Doug Freeman

South by Southwest 2026 Reduces to Seven Days Rolling format ends as fest adapts to life with no convention center

OK, posting this again because of the deluge of misinformation out there. SXSW IS NOT GETTING RID OF THE MUSIC FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE. www.austinchronicle.com/daily/sxsw/2...

Superposition Vol 1.3 Dispatches from the intersection of science, technology, and design. In Praise (and Search) of Awe.

Next week I'm heading to Fairbanks to (hopefully) experience the Northern Lights. So I wrote about why need awe, maybe now more than ever, and how we might harness it to tell better stories about the science all around us. superposition.beehiiv.com/p/superposit...

Nicole Hale (record release), Bill Baird

Nicole Hale has her debut album release - "Some Kind of Longing" - tonight at Chess Club (with Thor Harris and Little Mazarn in her band). "Hale’s songwriting wraps a warmness around her longing that makes it feel more sentimental than aching." www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...

Superposition 1.2: Science Communications in the Trump Era Navigating the Storm. Dispatches from the intersection of science, technology, and design.

Earlier this month we relaunched @thesuperposition.bsky.social, our @jdinc.bsky.social newsletter exploring communications at the intersection of science, tech and design. We published our second issue this week and you should check it out and sign up! superposition.beehiiv.com/p/superposit...

The Old Man and the Keys: The Improvised Legacy of Garth Hudson Writer, musician, and Hold Steady member Franz Nicolay remembers the Band’s famed keyboardist and sage eccentric, who died Tuesday at age 87

I went long on Garth Hudson for @theringer.com.web.brid.gy

www.theringer.com/2025/01/22/m...

The 2024-2025 Austin Music Awards The 2024-2025 Austin Music Awards

Voting closes for the @austinchronicle.bsky.social's Austin Music Awards on Monday, so get your votes in for the best in local music over the past year! vote.austinchronicle.com

Superposition Vol. 1.1 Of Brain Rot and Enshittification

We're excited to relaunch our Superposition newsletter, where we'll be digging into all angles and issues of science design and communications, and generally just exploring the weird and crazy and mind-blowing world around us. Sign up and follow along: superposition.beehiiv.com/p/superposit...

Album Review: Hayes & the Heathens Hayes Carll and the Band of Heathens capture Southern-fried synergy

Hayes Carll and Band of Heathens teamed up for an album together, and (unsurprisingly) it's pretty dang good. Our @austinchronicle.bsky.social review: www.austinchronicle.com/music/2025-0...

Little Mazarn, Chris Acker, Sentimental Family Band

“Chris Acker winds poetry from the most mundane moments, a tally of life’s small wins and losses accumulating into a credit of joy in the moment with the abundance of life around him” Tonight at the Hole in the Wall with Little Mazarn and Jon Dee Graham: www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...

Vote now for your favorite bands, albums, musicians, venues, and more. vote.austinchronicle.com

Didn’t give an exact date, just said at the end they’re planning for in time for SXSW 2025

Waterloo Records Founder John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar

A look at the new team and location for @waterloorecords.bsky.social, moving up the street in time for SXSW in this week's @austinchronicle.bsky.social. Raoul digs in with the new ownership and vision for reigniting the iconic Austin record store: www.austinchronicle.com/music/2025-0...

Thoughtful piece from @dansolomon.com on the state of country music today. I feel there is still a lot to be reckoned with in this moment for Country and especially Americana, but agree with the idea it’s not a binary “is it country” question anymore

Cover of the january 2025 issue of Harper's magazine. A black background with the words GHOST MUSIC written largely in green, tangled with wired headphones. underneath in small text it says "INSIDE SPOTIFY'S FAKE-ARTIST SCHEME"

For years, the public has called them "fake artists." But internally at Spotify, the program has a name: Perfect Fit Content. My investigation, and the first look into my book Mood Machine, is the January cover at @harpers.bsky.social. Online now & on newsstands next week
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Album Review: White Denim, 12 Onetime Austinite conjures Seventies garage rock on dozenth LP

ALBUM REVIEW: Onetime Austinite conjures Seventies garage rock on dozenth LP.

The magical Wizard Rodeo of psychedelic, roots, and outsider sounds is going down today - moved the Long Time to Sam’s Town Point due to weather: www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...

Today at 5:00!

My friend just retired as the literary curator of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos, and they're looking for his replacement. This is a sweeeeet job. For one, you'd be in charge of Cormac McCarthy's papers. I told you it was sweet.

jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/50230

Starter pack for Austin, Texas.

The Anarchist and the Hockey Stick OR: "The Inquisition was right"

Absolute banger of a newsletter this month from @mastroianni.bsky.social. If you're not following his substack, you're really missing out: substack.com/home/post/p-...

The 50 Best Albums Of 2024 You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of 2024 that we were in for a ride.

IT'S BEST LIST SEASON B*&CHES! NPR Music's albums list has the best blurbs, the most variety, the most expansive energy. CHECK IT OUT www.npr.org/2024/12/02/g...

David Ramirez, Jon Muq

David Ramirez returns with new music tonight at the Paramount: “David Ramirez writes from the muddled undercurrents of the soul. It’s a murky place, but in the churning confusion, a beauty mixes with the brutality.” www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...

Singer Toni Price, a Mainstay on Austin Stages, Has Died Austin Music Hall of Famer passes away following a brain aneurysm

Sad to hear that we lost Toni Price. She was always such a joy on Austin stages www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/...

Graham Weber (album release)

“Graham Weber writes songs that hinge on the subtlest of details, entire emotional novels packed into seemingly simple scenes.” Weber’s releasing his first solo LP in a decade tonight at the Continental Club Gallery: www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...

Last night’s 50th anniversary celebration taping for Austin City Limits was as epic as it should have been. Also, this show poster is adorable

Hayden Pedigo : Live in Amarillo, Texas : Aquarium Drunkard Hayden Pedigo is from Amarillo and he pledges his loyalty to the place at the top of his new live album, Live in Amarillo, Texas. Recorded on-stage at The Amarillo Globe News Center just a few days sh...

Hayden Pedigo :: Live in Amarillo, Texas

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Hayden Pedigo is from Amarillo and he pledges his loyalty to the place at the top of his new live album, Live in Amarillo, TX. Recorded on-stage at The Amarillo Globe News Center just a few days shy of Christmas in 2023

Steve Earle

Reckless Kelly

Terry Allen and the family

Celebrating Arlyn Studio’s 40th anniversary with Steve Earle, Reckless Kelly, and a stage full of Allens

Jeffrey Martin, Bart Budwig [inside]

I've been waiting to catch Jeffrey Martin play for a while, so I'm excited he's finally in Austin to play the Mohawk tonight. "Jeffrey Martin writes the kind of songs that can weigh on your soul – a litany of heavy reckonings and leaden revelations": www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...

Jack White Tears Into Austin With a Show at Mohawk, and a Surprise Performance at Contintental Club Rocker delivers intimate sets in ATX, promising two more in 2025

Jack White tears into Austin with a show at Mohawk, and a surprise performance at Contintental Club.

Not at all! I was feeling the same, so I’m glad you started one!