Must-See Saturday Acts at ACL Music Festival

Including a handful of weekend-two exclusives

"...and pop. "Malas Amistades" walks the beat over Sixties Brit-rock, while the percussive drive of "Al Fondo de Mí"..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Feature

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...to roughly 948, also foreshadow an ultra-rare performance of British post-classical composer Max Richter’s eight-hour ambient sequence entitled Sleep,..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Touring Austin's Latin Record Stores

Discotecas outnumber Anglo record shops

"...Show reboot – hosted by Mike Myers as fictional Brit comic Tommy Maitland – tonight (Thursday) at 9pm. Long..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

David Bowie’s Auto Memorial: Blackstar

Swan song LP admits “I Can’t Give Everything Away” but almost does

"...Part of the Brit’s genius was his ability to borrow elements from others’..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Goodnight Irene

Timeless music time-travels – backward, forward

"...countrifies new backstabber "Robbed Blind" and calls in Norah Jones for a lovelorn reality check, "Illusion." Neither holds a..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...making a comeback thanks to previously unheard veterans Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, and Lee Fields exploding out of the..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

ACL Live Shot: Jake Bugg

Young Brit makes local buds

"...Hardly gregarious on Friday, the young Brit was more confident and relaxed, locked in tighter with..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Importing a 'Low Winter Sun'

Lennie James and Mark Strong on being British actors in a US show

"...set in Detroit, the two lead actors are both British ex-pats. In fact, the show itself is a British..."

Aug. 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: Hitchcock in Rewind

Seven takes on Alfred Hitchcock in our series, 'How I Got Hitched'

"...Opening the series is Kimberley Jones' review of The Girl, wherein she describes Hitchcock's actions..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday blurbs are down from Thursday's, but how are you holding up at this point?

"...the rappers' studio. Rosenberg will sit down with Nasir Jones, one of the most gifted MCs to ever pick..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...and listening to the radio when I heard Alex Jones go on this big rant about the government being..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'MOJO' Recommends

Rising British talent at SXSW picked for your delectation by MOJO Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander

"...well be paying attention to the latest outpouring of British neo-folk. And if that's the case, when it comes..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Gorillaz

Frank Erwin Center, Oct. 22

"...to the grand, interactive spectacle that followed. Gorillaz delivered Brit-pop theatre with a cast that included the eight-member Hypnotic..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...organ employ of Ben Harper's Innocent Criminals, even as British Columbian co-ed quintet Jets Overhead serves up its own..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

ACL Music Fest Saturday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...Swede (singer Petter Ericson Stakee) meets Brit (bassist Terry Wolfers) at the now Brooklyn-bound Alberta Cross-roads..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

The 1821 Club

Tuning in to the future of Austin's music scene today

"...bubbly and effusive off stage as on, with her British accent and fresh-faced looks providing extra charm. That she..."

July 10, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Such Stuff as Screams Are Made On

Austin punk gets the museum treatment, but does the scene come off as dead or alive?

"...this investigation of the local punk scene by a Brit, rising art star Matt Stokes...."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ACL Sunday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...Close Ones, both on Illinois indie farm Polyvinyl, pair Brit-glam swagger with tattered Midwest riffs and mine a sound..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

Off the Record

Better to burn than fade away: a recap of Lollapalooza 2008

"...array of electronics and synthesizers. Electric Touch's brand of Brit-rock could've been clipped from the pages of NME, while..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Saturday Picks

"...brand, crossing him over from indie-folk darling to Norah Jones supporting act. Though still hawking 2006's excellent Post-War (Merge),..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Dreamsville

16 Magazine and the birth of music journalism

"...fall issues, the Fab Four and anything with a British accent adorned the magazine's cartoonish covers...."

Nov. 30, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

Stephen trips down memory lane. Whoops!

"...PUBLI-CIETY Those faaabulous Brit imports Posh and Becks recently introduced his-and-her fragrances called..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

'Mojo' Recommends

British picks for SXSW by 'Mojo' Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander

"...no!" sings Winehouse, coming on like a latter-day Etta Jones against a deep funk groove provided by the Dap-Kings...."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...From the city of celebrity drugs and $1,000 baby strollers come Amanda Barrett and..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...trio's raw nerve unbraiding of the Undertones/Buzzcocks school of Brit punk. The Therms' sophomore effort is an angrier, politically..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Courtyard Forget the Thrills, rejoice instead about the HaveNots, Brits who've managed to reinvent the sleeptime museum of low-end..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...8pm, Rockstars This Chicago quartet pens airy, Brit-leaning glam-pop with a nod to forbears like T. Rex...."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

TCB

Career advice from Ian McLagan and political counsel from Andrew WK

"...his part to stave off the reaper. The first-wave Brit rocker is back briefly in Austin after playing a..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...CD, Above the Music, which features new superstar Norah Jones throughout the disc. (Pecan St. Ale House, 9pm) --..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

TCB

Are you ready for the fallout?

"...into SXSW 03 seems to be surrounding an arty Brit pop band whose lone American hit was a Nirvanaesque..."

March 7, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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