Carys Anderson is a Staff Writer at The Austin Chronicle. She covers music and culture, with a particular focus on the film industry and the music business. Carys has been featured in Yahoo News, Okayplayer, Variety, and CONSEQUENCE.
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Carys Anderson's coverage predominantly focuses on local entertainment news, with an emphasis on music events and concerts happening in Austin, Texas. She frequently covers event announcements and private sector updates related to the entertainment industry.
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By: Carys Anderson, Caroline Drew
I fell back in love with Austin music in 2025. Our city has been rife with talented performers since long before I came around, but it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the embarrassment of riches – and by everything else going on these days. These records – anticipated follow-ups, big-time debuts, new outfit premieres – […]
By: Carys Anderson
The time has come again to vote in the Austin Music Poll! For the 44th year, The Austin Chronicle celebrates the musicians and music industry professionals that make our city sing – with help from the community, of course. After consulting a select group of record store clerks, venue owners, bookers, and other local experts, […]
Bass was never Dan Mabray’s chosen instrument. JD Brunson III teaches drums, but he doesn’t play them with rambunctious garage rockers Friday Boys. Guitarist Elday Kornberg had only ever written music solo. In forming staunchly collaborative project Team Trust in 2023, the latter surmises, “we all became beginners.” Thus arrives the playful, kaleidoscopic art-punk of […]
By: Carys Anderson
Jon Dee Graham , the songwriter who pioneered Austin punk, fused hard rock and country, and held down a Wednesday night residency at the Continental
By: Carys Anderson, Caroline Drew
Stephen Sternschein was locked out of one half of his venue, Empire Control Room, earlier this month. On Friday, April 3, landlord 606 Holdings LLC fastened a lock to a side gate of the 606 E. Seventh venue, and wrote in a notice to Sternschein’s Heard Entertainment Texas LLC that the venue owner “will not […]
They say your brain doesn’t fully develop until you’re 25. You reach a quarter century, and maybe you decide it’s not worth it to pull up to work hungover or to charge a bunch of bullshit to your credit card. No telling whether Lindsey Jordan’s had those specific revelations, but chatting with the Chronicle about […]
By: Joseph Gonzalez, Carys Anderson, Caroline Drew
Austin revived both Blues Festival and Psych Fest this time three years ago – a tough feat from the jump in an oversaturated live market, and one
Ted Turner, the cable television visionary who fundamentally rewired the media landscape as founder of CNN, TBS, and TNT, has died at 87.
By: Carys Anderson, Caroline Drew, Raoul Hernandez
Though unfit for its title on first glance, the indie-heavy lineup for Austin Psych Fest 2026 proved, once live at the two-stage grounds of South
By: Carys Anderson
Levitation Announces Sleep as Secret Sunday Headliner
