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Weekend picks: Cupcakke’s gleefully obscene hip-hop, Local Natives and...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aE46OEYm1I&w=492&h=307] Friday-Sunday: Benefit for Charlie & Melodie Murphy at Giddy Ups. An longtime fixture amid the recently up-and-coming South...
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The Black Angels let a little light in during heavy ‘Austin City Limits’ taping
Things that jump out at you after roughly 80 minutes of tuneful squall and fuzz, courtesy of Austin psych rockers The Black Angels: They like to write about death, suffering and dying. A lot. The Black...
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Free week in July? New music fest aims to draw locals into Red River clubs
Fans groove at Cheer Up Charlies on Red River Street. Martin do Nascimento/AMERICAN-STATESMAN In a Facebook event listing, the Red River Cultural District’s merchant association has unveiled plans for...
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Kurt Vile, Courtney Barnett have a new collab album and they’re coming to Austin
Courtesy of Danny Cohen Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett, two of the top indie songwriters of the modern era, have teamed up for a collaborative album due out later this year. They’re hitting the road to...
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Muse delivers lots of moments big and small, and one great live show
One gets the sense that Muse – well a decade into being one of the biggest live draws in the rock music realm – has its rap down pat at this point. Multiple rounds of headlining the biggest festivals...
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Ruff Ryders 20th anniversary tour with Eve, DMX, Swizz Beats coming to Austin
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlhSnRk21E&w=492&h=307] Twenty years after they first hit the streets, the hip-hop powerhouse, Ruff Ryders are back on the road. Crew members DMX, Eve,...
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New report says safety on Red River is greatest threat to cultural district’s...
According to a special report released by the Austin chapter of the Urban Land Institute, venue owners in the Red River Cultural District say “safety and security of patrons and employees are the...
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This week’s music picks: Rodney Crowell’s reflections, Nakia’s reunion and more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFrpzPR6TLY&w=492&h=307] Wednesday-Thursday: Rodney Crowell at Saxon Pub. When Rodney Crowell stopped by Waterloo Records on April 7 to squeeze an...
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Review: Jason Isbell is at the top of his game and still climbing
By John T. Davis/Special to the American-Statesman Sometimes the good things are worth waiting for. Jason Isbell has spent the past few years collecting new fans, critics’ plaudits, Grammy awards and...
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Demi-charmed life: Demi Lovato shares her lighter side with lucky Austin fans
By Kayleigh Hughes, special to the American-Statesman At the Austin stop of her intimate “Sorry Not Sorry” house party tour, pop superstar Demi Lovato showed she’s ready to embrace happiness. The...
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Revisit bygone ATX hip-hop hot spot, the Red Fez, with pop up party at the W
For a good stretch of the early aughts, Matt Luckie’s loosely Arabian nights-themed hookah/cocktail bar, the Red Fez, was the place to be for Austin hip-hop fans. On Sunday nights, DJ Kurupt a.k.a Sid...
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C3 Presents acquires historic Scoot Inn music venue
Austin-based concert and event promoter C3 Presents confirmed Monday that it has acquired Scoot Inn, an East Austin music venue. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 145-year-old venue,...
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Butch Queen host Louisianna Purchase on the art of being fabulous
On Friday, August 11th, the Austin drag queen competition Butch Queen, which pairs first-time drag queens with seasoned coaches, celebrates its fourth go round on its biggest stage to date, outside at...
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TexPop in San Antonio to host Margaret Moser life celebration
In the midst of the Hurricane Harvey madness over the weekend, the Austin music scene lost one of its greatest boosters, when former Austin Chronicle writer and Austin Music Awards director, Margaret...
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DJ Mel ends 21-year run hosting Monday night hip-hop party at Nasty’s
Mel Cavaricci, the artist better known as DJ Mel, is one of the top party rockers in the country. He’s played big stages at Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits Festival, his long-running Rock the...
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Weekend music picks: Celebrate Austin blues history, get ‘Nasty’ with Ms....
Friday-Sunday: Eastside Kings Festival. Dialtone Records founder Eddie Stout has made preserving the heritage of gospel and blues music in Central Texas a lifelong mission. This is the fifth year for...
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Charles Bradley forced to cancel SOS Fest performance as cancer returns
Charles Bradley, the screaming eagle of soul whose late career breakout success has been a wonder and an inspiration to thousands of fans, is facing another set back. Bradley’s appearance at Sound on...
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Guns N’ Roses delivers big bang in San Antonio
By David Glessner, Special to the Statesman For a band that shot to stardom peddling its appetite for destruction, Guns N’ Roses arrived Friday at San Antonio’s Alamodome in seemingly good health and...
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Local artists to create the ‘F1 American Soundtrack’ during Grand Prix...
The Peterson Brothers at Blues on the Green in Zilker Park on May 25, 2016. Photo by Erika Rich for American-Statesman The big musical attractions for the Formula One Grand Prix, set to go down Oct....
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Bon Iver to play Austin in January
Emotional crooner Justin Vernon is extending his current tour into 2018 and he just added a pair of Austin dates to the roster. He’ll be at ACL Live on January 21-22, 2018. Tickets to the shows go on...
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