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Dziekuje Mr. Wrona

Two Polish metal bands prompted me to Poland last October. On Sunday, at the White Rabbit in San Antonio, Behemoth headlines the Decibel Magazine Tour with Swedish blood bathers Watain. Two days later – Tuesday, May 1, at Emo's East – Decapitated opens for extreme Swedes Meshuggah and also Baroness. What's Polish for “heaven”? Read More | Comment »

4:57PM Fri. Apr. 27, Raoul Hernandez

The Good Music Club: Blind Pets

Blind Pets' flammable rock has been a favorite here since the local trio's 2010 disc Smashed, and its equally raucous follow-up, last year's Sweet Tooth. The Good Music Club bottled three songs at its second ND taping. Read More | Comment »

1:55PM Thu. Apr. 12, Raoul Hernandez

By the Time I Get to Phoenix

For me, South by Southwest neither ended that Sunday at the Shins’ Austin City Limits taping, nor a week later when South Korean showcasers Galaxy Express cut loose MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams” at Mohawk. If anything, my SXSW continues, its longtail published here all spring. Sunday, Mar. 18, at Austin Rodeo, though – Glen Campbell: Perfect Grace note. Read More | Comment »

7:15PM Wed. Apr. 4, Raoul Hernandez

Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Monday night, the Austin Film Society screened 1980’s Roadie at the Alamo South in conjunction with its Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honoring Meat Loaf tomorrow at the Moody Theater. I’ve seen the film – shot here in Austin – at least twice, and own the DVD. Nevertheless, I was floored. Read More | Comment »

1:07PM Wed. Mar. 7, Raoul Hernandez

Austin Music Festival No. 3: Pachanga!

Austin music festival Numero Uno, South by Southwest, presently hammers everyone locally, party hosts readying the siege. Once that blows over, the Old Settler's Music Festival rolls in Apr. 19-22. Now comes the initial line-up for Fiesta Gardens' annual Pachanga Latino Music Festival, May 11-12. Read More | Comment »

10:01AM Mon. Mar. 5, Raoul Hernandez

Slim Richey Benefit

News just went out of a benefit tomorrow night Friday at the Hotel Vegas for 74-year-old guitar whisperer Slim Richey, who according to promoter Lucy the Poodle Productions was badly injured in a hit and run accident last Friday while his band the Jitterbug Vipers loaded out from a venue on East Sixth Street after a performance. Read More | Comment »

1:49PM Thu. Mar. 1, Raoul Hernandez

He Said/She Said: Drake

On Monday, two writers of similar age but different genders were dispatched to the Frank Erwin Cernter to digest a two-hour performance by Drake, arguably the biggest pop star in America right now. Here's what they brought back. Read More | Comment »

3:51PM Tue. Feb. 28, Luke Winkie & Zoe Cordes Selbin

The Ice Storm Song

At a Dec. 6 benefit for Austin Bat Cave, a tutoring center for kids, Rick Moody appeared at the Blanton Museum of Art for a screening of The Ice Storm, Ang Lee's faithful adaptation of his second novel. A South by Southwest Music panel was already in the works given that Mychael Danna's haunting score to the film has nothing on the music in Moody's book. Read More | Comment »

12:39PM Tue. Feb. 28, Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Springsteen Show Finally Announced

South by Southwest just announced the date of Bruce Springsteen's performance during the festival, Thursday, March 15, also the day of his keynote speech for the Music side of the festival. SXSW has put together a lottery system for tickets, without yet naming the venue. Read More | Comment »

10:57AM Mon. Feb. 27, Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Tips: Slow & Steady Wins the Race

Wednesday night, I saw Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks at the Mohawk. The band put on an excellent set, and I had a great view thanks to a new extended deck at the venue. It handily expands the capacity and the view is great. Read More | Comment »

