NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest on the Road tour made a stop in Austin on Wednesday, featuring headliners Cure for Paranoia and two local openers. The show, hosted by KUTX and held at Emo’s, ranged from intimate...

Since original frontman Bradley Nowell died by overdose weeks before the release of their 1996 platinum-selling self titled album, the surviving members of Sublime have kept the spirit of the alternate...

  On April 25 and 26, the fourth annual Austin Blues Festival brought an eclectic lineup of hometown favorites and out-of-town stars to Moody Amphitheater for a weekend ruled by groove, swing...

In his journey from ashamed Austinite to local institution, Kevin Dehan, known as Cactus Lee, forged a complex relationship with his hometown. His newest album, Lee’s Dream, set to release Friday, captures...

From nonstop allusions invoking legendary outlaws to spliced-in soundbites that conjure spaghetti westerns, Charley Crockett’s Age of the Ram draws on the same mythology that inspired Austin's outlaw...

Several UT student organizations carry a certain level of prestige. After just one year in existence, the suede jacket-clad Texas Trailblazers have their sights set on joining those ranks. “There...

During her gap year before transferring to UT in the fall of 2025, Kaylie Lynn felt lost. Having spent the previous two years pursuing an acting career at Lindenwood University in St. Louis, she returned...

Every March, UT’s Latinx Pop Lab transforms Patton Hall’s Julius Glickman Conference Center into a haven for underrepresented creatives. BIPOC PoP, which stands for Black, Indigenous, people of color,...

Nota del editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 23 de febrero 2026 por Adam Elayan y fue traducido al español Valentina Avendaño. Durante cinco años, Javier Jara enseñó música...

For five years, Javier Jara taught music at Manor Middle School in Manor, Texas, to a mostly Latino student population. Jara said the day after the 2016 presidential election, most of his students stayed...

Jermaine Cole, who performs under the stage name J. Cole, uploaded a video on Instagram announcing his final album on Jan. 14. The Fall-Off, released Friday, brings the North Carolina rapper’s career...

In February 2025, the Austin Chronicle named Grandmaster the city’s Best New Act. While another American city might have rejected an 11-piece funk collective whose members dress like Devo, call themselves...

When he first arrived at UT in spring 2024, Ali Al Dulaimi struggled to find his community in organizations he joined. After a year of bad luck, he decided to create his own. Wanting to give peers a space...

Editor's note: This story contains mentions of gun violence and loss.  As temperatures dropped and the skies opened up Friday evening, photojournalist Tamir Kalifa took the stage at the Long Center’s...

Nota de editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 12 de noviembre de 2025 por Adam Elayan, y fue traducido al espanol por Ariana Miranda el 14 de noviembre del 2025.  A menudo el sitio...

Omavi Minder made a name for himself in the underground hip hop scene through conceptual, often dark meditations on his personal struggles. The tour for 2024’s “shadowbox,” a bleak confrontation...

Just blocks away from West Campus’s raucous Saturday night football watch parties, Hogg Memorial Auditorium’s deep blue velvet curtains parted for one of the world’s premier jazz orchestras. Led...

Often the site of suites and symphonies, Bates Recital Hall tends to bring in buttoned-up crowds. On Monday, UT Conjunto’s galloping accordions and Spanish-sung serenades made the Butler School of Music’s...

In August 2023, Florence + The Machine’s lead singer and songwriter, Florence Welch, experienced a brush with death after a miscarriage sent her to the hospital for a life-saving surgery. Released on...

Twice a week, the Ransom Notes turn the Calhoun Hall stairwell into an auditorium. Early evening sunlight pours through the window as their harmonies echo up and down the floors. A cappella means something...

During a road trip to South Carolina in 2011, Django Walker started to write a song dedicated to Texas football. Fourteen years later, “Texas Longhorn” plays over the Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial...

“Get Out” director Jordan Peele called music the only difference between comedy and horror. With Halloween right around the corner, The Daily Texan put together a list of five albums for the morbidly...

Under amber lighting and the warm melodies of the Jazz Age, a new jazz bar off Fourth Street takes guests into an intimate space with Rat Pack vibes and callbacks to the swinging clubs of early 20th-century...

Nota del editor: Este artículo fue creado originalmente por Adam Elayan el 2 de octubre de 2025 y traducido al español el 3 de octubre de 2025. Después de que Israel declarara la guerra a Hamás...

After Israel declared war on Hamas in October 2023, a group of local musicians in Austin joined forces to provide aid for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.  Performing at clubs and coffee shops for nearly...

Nota del Editor: Este artículo fue escrito originalmente por Adam Elayan el 24 de septiembre de 2025 y traducido al español por Zamira Galvan el 25 de septiembre de 2025. James Clark se hizo viral...

James Clark blew up on TikTok in 2019 after a goofy dance video he posted to make his friends laugh went viral. Six years and over 3.7 million TikTok followers later, his content looks different, but its...