SXSW Music Review: Nine Mile Records & Touring Serves Up Tacos, Lone Stars, and Roots Galore at the Continental Club

Welcome to the Virtual Live Music Capital of the World

"...Matinees at the Continental Club blot out the sun to spotlight Austin music:..."

March 20, 2021 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Alejandro, Blaze & Townes Shake the Continental Club

Escovedo sets up Blaze duo Ben Dickey and Charlie Sexton

"...Saturday, the second installment of his two-night, packed-house return to the Continental Club. “I can’t tell you how much..."

July 2, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Time Ain’t Accidental: Jess Williamson’s Album Release Aligns With Two Nights at the Continental Club

Former Austinite talks Texas roots and fantastic new LP

"...Jess Williamson last visited the Continental Club to see Dale Watson on her 30th birthday...."

June 5, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Tameca Jones at Continental Club Gallery

Get your hips moving on SoCo every Thursday

"...Ms. Jones lights up the Continental Club Gallery every Thursday night with infectious and grooveable..."

June 5, 2012 Events Post by Cara Tillman

To C-Boy, With Love

Continental Club maverick Steve Wertheimer pays tribute to his mentor – with a nightclub

"...armory (Armadillo World Headquarters), abandoned furniture warehouse (the original Antone's on Sixth), and a lumberyard (Liberty Lunch) transformed into..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Have Yourself a Continental Christmas

The Wagoneers and more at the end of the world (year?)

"...or maybe no reason, but reunion shows seem well-suited to the holidays. Starting tonight, Friday, the Continental Club rings..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Luv Doc Recommends: Tribute to the King

Continental Club, Friday, January 9, 2004

"...it is unlikely that Jesus clocked in anywhere close to 225), but he ran a close second, and he..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Hard to Kill

Meat Purveyors never die

"...Look at the club listings for this week and you’ll notice the Meat..."

Nov. 5, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Ameripolitan Awards Return to Austin for Ceremony’s 10th Anniversary

Ray Benson, Augie Meyers, and Flaco Jiménez will be honored Feb. 18

"...in Memphis, Dale Watson’s Ameripolitan Music Awards will return to Austin from Feb. 15-18, 2024, to celebrate the roots..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Music Lover's Guide to Austin

The essential sounds, sights, and settings of Austin music

"...So your plane just touched down and the pilot said, “Welcome to Austin: the..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Listen to This: Calder Allen is Thinking About the “Good Times”

...and wishing they were still

"...ACL Fest with an all-star band that included Charlie Sexton, Martie Maguire, Glenn Fukunaga, and his uncle Bukka Allen...."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Tribute to Xalapeno Charlie

Xalapeno Charlie needs help paying for the 1970s

"...name. The first was on South First, then moved to Barton Springs Road. It was a favorite eatery not..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...another year. That’s right, y’all, it’s your ultimate guide to all things LGBTQIA-Z at this year’s South by Southwest...."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Continental Love Songs by Liv Mueller

Thursdays in the Gallery she marries punk/country/schmaltz

"...on what she terms “schmaltz music: Andy Williams, Bobby Vinton, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis – very emotive, orchestral, cinematic,..."

May 29, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

To The 'Lighthouse'

Susan Cowsill's new CD illuminates loss and growth

"...“I didn’t mean to write a theme record, it wasn’t intentional,” Susan Cowsill’s..."

Nov. 17, 2010 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Face to Face with Chris Gerniottis

Zakary Thaks frontman parties like it's 1969

"...the tightest bands I've ever seen, and they're all down-to-earth musicians.” So raves the singer of Sixties Texas garage..."

Oct. 16, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"..."Millennial burnout," a new affliction just becoming known to medical science, went viral in January among twenty- and..."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Checking In: Bonnie Whitmore Sticks to What She Does Best

“I’m hoping to have a lot more stories to share after all this”

"...Assesses Doug Freeman to open a lead review in the Chronicle on news..."

Oct. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The U21 Guide to SXSW

Age-ages day parties dot the music festival landscape

"...South by Southwest showcases are generally closed to the under-21 set, but the first time, this year..."

March 11, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

To Choogle or Not to Choogle

Everything you never wanted to know about choogle

"...Some words are so much fun to say it almost doesn't matter what they mean. So..."

April 18, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Ten Things to Do on Christmas Day

Avoid the Grinch-y realm this holiday

"...So for those trying to avoid nosy questions or just unable to go home,..."

Dec. 22, 2018 Events Post by Evelin Garcia

Dale Watson Refuses Performance Due to COVID Vaccine Requirement

Honky-Tonker declares himself a man of “complete natural immunity”

"...on the upcoming Outlaw Cruise because of his unwillingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine...."

Dec. 2, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

James Hand’s Gone to Heaven at Age 67

Life wrote his songs, he just tried to remember the words

"...Combining real Texas toughness and teary-eyed vulnerability, James Hand existed as authentic a..."

June 8, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Back to Blue Mountain

Alt.country no more!

"...right in the pocket with bands like Son Volt, Whiskeytown, and the Old 97’s. Led by the husband and..."

July 30, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Welcome to the Machine

2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards results

"...just a lot of motley musicians wandering aimlessly from club to club. Dispelling that long-held notion, the Austin Music..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

These Things I've Come to Know

What times are we living in? South Austin's James McMurtry spells it out.

"...James McMurtry makes up stories and sets them to music. New album Complicated Game,..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Faster Than Sound: Neighbors Push to Limit Size of Austin Opera House Project

Traffic concerns clash with midsize venue vision at 200 Academy Dr. development

"...venue has become the sticking point. The development hopes to revive the former Austin Opera House club off South..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...As ever, SXSW has been impelled to augment its predominantly indie hip-hop lineup with a major-label..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

"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

"...musicians side by side. That they're musicians you have to take on faith – all that's visible are guitar..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Too Dumb to Die

A profile of Austin's longest-running musical parody, the Uranium Savages.

"...They're not looking to get signed at South by Southwest 2000. They're too..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    34 »