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The Priests of Syrinx

When did the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony become the Oscars? A nearly three-hour run-time, teleprompter eyes, and enough hair dye to deluge AARP fall in perfect lockstep with filmdom’s annual backslapping. The ultimate tie-in? Jack Nicholson sits in the front row of both. Watch the music blow-out on HBO tomorrow. Read More | Comment »

Death Valley Nights 5:20PM Fri. May. 17, Raoul Hernandez

Jambalaya Festival Moves Downtown

Good news for rap dudes who don’t leaving their hood for shows: next Friday’s Jambalaya Festival scheduled for the Backyard has been moved downtown to the Austin Music Hall. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 4:30PM Fri. May. 17, Chase Hoffberger

Praise the Lloyd

While primarily a benefit for KLRU, our local PBS affiliate, and Austin City Limits, last night’s three-hour concert at ACL Live at the Moody Theater celebrated Austin music master Lloyd Maines. Read More | Comment »

Geezerville 12:47PM Fri. May. 17, Jim Caligiuri

El Valiente

Oh, San Antonio. You were rebuilding your rep for South Texas rock dominance – with corazon – until Pinata Protest crashed the fiesta. Armed with blistering “accordion-powered punk rock,” the quartet debuts its latest, El Valiente on S.A.’s Saustex Records, at Antone’s tonight. It’s a Tex-Mex triumph to redefine the Alamo City. Read More | Comment »

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro 4:20PM Thu. May. 16, Margaret Moser

God Fearing Texans Stop Steven Hotze

Music rarely excuses itself from politics. Partisan beliefs make their way into every style from country to hip-hop, and all the weird, gray places in between. And yet, rarely do politicians actually cross over into creating palatable music for John & Jane Q. Public. Read More | Comment »

La Vie en Rose 1:24PM Thu. May. 16, Abby Johnston

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

The New York Times once wrote that Nashville was like Austin’s cousin had it been raised by a stricter father. It’s a sentiment I regularly revisited as I traversed Music City last weekend. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 10:07AM Thu. May. 16, Chase Hoffberger

Summer Fun: Sweatin' It Out

July, 2009. I’d lived in Austin nearly two years. That first leg from Spoon’s three-night stand at Stubb’s hit so hard that I had to scalp a ticket to the third night. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 12:25PM Wed. May. 15, Chase Hoffberger

All Aboard the Grupo Fantasma Mothership

Wondering what the latest incarnation of Grupo Fantasma will look like now that founding guitarist Adrian Quesada has announced he’s left the brassy Latin big band? Aesthetically, at least, you can get your first take on Thursday. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 3:47PM Tue. May. 14, Chase Hoffberger

Thinking About Stephen Bruton

Margaret Moser’s cancer diagnosis gave me reason to throw what some called one of the best shows this town had ever seen this past Sunday at the Continental Club. It got me thinking about Stephen Bruton. Read More | Comment »

Next Up! 11:47AM Tue. May. 14, William Harries Graham

¡Pachanga Playback!

Riding my bike through East Austin towards Pachanga Fest on Friday, I spotted a teen in her quinceanera dress as soundtracked by Tejano music blaring from cars. The hood south of Cesar Chavez maintains a distinctly Latin feel, and Fiesta Gardens remains one of Austin’s most enchanting destinations. It all came alive Pachanga weekend. Read More | Comment »

Playback 2:00PM Mon. May. 13, Kevin Curtin

The Pachangón Begins!

Our coverage of the Pachanga Latino Music Festival in this week’s paper centers around Saturday’s 21-act bill, but the six-year-old festival offers a veritable feast of ways in which you can get down with this weekend’s fiesta. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 1:07PM Fri. May. 10, Chase Hoffberger

Unplugged at the Grove Rolls On Tonight

Now in its 20th year, Shady Grove and KGSR‘s iconic Unplugged at the Grove series finds itself in pole position atop the much-sought-after “We‘re trying to watch this show barefoot, okay?” demographic, a classification of Austin that’s abundant in both influence and activity. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 12:31PM Thu. May. 9, Chase Hoffberger

ACL Music Fest Swap-Outs

Monday’s report from C3 Presents suggested that the lineup for the Austin City Limits Music Festival in October would feature the same talent both weekends. A change to the festival’s website now reveals 33 acts that will play only once during the two-weekend party. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 11:20AM Thu. May. 9, Chase Hoffberger

Notes from the Chemo Lounge

I don’t want to write this blog. If I do, it become irretrievable and irrevocably true. I have cancer and it’s bad cancer, metastasized in inoperable lymph nodes near my kidneys. It’s not get-your-affairs-in-order time – yet – but the oncologist’s assessment of my five-year survival is “slim.” Read More | Comment »

The Black Card 10:13AM Thu. May. 9, Margaret Moser

The Frank Erwin Center: 1977-2023?

Wednesday morning, KUT News reported the proposed $334.5 million development of the Dell School of Medicine on the southeastern end of UT’s campus. The proposal outlined plans for a hospital, research facility, and parking lot, as well as, in all likelihood, the eventual demolition of the Frank Erwin Center. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 5:40PM Wed. May. 8, Chase Hoffberger

Phoenix Keeps Austin Weird

I first saw Phoenix on the Friday of ACL Fest 2009. The Parisian quartet’s late-afternoon slot drew a massive crowd despite the early festival drag. The swelling foretold the band’s runaway success with fourth album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, which dropped that May. Read More | Comment »

La Vie en Rose 4:20PM Wed. May. 8, Abby Johnston

After Dark

If you think Chronicle blogger and budding young promoter/musician William Harries Graham has cornered the local U18 market, you’re not paying attention. Tonight’s Mohawk show featuring alt-rock duo Magia Negra, with Pangia, Mighty Landshark, Heretiks, and a solo Tito Larriva comes courtesy of Pangia’s David Ziolkowski. He’s 15. Read More | Comment »

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro 12:27PM Wed. May. 8, Margaret Moser

Break On Through

After penning 1991’s Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors, acid jazz drummer John Densmore returns to the bookshelves with The Doors: Unhinged, a 296-page summation of the band’s longstanding back-and-forths in court. Densmore’s “Spanish Caravan” parks at Waterloo Records tonight for a book signing, 7pm. Read More | Comment »

Playback 11:07AM Tue. May. 7, Kevin Curtin

Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season

Jimmy Buffet and Rodriguez share a cult. Not the same one, obviously, but rather their fans’ “great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book).” Amend Merriam-Webster to “film, book, or music.” The former liquored up the Austin 360 Amphitheater Friday and the latter brought the Erwin Center to its feet on Saturday. Read More | Comment »

Death Valley Nights 9:37AM Tue. May. 7, Raoul Hernandez

Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup Unveiled

C3 Presents dropped its annual bomb on our fair city minutes ago, revealing the full artist lineup for the 13th running of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. It’s raw. It’s robust. It’s got just about everyone you could think of. Sink your teeth into it. Read More | Comment »

Check Yo' Self 12:01AM Tue. May. 7, Chase Hoffberger

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