SXSW preview: Seven Day Parties to put on your must see list
What’s South By Southwest without daytime shenanigans? For every year’s SXSW installment, different activations pop up all over the city
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SXSW preview: Seven more buzz bands to see at Sx 2024
The South By Southwest Music Festival is a time to make the rounds and discover new artists and sounds you may have yet to be exposed to before coming to Austin for the week-long musical happenings. It can be easy to get intimidated when glancing at the hundreds of performing artists. That is understandable for out of town music fans, so we’re bringing you seven more buzz bands to catch while you roam the streets of Austin in the coming weeks. All performing artists and set times can be found on the SXSW website or the SXSW GO smartphone application.
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Live music review: Austin Music Awards performances featured the best in local music at Antone’s
Every musical calendar year in Austin is special. The countless live gigs, new albums released, and fresh talent that emerges every year make Austin one of the most significant music stops in the world. For local publication Austin Chronicle, the alt-weekly curates an evening that captures each respective year in the scene’s prolific, often positively saturated body of work. For 2024, The Austin Chronicle showcased an event that covered essential bases to magnify the widespread musical range of the city and pay homage to Austin legends along the way. For this year’s event, the Chronicle took to the world-famous Austin music staple, Antone’s Nightclub for a 3-hour event that benefited Austin non-profit, SIMS Foundation to support mental health and substance use recovery services and programs for musicians, music industry professionals, and their dependent family members.
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Live music review: White Denim played triumphant homecoming with Nolan Potter at Mohawk
White Denim returned to their hometown of Austin, for a special homecoming Saturday, February 17. Founding singer, songwriter and guitarist James Petralli is something of a local legend. With over ten records, countless tours, and a now-defunct Austin studio all in his prolific body of work, White Denim has since relocated to Los Angeles, taking his rock vehicle with him and rendering the White Denim name synonymous with his own creative musings. For Saturday night’s gig at Red River Cultural District’s Mohawk, Petralli and company proved that their ties with Austin are indispensable, no matter how far away they go from their once hometown sanctuary. The venue was packed with fans.
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Live music review: Black Pumas kickoff season 50 of Austin City Limits TV
Austin psychedelic soul act Black Pumas came to their Austin City Limits taping last Tuesday ready to rock. The taped
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Live music review: Mick Jenkins and TOBi delivered stellar hip hop shows at Come and Take It Live
Around 9 p.m. on Saturday, February 3, hip hop artist Mick Jenkins took the stage at Come and Take It Live. The Chicago native opened his set with what is possibly the strongest opening track of any album, in any genre, of 2023.
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Live Music Preview: Austin Music Awards at Antone’s will benefit SIMS Foundation
The 42nd annual Austin Music Awards will take place at Antone’s Nightclub on Sunday, February 25, in downtown Austin. The Austin Chronicle event will feature talent from a massive array of genres from across the local music scene. The awards are chosen by 15,000 music fans in Austin and beyond, all of which will be revealed in the February 23 issue of The Austin Chronicle, with winners being celebrated at the ceremony the following Sunday.
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Live music review: Art-rock act Water From Your Eyes and UK band Squid sold-out Parish
A lot of shit hit the fan in the music world during the pandemic closures. Touring was a no-go. Sudden
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Live music review: Nashville’s Snooper at Radio East with Tear Dungeon and Font leads to wild night
In Austin, nothing ever slows down for the music scene. After New Year’s Eve, we plunge right into Free Week,
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Live music review: Free Week in Austin provides fans endless music discovery opportunities
Red River Cultural District’s Free Week is an absolute blessing, one of the many (though, according to some, rapidly diminishing) monuments to the weird and wonderful Austin of lore. Over the course of two bustling nights, this year’s edition (and the 21st since the festivities began in 2003) saw 80+ bands flaunt their talents on stages throughout Red River and beyond
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Live music review: Free Week Austin 2024 huge success as thousands attended
Red River Cultural District’s Free Week is an opportunity for Austin locals to get a dose of what makes the
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