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Jan. 26, 2024 Column
Bayonne's Cathartic Return and Five More Songs from Austin Artists
New music picks from Superfónicos, Holy Water, and more
"...gothic monotone to conjure the spirits of Ian Curtis, Coliseum, and Jeffrey Lee Pierce, all bent to Den Hartigh's..."
Jan. 27, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A Juneteenth celebration, Taméca Jones, the Howdy Gals' Pride Celebration, Mad Professor, and more recommendations for the week
"...her chamber-folk instrumentation. – Julian Towers Chiquis RiveraFriday 17, the Coliseum..."
June 17, 2022 Music Column by Derek Udensi
My Gear: Exhalants Max Out
Austin punk trio celebrates its Atonement with a very loud gear spread
"...Sunn Concert Lead heads as well as a Sunn Coliseum 880. Indelicato, meanwhile, plugs into a Traynor TS-140 with..."
Nov. 6, 2020 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Wrestling Legend Dustin Rhodes Keeps Steppin'
The Austin native continues a family legacy with a new TV show and a revived career
"...in person in Austin. It was at the old Coliseum off Riverside – as always, Dusty was in the..."
Jan. 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Levitation Live Shot: High on Fire, Power Trip, Devil Master, Creeping Death
Sold-out metal four stack kept widening the mosh pit
"...got married, replaced original drummer Des Kensel with former Coliseum/Trap Them rhythm machine Chris Maggio, and, oh yeah, won..."
Nov. 8, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland
"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin
Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties
"...out with their music: Joe Strummer at the Austin Coliseum in '82, in profile, eyes closed, head bowed –..."
Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
A Guide to Getting a Beer During SXSW
Ditch the convention center and check these brewpubs
"...METAAAAAL, from their musical programming to their resonant, county coliseum-like taproom, to their impressive range of beer styles, each..."
March 15, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga
Headlines
"...counter-rally, which police estimated at 7,000 people; the county coliseum where Trump spoke holds 6,500...."
Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature
First Concert: Matt Muñoz
Cactus Cafe manager Matt Muñoz revisits his first concert in El Paso: Van Halen
"...Where: El Paso County Coliseum..."
June 29, 2018 Music Feature
Recommended Shows for Levitation Weekend
The sounds may be scattered all over Austin, but here are a few must-see performances
"...fertile psych pantheon. The tuneful trio's epic fuzzscapes summon coliseum-sized ambition with a calibrated blend of hold-and-release bombast and..."
April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets
Live Music Soundtrack for Your Weekend
Austin Reggae Festival, and more if you're not too high
"...The Coliseum Fri., April 20..."
April 20, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff
Blood Brothers
This book does a superb job of capturing the essence of these two great Americans and their shared love of the American West
"...show on Earth" was essentially European, born in Rome's coliseum with early Christians and African animals on the bill...."
Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Bobby Bridger
Your Weekend in Film
Staying strong is the best medicine
"...gladiators faced off against each other in a rounded Coliseum.” 3.5 stars. Also Reviewed..."
Sept. 29, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff
Battle of the Sexes
Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs
"...gladiators faced off against each other in a rounded Coliseum. For the 55-year-old loud-mouthed Riggs (Carell), a hambone hustler..."
Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Live Music This Weekend, Sept. 1-4
An extra day of delights for your weekend music-going
"...The Coliseum Fri., Sept. 1..."
Sept. 1, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe
Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 25-27
Your auditory agenda for the next three days
"...The Coliseum Fri., Aug. 25, 9pm..."
Aug. 25, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe
Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 18-20
Soundtracking this weekend’s sweat-fests
"...The Coliseum Fri., Aug. 18, 9pm..."
Aug. 18, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch
They're OK, the Last Days of May
Aug. 14, 2017 Postmarks
Margaret Moser Tribute: Alice Berry
On the Texas Blondes: “We were just cute girls who liked cute bands”
"...up for them on the second night
at City Coliseum in 1982. She was going around town with Stuart..."
June 30, 2017 Music Feature by R.U. Steinberg
Exit U2
In revisiting The Joshua Tree, the Dubliners return home
"...to still with whispers, not simply move masses with coliseum rockers. “Red Hill Mining Town” never stood a chance..."
May 25, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Springs Under Threat
Visit these five watering holes while you can
"...an hourlong leisurely float from City Park behind Strahan Coliseum to Rio Vista Park...."
April 20, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Guide to Austin Improv
The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown
"...a now-annual Soul Grudge Showdown at the Off Center Coliseum, bringing in dozens of performers to improvise the spectacle..."
Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Exclusive Interview With Wrestling Legend Duke “The Rooster” Cartwright
Deposed local champ tells it like it is before Soul Grudge Showdown VI
"...ready to rock the crowds at the Off Center Coliseum this Friday and Saturday night – and only yours..."
Aug. 9, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Guns n' Roses’ Texas-Sized Reunion
You know where you are? You’re in Jerry World baby. You’re gonna die!
"...closer “Paradise City,” a confetti cannon covered the football coliseum’s enormous interior with red and white confetti as the..."
Aug. 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Bedside Manner: Guitar & Pen
Homework vs. live music ascension
"...my campaign to see the Who at the Oakland Coliseum understandably doomed. Post-birthday that summer, the Cars at the..."
June 22, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
The Highwaymen
"...white lightning. Two dizzying hours from New York's Nassau Coliseum in 1990 lends atomic mass to a pair of..."
June 10, 2016 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Tuesday SXSW Showcases
First night hangs – showcases!
"...2014's Heartbeat Overdrive, fellow locals Moonlight Towers regularly pack coliseum-sized energy onto postage-stamp stages. Same with sensational Georgia garage-rock..."
March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets
Folk Music Fireball!
Sixty years ago this month and next, Elvis Presley destroyed Austin
"...played both those venues, plus the Sportcenter and City Coliseum on Barton Springs Road. He made waves across Dixie..."
Dec. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall
The Graceful Dead
Almost 50 years of Jerry Garcia worship comes full circle
"...of Grateful Dead devotion began. A night at Houston’s Coliseum in 1970 with Quicksilver Messenger fizzled because of bad..."
