The Young Knives

SXSW showcase reviews

"...Clad in sweater and pinstriped ties, Dartnell's visceral, shouty chorus of "Hot summer, hot, hot summer" echoed not only..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Let There Be Rock

Australia vs. New Zealand in a SXSW rugby death-match

"...everyone. Start with Dappled Cities Fly, a throwback to Austin's New Sincerity era of the early Nineties. The sixpiece..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Urinetown: The Musical

'Urinetown: The Musical' may wallow in a sordid premise and have an awful title, but Zach's production is always making you happy, if not downright giddy

"...In Austin, that nonstop giddiness is also due to the Zachary..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Renegade

Still mourning the death of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott 20 years later

"...The guitarists echo Lynott's cries with the song's parenthetical chorus...."

Jan. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk' burns with violent passions and dark deeds, and Austin Lyric Opera brings this torrid tale to blazing life

"...Austin Lyric Opera brings this black, torrid tale to blazing..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Christmas Carol

The State Theater Company brings its artistry to bear on that most conventional show of the season, 'A Christmas Carol,' and delivers a perfectly packaged production

"...alone. From the moment the story begins, the handsome chorus echoes every squish of his step, every tick of..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

The Rolling Stones
Ian McLagan & the Bump Band

Live shots

"...Leavell, and a cadre of horns, plus MVP soul chorus Lisa Fischer, Bernard Fowler, and Blondie Chaplin, looked almost..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Rethinking Reagan ... and LBJ

AISD searches for student and community involvement in high school redesign program

"...of civic involvement couldn't be better timed – the Austin Independent School District is spending the year researching ways..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Bun BDJ / Rapid Ric

Record review

"...wavering vigor. As Z-Ro and Young Jeezy gargle a chorus too potent to swallow on "Get Throwed," Lil' Keke..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Day Trips

The rocking chairs at Fox Meadows Guest Houses and Nature Conservatory look out over a field where the deer come to feed in the evenings, and that is just one of nature's delights to enjoy there

"...sitting on the front porch is provided by a chorus of birdsongs radiating from the surrounding forest...."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Black Crowes

Friday

"...Robinson, all bearded, with Mick Jagger stripper moves, yelled, "Austin: the only place where hippies and rednecks can get..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Review by Martin de Leon II

APD's White Settles: The End of Mala Sangre?

Unanswered questions leave a cloud over top brass

"...month, a few weeks before trial, the city of Austin and APD Detective Jeff White reached an agreement that..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Getting Inside Napoleon

In The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley, actor Forest Van Dyke has the responsibility of playing the title character, an honor student who committed murder

"...Austin Chronicle: So tell me about the workshop production...."

July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Not So Red

A "blue state" reporter journeys through the multi-colored regions of the Lone Star State

"...election, I visited the Shoreline Christian Center in suburban Austin, a 47-acre facility with the capacity to seat 5,000..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Rose Aguilar

Day Trips

Fairfield Lake State Park caters to a lot of different recreational activities, including fishing, mountain biking, birding, and hiking

"...At night the insects sing a constant chorus accented with the occasional hooting of an unseen owl...."

April 29, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

TCB

Going yard with a litany of baseball songs, a hot-rod show, and Trail of Dead

"...NELLY, "Batter Up": Austin-born Nelly hung up his minor-league spikes when he got..."

April 1, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Girls Can Tell

"...the Baptist Generals, recently ex-Slobberbone Brent Best, and Lo-Fi Chorus, among many others. Patrons stood around socializing, gobbling $7..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Luv Doc Recommends: Chris Gage Benefit Concert

Scholz Garten, Saturday, February 19, 2005

"...current health care “anti-crisis” – at least here in Austin – is all of the cool benefit concerts produced..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Through the Green Fuse

'Through the Green Fuse,' Conspirare's first professional recording, is a shimmering, iridescent prayer in which the beauty of the subject is magnified by the sensitivity and sensuousness of these voices

"...Conspirare heard live, but Through the Green Fuse, the Austin ensemble's first professional recording, goes a long, long way...."

Jan. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dvorák's New World Inquiry

How a Czech composer helped America find its authentic voice

"...Burleigh's "Deep River" and other spirituals prior to the Austin Symphony concert Friday, Nov. 12.)"And so, it is very..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

New Worlds

Schedule of events

"...Peter Bay conducts the Austin Symphony Orchestra with guest pianist Benjamin Pasternack in performances..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature

Holy Ghost

Austin's Revenant Records follows up its Grammy-winning Charley Patton box set with free jazzman Albert Ayler's 9-CD 'Holy Ghost'

"...So says Austin's Dean Blackwood, the man behind Revenant Records. After receiving..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

That Thinking Feeling

L.B. Deyo and Buzz Moran's Dionysium puts the fun back in cogitation

"...the Athenaeum. "Our collective goal, though, is to increase Austinites' access to intellectual, cultural, artistic, and literary presentations. And..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Not Your Father's Musical (Or Your Kid's, For That Matter)

Three local shows show breaking into song ain't what it used to be

"...all the rage) and, in place of those block-long chorus lines, quartets, duos, even solo artists performing songs drawn..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Paramount's Extreme Makeover

Local designers give the 90-year-old Paramount Theatre a nip and tuck in her backstage area

"...– back of house. Local designers belonging to the Austin chapter of the International Interior Design Association were unleashed..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Get in Line

In the new Texas arithmetic, nothing for nothing leaves nothing

"...even the state's business leaders have lined up in Austin to tell legislators that if Texans expect to have..."

July 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Midsummer Night's Renaissance

Conspirare's midsummer concert of choral works from the Renaissance provided yet another example of enchanting song by this local treasure

"...Of the many formidable classical music ensembles in Austin, Conspirare always stands out for the clarity, precision, grace,..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Alejandro Escovedo

Texas platters

"...One prays Alejandro Escovedo heals quickly. If nothing else, Austin's rock & roll Garcia Lorca – poet, dramatist –..."

June 11, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

L'Orontea

The Texas Early Music Project's concert rendering of this Baroque gem L'Orontea left no doubt as to the opera's musical pleasures

"...a 10-piece Baroque orchestra formed by the core of Austin's seasoned early music community...."

May 7, 2004 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Will Shill for Nukes

At UT and elsewhere, academic scientists are only too happy to lend their names and reputations to the nuclear power industry

"...On March 4, the Austin American-Statesman published an op-ed article by Sheldon Landsberger, professor..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by William M. Adler

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