease renewal on their property....
View ArticleG-Eazy to play Austin with Lil Uzi Vert, Ty Dolla $ign in August
Rapper G-Eazy announced plans for his new tour on Tuesday and the outing includes an August 9 stop at the Austin360 Amphitheater. G-Eazy performs at the Austin Music Hall in 2016. Suzanne Cordeiro for...
View ArticleRae Sremmurd delivers juicy set at SXSW Eardrummers Takeover
Rae Sremmurd operates on only two modes: lit and extremely lit. Usually, they stick closer to the second. Closing out the SXSW Eardrummers Takeover at ACL Live on Friday night, which also featured...
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