Estate Sale Roundup: September 25-28

Our cart runneth over with old cash registers and Delta blues this week.

"...collection of New Orleans funk and jazz, Mississippi Delta blues, Louisiana zydeco, and more. Among about 175 LP's, find..."

Sept. 25, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Jenni Finlay Promotions Turns 8

From sleeping on pool tables at Cheatham Street Warehouse to radio

"...have been a horror movie critic. The local’s first campaign was James McMurtry’s Live in Aught-Three. “Everything I know..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Basecamp (Nashville, Tenn.)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Texas Book Festival 2013

Oct. 28, 2013. 36 photos.

"...gamut from Young Life ministry (both authors were once camp counselors) to St. Augustine and what Aslan called “the..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Photo Gallery

I Call B.S.

Playback hates on Grizzly Bear

"...where Droste’s six-string skills wouldn’t even pass Kids Rock Camp, I call bullshit. I’ll go out on a limb..."

April 15, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Wednesday Showcases

"...with hay-flingin' Tex-punk monkeyshines. Austin's Churchwood ooze a seedy blues-punk glamour that would do the Gun Club proud. The..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...his working for the Beatles' Apple Records. Aide de camp to Led Zeppelin, Marc Bolan, Stiff Records, and Johnny..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Uwaga!

Polish metal got me to Poland

"...Germany's Scorpions once marched to a blitzkrieg of post-Krautrock blues shot through with lightning-storm guitars. Behemoth began at European..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest spins at Turntable.fm, Zorch goes viral, and other digital delights from Bali Yaaah and the Meat Puppets

"...like NPR's Robin Hilton and Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber. The campaign started two years ago with audio clips aimed at..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Still Working It

Actor Brian O'Halloran on the enduring appeal of Clerks

"...said, but how he said it: half working man's blues, half post-adolescent whine, summing up the existential angst of..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Portrait of the Cheesemonger as a Young Couple

Antonelli's Cheese Shop is an intimate neighborhood shop where curious patrons can taste everything, ask a million questions, and have their selections cut to order

"...solicited advice from cheesemongers around the country. Attending boot camp at Murray's Cheese in NYC, he graduated with the..."

March 26, 2010 Food Feature by MM Pack

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...humor. Long Beach's Crystal Antlers bring the tumbling organ blues from 2009 Touch and Go tombstone Tentacles. Titus Andronicus'..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Spot

"...up for with intensity of performance, as in the bluesy slide guitar original "Dog, Duck, Dildos, Bondage, Toys," which..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Announcing the 2008-09 Austin Music Awards lineup and sneaking past the velvet rope at Pangaea, while Andrew Kenny trades American Analog Set for the Wooden Birds

"...Festival, April 16-19, at Salt Lick BBQ Pavilion and Camp Ben McCulloch. Early-bird tickets are now available at www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org...."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Six Under 17

"...voice student at the Austin School of Music Rock Camp USA, she exudes an 1980s punky pop presence with..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Deadwood: The Complete Series

In this Very Deadwood Christmas, stop only to drink eggnog every time a character says "cocksucker" or gets stabbed in the chest

"...earned his stripes writing for Steven Bochco's Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue (which he also co-created) before approaching..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Ruins of the Realm

Talking turkey with James McMurtry

"...Long in the Wasteland, which was produced by John Mellencamp, he's received critical raves, but a broader audience has..."

May 2, 2008 Music Feature by Dan Oko

The Black Crowes

"...The Robinson camp revisits the swamp with bawdy blues-revival muck jams as..."

March 28, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Rogue Wave

"...nevertheless, throwing in an earnest cover of the Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" – complete with rock &..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Beyond 'The Electric Company'

Can a bunch of toddlers watching television save the world?

"...into the seabed, breaking through to magma, bordering on camp...."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Saturday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...transitional days when most Austinites still knew them as Blues Condition. The Ortiz brothers recently wrapped the follow-up to..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Keep on Growing

Derek's main Domino Bobby Whitlock settles in his legend in Austin

"...All Things Must Pass. Hardly confined to the Beatles camp, he also appears on the Rolling Stones' Exile on..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...really kickass hair. It was a time of booze-fueled, blues-fused hard rock, amplified – Marshall, of course – into..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

Pregnant Fantasy, Primal Scream

SXSW's Japan Nite turns 10

"...Tragedy struck psychedelicized garage rockers DMBQ (aka Dynamite Masters Blues Quartet) in November when their van rolled on I-95..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

TCB

Hair metal sneaks into ACL 2005, under a blanket of dust

"...of such a huge festival become apparent: beyond the blues and bluegrass, there was Neil Young, disco, OK Computer,..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

For the Sake of the Song

For the sake of the song

"...are sure to find lots to appreciate in Brooks' bluesy take on Americana… Originally from Portland, Ore., Steven Pile..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...smoking bans on small businesses, whether issued from either camp or even from 'neutral' agencies."..."

April 8, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Travis County commissioner and CAMPO board memberWhat's Up With the 'Chronicle'?Dear Editor,..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Column

TCB

Emo's Free Week leaves 'TCB' broken, battered, bloodshot, but happy

"...former Terminal Mind member Steve Marsh churn out backwoods blues on a homemade guitar under the appropriate alias of..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

TV Eye

Is the old genre new again with Deadwood, a gritty, decidedly unromantic look at how the West was won?

"...and thanks to David Milch, (NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues) we now have Deadwood, a new Western premiering on..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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