Wednesday Sleepers

"...9pm, 18th Floor @ Hilton Garden With the highly touted 2007 release..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Powell St. John

"...Creek Boys (with Janis Joplin on autoharp) and the 13th Floor Elevators, Powell St. John's impact on Austin music..."

May 4, 2018 Music Review by Greg Beets

Bill Ham Had My Back

ZZ Top’s onetime manager made rock & roll history

"...The native Austinite and his legendary psych band the 13th Floor Elevators had been heroes to me and Billy..."

June 24, 2016 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Reissues: Roky Erickson

"...While Roky Erickson's pioneering output with psychedelic trailblazers the 13th Floor Elevators remains rightly celebrated for its power and..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Music Review by Scott Schinder

The Zakary Thaks

reissue

"...may be the most important psych set since 2009 13th Floor Elevators' box Sign of the 3 Eyed Men...."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly

Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's long, strange trip to the screen

"..."The Elevators were coming up just as I was leaving Austin...."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Off The Record

Making the rounds for the third annual HAAM Benefit Day, while the Black Angels walk with a zombie

"...joined Austin's Black Angels for a rendition of the 13th Floor Elevators' "Rollercoaster," which he hadn't performed in more..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Give 1967 Its Due

"...Sweat; Bob Dylan, John Wesley Harding; Traffic, Mr. Fantasy; 13th Floor Elevators, Easter Everywhere (their best work); Buddy Guy,..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Postmarks

Powell St. John

SXSW showcase reviews

"...and Roky Erickson. He contributed six songs to the 13th Floor Elevators, and his influence on Erickson's songwriting is..."

March 16, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Powell St. John Reviewed

"...jug on "You Don't Know." For the uninitiated, the 13th Floor Elevators debuted "You Don't Know (How Young You..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Spencer Perskin & Friends

"...In between adulation of the 13th Floor Elevators and Doug Sahm's enduring roots-rock, Spencer Perskin..."

April 22, 2005 Music Review by Margaret Moser

High Baptismal Flow: Kiloh Smith

"...High Baptismal Flow, the celebrated trade-only 2-CD disc of 13th Floor Elevators singles and select additional cuts [see "Tuned..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tuned In, Burnt Out: Psychedelic Sounds on CD-R

"...Of the many 13th Floor Elevators-related compilations the Roky Erickson CD Club has..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Space Program

ST-37, Past & Future Pioneers of...

"..."To me our core influence is the 13th Floor Elevators," states Cameron, who also played with Elevator..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...taste for Dixieland jazz. In the early Sixties, the 13th Floor Elevators would play to large crowds there...."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...museum dedicated to Christmas trees, every inch of wall, floor, and ceiling seemingly covered with testament to Biscuit's fertile..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blues on the Green, Texas punk tales, and more recommended local shows

"...lines. Self-described "dollar store trash-glam-punk" band Lord Friday the 13th brings artful vaudeville to the final day. Beyond music,..."

July 14, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Levitation Live Shot: Gourisankar & Indrajit

Austin tabla and sitar duo deliver exotic Saturday opener

"...of the fret board. Picking up pace on the 13th century instrument, his slippery riffage, complete with the occasional..."

May 10, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: You Might Find Your New Favorite Artist at Hot Summer Nights – Here Are 10 Contenders

Picks to reset quarantine listening habits, free today through Sunday

"...Tears – whether shed on the dance floor or bathroom floor – fuel the dark melodrama of..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...he half-jokingly calls himself "the old man on the floor. I could act like I'm out every night and..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...Ana Egge1am, 18th Floor @ Crowne Plaza With three breathtaking albums under her..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

I Before E

A career retrospective on one of the lost cosmic cowboys, Rusty Wier

"...last "Dance," Wier steps from the stage onto the floor and circulates among the audience, grinning, introducing himself, posing..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Platters

Jimmy Lafave

"...pummel stupid like muddy puppies on a fresh waxed floor. Added bonuses include twisted Little Golden Book art by..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...camera, Dead Boys vocalist Stiv Bators writhing on a floor, L.A. art brutarians the Weirdos, and some joker in..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Faster Than Sound: Falling Hard for Sasha & the Valentines

The Massachusetts transplants debut their dream-pop LP, Daniel Johnston's NFT dustup, and more music news

"...the Chronicle, Wellwarth fell 45 feet from a fourth floor window in 1995, leading to various complications. Visit the..."

April 16, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Can Austin Be a Jazz City?

Two venues usher in a new era in Austin jazz. Plus music scholar Bill Bentley brings the Smithsonian Institution to bear at BookPeople.

"...Every table, chair, and open floor space in the candlelit club was occupied last Saturday..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Black Angels Record Review

Death Song (Partisan)

"...modern psych scene, their menacing drone perched 'twixt the 13th Floor Elevators' garage-punk and Spiritualized's lysergic gospel music. Once..."

April 28, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

7 Roky Erickson Moments at the Austin Music Awards

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

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Levitation Live Shot: Primal Scream/Jesus & Mary Chain

Headlining Scot double-shot lives up to the billing

"...they got, as well as the most sinister dance floor killer ever: XTRMNTR’s “Swastika Eyes.”..."

May 10, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...2014 Austin Music Awards because they fill a dance floor with "Booty Sweat." – Thomas Fawcett..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

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