Goo Goo Dolls balance ballads and rockers at Skyline Theater
“We’re glad to see you’re keeping it weird like you promised,” Goo Goo Dolls bassist Robby Takac cracked a few songs into the Goo Goo Dolls’ set at the Statesman Skyline Amphitheater on Sunday.
View ArticleTop shows in Austin: Kanye West and Yacht Rock
OUR TOP PICKSFriday: Diez Y Seis parties at Empire and 3Ten. Looking to celebrate Mexican Independence Day with sounds from Austin’s rich Latino music scene?
View ArticleWillie Nelson’s tribute to Ray Price leads a pack of new local records
September often finds new albums falling from the trees like autumn leaves, and this month is no exception among Austin artists.
View ArticleA busy pre-ACL week with Alabama Shakes, Mavericks, Glen Hansard, more
OUR TOP PICKSFriday: Alabama Shakes at Austin360 Amphitheater. Brittany Howard is one of the most fascinating lead singers in rock music today, largely because of her stunning range.
View ArticleMargo Price feels at home visiting the city Doug Sahm once roamed
Here’s a good way to kick an interview into full gear when you’re talking with a journalist from Austin: “I greatly looked up to Doug Sahm.
View ArticleSt. Paul & the Broken Bones temper pulpit fervor with social conscience
It’s obvious that the music of Southern churches left a big impression on Paul Janeway. As the lead singer of Birmingham, Ala.
View ArticleOur top music sets that aren’t at ACL Fest, Sept. 30-Oct. 6
Friday: Survive at Barracuda. The Austin electro band was suddenly in the national spotlight this summer for their ominous scene settings on the soundtrack to the hit Netflix show “Stranger Things,”...
View ArticleSun sets on smooth weekend one of 15th anniversary ACL Fest
Crowds at the Austin City Limits Music Festival couldn’t have asked for better weather for weekend one of the fest’s 15th year at Zilker Park.
View ArticlePete Yorn brings forth new songs from his first solo album in 6 years
Touring behind his first solo album in six years, Los Angeles singer-songwriter Pete Yorn returned to the Austin City Limits Music Festival for a Sunday afternoon set that found him ditching his long...
View ArticleClear weather, fest upgrades, young crowds define ACL Fest in year 15
Sunny, dry days that never got brutally hot helped make the 15th annual Austin City Limits Music Festival a solid success.
View ArticleDandy Warhols, Buddy Guy, local releases among this week’s Austin shows
OUR TOP PICKSFriday-Saturday: Dandy Warhols at Scoot Inn. If they never quite got huge, theatrical Northwest rockers the Dandy Warhols have long had a devoted following, since their 1994 indie-label...
View ArticleBonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson top Austin City Limits Hall of Fame show
When the time came for Mavis Staples to formally induct Bonnie Raitt into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame on Wednesday night at ACL Live, it was her late father, Staple Singers patriarch Pops...
View ArticleAlfonso Ramos Jr, noted Tejano musician, dies at 79
Tejano music fans across the country are mourning the loss of one of its musical giants.Alfonso Ramos Jr.
View ArticleTop music events in Austin: Oct. 21-27
OUR TOP PICKSFriday: Yuna at Grizzly Hall. Growing up in Malaysia, Yunalis Mat Zara’ai says her biggest influences were rockers like Coldplay and Fiona Apple.
View ArticleBrownout’s latest ‘Black Sabbath’ bash leads a bevy of Halloween shows
With blistering horn blasts, searing guitar licks and an onslaught of polyrhythmic percussion, “Brown Sabbath,” the Black Sabbath tribute project from border-funk outfit Brownout, was a surprise...
View ArticleQuestlove DJ set, Head and the Heart, and SOS kickoff shows coming up
Friday-Saturday: The Head and the Heart at Stubb’s. The Seattle/Virginia indie-folk-pop sextet, a highlight of ACL Fest in 2014, moved from Sub Pop to Warner Bros.
View ArticleCroy & the Boys mix up country groove with Mexican twists on debut album
Seven years ago, Corey Baum wondered if he’d made a big mistake. At 24, the native of Bowling Green, Ohio, had moved 1,300 miles southwest to Austin, sight unseen.
View ArticleTwo nights of Adele lead this week’s top shows in Austin
Friday-Saturday: Adele at the Erwin Center. Though it’s been a relatively quiet year for the Erwin Center on the concert front, this two-nighter with the bona fide superstar singer-songwriter is among...
View ArticleSound on Sound Fest picks from our music team
What music shall ye seek to hear, between your mead swilling and your tomato throwing, at Sound on Sound Fest?
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