Review: David Beck’s Tejano Weekend

Vol. 2

"...is an admittedly unlikely champion for Tejano music, yet the former Sons of Fathers and Blue Healer founding frontman..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Squarepusher, Four Tet

Liveshots

"...SquarepusherAntone's, April 21 Four TetThe Parish, April 24 With a pair of England's most..."

April 30, 2004 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Pepe Deluxé

Acts Playing South by Southwest

"...AT&T, trying to correct a recurring billing error for the umpteenth time. Sheena Easton's "Morning Train" warbles in my..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Fantastic Fest Review: Wheelman

Frank Grillo drives through the night

"...U.S. successes like his breakout role as Crossbones in the Captain America films, plus anchoring two movies in the..."

Sept. 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

After A Fashion

Your Style Avatar hits the rewind button and is on a glitter-soaked loop

"...THE SOUNDTRACK OF LIFE I've decided to let go of..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

ScreenBurn

The gaming arm of SXSW Interactive gets pumped

"...Let the madness begin. On March 10 at 3pm, a subconscious..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Catfight

With improv comedy all over Austin and even on the tube, it's tougher than ever for improv newcomers to create laughs out of audience suggestions and comedic inspiration. But with a corps of female performers who are appealing and talented and share a sense of direction, the new troupe Catfight has the potential to fly, even here, even now.

"...Catfight: Fresh Play for the Gender Card..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Top 10 Decade/National

"...6. The Hi-Fives, -- And a Whole Lotta You! (Lookout!)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Chappell Roan Gives 'Em a Good Show at ACL Fest

The pop supernova comes through with cowgirl chic

"...For about a week there, no one was sure Chappell Roan’s Austin City Limits..."

Oct. 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires

Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.

"...In 1998, "The Men of KUT" – Jay Trachtenberg, John Aielli, Larry..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Point Austin: Thinking About Budgets

We are short-term planners with long-term problems

"...I've been knee-deep in the FY 2017 city budget for some weeks now, including..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Dram Shop Girl

Native daughter Carson McHone comes a courtin'

"...was still in high school, Carson McHone walked into the Hole in the Wall and told Denis O'Donnell, then..."

July 31, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Swell!

Surf Texas: It's not a question, it's an invitation. Just ask Kenny Braun.

"...Austin photographer Kenny Braun grew up surfing the Texas coast. The culture grabbed him by his beach..."

May 16, 2014 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Saturday night SXSW showcase

"...Take Me to the River2:45pm, Butler Park..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Pump It Up!

Flex Space coordinator Rebecca Marino takes over parent space Pump Project post-EAST

"...It's the Tuesday before the East Austin Studio Tour kicks off,..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

ACL Music Fest 2013 Friday Listings

Blurbing Friday ACL

"...marinates in enough reverb to leave a tart aftertaste. The Brooklyn duo's The Swamp EP balances folk pop with..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM: Reveries

Beauty is something you don't have to deserve

"...The expression "falling into reverie" is not accurate. "Slide" is..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Media Watch

Goodbye Air America, and Media Management Pettiness

"...to spend money to promote and market it. And the signal was so bad, listeners often felt like short-wave-radio..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

Letters @ 3AM

Ban what you please, although the current campaign against secondhand smoke will not prevent the 21st-century universe from killing us. It merely provides the illusion of safety.

"...Tonight I make the sort of announcement usually designated "a public service." Since..."

July 21, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

TCB

TCB scales the Wall of Sound festival at Fort Worth's Ridglea Theater

"...SOUNDING OFF "The letters don't like the north wind."..."

April 14, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

My Obsession

Joe Nick Patoski leaves this terrestrial plane -- radio plane, that is.

"...is a satellite radio in every car and in the house and a lifetime subscription...."

Dec. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Some brave suggestions on the city budget from someone whose job isn't subject to voter opinion.

"...Will alt-weekly city-beat writers soon be required to run for office? Congrats..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Overlapping Fireworks

It’s been six long years since Frontera artists Vicky Boone, Margery Segal, and Annie Suite have all worked with each other on a play, but the threesome still send off fireworks together, as C. Denby Swanson

"...Vicky Boone. Margery Segal. Annie Suite. These three theatre artists know each other so well that..."

April 7, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Public Notice

Love, love, love. That's what it's all about. Yup, this week's column: You'll love it.

"...The "L" Word So we're headphone waggin' to a New..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Technological Vertigo

Letters at 3AM

"...illustration by Jason Stout We have been taught, from the cradle, by people who were taught from their cradles,..."

April 17, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Coach's Corner

"...On the cover of this month's Esquire magazine is a woman..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

In Search of Selena

"...her. Saw her a couple of times. Once at the corner of Riverside and Congress, in a club that..."

June 28, 1996 Books Feature

Greg Beets/Alternative

"...1. The Makers of Smooth Music: Sublime Results of "Send Us..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Music Feature

Record Reviews

Mojo Nixon

"...Mojey-Wojey is, after all, doing his best Roky on the cover of his latest, Whereabouts Unknown. And although the..."

May 12, 1995 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grace Sorensen, and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest

From The Breeders’ sustaining cool to GloRilla’s unfazed flow

"...From there, the much-reported 2023 fad of fans throwing things on..."

Oct. 9, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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