Kevin Curtin
Austin Chronicle
Mountain View, CA, United States
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Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Jackie Venson, Curtis Roush, Tim Kasher, and more local shows to see this week → Read More
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
The Point, Ben Buck, and some holiday options highlight this week's recommended shows → Read More
What We're Listening to This Week
Christeene, the Bad Lovers, and Churchwood in this week's worthwhile listens → Read More
Crosstalk: Golden Dawn Arkestra Records Live Album and Metal Breakouts the Sword Break Up
Golden Dawn Arkestra carried out an unusual move last Thursday: recording a live album consisting of material that they'd never played live. "Our last record, The Gold Album, was very produced, so we wanted to do the farthest thing from that," explained bandleader Topaz McGarrigle. The disco-Afrobeat-jazz-funk Ra worshippers – who, along with the audience, were dressed entirely in culty white… → Read More
The Most Memorable Moments of Sunday’s ACL Fest
Spoon, Buffalo Nichols, and Paramore’s devotional nostalgia → Read More
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californian Genius or Affront to ACL-goers?
Writers go pro/con on RHCP's third ACL Fest in a decade → Read More
Review: No One at the Circus – The Story of Ghostwriter Through Place and Song: In one-man band's situationally annotated lyric book, the path is the goal
In one-man band's situationally annotated lyric book, the path is the goal → Read More
Have You Seen the Last of Kevin Curtin?
No, but due to big life changes, I am demoting myself → Read More
Back-to-School Guide: Stores to Shop Your Way Into Austin Music
Dress for the job you want: stylish scenester – plus recommendations on record shops and instrument stores → Read More
Hot Summer Nights Reviews: Choux Choux, Norman Ba$e, El Combo Oscuro, Billy Glitter
Billy Glitter at Chess Club Thursday, 9pm, 94 degrees Ah, Chess Club. In contrast to the tiny room's dank and damp days as Plush, the venue was literally one of the coolest havens during Thursday's kickoff of Hot Summer Nights. As Billy Glitter (led by William Grover) and his backing quartet leaned into their first cut – an instrumental laden with Sixties psych-jazz grooves similar to the… → Read More
What We’re Listening to Right Now
Detox, Mobley, Dropped Out, Holy Wave, Party Van, and Shane Cooley → Read More
New, Local Music We’re Listening To
Patty Griffin, Mugger, Kalu & the Electric Joint, Horti, and more local sounds worth seeking out → Read More
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
George Clinton, Caramelo Haze, Hulder, RippleFest, and more local shows worth seeing → Read More
George Kinney, Who Helmed the Golden Dawn’s Early Psych Rock Treasure Power Plant, Has Died: Homegrown psychedelic trailblazer passes at 75
George Kinney – singer, guitarist, and lyricist for the Austin-based psychedelic rock act the Golden Dawn, whose 1968 LP Power Plant became a late-realized genre gem – died today at age 75. The news came out via his band’s Facebook page: “It is with heavy heart that we announce the passing of George Kinney, on July 18, 2022. George was the driving force behind The Golden Dawn and a… → Read More
May We Suggest Some Music to Chill Out Your Dog During the Fireworks?
Darkness has fallen on July Fourth and your neighborhood's about to sound like it's under air strike. So your sweet dog will be trembling petrified, if not jumping on the couch and barking at 120 decibels. You recall that 364 days ago you vowed to buy one of those anxiety-calming ThunderShirts but spaced on it. Now the least you could do (in addition to some preparations) is put on some new,… → Read More
King Gizz, Jesus & Mary Chain, Osees, W.I.T.C.H., and L7 Emerge on Levitation 2022 Lineup
The four nights leading up to Halloween in Austin are set to be packed with cult favorite bands, trippy light shows, and music-minded travelers as Levitation again descends into the city’s downtown and Eastside club space. Australia’s King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, who first played at the Austin event when they were a relative unknown, headline two nights of the largely… → Read More
Once “Outsiders,” the Music World Is Now at BLK ODYSSY’s Fingertips
Collabs with heroes & new Earthchild Ent. label signal ascent → Read More
Jack White Swings for the Fences at Austin Sandlot
Out there at the Long Time, the bats are wood, the home team wears wool, and the scoreboard has no wires – the runs for each inning b → Read More
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Emily Wells, Dwight Yoakam, Sir Woman, Tony Kamel, Jake Lloyd, and more recommended shows → Read More
What We’re Listening to This Week
A. Sinclair, Quin NFN, Denis O’Donnell, Alexalone, and more sounds worth your time → Read More