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City of Austin Music and Entertainment Division, is a concerted effort to highlight and spread the love for the Austin music scene. This month more than any other, KUTX is pulling out all the stops to encourage Austinites to support the local music scene – whether it’s paying to see a virtual show, generously tipping at a free virtual show, buying music from Austin artists or donating to one of the many non-profits that serve local musicians. Throughout the month-long Love Austin Music cele...

(l-r): Michael Ramos, Shirley Zhu (Fuvk), Anastasia, Eliza Gilkyson, Nina Diaz, DJ Chicken George, Tori and Tiffany Baltierra (Tiarra Girls), and Scott Free (Worm Suicide) (By Zeke Barbaro / Getty Images. Photos courtesy of the artists.) On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 10:10am – all area schools having shut down suddenly March 13 due to the spread of the coronavirus – I emailed an Austin Music Awards multiple Band(leader) of the Year winner and media progressive: "Hey man, h...

Austin Music Awards, held at the Moody Theater on March 11, turned out to be the final show I attended in 2020. That also proved the last time I dressed up with a tiny purse, saw those friends you only run into at shows, and went out on the patio to talk shit about Austin music. While the 40th annual Austin Music Poll cant account for such nuances, it addresses the ongoing pandemic head-on. Detailed last week in "The Austin Music Poll Got COVID-19," (Music, Jan. 8), the ballot winnowed down t...