Music
Did your Facebook invite box just inexplicably become full of invitations to weird events that sound like secret SXSW parties planned by Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite?
Would you like to have your say in what happens with your Austin Music Scene? Join Austin Mayor Steve Adler,...
God bless Prince for all the beautiful love and funky weirdness he gave the world! We are eternally grateful and will be honoring The Purple One by dancing and singing along with Foot Patrol, performing Purple Rain (album) from start to finish.
After releasing her debut EP Why You Runnin’ in 2009, Illinois born singer-songwriter Lissie has been achieving fame within the pop and folk genres.
I’ve got a theory that Joss Whedon may have enjoyed his recent trip to Austin, and local folk musician Shawnee Kilgore has the proof on her Instagram.
Interviews with Texas country icons including Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dale Watson, and others tell the story of The Broken Spoke.
We caught up to Jocelyn Alice at Iron Works Barbecue as she prepared for an Austin set during SXSW and found her eager to talk about music.
Because doves shouldn't cry alone, lots of Austin musicians and venues are putting together tribute events for Prince.
If you were at Austin City Limits or Fun Fun Fun Fest in 2012, you have yet to forget the abundance of hot celebs around that year, thanks to Terrence Malick shooting a film during those festivals.
Quiet Company has become one of Austin’s most popular and well known rock bands, and it's easy to see why.
The Clifford Antone Foundation officially launches today, giving blues fans and music patrons the opportunity to support the blues and other music cultures in Austin.
French rock band LYS is an act on their way to achieving success in the US and Europe, and we were lucky enough to catch up with them in Austin on the first day of SXSW 2016.
Like any good Austin concert, the Fire Marshall were looming last night when the Austin Music Commission hosted its monthly meeting at City Hall.
Although you may not have heard of him, Austinite Sam Riggs and his band The Night People are already two albums deep into a promising country music career.
Care about the future of Austin’s music scene? Now is your chance to do something about it.
Over the past five years boy bands have come back into style with groups such as One Direction.
Starbucks announced this week that it will be phasing in a new food donation program.
Electronic music is still on the rise here in Austin. We've been a launching pad for several large-ish acts (think Ghostland Observatory), but it's not really our thing just yet. Even so, Israeli brothers Rom and Kfir Gov, who perform drums and vocals respectively, are killing it on the local scene with their EDM- and rock-influenced band Seek Irony.
Every year without fail, local NPR station KUTx releases a 100-song playlist featuring artists coming to town for SXSW, and this year is no different.
A study commissioned by Austin Music People revealing that Austin lost 1,200 jobs in the music industry since 2010 has recently opened many people’s eyes to the plight of the musician in the Live Music Capital of the World, and Mayor Steve Adler is ready to do something about it.
We like to keep things local here in Austin, but we also keep it weird, and that means branching out a bit. Which is exactly what Austin public TV is doing.
The "G" word -- "Gentrification" -- is frequently bandied about in conversations about Austin politics, and for good reason. But rarely has one person so perfectly captured what exactly it has meant to Austin over the years.
"We will leave the sign up until Tuesday, January 19, so our community can enjoy the makeshift memorial a few days longer. At that time we will have to replace it with the real street name sign."
