Checking In: Heartless Bastards Powerhouse Erika Wennerstrom Calls for Revolution

“Good time to clean house spiritually and also bust out the Lysol”

"...July 3. “Revolution is about self love,” wrote author/oracle Erika Wennerstrom on Bandcamp about the Jefferson Airplane-like anthem. “If..."

July 31, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Erika Wennerstrom Record Review

Sweet Unknown (Partisan)

"...course of five full-lengths beginning two years later, Dayton's Erika Wennerstrom shepherded the Heartless Bastards, who relocated from Ohio..."

April 6, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

How Heartless Bastards Frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom Arrived at Her Solo Debut

Songwriting at the edge of her comfort zone on Sweet Unknown

April 6, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

I Could Be So Happy

Heartless Bastards vocal quake Erika Wennerstrom moves The Mountain from Austin

"...across the intersection of Red River and Seventh, as Erika Wennerstrom's walking one way and a really excited woman..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Restless One

Heartless Bastards oracle Erika Wennerstrom confronts the moment

"...Erika Wennerstrom is still processing exactly what happened in the..."

June 12, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"..."The whole thing just blows me away." – Doug Freeman Erika WennerstromBarracuda, Thursday 23; Western Youth opens [inset-2-right]..."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Heartless Bastards A Beautiful Life

Erika Wennerstrom's extraordinary personal and artistic journey reaches a new pinnacle

"..."I will begin again," Erika Wennerstrom declares on the epic six-minute title track centerpiece..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

At Mohawk’s Reopening, an Air of Gratefulness and Growth

Heartless Bastards and the Tender Things soundtrack return

"...had been completely revolutionized since we’d last seen them. Erika Wennerstrom emerged with a completely new lineup for her..."

May 28, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Former Heartless Bastard Jesse Ebaugh Finds His Own Texas Touch

The Tender Things face hard truths on new LP

"...landed in Austin in 2008, moving from Cincinnati after Erika Wennerstrom reconstituted the Bastards here. Ebaugh had been a..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

2016-17 Austin Music Awards

"...Charlie Sexton and Erika Wennerstrom..."

March 13, 2017 Photo Gallery

Heartless Bastards

Record review

"...of Cedell Davis, Hasil Adkins, and R.L. Burnside. Yes, Erika Wennerstrom sings the blues. Yes, the guitar yelps. Yet..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Photos From the 2020-21 Austin Music Awards on Wheels

"...Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards, who won Song of the..."

March 3, 2021 Photo Gallery

Petty Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of Tom Petty

September 26, 2013. 27 photos.

"...for contributing artists like Jason Isbell, Charlie Sexton, and Erika Wennerstrom...."

Sept. 27, 2013 Photo Gallery

(Tom) Petty Fest

‘Southern Accents’ pack the Mohawk

"...the Wilburys’ “Handle with Care,” and Heartless Bastards howler Erika Wennerstrom, who told the crowd she got her band..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Thursday Interview

How do you mend a broken heart? Kick ass.

"...For Erika Wennerstrom, 34, possessor of Austin's Heartless Bastards, the dissolution..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Off the Record

Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite

"...some of the greatest albums of all time. Enter Erika Wennerstrom, right, singer, guitarist, and songwriter for Ohio garage-blues..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...For Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bas­tards, bartending got her through the..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Off the Record

Seaholm Power Plant reboots, reuses, recycles

"...chorus line – Amy Cook, Shawn Colvin, Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom, and Friday Night Lights' Dana Wheeler – performing..."

May 13, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

In a Global Crisis, Luck Presents Writes a New Concert Promotions Standard

With a little luck, Ellee Fletcher Durniak and Matt Bizer thrive at improvising impossible situations

"...return to perform or even just hang out," attests Erika Wennerstrom, who's played the Luck Reunion multiple times. "It's..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Checking in With Area Musicians Yielded 80,000 Words of Pandemic Realness

Stay TF home

"...Erika Wennerstrom: I think we just adapt as we have..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Here Are Your 2018/19 Austin Music Award Winners

Best band, musician, song, radio station, and more Top 10s chosen by you

"...4) Erika Wennerstrom, Sweet Unknown (Partisan)..."

March 1, 2019 Music Feature

Playback: My Top 100 Austin Records of 2018

Kevin Curtin picks his favorite local sounds of the year

"...61) Erika Wennerstrom, Sweet Unknown (Partisan)..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...real-life aspirations, and heavy trap drums. – Kahron Spearman Erika Wennerstrom..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

The 2016-17 Austin Music Awards’ Texan Tower of Song

Thirty-five years of AMAs? More like 181 years of Texas on one stage, on one night!

"...of precious decades, Kelly Willis, Janis Joplin boom echo Erika Wennerstrom of the rock hard Heartless Bastards, the Go-Go's..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Erika Wennerstrom (1/30/09)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

About a Girl

Dani Neff shreds Megafauna to Maximalist effect

"...Erika Wennerstrom's early Heartless Bastards trio of the mid-Aughties suffered..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

Heartless Bastards

"...the title track, a breakout in every sense as Erika Wennerstrom's singing torched a statement of rising defiance and..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Heartless Bastards Record Review

Restless Ones (Partisan)

"...new path. Readily apparent is the fact that frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom's songwriting has reached another peak. Nodding to the..."

June 12, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Heartless Bastards

"...The Heartless Bastards' third album and first since guitarist/vocalist Erika Wennerstrom split with longtime boyfriend/bassist Mike Lamping and relocated..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Black Pumas Touch the Sky Live

Packed Stubb’s welcomes ATX superstars to begin sold-out run

"...unleashed a torrent of psychedelic soul, Heartless Bastards oracle Erika Wennerstrom led a brand new band through a 45-minute..."

May 27, 2021 Music Post by Carys Anderson

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