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What we’re listening to

"...out the proceedings. – Derek Udensi Heavy Can Drive With Sabbath Crow, Amplified Heat, Pleasure Tide, Cunto!..."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...darkest and truest record I've heard since early Black Sabbath." (Lounge, 8pm) -- Andy Langer..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...totally unknown songwriter. Be Here to Love Me, Margaret Brown's beautiful, haunting new documentary on Van Zandt, includes some..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Music Reviews

"...JUNIOR BROWN..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Music Review

Memorable Moments From Levitation's Halloweekend

Standout sets from the four-day Austin fest

"...Sabbath sluggishness lurked enough for L7 frontdame Donita Sparks to..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...rock god Ronnie James Dio, with his old Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler talking with former Skid Row frontman..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Zakk Wylde Summons Black Label Society

Emo’s Friday headliner talks Oz, Pantera, Hendrix, and more

"...of talk after you and Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown did some Pantera tracks together. There was a long..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Eat to the Beat

Gotta break eggs to make a musician omelet

"...delivery driver. With his turquoise rings, leather boots, golden brown mane, and a fringy leather satchel hanging from his..."

June 14, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Gray Band

How can a band singing almost exclusively about serial killers engender so much life?

"...Freak (Richard Trenton Chase)," groans open a 1970 Black Sabbath pall as a voice in the mist and dead..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

DVDnds

"...• Ruth Brown and Bonnie Raitt teaming up on "Mama He Treats..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...Jr. With John Dwyer (Coachwhips, the Hospitals, Pink & Brown) leading the way, this SF quartet tosses West Coast..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...band hammers through arty death noise that recalls Black Sabbath and the Birthday Party. The San Francisco quartet's first..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Girl Crazy

Austin Women Taking Center Stage

"...Keely and Du, Ellen Foster, The Triumph of Love, Sabbath Days in a Hot Pick-Up, Blinded by the Lights,..."

May 12, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Our Music Critics Pick Their Top 10 Austin Albums of 2018

80 local picks from Molly Burch to Brownout

"...6) Sabbath Crow, Carrion Highway Weird Sun (Altercation)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Payback

Onetime James Brown impersonator Charles Bradley transcends

"...roughneck funk, while the title track reinvents a Black Sabbath ballad as an aching lamentation for his late mother...."

April 22, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...be a pretty epic fail as a rapper. Andrew Brown (Focus Group, Soundfounder)A-side: "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)," DJ Shadow..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Blow Harder

The use of horns in local rock & roll bands

"...Big Joe Turner, the magnificent adolescent squawking of "Charlie Brown" or Junior Walker's double-barreled "Shotgun." Stax, Motown, James Brown,..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Record Reviews

"...the insistence of bass legend and longtime friend Sarah Brown, brought Egge east from New Mexico to Austin to..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Three Generations of Writers Reflect on ACL Fest 2021

Personal journals from a plague-era festival

"...in the park. The next morning, Bastrop MC Deezie Brown kick-started the Sabbath with one of the most energetic..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...proto-shock rocker to be more Ray Stevens than Black Sabbath at heart. And keep in mind, we've only just..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

"...Texas? And in August, No Less? The bat-biting Black Sabbath begetter Ozzy Osbourne will be in town for two..."

June 30, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...Blonde Redhead, one of rap's great characters in Danny Brown (who has recently lived locally), and quintessential hardcore via..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Texas Platters Hall of Fame: Pantera’s Far Beyond Driven

Brownout frontman pays tribute to Dimebag

"...until its genius album closer, a cover of Black Sabbath's psychedelic "Planet Caravan." It's a remarkable 57 minutes from..."

July 27, 2018 Music Feature by Alex Marrero (of Brownout)

Brownout

"...Creating some space from the Black Sabbath project that yielded two full albums and national acclaim,..."

June 22, 2018 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Karaoke Queen

In honor of Brian Raftery's Don't Stop Believin' karaoke tome, K8X weighs in with her own karaoke lists.

"...More Heroes Joy Division     All of This for You James Brown     Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto Velvet Underground     Andy's Chest..."

Dec. 30, 2008 Books Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Jad Fair's new pop thang, Strobe Talbot, while the Sabbath-meets-Spyro Gyra sounds of veteran jazz-punk pummelers Victims Family wait..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Adios Antone; A wild and Willie Fourth.

"...either late this year or in January 2001... Junior Brown sounded positively crestfallen in the voice message he left..."

July 7, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Box Sets/Reissues

The Disco Box

"...In My Car," Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally," and Junior Brown's "Highway Patrol" in one box set? There are also..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature

Recommended

"...The Cardigans aren't Sweden's only Sabbath fans. Drain S.T.H. -- the initials are so nobody..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Feature

Live Shots

"...with -- stay with me on this -- Black Sabbath's "Iron Man." Not what you'd expect from leggy frontswoman..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Music Feature

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