Game Changer

How Austin's indie gaming scene got cooking as Juegos Rancheros

"...a discussion of how their work on smaller projects keeps them from drowning creatively in the obsessively detailed minutiae..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Y2K Exits Stage Left & Turito Enters the Scene

Local queer DJ puts out first and last EP under the Y2K name

"...With their new EP, Game Over, released at the same time as their..."

Jan. 5, 2023 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...local scene got a needed boost in the instrumental department. Now Cue takes the stage singing a similar tune,..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Hex Dispensers + Chip Tunes = Espectrostatic

One bandmate raises money for another via video sci-fi

"...his solo moniker of Espectrostatic – released a new EP curiously titled Phantominom VGS. In his typical sci-fi fashion,..."

April 4, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Sleepers for March 19All showcase times subject to changeEPHRAIM OWENS8pm,..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...you go to a city that's entirely concrete and overcrowded. I began to realize that my music was reflecting..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Overstanding

Big Game Hunter

"...photograph by Todd J. Wolfson..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Qmmunity: Entering a New Era

Austin's queer scene enters a new era of great shows, genuine artistry, and good music

"...something that was always going to happen," Turito explains over email. "The Y2K persona was conceptualized as a Femmebot..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Column by James Scott

“It’s Like a Family Business, Except Rock Stars”: The Kindred Bond of We Don’t Ride Llamas

Afro rock sibling band is defiantly unconventional on new EP The Oracle

"...zoomers and younger millennials, the entrance of the video game Rock Band into our childhood homes is not a..."

April 29, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Dancing About Architecture

The Quiet Game

"...banding together to file suit against the city. ESSCA rep Angela Tharp of the Flamingo Cantina says, "We're basically..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Column

Bonus Tracks

Bonus tracks

"...life's romantic vicissitudes in painstaking detail on his Stabilize EP. Boosting spirits with cello, steel guitar, and piano, Palmer..."

June 11, 2004 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Faster Than Sound: Edith Frost Returns

Austinite once again, Edith Frost offers first new songs in over a decade, plus Natalie Jane Hill's debut and Red River Cultural District requests

"...Where's she been since 2005 LP It's a Game?..."

May 22, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Recommended Shows for Levitation Weekend

The sounds may be scattered all over Austin, but here are a few must-see performances

"...tandem Alex Gehring and Elliott Frazier striving to sing over a triple-digit decibel mix. Better with age, start with..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...certain po-mo pizzazz. The trio's recent Hound Dog remix EP owes a good deal to the original Elvis, which..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Austin Psych Fest: Rain Parade

Q&A with headliner/bandleader Matt Piucci

"...at Red 7 – 12:15am – it’s springtime all over again for the Paisley Underground...."

April 25, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

We Have an Issue: Vote Now in the 2022-23 Austin Music Poll

Readers make the call in our annual survey of the best in Austin music

"...Game Over: Local queer DJ Y2K tells Qmmunity why they're..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Review: KindKeith's Don’t Talk to Me >:(

A compositionally dense, sonically warped, and fun EP of electronic R&B with jazz impulses and flexible vocals

"...smoke. "Eeeleven, eeeleven, eeeleven, eeeleven," Keith Galloway robotically intones over arpeggiated synth notes that sound like little bubbles rising..."

July 8, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

Finding your "family" over the holidays

"...under our little fort," says Cheer Ups owner Tamara Hoover. Happy holidays, bbs. GAYDAR..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday blurbs slim down from the Wednesday bloat

"...– has a touch of Arcade Fire's ambition and sweep. We Are Augustines played the Late Show With David..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

The Mars Volta

"...Since the Mars Volta's magnetic debut EP, 2002's Tremulant, At the Drive-In expat tandem Omar Rodriguez..."

July 24, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Austin Hip-Hop Awards on numerous occasions. To wit, R&B-leaning EP Born to Love You landed on short lists for..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...Picks & Sleepers..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights,..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...X R&B altar, specifically the holy trinity of TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, and Aaliyah, with bilingual delivery and her own H&M..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...De La Soul to the Fugees. The band's 1972 eponymous debut remains the landmark, a crate-digging classic of Afro-Cuban..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Saturday Preview

"...NickNack (noon): Preeminent mover and shaker of Austin hip-hop, producer, DJ, and Crowd..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...main threads of Austin's Braun Brothers and their songwriting over the past quarter century: contradictions of American identity and..."

May 22, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Ironwood Hall George Lewis Jr., born in the Dominican Republic, raised in Florida, and now Brooklyn-based, rode the chillwave..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...OF HUSTLE8pm, Momos Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman departs Toronto to unveil his Apostle of Hustle. Folkloric Feel..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...generation since reuniting for good in the late Nineties. – Neph Basedow..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

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