HAAM’s Corporate Battle of the Bands

Working stiffs rock for musicians health care network

"...dream-crushing quip, “Don’t quit your day job,” at tonight’s Corporate Battle of the Bands, where groups of gainfully employed..."

May 9, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Band on the Run

ACL's battle of the bands, the Sound and the Jury, represents another new paradigm of indie music exposure in the post-label era of the music industry

"...sun, Aaron Behrens and Thomas Turner seem ill-suited for the glare of an Austin City Limits Music Festival afternoon..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...Tourists snap photographs. Health care providers offer cholesterol and blood-pressure screening. Insurance companies check car-seat safety...."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Off the Record

Across a Wire: Okkervil River and Nakia hit prime time

"...The Lady Killer..."

May 6, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Scouting reports on Austin Psych Fest and Reckless Kelly's Celebrity Softball Jam

"...The Black Angels started Austin Psych Fest to link the..."

April 29, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Playback: Meet the New Texas Music Czar

New Texas Music Office director, new Rock N Roll Rentals branch, and a new Foot Patrol fetish!

"...A professional fiddler with experience in music-related e-commerce has assumed leadership..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: The Name Game

What's in a name? Plenty if you're a WIMP or WEENIE!

"...Two of the smartest, coolest, hippest, hardest-working women I know in..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

And then there were two (proposals for the future of the Cactus Cafe)

"...Forsaking the Song, Part 9..."

April 30, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Sounding off on the ripple effect from City Council's changes to the Austin City Code regarding live music at restaurants, while Vega makes some noise with Crystal Castles

"...My Bloody Valentine at the Austin Music Hall on Tuesday amounted to a deafening,..."

April 24, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Blue Noise Band

Austin neo-jazzsters the Blue Noise Band

"...As the title of their debut suggests, the Blue Noise Band..."

March 3, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Eve of Destruction?

The City plans for a big New Year's Eve party downtown while East Sixth Street merchants complain of threat of competition

"...In the race for the Worst Pre-Millennial Job Title in Austin,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Andy Langer

Experience the C.H.A.R.M.?

Marketing the "live music capital of the world"

"...On the city's letterhead and bumper stickers, Austin is the "Live..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

What's on the Gaming Boards

Gearing up for 1998 Titles

"...What's up for some of Austin's gaming companies in 1998? Kayte VanScoy took an..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Slamming With Damien Abraham For Viceland's The Wrestlers

The hardcore singer grabs hold of the global pro-wrestling explosion

"...Damian Abraham knows how to spend a birthday: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, watching a witch cut a..."

June 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: The Westin Sues the Nook Over Sound

And “Playback” votes in the Austin Music Poll

"...Hackles shot up last week when news broke that the Westin had filed a $1 million lawsuit against nearby..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dance With the Devil

Getting Austin Artists in Step With Their Audience

"...in New Orleans will be a little different for the Krewe of Sinbad this year. They've been driven into..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Public Notice: April Is the Coolest Month

Council staffs up, swings into committee action

"...last week's "Where Does Money Come From?") – much of the Council action shifts to the newly empowered City..."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Turtles, Two-Steps, and Active "Shooters"

"...Just as City Council is taking a breather from its recent land use squabbles, our other sometimes..."

May 24, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

After a Fashion

Stephen loves children, dons black, and gets blown (away)

"...FOR THE CHILDREN I often wonder if people wake up the..."

April 22, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Calling All Suits

HAAM's looking for a few good power handshakes

"...The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is looking for groups..."

May 12, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Disgusted, but Amused

"...Dear Editor, Looking over the full-page "Corporate Battle of the Bands 2015" ad in..."

May 11, 2015 Postmarks

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Austin's bands of tomorrow are already here, they're just U18

"...Despite the local proliferation of music schools, teen bands are considered..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback: Austin Psych Fest Peaks

The sixth annual Austin Psych Fest preps for a peak head trip

"...The musical head trip known as Austin Psych Fest finds..."

April 26, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Art Transplant

The Move Toward a Cultural Center in Downtown

"...You would think that the simple fact of having lasted..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Charles Attal Discusses C3/Live Nation Deal

“We needed each other”

"...relationships,” nodded Charles Attal in an exclusive interview at the Chronicle last week about billion-dollar concert giant Live Nation..."

Feb. 26, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Blow Up Your Video

MTV forces American youth to sell their souls, but has Joan Jett in a bikini!

"...You'll have to make a special request to get the rap channel, though. The good folks at Time Warner..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Naked City

Happenings from Austin and beyond

"...HeadlinesQuote of the Week: "It's refreshing. I feel like we have..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Film News

Richard Linklater casts a boy wonder for an Isle of Man shoot in March

"...shooting his next film, Me and Orson Welles, on the Isle of Man in March with Zac Efron (of..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Dancing About Architecture

In the Jailhouse Now

"...Historically speaking, prison and country musicians have had their share of encounters, but it was still a shock..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

One Man's SXSW ... Times 4

Our intrepid correspondent wanders through all four Festivals – and lives to write about it

"...Describing SXSW, after the dust settles, is akin to the tale of the..."

March 29, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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