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June 29, 2007
That's the news, and I am outta here
Christopher Gray
June 22, 2007
The final countdown continues with a dance diva, close
call for Ornette Coleman, and a bunch of other stuff
Christopher Gray
June 15, 2007
Flashing back to the origins of Emo's, peering inside the Broken Clock Cabaret, and celebrating Juneteenth with a heapin' helpin' of blues
Christopher Gray
June 8, 2007
TCB shakes a maraca in Spoon’s new video, stakes out the Belmont for a supersecret Prince show, and talks street with Krum Bums singer Dave Tejas.
Christopher Gray
June 1, 2007
Redrawing Austin's musical map with Roadhouse Rags, Rabbit's, and even a word or two from the state Capitol
Christopher Gray
May 25, 2007
The bottles and cans keep piling up, but two venues catch green-building fever; a local pirate plunders the music business; and Kelly Clarkson now employs the entire Austin music scene in some capacity
Christopher Gray
May 18, 2007
Freescale's Road to Austin is paved with good intentions, Lions get ready to roar on Guitar Hero 3, the Parish thinks locally, and the Texas Music Museum's barely-tapped treasure trove
Christopher Gray
May 11, 2007
Stories from the Ritz's punk heyday and a former Adult now on tour with Kelly Clarkson, and the 2007 ACL Fest sounds just like Tom Thumb's blues
Christopher Gray
May 4, 2007
The Backyard's parking quagmire, Chris Cornell outshines those other guys, and more
Christopher Gray
April 27, 2007
Remembering a tattoo legend, bracing for Texas' upcoming festival season, and saying so long to 'hippie hour.'
Christopher Gray
April 19, 2007
Old Settler's Fest digs in as Okkervil River's Will Sheff digs out, and Marijuana Law for Musicians tokes on
Darcie Stevens
April 13, 2007
Cowboys and bluesmen at the Alamo Drafthouse's new home, Moose and conjunto on the Eastside, an ailing Crack Pipe, a cranky cigarette company, and other nutty notions
Christopher Gray
April 6, 2007
Here comes trouble with Attack Formation, Peel, Waterloo Records' silver anniversary, and a Brown Whörnet beat down
Christopher Gray
March 30, 2007
Permits, or lack thereof, cause a huge to-do between FactoryPeople, SXSW, and various city agencies, while musicians spin some hot-rod yarns and the King of Sixth Street abdicates his throne
Christopher Gray
March 23, 2007
SXSW 07: a lot of carrying on, a massive jolt of energy, then oblivion
Christopher Gray
March 16, 2007
SXSW at 21 is one heckuva wascawwy wabbit
Christopher Gray
March 9, 2007
Beyond borders with Austin's Lonesome Heroes, U2 tribute band Mysterious Ways, Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey, and a bunch of SXSW international bands with their fingers crossed.
Christopher Gray
March 1, 2007
Roky Erickson gets his life back (literally), UT's Harry Ransom Center and the White Ghost Shivers remember the 18th Amendment, and Shaft heading for SXSW? Shut yo' mouth.
Christopher Gray
February 23, 2007
UK grime dirties up Red River, Explosions in the Sky take to the airwaves, and a local drummer makes his bid for "News of the Weird"'s Least Competent Criminals.
Christopher Gray
February 16, 2007
Changes in the air at the Parish and Emo's, a new label on the horizon, Li'l Cap'n Travis gets a Friday Night Lights close-up, and a Grammy surprise for an old Texas Playboy
Christopher Gray
February 9, 2007
SXSW inches closer, the Scoot Inn rises again, Arclight Records booms, and Cindi Lazzari and Chris Foley depart much too soon
Christopher Gray
February 2, 2007
SXSW's Brent Grulke explains the reasoning behind the blog-bemoaned band-list delay.
Christopher Gray
January 26, 2007
Ted Nugent livens up Rick Perry's inaugural ball, the literary side of the Texas Rollergirls, more parking needed on the Eastside, and a redheaded stranger comes to Coachella
Christopher Gray
January 19, 2007
Ghostland Observatory goes to the opera, Friday Night Lights goes to the Broken Spoke, SXSW goes to France, and everyone else stays home because of the ice storm
Christopher Gray
January 12, 2007
Emo's surfaces on Playboy.com, a California label floats Austin's punk scene, SXSW volunteers swim upstream, and a flock of dead birds reminds TCB of their distinguished pop-music ancestors
Christopher Gray
January 5, 2007
Ringing in 2007 with a brawl, a new club, Top 10s, and the Chronicle's annual Music Poll
Christopher Gray
December 29, 2006
"O Death, where is thy sting?" – 1 Corinthians 15:55
Christopher Gray
December 22, 2006
Last-minute musical gift ideas, a nasty feud down South, and a quiet move portends Red River's inevitable eastward migration
Christopher Gray
December 15, 2006
The ongoing liquor-fueled legend of the Hickoids, Neil Diamond's people make the Diamond Smugglers' life hell, and Pete Townshend will be at SXSW anyway, anyhow, anywhere
Christopher Gray
December 8, 2006
Fun Fun Fun doesn't disappoint, the Dixie Chicks leave Bush for Britney, and a Red tide sweeps through club land this week.
Christopher Gray
December 1, 2006
Fun Fun Fun Fest brings punk and indie to Waterloo Park, Dixie Chicks return defiant as ever, and Mayor Will Wynn smacks down the playa-hating New York Times. Even The Onion couldn't make this up.
Christopher Gray
November 24, 2006
A TCB Thanksgiving with purple turkey, mash-up potatoes, and a juicy lawsuit for dessert
Christopher Gray
November 17, 2006
Sittin' sideways at the Recording Academy Honors, pondering the state of the music business with Chronicle photographer Andrew Shapter, mourning a death on the Eastside, and applying America's newfound Democratic spirit to our Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot
Christopher Gray
November 10, 2006
Thunderpalooza goes down in flames, the Chumps rise from the ashes, and Mondays at Nasty's keep on keepin' on
Christopher Gray
November 3, 2006
Dialtone Records, a chain-saw-carving country singer, Spoon on the silver screen, and still more Rolling Stones aftermath: This column is truly coconuts
Christopher Gray
October 27, 2006
Halloween tricks and treats from the Rolling Stones, Pet Shop Boys, White Ghost Shivers, and Palm School Choir, while yet another Austin outdoor festival is born
Christopher Gray
October 20, 2006
Saying adios to Texas music titan Freddy Fender, and bienvenidos to a little band called the Rolling Stones
Christopher Gray
October 6, 2006
Finally, nobody died this week, heralding several new beginnings: Trail of Dead hopes its career is reborn on 'So Divided,' ex-Domino Bobby Whitlock relocates to Austin, Stretford comes back on the scene, and even the boy-band craze is revived
Christopher Gray
September 29, 2006
Bidding farewell to dandy Don Walser, remembering Jerry Lightfoot, helping Chris Tominaga, and shopping for HAAM
Christopher Gray
September 22, 2006
Lightning, humidity, Tom Petty, and a few other elements converged on Zilker Park for Austin City Limits' annual musical orgy
