2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival Line-up

Hip-hop tops the two weekends with ladies close behind

"...& Sebastian Benjamin Booker Bernhoft Black Pistol Fire Blackberry Smoke Blank Range Bleachers Blue Bear Broken Bells Bully Calvin..."

April 22, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

And All the Country Wept With a Loud Voice

Second-place winner

"...on over the stereo. Her teeth are already stained blue with wine, but her composure is strange, complete and..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Food Issue Extra Helpings: Picking

What could possibly be the reason for the way I eat?

"...bed of spinach leaves with dried cranberries, walnuts, and blue cheese crumbles, all the while dousing her food with..."

Feb. 19, 2014 Food Post by Jordan Gass-Pooré

The Descendents’ Uncontrollable Urge

Fun Fun Fun punks anew – coffee, documentary, and album

"...of my songs. It just came out of the blue, even weirder than the radio because it’s just this..."

Jan. 27, 2014 Music Post by Claire Gordon

OBN III's

"...Free Week freeloaders packed the floor of Red River blue-collar watering hole Beerland, except for a small semicircle in..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Twinkies, Twerking, & Paraplegic Crowd Surfing

Fun Fun Fun Fest 8 – wrapped

"...The Blue stage was magnetic on FFF's final day, from an..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...her middle name to protect her privacy). A big, blue-eyed blonde, she hails from one of those stalwartly white..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Cafe Mueller Debuts Friday, July 26

First H-E-B in-house restaurant is just what neighborhood ordered

"...from small, sharable snacking plates to hearty servings of wood-smoked barbecue. There are hearty sandwiches, pasta and rice bowls,..."

July 25, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Fore

Sports bar concept gets the Lakeway treatment

"...to crunchy perfection, but my favorite dish is the blue crab-crusted Gulf redfish ($17), which comes with citrus pork..."

July 19, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

May Paper Cuts Featuring The Peterson Brothers

Teen blues duo from Bastrop wowed crowd with their grown-up sound.

"...Soulful, funky, fun – these Blues brothers are keeping the Blues alive. The duo consists..."

May 16, 2013 Chron Events Post by Bridget Carter

Festival Fest

Old Settler’s, Austin Reggae, and Convergence converge

"...Dripping Springs, a densely-packed crowd gathered on the picturesque Bluebonnet stage for Grammy-winning revivalists the Carolina Chocolate Drops, who..."

April 22, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

What About Drivin' n' Cryin'?

"...the Eighties. Kevn Kinney (guitarist/singer/songwriter for DnC) is a blue-collar Bob Dylan and one of the most prolific songwriters..."

March 26, 2013 Postmarks

SXSW Thursday Showcases

"...of its native New Hampshire in a fury of smoke and denim. Label head Scott Hamilton utilizes his position..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Kickin' It Old School: Historic Dining in the ATX

"...Hamburgers in 1969. Onion rings, wings, fries, milkshakes, and blue plate specials are available, but the star items remain..."

March 15, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

Now Appearing at SXSW: Snoop Lion

Dogg gets ‘Reincarnated’ in both music and film

"...small fine if he’d appear in court and sing “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” Snoop didn’t receive the..."

March 5, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

'Better This Way'

The first-place story

"...hear you before I saw you. "Hey, Buttsex! Where'ya smokes?" You'd nudge me and smile, and I'd open my..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

Nacho Daddy

What do Michael Jackson and Manu Chao have in common? Joe King Carrasco.

"...tables and folding metal chairs, a voice penetrated the smoke. "He stole it from Jimmy Donley!"..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Diamond in the Rough

Shawn Colvin's memoir in song

"...No light show, no smoke, and no mirrors. No opening act. Shawn Colvin takes..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Gotye

"...a risk-taking, self-possessed artist, with mixed results. The sultry "Smoke and Mirrors" is a jazzy, slinky respite from the..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

'Austin Chronicle' Spelling Bee

Five-time winner Geoff Thevenot wows the crowd

"...It was clear blue skies as far as the eye could see at..."

May 25, 2012 Sports Feature by Josh Kupecki

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Mother Texas

Welcome to Texas, y'all. Meet Ray Wylie Hubbard, 'The Grifter's Hymnal,' and 'Mother Blues.'

"...Rule Me Out" transcends an already excellent recording, "Mother Blues" is already in the Hubbard book of anthems, just..."

March 16, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

SXSW 2012 Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

"...Denton power duo burns Southern rock effigies with the blue-collar grit of Uncle Tupelo and the grimed groove of..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday blurbs slim down from the Wednesday bloat

"...wake of Davy Jones' funeral? When Motopony frontman Daniel Blue sings, "I am a seer, baby, I am a..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

The Reluctant Celebrity

When you get caught between the moon and New York City, it's time to head back home to Austin

"...and a Marshall stack and hair out to here." Smoke on the Water..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

OTR goes country with Mike & the Moonpies and Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas

"...Nelson played new gospel joint "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die," then was joined by the..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Marianne Faithfull, Ariel Abshire

"...to her. Sometimes the lyrics are hers – "Prussian Blue" written with David Courts or the autobiographical "Horses and..."

July 8, 2011 Music Review by Margaret Moser

You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

That frazzled local who looks like he just stepped out of American Pie is actually one of the hottest DJs and producers going

"...28 years. A look of frazzled determination in his light-blue eyes verifies the claim...."

May 13, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Down the Line

The 2010-11 Austin Music Awards crown South by Southwest's Saturday night

"...met inside the Austin Music Hall with a tropically blue stage set, burgeoning audience, and the sanctuary of homegrown..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Coming Down Fast

Barreling toward SXSW 2011

"...from those wild psychedelic times now long past ("Hot Smoke & Sasafrass"); the Bright Light Social Hour; and the..."

March 4, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Off the Record

Snapshots from Free Week on Red River

"...Call it Neo-Romanticism. The Gary closed down Beerland with blue-collar anthems of suppressed intensity, threatening but never quite boiling..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

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