Album Review: Big Bill’s Strawberry Seed
Austin’s Big Bill grows up – sort of
"...The band reimagines Smog through the eyes of the Velvet Underground on album opener “Ex-Con.” While Bill Callahan’s original..."
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June 21, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson
The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts
Our recommended shows for the week ahead
"...celebration spotlights the melodic R&B cohesion of Alesia Lani. Velvet vocals ebb and flow between thudding basslines on her..."
Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe
Fantastic Fest Review: Kim’s Video
Fascinating story of the NYC movie mecca gets lost in other films
"...he references films directly (“I felt like Jeffrey in Blue Velvet"). While understandable to a point, by the time..."
Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez
Austin Restaurant Weeks, Texas French Bread’s Secret Garden, Hyde Park Bar & Grill’s Partial Departure, MASS Gallery’s New Food Trailer, the Diner Bar’s Austin Family Kitchen, and More, More, More…
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...beer-battered asparagus with buttermilk ranch, a flat-iron steak with blue cheese butter and port sauce, the legendary Ruby Slipper..."
Aug. 30, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Bringing Maui Relief, Revealing Nando’s PERi-PERi, Celebrating L'Oca d'Oro, Chilling at Hotel San Jose, How to Get a Free Ice Cream Sandwich from Tiff’s Treats, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...which already boasts the elevated American diner cuisine of Blue Lacy…..."
Aug. 16, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Laughs and Hip-Hop With Bryson Brown
With new stand-up album Lifestyle Jokes, the comedian keeps repping his roots in Austin's rap scene
"...Now the self-described blue-collar comic ("Dog, I'm literally the first hood comic to..."
July 7, 2023 Arts Feature by Haris Qureshi
Radio Coffee & Beer Has Half-Priced Heatbusters, Dovetail’s Got a Brand New Brunch, Nixta Knocks Out Tasty Patio Narratives, Wax Myrtle’s Tips the Pool, Your Favorite Uncle Ben Runkle Goes Wagyu with Peeler, and More, More, More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...a splash with your truest crew in the cool blue above sweltering streets before you’re back in the wage-slaving..."
June 28, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"
In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”
"...On July 14, 1978, guitarists Tom McMahon and Chris..."
Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall
Memorable Moments From Levitation's Halloweekend
Standout sets from the four-day Austin fest
"...Rings paraded gloriously in a cheeky group costume of blue-velvet Austin Powers with a quartet of sexy, gun-boob-adorned pink..."
Nov. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin
The Most Memorable Moments of Levitation’s Saturday and Sunday
Die Spitz, L7, and the Pinky Rings as Fembots
"...Rings paraded gloriously in a cheeky group costume of blue-velvet Austin Powers with a quartet of sexy, gun-boob-adorned pink..."
Oct. 31, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin
Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked
It's Top of the Hops VII!
"...Rankings: Draught House (18), Red Horn (21), Circle (23), Blue Owl (24), Beerburg (25)..."
Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga
Faster Than Sound: A Belated Introduction From Your Incoming Music Editor
Music columnist graduates to Music editor after four years
"...Austin's McCallum High. Visiting from out of town, my velvet leopard tee, Gap skinny jeans, and loafers felt very..."
Sept. 30, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Pearl
Mia Goth shines madly in the delicious period prequel to X
"...are moments in Pearl where it evokes thoughts of Blue Velvet, like it has the same color palette. And..."
Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Big Bill, CupcakKe, Echo & the Bunnymen, Blxst, Boris, and more live shows to fill your evenings
"...diversified sounds. The unusually patient "Picture" resembles an apocalyptic Velvet Underground, while "Almost Everybody" is an alt-y nugget of..."
Aug. 19, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
ATX Queer Music Fest, Ovey Fest, New Candys, Bryan Carter, and more local shows worth seeing
"...down to your skivvies and dip into a cobalt blue New Wave. Italian fourpiece New Candys imports a mad..."
Aug. 5, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston
Restaurant Review: Birdie's
A neighborhood restaurant, for some
"...the gray-and-white building with "Grace Fellowship Baptist Church" in blue painted letters on the window facing 12th Street blends..."
May 6, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Spirit Adrift, Austin Reggae Fest, Nilüfer Yanya, Amyl & the Sniffers, and more recommended shows
"...over her own delicately strummed Fender, lush like red velvet cupcakes and then light like a sun ray. Fresh..."
April 22, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez
Nané Vocalist Daniel Sahad Has Passed Away
Band confirms passing of “our beautiful leader,” age 29
"...In 2020, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes selected their “Blue Velvet” music video as one of her top picks..."
April 11, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday
Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more
"...sports jackets and played like it, pivoting from precise blue-eyed soul to stomping Memphis blues...."
March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi
SXSW Music Spotlight: Mattiel
Atlanta band wears Georgia on their sleeve ... and also their arthouse inspirations
"...make something musically that could play behind the movie Blue Velvet.”..."
March 11, 2022 Music Feature by E. Ryan Ellis
“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"
"...Guitarist Sterling Morrison of New York's Velvet Underground spent most of the Seventies in UT's medieval..."
Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall
In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021
Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year
"...23) Go Fever, Velvet Fist (Nine Mile)..."
Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A tribute songwriting Legend Cindy Walker, Daikaiju, A Giant Dog & Go Fever, Sonic Movidas with Carrie Rodriguez, and Temple of Angels
"...head. Speaking of career-best albums, Go Fever's recent LP Velvet Fist – a dialed-in rock sequence powered by Acey..."
Nov. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021
Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns
"...the rankings; RED indicates a brewery moved down; and BLUE indicates a new entry or no movement. Looking for..."
Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga
Austin Film Society’s Doc Days Returns
Third edition opens with Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground
"...Experimental NYC music legends the Velvet Underground made their mark starting in the Sixties, and..."
Sept. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins
The Luv Doc: Awkward Subjects Like Ice Cream
A rate that rivals even the most impressively war-torn third world countries
"...Villanelle from Killing Eve and Dennis Hopper's character in Blue Velvet. Thirty-plus years of living in Austin has jaded..."
Aug. 27, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc
Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week
Hot Summer Nights 4 Mixtape, Y2, Witchcryer, Suzanne Santo, Hovvdy, and James McMurtry
"...comes in with the shoulder-shaking dance funk groove of "Blue Velvet" that's as irresistible as a free ride on..."
Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Faster Than Sound: Spoon Returns On Full Blast
Reigning local rockers' surprise show at Mohawk and more music news
"...time since March 2020, debuting a new bar and blue velvet backdrop. Kicking off regular weekly programming, Chronophage offered..."
July 9, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Ley Line & Nané Reopen Paramount Theatre with Spiritual Lift
Live music’s return to the downtown beacon felt familial
"...percussive rhythmic pulse. Pulling from sophomore LP We Saw Blue, released at the end of 2020, the 40-minute set..."
May 24, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman
SXSW Music Review: Nine Mile Records & Touring Serves Up Tacos, Lone Stars, and Roots Galore at the Continental Club
Welcome to the Virtual Live Music Capital of the World
"...given her home away from home, urban roots anthemics Blue Rodeo come to mind, or Maria McKee crossing over..."
