Tender Things News Today

Ten music writers reflect on the records they loved this year

Crucial Concerts

The Devils reunite at Giddy Ups, and Wizard Rodeo snags Deerhoof

Our live music picks for Oct. 27-Nov. 2 include the annual "Austin City Limits" Hall of Fame show, Lucktoberfest at Willie Nelsons ranch and more.

This year has been a lot of things — the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the year the electric grid nearly collapsed, the year we went to concerts and weddings and flew on planes again. Here are the stories that stuck out to us most.

Clubs and venues are ramping up in-person shows again, but the long-delayed pandemic relief promised to hard-hit operators hasn't materialized yet.

Heartless Bastards and the Tender Things soundtrack return

ACL Fest, long anticipated as the first large Austin music festival that would emerge through a waning pandemic, revealed its 2021 lineup this morning: George Strait, Billie Eilish, Stevie Nicks, Miley Cyrus, Rüfüs Du Sol, Dababy, and Erykah Badu are set to headline. The event, which also counts 2019 ACL Fest no-show Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat among marquee performers, notably contains a majority of women performs topping the bill. It also features a sizable load of Texas talent, with B...

Legendary Austin music venues stage anticipated reopenings, plus more The Continental Club is one of several Austin venues reopening this month. Whether it was in the form of livestreams, drive-ins, or socially distanced setups, live music in Austin did its best to persevere throughout the pandemic. In all likelihood, it’s going to be a while longer before things are “normal” again, but the scene has started to move toward returning to full speed. To help get you in the loop on that, he...

Al-Sit wins the Grand Prix at Tampere Mission: Hebron is put forward as a candidate for the European Film Awards Al-Sit by Suzannah Mirghani The online 2021 edition of the Tampere Film Festival, the annual Finnish event dedicated to short films, announced its awards during a virtual ceremony held on Sunday afternoon. The International Grand Prix went to Suzannah Mirghani’s film Al-Sit (Sudan/Qatar), which tells the story of Nafisa, a teenage girl in a Sudanese village who – despite her cr...