11:58AM Fri. Feb. 24, Zoe Cordes Selbin

Women and Children First

I'd lobbied my parents for a full year, but it wasn't happening. The Who would not be my first concert. That distinction goes to the Cars, and I'm still not happy about it. My second concert, at the Oakland Coliseum on Friday, Oct. 10, 1980, was Van Halen on the Women and Children First tour. I was barely 15. Read More | Comment »

5:16PM Tue. Feb. 21, Raoul Hernandez

Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

Today marks 19 years for me at the Chronicle, my hire date Feb. 14, 1993. When Matthew Johnson at KOOP asked me to guest on ReMIX tomorrow and for a playlist to go with the spot, I used Valentine's Day as an excuse for a mix reflecting my two-decade love affair with Austin and Texas. Yesterday's plea-mail for funding a Roky Erickson doc fit right in. Read More | Comment »

5:27PM Tue. Feb. 14, Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Band Grid Goes Live Tomorrow, 2pm

Two weeks ago, the South by Southwest band list in the Chronicle came out in a point size that made me go cross-eyed. Last week, the two-page spread spilled enough precious ink to tame even showcasers the Octopus Project. Wed., 2pm, SXSW spills all (or 98%) when the complete music grid posts. Watercoolerists, yo! Read More | Comment »

1:02PM Tue. Feb. 14, Raoul Hernandez

The Lijadu Sisters

Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska died last week in Kraków, Poland. My love of her country and culture, meantime, spiked last month with word that my two favorite Polish metal acts, Behemoth and Decapitated, play San Antonio's White Rabbit on April 29 and Emo's May 1 respectively. Szymborska's “On Death, without Exaggeration” suits both: Read More | Comment »

1:53PM Tue. Feb. 7, Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Wristbands On Sale Today

South by Southwest Music wristbands go on sale this morning, February 2, at 10am. All advance sales are through the local festival's website. Read More | Comment »

7:01AM Thu. Feb. 2, Raoul Hernandez

The Ballad of the White Horse

With the Chronicle's new club crawl landing on news stands tomorrow, the Saint James Society's self-titled debut comes well timed. The three-mile-wide psych rock of “The Ballad of the White Horse” booms no paean to the East Sixth St. honky-tonk, but a video for the local sextet's “Reflections” was shot at Cheer Up Charlie's. Read More | Comment »

10:11AM Wed. Feb. 1, Raoul Hernandez

Hisingen Blues

Far be it from me to do anything today except prostrate myself in the mud to the rain gods. That said, tomorrow's Graveyard show outside at the Mohawk with Radio Moscow and Eagle Claw might not appreciate further forecast for rain. Either way, the Swedish metallic psych band's drummer Axel Sjöberg had one last check-in from our email chat last week. Read More | Comment »

1:50PM Tue. Jan. 24, Raoul Hernandez

Midnight in Harlem

At 11 members including Austin’s J.J. Johnson on thunder beat, the Tedeschi Trucks Band rolls closer to an orchestra. Given everyone’s solo moment in the spotlight, last night’s concert at the Moody ran over two hours. At the center of it all was a married-with-kids couple rarely farther apart than four feet centerstage. Even so, it was mama bear's show. Read More | Comment »

10:49AM Thu. Jan. 19, Raoul Hernandez

The Good Music Club

Laurie Gallardo’s “Austin Music Minute” offers one of KUT's myriad endearments. Partnered with filmmaker Richard Whymark, she’s begun headhunting local bands to videotape for online segments. Monday at the ND, the pair's first four-act taping as the Good Music Club came off like a DIY meeting of South by Southwest and Austin City Limits. Read More | Comment »

3:14PM Wed. Jan. 18, Raoul Hernandez

Psych Fest 5

South by Southwest remains the end-all, be-all of music festivals, but locally, it's only the first one of every year, followed closely by Old Settler's, Pachanga!, Chaos in Tejas, and for our purposes today, Psych Fest, which just announced its April 27-29 line-up at Emo's. Read More | Comment »

12:14PM Tue. Jan. 17, Raoul Hernandez

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