Kent Finlay, Dreamer: The Musical Legacy Behind Cheatham Street Warehouse

Kent Finlay wrote the songs, but more so he nurtured songwriters

"...gauge Kent Finlay's impact on Texas music before his death last year at 77. He was an accomplished singer-songwriter..."

June 17, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback: Re-HAAMing

HAAM needs you to re-up, Ian McLagan's been gone a year, and Hotel Van Zandt playroom Geraldine's restores our faith in hotels co-existing with live local music

"...is therefore getting 2,000-plus members to re-enroll in person by January 31. In order to accomplish that colossal task,..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Turnt Up

The Weird City Hip-Hop Festival returns as a single-day rap off

"...rapper Adam Protextor, shocked the local scene last month by announcing in the Chronicle, "This year's festival isn't happening..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Judas Priest Axe Grinder Glenn Tipton

Q&A with metal mainstay to preview Cedar Park Center siege

"...influence on you and therefore it must influence your musical style and character. It’s an area that gives you..."

May 14, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Resurrection of Doug Sahm

Sneak peak at SXSW Film biopic plus deets on SXSW Music blowout

"...(literally) – cackles, crackles, hoots, and hums via a musical line-up to rival this year’s Austin Music Awards. Not..."

March 10, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

For Friday the 13th... Alice Cooper

Shock rocker delighted kiddies at the Moody Thursday

"...Cooper wouldn’t be the first classic rocker digging out musical influences late in his career. After the grisly guillotine..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Headlines

"...The new City Council rumbles into action today (Jan...."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature

Sonic Highwayman Dave Grohl

Foo Fighters frontman documents ATX culture and tradition

"...of great interviews in Sonic Highways, including Roky Erickson, Gibby Haynes, and David Yow. Who didn’t make the cut..."

Nov. 20, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Play Jimmy Reed

Blues great schools us on Antone's

"...in Antone's, the historic blues club currently being resurrected by famed geneticist Spencer Wells and Lamberts/Arlyn Studios impresario Will..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Gaming Awards Winners

In its first year, the awards show hit the mark

"...position as the Gaming Expo and Awards coordinator. His death was a blow to SXSW and the gaming community..."

March 8, 2014 SXSW Post by James Renovitch

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: Sparks

A two-man show promises to get bigger and better

"...the envelope into realms that the rest of the musical universe hasn’t quite caught up with yet...."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Austin Symphony Orchestra

ASO performs Verdi's 'Requiem' to honor JFK in the hall he never reached on Nov. 22

"...the void left in that space will be filled by musicians of the Austin Symphony and Chorus Austin. They..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Mourning After

Kelly Daniela Norris on the unexpected paths of grief and love

"...her own brother around the fourth anniversary of his death. We caught up with Norris, currently in Ghana shooting..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

When My Big Star's Beside Me

Cult-legend rock doc returns to Austin

"...a little further. An early edit screened at South by Southwest in 2012, two years after band co-founder Alex..."

July 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Scott Schinder

SXSW Interview: Clive Davis

SXSW panel reviews

"...as a rich uncle with amazing friends and spectacular musical taste. Introduced by a series of video clips narrated..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Jimi Hendrix: A Brother's Story

Jimi's brother Leon has some insight, yes.

"...Jimi Hendrix: A Brother's Storyby Leon Hendrix, with Adam Mitchell Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Dirty Projectors' Golden Chord Live

Brooklyn sixpiece sardines Emo's East

"...Despite deft guitarists and decadent musical composition, Dirty Projectors remains about the vocals. Longstreth’s voice..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Gay Place: Unicorn, Totally

We recommend the one with the unicorn in it

"...With Dylan Cameron's Analog Drums, Ssleeperhold, Xander Harris, projections by video artists VidKidz, and free beer. Thu., April 12,..."

April 13, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

You Got Me Singing

Another Spotify convert

"...and Zeitgeist without much luck, and the first albums by original Americana acts like Kevin Welch, Robbie Fulks, and..."

Aug. 10, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Page Three: Counting Backward

Life is what happens to you

"...Three weeks before his death, on Nov. 17, 1980, Lennon's last musical releases had..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Column by Nick Barbaro

Quincy Jones

Keynote address

"...Who else could claim to have worked "side by side with over 95 percent of every one of..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Off the Record

Announcing the 2008-09 Austin Music Awards lineup and sneaking past the velvet rope at Pangaea, while Andrew Kenny trades American Analog Set for the Wooden Birds

"...New Wave rocketeers Devo are headed to South by Southwest 09, headlining the BMI showcase at the Austin..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Kinks

In box

"...Compiled by Ray Davies, Picture Book's 138 tracks on six discs..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Last Laugh: Deluxe Restored Edition

Best known for his vampires, devils, and death-dealers, F.W. Murnau traffics here in the evils of capitalism and human cruelty

"...least until the tacked-on, studio-requested happy ending. Beautifully restored by the same international team that reissued the definitive Nosferatu,..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Review by Wells Dunbar

Conspirare

The Austin choral ensemble's new CD of Tarik O'Regan music is set to captivate the world

"...in Austin and Houston with a concert of works by the phenomenally gifted (and award-winning) young composer Tarik O'Regan...."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Six, Three Times

An abridged guide to Boris

"...The musical equivalent of burning a candle at both ends, this..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature

Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It

What reissues are buried in the bottom of your closet?

"...Atop a throbbing bassline and backdrop of gunshots and death-march organ lines, 15-year-old Betty Wright demonstrates the commanding presence..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Film News

Beth Sepko brings home an Emmy, plus things are about to get horrific here

"...like Patton Oswalt (here for showings of Sex and Death 101) and surprise screenings. See "Seven Days in Heaven..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

More Virginity

Photos from Baltimore's Virgin Festival.

"...better known for its ever-rising murder rate than its musical culture. But underneath the grime and crime there is,..."

Aug. 9, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Principally Precocious

The Austin Chamber Music Festival's Principally Precocious was a concert with glorious personality: thoroughly welcoming, energetic, and mischievous

"...from his typically buoyant style. Written following the sudden death of his beloved sister, the piece is wrought with..."

July 20, 2007 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

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