Sweet Spirit Tour Diary

On the road with Spoon

"...Sweet Spirit, the high-energy pop group led by Giant Dog..."

May 26, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Sweet Spirit Alights to Trinidad

Austin glam rockers’ third LP casts a deep digi/Tropi spell

"...or naked – or even eating a kumquat,” emails Sweet Spirit’s Andrew Cashen, presumably in one such guise remotely..."

May 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

First Listen: Sweet Spirit

Gripping demo from members of A Giant Dog & Bobby Jealousy

"...The burned CD had been scrawled with a marker: “Sweet Spirit master 03/07/2014 at Superpop [Studios].” Oh right...."

April 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sweet Spirit: Masters of Puppets

Heavy pop locals premiere “Baby When I Close My Eyes”

"...friends suffer the harsh realities of modern America in Sweet Spirit’s video for “Baby When I Close My Eyes,”..."

Jan. 11, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sweet Spirit With Soul Man Sam at Blues on the Green

"...Sweet Spirit during Blues on the Green at Zilker Park..."

Aug. 8, 2019 Photo Gallery

Sweet Spirit Record Review

Cokomo (Nine Mile)

"...Cokomo may not be a real place, but Sweet Spirit's all over the map on their first studio..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Last Week in Live Music: Black Pumas, Heartless Bastards, Sweet Spirit, and More

"...Sweet Spirit at ACL Live on May 29, 2021..."

May 31, 2021 Photo Gallery

Last Week in Live Music: The Who, Cage the Elephant, Marina, Sweet Spirit, and More

"...Sweet Spirit at Barracuda on September 28, 2019..."

Oct. 1, 2019 Photo Gallery

Sweet Film Fight

"...we were just getting ourselves back into the holiday spirit, or if we actually disagree that strongly about the..."

Oct. 13, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

That Fighting Spirit

Revisiting Sweet Smell of Success

"...played by Burt Lancaster in the 1957 film classic Sweet Smell of Success. The remark, made to no one..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short and Sweet: "Don't You Go Nowhere"

Bryan Poyser on jazz and filming in an Austin Club

"...Welcome to Short and Sweet, our Q&A series with the people behind shorts films..."

Oct. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Short & Sweet: “The Cheap Seats”

Docudrama finds spirited stories in the psychic capital of Florida

"...Welcome to “Short & Sweet,” our look at short films playing in Austin. This..."

July 18, 2022 Screens Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

Smells Like Preteen Spirit

Kid rockers Three Hourz Sleep confront their first major crisis when their drummer moves away.

"..."Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana's decade-old anthem, didn't translate literally into teen angst..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Four Trailblazing Tequilas Reinvigorating the Spirit’s Reputation

When it comes to the tequila renaissance, sip it, don't shoot it

"...stereotypes, and sweaty college parties. But this iconic Mexican spirit, synonymous with celebration, is once again in clear view,..."

July 7, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Utopia Fest Adds a Sweet Party This Weekend

Intimate gathering evidences a returns to roots

"...Festival founder Travis Sutherland says he began theorizing the Sweet Party long before his short-lived partnership with Down in..."

March 27, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Meanwhile Brewing’s National Beer Day at Loro; C-C-Cake Club Congregates; Fojtasek Everywhere You Look, So Very Very Much Sushi, and How About That Sweet Live Fire Action, Hoss?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...that (amazing) Sushi | Bar to Austin (in a sweet alcove inside Bento Picnic) and then sold the concept..."

April 6, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Checking In: Peelander-Z Commander (Yellow) Champions Austin Spirit

Japanese punk-n-painter power source beams in

"...is nothing in city now, but we have “Austin Spirit.” It’ll make open a new door with this situation...."

Sept. 1, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Chronophage on Their Salty-Sweet, Self-Titled Third LP

The bicoastal band explores “a place where I am in love and the world is ending”

"...bassist Sarah Beames and guitarist Parker Allen, who share salty-sweet vocal cascades, and keyboardist Casey Allen...."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Fogo de Chão Reopens This Weekend, Ember Kitchen Is Opening Soon, Ezov Is Opening Later, Batch Is Open Now, and Would You Believe We Have a Sweet Array of NYE Recommendations for You, O Holiday-Harried Citizen?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...on Fri., Dec. 23 – and, in the holiday spirit, donating a portion of first-week sales to Keep Austin..."

Dec. 21, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

That Fighting Spirit

The Austin Film Festival comes out swinging: an introduction

"...sorrowful. We've also highlighted the deliciously dirty dealings in Sweet Smell of Success; check out Marjorie Baumgarten's interview with..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Sweet Homes, Alabama

KLRU debuts Rural Studio doc 'Citizen Architect'

"...Austin filmmaker Sam Wainwright Douglas' Citizen Architect: The Spirit of Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio, captures Mockbee's..."

Aug. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...turns onscreen. From the moment Mortimer realizes what these sweet little old biddies are doing (simply putting people out..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Playback: Charlie Pierce Burns It Down

Charlie Pierce, the Gibby Haynes of piano, speaks out; Sweet Spirit serenades Spoon in a tour diary excerpt; and Phil Anselmo says maybe next year for a Housecore Horror ATX return

"...performance at Eastside lounge Stay Gold on Saturday night. Sweet Spirit's Spoon Diary..."

May 29, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

For Those About to Eat: A Menu of Music at Hot Luck

Shannon & the Clams, Sweet Spirit, Colleen Green, Superchunk, and DJ Jazzy Jeff make the cuisine scene

"...But if you think the glammy heart-on-sleeve pop act Sweet Spirit sounds like an after-dinner cocktail, or fellow Austinite..."

May 20, 2022 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin

Tear Dungeon: Black Rubber & Blood

Sweet Spirit and A Giant Dog’s abrasive metal abomination

"...For Andrew Cashen, guitarist/vocalist for pop powerhouse Sweet Spirit and melodic punks A Giant Dog, the question’s..."

March 3, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Take Me to a Party

Sweet Spirit pops big

"..."Sweet Spirit's music is super-arranged and hyper-composed, because so many..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Glimmer Twins

Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen instigate A Giant Dog Pile

"...putting finishing touches on their New Wave pop outfit Sweet Spirit's sophomore LP, recorded here with Stuart Sikes (Riverboat..."

May 6, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Spoon Surprises Hotel Vegas

Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, and crew meet Sabrina Ellis’ Sweet Spirit

"...hiatus for a free show opening for local upstarts Sweet Spirit – they were as prompt as drummer Jim..."

May 7, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Celebrate MLK Day With P.I.E.

“Peace Includes Everyone” and everyone could use a treat right now

"...Whether savory or sweet, there’s something inherently communal about making and sharing pies...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Baadasssss!

Melvin Van Peebles' son Mario pays tribute to his groundbreaking film Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song, and also settles a few old Oedipal scores along the way.

"...Khleo Thomas. At the end of his 1971 film Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song, Melvin Van Peebles, the film’s..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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