March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...He actually opened for me twice. I thought that 13th [Floor Elevators] was a really good name...."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

2008-09 Austin Music Awards Show

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 18

"...as Roky Erickson stepped to the stage to deliver 13th Floor Elevators' central "Splash 1." With Alex Maas taking..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Off the Record

Playing in Traffic with Los Lonely Boys, Daniel Johnston, Roky Erickson's Ice Cream Social, and Dan Auerbach

"...psych and gives a glowing five-star review of the 13th Floor Elevators' import-only, 10-disc behemoth, Sign of the Three..."

March 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Announcing the 2008-09 Austin Music Awards lineup and sneaking past the velvet rope at Pangaea, while Andrew Kenny trades American Analog Set for the Wooden Birds

"...at the Austin Music Hall on March 18. The 13th Floor Elevators' Roky Erickson is confirmed to headline alongside..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The politics of Austin music in 2008: Barack Obama boogies back to Texas, a Man From Plains, and the Live Music Task Force

"...Ushering in the second wave of Texas psych, the 13th Floor Elevators' Roky Erickson exorcized demons live with the..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Jesus & Mary Chain

"...Willie Dixon's lo-fi blues ("Little Red Rooster"), and the 13th Floor Elevators' acid-fissure aviation in "Reverberation (Doubt)." Two versions..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Weighing in on the Live Music Task Force's recommendations to City Council and casting a ballot for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"...along with Doug Sahm, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and the 13th Floor Elevators (still). The Argument..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Roky Erickson & the Explosives

"...confidence into a chrome-plated "Don't Shake Me Lucifer," the 13th Floor Elevators singer has earned the right to move..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Margaret Moser

7 and 7 Is

'Doves,' 'Silent Grips,' the Young, Camp X-Ray, and Country E.P.

"...Major" lives up to its title, an acid-wash of 13th Floor Elevators groove and thunder guided by Alex Maas'..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The Sword and Metallica ride the lightning at Ozzfest, while Kanye West and Hope for Heroes lend a helping hand to U.S. veterans

"...• The 13th Floor Elevators' sublime and genre-defining debut, 1966's The Psychedelic..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Love or Confusion?

More vinyl memories

"...pile included the Rolling Stones, the Velvet Underground, the 13th Floor Elevators, the Mothers of Invention, and the Beatles...."

July 14, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Red River rolls out the red carpet with bottle service at Beauty Bar, the Jungle Rockers get down on the Bo Diddley beat, and the Kadane brothers return to Austin

"...hits stores Sept. 9, courtesy of Matador. Meanwhile, original 13th Floor Elevators bassist Benny Thurman (see "High Baptismal Flow:..."

June 20, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Monkeywrench

"...and alley rumble "Flashy New Dance Steps" prep Gabriel's 13th Floor Elevators ride: Arm's psychedelic jug-bash "Crystal Brown Vibrations"..."

June 13, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Threadgill's reopens its original location in historic fashion, Spoon gets remixed, and Neil Young's Greendale takes the stage

"...the only person to pen hits for both the 13th Floor Elevators and Janis Joplin, for a brief acoustic..."

April 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

It's the end of the world as we know it: South by Southwest 22 officially begins

"...the Big Boys. From the birth of Texas psychedelia (13th Floor Elevators, Bubble Puppy, Shiva's Headband) through its current..."

March 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Carbon/Silicon

Thursday

"...of "The Whole Truth," then "Caesars Palace," another break-the-bank. 13th Floor Elevators intro to "What the Fuck," Blondie dye..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Saturday Picks

"...the Gris Gris channeled the mind-melting energy of the 13th Floor Elevators and the Red Krayola, while his 2007..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Off the Record

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...• Eternal 13th Floor Elevators acolyte Billy Gibbons joined Roky Erickson onstage..."

March 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

After a Fashion

The Austin Music Awards is an all in the family affair

"...a band called the Moving Sidewalks because the name 13th Floor Elevators was already taken. The presentation of Hall..."

March 14, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Off the Record

Reviewing the three-ring circus of Fun Fun Fun Fest and flashing back to the Armadillo World Headquarters with Dweezil Zappa

"...Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, the Pioneers of Psychedelic Sound, appears at..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Graham Williams of Transmission Entertainment breaks down this weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest, while Ian McLagan and the Chronicle music staff sound off on the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot

"...Stooges, Doug Sahm, John Coltrane, Brian Eno, and the 13th Floor Elevators, were more heatedly debated than the duds..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

What's Happening?

Ruta Maya toasts the Summer of Love

"...a few media outlets, who compare them to the 13th Floor Elevators and the Velvet Underground, and they don't..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

A 1967 Hoot Happening Sampling

"...6:30pm: THE SUMMER WARDROBE "Fire Engine" 13th Floor Elevators..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Feature

Off the Record

"...Me, at the Paramount Theatre on Friday. The celebrated 13th Floor Elevators' frontman is also a machine. His movements..."

July 20, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Austin's musical landscape and its evolution continue rumbling down on Red River, documenting Roky Erickson, and the Weary Boys call it quits

"...an unsettling picture of the future for the legendary 13th Floor Elevators' frontman, as the ghosts and noise of..."

July 13, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

You're Gonna Miss Me

DVDnds

"...flashed back to 1966's The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, Austin-born and inner-space bound, that might be..."

July 13, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Luv Doc Recommends: Roky Erickson's 60th Birthday Party

Paramount Theatre, Friday, July 13, 2007

"...and experience. The leader of the Sixties psych-rock band 13th Floor Elevators, Erickson took the whole ride: fame, drugs,..."

July 13, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Descent Into the Maelstrom

Radio Birdman surfs out of Edgar Allan Poe's maelström a quarter-century later

"...Pop." Missing only was a rabid cover of the 13th Floor Elevators' "You're Gonna Miss Me."..."

June 22, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rock & Roll Books

"...with Roky Erickson and auditioning on bass for the 13th Floor Elevators. Guy Clark's irascibility stands in place of..."

June 1, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...The situation wasn't much better in Texas for the 13th Floor Elevators and Doug Sahm in 1966; Roky Erickson's..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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