Songs in the Key of Ethan

A Postmodern Fear of Significance

"...over selected works from Plane Crash City and Big Blue House to discover just what they hell they were..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...unforgettable, through a common thread: raw rock & roll blues power. For the uninitiated, Grow Fins is not the..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Book Reviews

"...opening pages of his novel Train Whistle Guitar, "is sky-blue. Because that shimmering summer sunshine blueness in which neighborhood..."

March 26, 1999 Books Review

Record Reviews

"...the argument can be made for environment, too. Unlike blues, which is dead among black youth, young Creoles still..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...A Piece of Your Soul (Atlantic/Code Blue)..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESSD: Carl Franklin; with Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

What We're Listening to This Week

Dayglow, Sunny Sweeney, Chucky Blk, Alexi 8bit, and more local sounds worth your time

"...of a long-term relationship. – Julian Towers Alexi 8bitDressed in Blue..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

Mixtape of Austin Bevs for a Virtual SXSW

Songs with suds

"...18, 9-10pm @thechatsband Song: “Pub Feed”; genre: punk Origin: Sunshine Coast, Australia..."

March 12, 2021 Food Feature by Eric Puga

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Out of the Blue (1980) 4K Restoration (2019) (Canada, U.S.) D: Dennis Hopper..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Big Chill

Wild Thing Chip Taylor waxes political on 'New Songs of Freedom'

"...2000's The London Sessions Bootleg and 2001's Black and Blue America, but what came next, no one was prepared..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Moosehead

Canada gets bigger

"...Blue Rodeo: The roots-country supergroup has sold more than 3..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...advance look at his follow-up to 2001's luminous Country Sunshine ought to be a fine preview of tomorrow's hits..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...nuanced arrangements. By turning some modern tricks on conventional blues and jazz, they get good mileage out of the..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...Jazz?" panel, Russell Gunn was asked by moderator and Blue Note Records President Bruce Lundvall to open the discussion..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...on the TV as the perky weather gal flipping sunshine magnets onto the map. With To Die For, the..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Modernform, Chat Pile, and More Crucial Concerts

Metal, punk, Mary J, and more worth seeing

"...sludge metal quartet. October follow-up Cool World isn't all sunshine and rainbows, of course, but the pseudonymed OKC rockers..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts

Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events

"...Saturday 3, Blue Starlite Eastside..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Kat McNevins

Ten Chronicle Music Writers on Their Favorite Austin Albums of 2022

Almost 100 albums we loved this year

"...Motion; Die Spitz, The Revenge of Evangeline; 8BIT WIZRD, Blue; Hotmom, On TV; On Being an Angel, on being..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021

Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year

"...27) Rod Gator, For Louisiana (Blue Élan)..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Qmmunity Gift Guide 2021

Look good, feel good this holigay season with Austin’s LGBTQIA makers

"...fast: This shop’s stock sells out quicker than certain blue hedgehogs run. instagram.com/chronic_the_hedgeh0g. – James Scott..."

Dec. 2, 2021 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Upcoming Austin Food Events to Put on Your Calendar

Texas Book Festival, Drag Bingo, a chili cook-off at Scholz, and more

"...cheese from the Uchi restaurants family; and New Waterloo’s Sunshine Cake, a clementine cake with a white chocolate crunch..."

Jan. 30, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Pleasantville, returns to the TBF with a new novel, Bluebird, Bluebird, set in East Texas. Min Jin Lee's epic..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

West Austin Studio Tour Recommendations

Where to go, what to see, who’s your caddy

"...BLUE GENIE ART BAZAAR 6100 AirportC’mon, do I even have..."

May 10, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...this year, the Chet Baker biopic Born to be Blue, and the world premiere of Ti West's revenge western..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Introducing the New Official Beer of Austin

ATX has a brewed awakening

"...Contributor to the Bitch Beer blog; graphic designer for Blue Owl Brewing..."

May 15, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Bare Jr. 11pm, Continental Club Basking more in the sunshine of his father than any shadow, Bobby Bare Jr...."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Tuning Into Old Settler’s

Five headliner LPs to soundtrack your festival weekend

"...Rule This 1992 disc remains one of the top bluegrass albums of the Nineties. Guests include Sam Bush, Alison..."

April 17, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Wednesday International Bands

Wednesday's just the beginning!

"...and Berber dialects on her 2010 international debut Handmade (EMI/Blue Note)...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Mapping Time

El Anatsui charts the geography of Africa from then to now

"...glistening golds and silvers, blazing crimsons and oranges, sky-bright blues, and oily blacks. They're visually sumptuous and made all..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Last of the Delta Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins goes home to Mississippi

"...Memphis, Tenn.; St. Louis; and north to Minnesota. The blues highway, as it's rightfully known, was traveled by the..."

April 22, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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