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"...Magna Carda's To the Good People..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...The law is coming to Other Worlds Film Festival: yes,..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Critics Choose Their Top 10 Local Albums

10 lists by 10 of our music writers

"...1) Black Pumas (ATO)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Spoon

"...A tight 13 tracks culled from 23 years of swaggering indie rock, Spoon's first comp reaches as far..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Music Review by Libby Webster

Faster Than Sound: Spoon-Feeding the Hits With Britt Daniel

Spoon frontman talks Beto, streaming, and 26 years of steadfast indie rock

"..."After nine albums, it just seemed like the right time," decides Britt Daniel, captain of Austin indie..."

July 19, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Cutting Up on Tuesday

Queer nightlife gets a new clubhouse, SIMS Foundation faces spiked membership, Spoon’s greatest hits, and more

"...One fateful night during South by Southwest, local DJ Gavin Garcia..."

June 28, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...declaims Britt Daniel urgently. "We told people we're on at this time. They may not get to see us!"..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Amplified Heat..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"...Johnny Rotten to Madness, Ian Dury's influence made him the UK's street poet laureate with this 1977 corruption of..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Everything Hits at Once

Give the drummer some: Spoon backbeat Jim Eno

"...by Austin/Oxford act Frenchbraid – a project he recorded at his home studio – the Spoon drummer took interest..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...Auditorium Shores Until now, free SXSW concerts down on the waterline count Ice Cube (in town this year as..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...THURSDAY PICKS CAFE TACVBA / MOLOTOV / BAJOFONDO / JOVANOTTI..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

30 Rock

Thirty recordings for 30 years of music Chronicling

"...Ely wasn't punk, but his West Texas mojo skewed that way on this rip-roaring collection fueled by guitarist Jesse..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced SXSW Film 2011 lineup..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Slanted & Enchanted

Matador Records magnate Gerard Cosloy turns the 'live music capital' into a Casual Victim Pile

"...The yellow warning tape still hangs in tatters from the..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Spoon

"...Spoon..."

July 13, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...its 30-plus-year run was it Austin's classiest venue, but the Back Room definitely had balls; in the self-proclaimed Live..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

99 Bands

Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard

"...In this dust that was a city...."

July 8, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

2004 ACL Fest Guide

Everything you need to know

"...upstage Lance Armstrong's yellow, because who do you know that's NOT going to the Austin City Limits Music Festival?..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...three more suitable commandments never existed for metal in the nü millennium. Leavening the indie's now annual SXSW showcase..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

That was the week that was in the Live Music Capital…

"...put many people in touch with horror, but it's the cancer-related passing of Lennon's former bandmate George Harrison on..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...A funny thing happened while a throng of shirtless rabble-rousers turned Austin's Mardi Gras celebration this past..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Spoon

"...SpoonGirls Can Tell (Merge) The best thing about Spoon is..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Cautiously Optimistic

Fifteen Hopefuls Make Up Austin's Musical Class of 2001

"...Spoon..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...The New Millennium. Same as the old millennium...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Record Reviews

Barbarito Torres

"...Havana Cafe (Havana Caliente/Atlantic) PEDRO LUIS FERRER..."

July 9, 1999 Music Review

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...It has often been said that rock & amp; roll is a..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Expectations of Future Growth

Third Time Lucky?

"...Meg Hentges photograph by Two Guys Photography..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Shooting Star

"...The Meat Puppets: Derrick Bostrom, Curt Kirkwood, and Cris Kirkwood..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

Live Shots

"...Alejandro Escoveda (left) at the Continental Club, August 30 photograph by John Carrico..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Music Feature

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