March 5-11, 1999


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Articles and Features

1999 SXSW Music Conference & Festival Coverage

Picks to Click introduction by Raoul Hernandez

Five local SXSW acts on their way up.

Waiting for Christmas
by Andy Langer

Meg Hentges' new long-time-in-coming Brompton's Cocktail not only documents her newfound confidence, but also her newfound patience.

Four-Track Rhapsody by Raoul Hernandez

Monroe Mustang plays musical chairs on their musical instruments for a sleepy, home-crafted indie sound.

The Inspiration of Necessity by Christopher Hess

Jazz trumpeter Ephraim Owens has a growing reputation as a player who can jump onstage with anyone.

The Medium Is the Music by Margaret Moser

Courtney Audain's Fuze is an exotic hybrid of the tropical beat found in his native Trinidad and the sophisticated rhythms of the big city, boasting a distinctive reggae base that has less to do with the smoky haze of ganja than with the pure and simple celebration of life.

It's Always the Nice Ones by Christopher Hess

The Kiss Offs' ever-growing fetish for homemade stage pyrotechnics is the most visible evidence of the slightly sinister force that winks and taunts just beneath the band's goof-pop veneer.


More SXSW Coverage:
16th Annual Musicians Register
| Live Music Venue Guide


News & Reviews

Dancing About Architecture by Ken Lieck

Our resident Olive Loaf relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital ...


Texas Platters

Reviews of recent local releases:
  • Surfin' Señorita compilation
  • Asylum Street Spankers
  • Dave Biller/Jeremy Wakefield
  • Jesse Taylor
  • Roberto Sontoya Ramos
  • Matt Powell
  • PigGie Hat
  • Amy Atchley
  • Phil Pritchett
  • Blind Luck
  • Thomas Anderson
  • Bethani
  • Happy Valley
  • Zulu as Kono
  • Meat Puppets
  • Marty Allen
  • Maximum Coherence During Flying

7 and 7 Is

Reviews of new 45s from Meg Hentges, Silver Scooter, Subset, Palaxy Tracks, and the Collegians.



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