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Bill Narum: We Call That Art
Margaret Moser
(Announcement)
The news wafted through Austin, a town already unnerved by the recent death of Robin Shivers. This name was just as sad, the shock just as big: Bill Narum was dead.
We Got Our Own Sound
Chase Hoffberger
Thu Nov 19, 11:46am
If the League of Extraordinary Gz is Austin’s version of the Wu-Tang Clan, then Reggie Coby is the group’s RZA. The Dred Skott mastermind is quick to let the rest of the crew take the lead, knowing full well that he’ll prove essential to each track’s foundation.
Funk No. IV
Jim Caligiuri
Wed Nov 18, 11:34am
Saturday night a decidedly slimmed down FunkFest, the fourth, hits the Parish with the Stanton Moore Trio, led by the drummer of New Orleans jammers Galactic and the rarely seen supergroup Garage a Trois, featuring Marco Benevento on keyboards, Skerik on saxophone, Mike Dillon on vibes, and Moore on drums.
Sister Jessica Explains It All for You
Cindy Widner
Mon Nov 16, 4:02pm
If girls – that's girls, not ladies, women, or grrrls – fail to save rock & roll as planned, it won't be for lack of instruction manuals.
Another Travelin' Band
Doug Freeman
Mon Nov 16, 11:08am
Five years ago, Jim James, Conor Oberst, and M. Ward teamed with Saddle Creek producer Mike Mogis for a short tour that established the three songwriters as new voices of indie folk, and sold out the Paramount Theatre.
New mAcdonald
Margaret Moser
Sat Nov 14, 10:05am
Tags: Pat MacDonald
Maybe the road to PurgAtory Hill has been long, but few are better equipped to make the trip than Pat Macdonald. Make that pat mAcdonald, an effective way of driving grammarists crazy or maybe just a reminder to put the damn A in his last name without mentioning “The Future’s So Bright.”
Jody Denberg signs off of KGSR
Austin Powell
Fri Nov 13, 7:10pm
Jody Denberg, the voice and vision of 1017.1 KGSR, is leaving his position as Content Manager and On-air host after 19 years. “I have promised myself one year without doing any work,” Denberg said in an official release. “The time is right for me to take some time off and recharge my creative batteries.”
The Lineup
Fri Nov 13, 4:30pm
Belle de Jour
Raoul Hernandez
Fri Nov 13, 3:40pm
Yanking a diva out of the studio to do a 10-minute phoner with some yokel down in Texas doesn't inspire much hope on the latter's end, so you better engage one of pop music's singular personalities, Rufus Wainwright, who plays the Paramount Monday and Tuesday, from the word "hello." Correction, from the word "bonjour."
Video: White Denim “I Start to Run”
Austin Powell
Fri Nov 13, 11:41am
Tags: White Denim
Directed by Austin’s Andy Cope and filmed just last month at the Austin City Limits studio, White Denim’s new video for Fits’ lead single “I Start to Run” is already making the rounds on MTVu. For a bit of the back story, check this out. If you look closely, you can spot OTR doing his best impression of a fly on a wall.
Blog and Roll
Livvy Bennett
Thu Nov 12, 12:53pm
Tags: U21
Last weekend, a panel of representatives from Billboard, Rolling Stone, Spin, Idolator, Aquarium Drunkard, My Old Kentucky Blog, and the Austin-American Statesman met at the Mohawk to share their wisdom with music bloggers old and new.
Dust In the Air
Jim Caligiuri
Wed Nov 11, 4:03pm
I’ve referred to Son Volt as the premier American roots-rock band of our day and in my mind, its latest, American Central Dust (Rounder), confirms that notion.
Tejano Returns to 6th Street
Margaret Moser
Wed Nov 11, 11:01am
Isidoro Lopez likes to use the phrase “invisible society” when referring to the Latino community and how it's often looked through. It’s a particularly apt phrase in regards to Tejano, that vibrant hybrid of Texas-born, Mexican-originated music. For every musical style that exists, there’s a Spanish take on it.
Dig Until You Hit the Floor
Audra Schroeder
Mon Nov 9, 3:13pm
Tags: Fun Fun Fun Fest
Unlike South by Southwest and Austin City Limits, at Fun Fun Fun Fest it's easy to not have a plan and sort of wander from stage to stage. However, it also helps to have a pioneer-woman strategy, like some other folks we know. Some highlights (and lowlights)...
The Lineup
Fri Nov 6, 3:36pm
Microphone Fiend
Chase Hoffberger
Fri Nov 6, 12:13pm
A stage filled by an MC and his DJ is a rare sight in hip-hop these days, but Rakim’s schooling at Emo’s Wednesday night was never about the here and now. With The Seventh Seal not out for another two weeks and no new material since 1999’s The Master, there wasn’t much use in hitting anything but the classics.
Bad Boy Boogie
Raoul Hernandez
Fri Nov 6, 10:44am
AC/DC’s “War Machine” incinerated San Antonio’s AT&T Center last December, and tonight the Frank Erwin Center’s sprinkler system tests its mettle against the Aussie rock & roll tank. Thirty years ago, Paris, France, preserved Bon Scott for Austin, Texas.
California Love
Chase Hoffberger
Thu Nov 5, 12:52pm
Tags: Bavu Blakes
Bavu Blakes may be heading to California in a few weeks, but the situation’s more a “See ya later” than a goodbye.
Services for Robin Shivers
Austin Powell
Wed Nov 4, 3:40pm
Tags: HAAM
Services for local philanthropist Robin Shivers, 53, are taking place on Thursday, Nov. 5, at St. Mary’s Cathedral (203 East 10th Street), 2pm. The co-founder of the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians died unexpectedly last Monday of undetermined causes.
Fun Fun Fun Too
Jim Caligiuri
Wed Nov 4, 2:10pm
There's the official Fun Fun Fun Fest aftershows this weekend, and the totally unofficial fare for geezers like me, beginning with three shows dedicated to beloved musical icons no longer with us.
Hitting the Half-Pipe
Aaron Miller
Tue Nov 3, 3:50pm
I’ve never been one for extreme sports so I’ve never had reason to go to a skate park. Yet while extreme sports have never been my style, rock & roll always has, so when Versatile Skate Park on South Lamar began booking shows, I paid them a visit.
You Must Never Break the Chain
Raoul Hernandez
Tue Nov 3, 12:06pm
Erika Wennerstrom’s blistering blues made Dhani Harrison crouch down for a better look upstairs on the Stubb’s VIP deck, while Wolfmother, Friday night’s Aussie Afro and headliner, watched from the wings. Too bad the Heartless Bastards’ volcanic voice and Les Paul wringer wasn't at the Continental Club later to grin at Down Under’s the Grates.
Heart Gently Weeps
Austin Powell
Fri Oct 30, 12:22pm
Dhani Harrison didn’t just help create The Beatles: Rock Band. He lived it. Having laid to rest the sessions for his father George’s posthumously released final album, 2002's Brainwashed, Harrison hits his stride with Thenewno2, which opens for Wolfmother tonight at Stubb’s.
The Lineup
Fri Oct 30, 12:16pm
This week, spook yourself with Those Darlins, Yussuf Jerusalem, Alela Diane, and Surfer Blood.
Sunny Side of the Street
Margaret Moser
Fri Oct 30, 11:27am
There are two schools of thought about a Pogues show. The first is that any Pogues show is great, and the second is that any Pogues show is great, even if they are doing it by the numbers. Face it, at 25-plus years, this is a nostalgia act, just like Devo or the B-52's.
