Fun Fun Fun Fest 2013: The Official Music Lineup
After a month of leaks and guessing games, the official music lineup in out. This year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest headliners are: M.I.A., Slayer, MGMT, Jurassic 5, Snoop Dogg, Descendents, Ice-T, Television,...
View ArticleToronto: Austin's Sister in the Music Scene?
In what is being called the first-of-its-kind alliance worldwide, Austin and Toronto, Canada have established what they are calling the Music City Alliance.While Toronto is roughly four times the size...
View ArticleAustin City Limits Fest: A Weekend One Wrap-Up
Anyone that’s attended the Austin City Limits Music Festival understands the importance of the weather over the weekend. You might remember the dustbowl year, or the Dillo Dirt mud-fest. While Friday...
View ArticleAustin Charges ACL $53,000. Chicago Has Lollapalooza Pay 28 Times That
The Austin City Limits Music Festival isn’t the only production put on by parent company C3 Presents. In addition to booking and promoting Austin concerts throughout the year, C3 also puts on Chicago’s...
View ArticleFun Fun Fun Fest: Staying True To Its Roots
Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks off as at Auditorium Shores starting today.The festival began eight years ago as a small music showcase in downtown Austin. Since then, it’s become one of the top independent...
View ArticleTexas Musician Joe Ely & Daughter Showcase 'Lostbound' Travels in Art
Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis: They’re all famous musicians who also moonlighted as visual artists. Now, Joe Ely – the Flatlander known by many as the Springsteen of the Southwest – joins...
View ArticleLearning Secrets: An Austin Dance Party Celebrates 10 Years
When you think of Austin’s "Live Music Capital of the World" status, what kind of music do you think of? Lots of genres may come to mind, but possibly not its thriving underground electronic and dance...
View ArticleSXSW Relies on Volunteers. Is That Legal?
It takes a lot of manpower to put on a festival, especially as one as big as South by Southwest."One thing that I don't think a lot of people realize is that there's like 200 people that have full time...
View ArticleVulcan Gas Company Returns As An Electronic Music Club
Austin’s Vulcan Gas Company was only open for a few years in the 1960s.But in that brief time the music venue showcased legendary acts like the Velvet Underground, Janis Joplin and Moby Grape.It’s been...
View ArticleSXSW Brands & Bands: How They Work Together
If there’s one common sight at South By Southwest it’s brands.Doritos to Samsung and everything in between. And some criticize the festival, saying it’s become more about the brands, when it used to be...
View ArticleShake Your Brass at Honk!TX, Austin's Marching Band Jam
South By Southwest has come and gone, but Austin's festival season is in full swing.This evening Honk!TX comes to Austin. The free, three day festival corrals brass bands from around the country and...
View ArticleEminem, Outkast, Pearl Jam and Lorde Top 2014 ACL Music Festival Lineup
Calling it one of their most energetic lineups to date, the 13th annual Austin City Limits Music Festival also includes a blast of nostalgia.Pearl Jam is headlining and The Replacements are top billed....
View ArticleACL Fest Organizers on What's In Store for 2014
In Austin, many see live music not just as an opportunity, but as a way of life.Every day brings the possibility to see a variety of talents – both from music’s biggest and brightest, to up-and-coming...
View ArticleThe Red Headed Stranger and Austin's 'Pride and Joy' Honored at ACL Hall of Fame
Over the weekend, television’s longest running music program– Austin City Limits, celebrated the first induction ceremony for the new Austin City Limits Hall of Fame. ACL returned to its original home...
View ArticleJudas Priest, Nas, Neutral Milk Hotel Headline 2014 Fun Fun Fun Fest
In 2006 a small music festival began in Austin’s Waterloo Park. It was aimed at the city’s alternative music scene and headlined by Austin’s own psych rockers, The Black Angels.Nine years later, Fun...
View ArticleUpdate: Civil Rights Group Questions Austin Police's 'Suicide by Cop'...
The Austin Police Chief says an incident this week in which police officers fatally shot a man was not a mental health call.Chief Art Acevedo is responding to the Texas Civil Rights Project calling for...
View ArticleAustin, TX: The Live Comedy Capital Of The World?
“We’re at a festival, and what is more beautiful than watching someone try?” squeaked Maria Bamford on Thursday night at Austin’s Stateside Theater. The comedian had just attempted a new bit that...
View Article2013 ACL Fest Lineup: Muse, Depeche Mode, The Cure & More
No more leaks: the full Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup is out. Sure, British rock band Muse had accidentally confirmed their performance during an interview with a Montreal radio station....
View ArticleWhat the 'Live Music Capital' Can Learn From Angers, France
The Skroks are here. They're a youthful, all-male brass band in town from one of Austin's sister cities, Angers, France.So what brings an overseas band to Austin? Exactly what appeals to young bands...
View ArticleBeards Versus Drag Queens: Just a Typical Afternoon in Austin
Water, the outdoors, music: all things Austinites enjoy, especially when the weather is nice. And all three can go well with some type of beverage in hand.That was the case during this weekend’s Aqua...
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