Playback: The Westin Sues the Nook Over Sound

And “Playback” votes in the Austin Music Poll

"...Credit Austin's music community with this: We're exceptional at outrage...."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dear Glutton: Alone for the Holidays

The least sad way to spend Christmas solo

"...salmon; some fine, sharp, bitter winter greens; a little paper bag of wild mushrooms. Buy quail eggs and a..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Swingle All the Way!

Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland

"...Dec. 20-22, in the intimate Rollins Theatre here in Austin...."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: True Stories: Then and Now

Connecting the dots between the SIMS Foundation and a day on the set of David Byrne's sleeper hit film

"...True Stories, Sordid Confessions and Music From the Heart of the City is a fundraising..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Playback: Austin Musician Union Overthrown

Local 433 hangs in the balance, a new hit for Fastball, and End of an Ear begins its new lease on life

"...Austin's oldest organized music entity suddenly hangs in the balance...."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Save Our Spaces March: "Give Us the Keys!"

Creative Alliance leads artists on a second line down Second

"...With signs reading "Invest in Arts and Music," "Life Is Art," and "We Are the Weird in..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...300 Chronicle issues stamped with the mug of a musician. In honor of the paper's 35th anniversary, "Playback" took..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Letters to the Editor: Classic Cuts

35 years of "keeping it weird"

"...of "weird." Some of them are almost timeless (i.e., musicians' gripes, complaints about SXSW, editorial criticism, the smoking ban)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Features Feature by Danielle White

I Like to Watch: Roadies

Showtime series becomes a summer favorite

"...portion of each episode would be devoted to the white man's overbite that signifies people engaging in music appreciation..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Local Composer Peter Stopschinski Releases 50 Free Albums in One Summer

That’s just the kind of guy he is

"...can be as fun as being right. Winter in Austin is a fox. Summer in Austin is a giant,..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Kirk Lynn

The Boys Club

Female employees say gender discrimination persists at City Hall. Could a new resolution fix the broken system?

"...A loyal City of Austin employee of nearly three decades, Mapi Vigil felt she..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Unlocking the Joys of Austin’s Puzzle Rooms

Escape rooms bring the solitary diversions to life

"...towers. A dozen outfits have set up shop in Austin since the first opened here in 2014, and there..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Majcher

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...The Parliament-Funkadelic experience remains as much visual as musical, and no non-musician had as seminal an impact on..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Bill Ham Had My Back

ZZ Top’s onetime manager made rock & roll history

"...Houston, I’d been running on the edges of the music business but couldn’t fathom any way in. Going to..."

June 24, 2016 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Playback: Austin Record Convention's United Nations

Forget Record Store Day, the Austin Record Convention remains the biggest vinyl swap in the USA

"...and phonographic fetishists. The USA's largest sale of recorded music, featuring hundreds of vendors stocked with over a million..."

June 17, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ben Snakepit Releases His Manor Threat

New collection of diary comics debuts at Beerland this Saturday

"...who grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and moved to Austin in 2000; who toured the world playing bass with..."

June 8, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities

Too much noise, too little quiet

"...and the thump of the bass, the drive of music that fueled everything we were doing, that marked the..."

May 27, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Stratus Properties Acquires Transmission Events

Graham Williams starts new booking business: Margin Walker Presents

"...Austin’s largest independent concert promotions company, Transmission Events, has been..."

May 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Levitation Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the under and overcard

"...more than lived up to his family's (Alice Coltrane) musical legacy. After producing for the Adult Swim network, space..."

April 29, 2016 Music Feature

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...onto the roof with a view of the red, white, and blue-lighted Freedom Tower. Utterly foreign to Ray's lifelong..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

Love Notes From the Bear

Austin's big brown bear of a singer-songwriter-Stratocaster, Jon Dee Graham, doodles his wife, real-life concerns, and ardor

"...From the Bearby Jon Dee Graham 52 pp., $35 (paper)..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Only Bowie

Long lost 1995 Austin compilation wields a license to freak

"...its own name, but a testosterone-charged look (by mostly Austin bands) at a man who may have worn makeup..."

Feb. 10, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: White Denim Stiffens

White Denim v.2 bows a new debut, Magna Carda raps its full-length debut, and the Austin Music Census holds on to its virtue

"...Twelve years ago, long before White Denim commanded Bonnaroo bookings, appearances on Letterman, and studio..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...South By Southwest beefs up its 2016 Music lineup this morning with the third and largest artist..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place Top 10s: IIIII-dentity!

Ring it in gaily!

"...1) AUSTIN HRC MEI = 100 Our town gets the highest..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Column by Kate X Messer

The Drifter

Mike Flanigin's accidental (and all-star) organ-grinding

"...these days, he's dedicated himself to a style of music that's rarely highlighted anymore. He's charming and soulful, and..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

News Roundup: Bullhooks and Bikes

Plus knives, fires, and schools

"...• Don't Stab Me, Bro: Austin Police arrested Jimmy Baylor Thursday night after a fight..."

Aug. 10, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...Austin receives no such shout-out in "Truckin'," the Grateful Dead's..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

"William Gaynor: Walking Down the Road Feeling Really Fucking Bad"

Artist William Gaynor illuminates a curious spiritualism in an unlikely location

"...and chevre sandwich with a pint of Real Ale's White, then park yourself in view of the north wall..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...2014, and April 30, 2015, the members of the Austin Critics Table have agreed on the most outstanding work..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

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