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I Could’ve Been Your Girl

There weren’t many dads celebrating Father’s Day in the Moody Theater crowd Sunday, but there was certainly no shortage of men. More specifically, there was no shortage of men accompanying floral-sundress clad women who were, in the case of the couple in front of me, locking lips a little too frequently for anyone’s liking. Read More | Comment »

La Vie en Rose 3:00PM Mon. Jun. 17, Abby Johnston

Playback: A Weekend on the Crust

I didn’t cross the highway into Downtown all weekend, missing the opportunity to hear tough-guy bikers rev their fancy custom motorcycles on Sixth Street or ogle at the leather-skinned, Harley-babe eye candy. My loss. All the entertainment I needed went down on the Eastside. Read More | Comment »

Playback 12:30PM Mon. Jun. 17, Kevin Curtin

The Food Issue: Rock & Roll Chef

Music always accompanied cooking in our family. Alongside clanking pots and the sizzle of the stovetop, there was always singing in my grandmother’s kitchen. Read More | Comment »

La Vie en Rose 3:10PM Fri. Jun. 14, Abby Johnston

The Food Issue: Moonage Daydream

A bachelor in my 40s, I’d never seen a pressure cooker until my final girlfriend whipped up a pot roast in hers on about our fifth date. That’s when she had me. Now married, we’re fonder of that crock pot than most cooking implements. There’s no love of the blender, for instance. I put it down to the time my mate shrugged and threw a handful of weed into it. Read More | Comment »

Death Valley Nights 10:30AM Thu. Jun. 13, Raoul Hernandez

The Food Issue: Frank!

Austin has two true loves: food and music. From the Armadillo World Headquarters 30-plus years ago (people still rave about the nachos) to Central Market today (where mahi mahi meets fiddle tunes), it’s a combination that just seems natural to Central Texans. Read More | Comment »

Geezerville 2:30PM Wed. Jun. 12, Jim Caligiuri

There Goes Bonnie Whitmore Again

I have two words for you this week: Bonnie Whitmore. Her new album There I Go Again – out today – has me hook, line, and sinker. Read More | Comment »

Next Up! 4:20PM Tue. Jun. 11, William Harries Graham

Housecore Horror Adds Suffocation

If the music stages at the Housecore Horror Film Festival couldn't possibly get any more crowded, time to make more room. Seminal New York black metal crew Suffocation will be performing, complete with founding vocalist Frank Mullen. Read More | Comment »

Off the Record 1:09PM Tue. Jun. 11, Richard Whittaker

New Albums for Octopus Project and Okkervil River

Electronic rock sprocket the Octopus Project has a new album due out this summer, set for release on the quartet’s longtime local imprint of choice, Peek-A-Boo Records. Titled Fever Forms, it’ll be the Austin instrumentalists fifth CD in 11 years, a 12-track scheduled for July 9. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 4:00PM Mon. Jun. 10, Chase Hoffberger

2nd Annual Blue Hole Concerts for the Park

Chaos in Tejas came, left its boot print on our face, and went. End of music festivals until ACL, right? Almost. While I always space the spring/summer concerts at Barton Springs, this year’s annual avalanche of music fests nearly caused me to miss the announcement of Wimberley’s 2nd Annual Blue Hole Concerts for the Park, beginning today at 5pm. Read More | Comment »

Death Valley Nights 2:47PM Fri. Jun. 7, Raoul Hernandez

Housecore Horror Gets Loud

It may call itself the Housecore Horror Film Festival, but with Pantera main man Phil Anselmo and metalsucks.net writer Corey Mitchell at the helm, they were also promising a superheavy metal lineup, Oct. 24-27. Today, they delivered with a vengeance. Read More | Comment »

Off the Record 10:50AM Fri. Jun. 7, Richard Whittaker

Howard Kaylan: Coming Out of His Shell

Howard Kaylan’s new book, Shell Shocked: My Life with The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc., reads as a rarity amongst rock autobiographies: a startlingly honest memoir that’s unflinching in its assessment of the author’s foibles and insecurities. Read More | Comment »

Shuffle 5:00PM Thu. Jun. 6, Scott Schinder

Chvrches/Still Corners

All three of Mohawk’s decks overflowed with the usual fashionable crowd, yet more than a few young professionals had slugged over from work dressed in their weekday gear of starched button-downs and slacks. As openers Still Corners noted while addressing an inattentive audience, this show had been sold-out for over two months. Read More | Comment »

La Vie en Rose 4:20PM Thu. Jun. 6, Abby Johnston

Erin Ivey: The Finest Kind

Unlike many local acts who gig constantly, Erin Ivey shows up only on special occasions. Friday, the petite singer-songwriter celebrates her new live album, Dreamy Weather, at Club DeVille in what promises to be an eclectic evening of surprises. Read More | Comment »

Geezerville 2:30PM Wed. Jun. 5, Jim Caligiuri

Rock Rock Rock Rock Rock & Roll Summer Camps

Pardon me stepping into William Harries Graham’s formidable shoes, dear parents, but if your budding rock star isn’t already booked up this summer, there’s time to consider one of the several kids music camps that still have openings. Read More | Comment »

Next Up! 12:35PM Wed. Jun. 5, Margaret Moser

The Jitterbug Vipers: Shut Up and Play, Bitch!

Last week, singer Sarah Sharp and I met up to talk about her lounge jazz band the Jitterbug Vipers’ new album, Phoebe’s Dream, which came out today. Laughter and good times run rampant within the Vipers’ camp. The local quartet’s one of the funnest and best bands you can catch around Austin. See them tomorrow, Wednesday, at Lamberts, 7pm. Read More | Comment »

Next Up! 2:07PM Tue. Jun. 4, William Harries Graham

We Will Become Silhouettes

Cedar Park Center’s crowd broke into cheers as the first bass notes droned through the P.A. “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” proved unmistakable. The Postal Service opened its 80 minutes with the same song that kicks off its only LP, 2003’s Give Up, transforming the highly acclaimed trio into a time machine. Read More | Comment »

La Vie en Rose 4:00PM Mon. Jun. 3, Abby Johnston

Chaos in Tejas Live (Finale): Bushwick Bill

Do people realize that rap icon Bushwick Bill has become something of local scenester these past three months? He’s employed some of the best session musicians this town has to offer in recording an album that Arlyn Studios partner and chief BB wrangler T. Murphey says goes to mixing this Friday. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 3:00PM Mon. Jun. 3, Chase Hoffberger

Chaos in Texas Live (Finale): The Field

There’s nothing mainstream about the Field. Stockholm DJ Axel Willner’s capricious slash of minimal house groove belongs to a very niche group of people. Someone so fetishized should rightfully end up at Chaos in Tejas. Read More | Comment »

Heretic Pride 2:00PM Mon. Jun. 3, Luke Winkie

Chaos in Texas Live (Finale): Infest

Infest played 31 songs in 32 minutes last night. I know this because I kept a stopwatch running in my pocket and a pen in my hand, drawing another dash on my forearm each time the reunited California hardcore heroes kicked out another song. Read More | Comment »

Playback 1:30PM Mon. Jun. 3, Kevin Curtin

Chaos in Tejas Live (Finale): Red 7 Metal Mayhem

It’s appropriate for Chaos in Tejas to end with metal on metal action, and that’s what we got for many hours at Sunday’s Red 7 blowout. Read More | Comment »

High Bias 1:00PM Mon. Jun. 3, Michael Toland

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