Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Fat White Family

London sixpiece doesn’t give a hang and rightly so

"...was short but sweet,” opined one young woman after Fat White Family’s truncated set. The British sextet had obviously..."

Nov. 9, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

Buffalo Nichols Album Review

Buffalo Nichols (Fat Possum)

"...an upbringing in Milwaukee and time abroad. Billed as Fat Possum's first solo blues signing in some 20 years,..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Francisco the Man

Gabriel García Márquez name-droppers stop at Scoot Inn Friday

"...and melodic vox on full-length debut Loose Ends for Fat Possum Records. The L.A. quartet arrives Friday at the..."

Feb. 5, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Got the Dog in Me

David Kimbrough, Jr., in the name of the father

"...David Kimbrough, Jr. cut his Fat Possum debut I Got the Dog in Me under..."

July 29, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Townes Van Zandt

Gift Guide

"...Townes Van ZandtFor the Sake of the Song (Fat Possum) Townes Van ZandtOur Mother the Mountain (Fat Possum)..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

These American Lives

Documentarians Bradley Beesley and Sarah Price root out characters in the Mississippi Delta, the streets of Milwaukee, and, soon, summer camp in Michigan.

"...all of whom are signed to Oxford, Miss.'s homegrown Fat Possum Records. The shoot was not without its troubles,..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

I Could Be So Happy

Heartless Bastards vocal quake Erika Wennerstrom moves The Mountain from Austin

"...in stride. On her revamped trio's third LP for Fat Possum, The Mountain, Wennerstrom's voice remains the glass of..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Spotlight: T-Model Ford

The late-life blues bloom of T-Model Ford.

"..."T-Model" Ford began recording for the blues revivalists at Fat Possum Records -- home of R.L. Burnside and Junior..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Dan Oko

SXSW Film Reviews

"...Cheshire Cat face, and so is the story of Fat Possum Records and "the last of the hill country..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Storied Austin Drummer Hunt Sales Gets His Shit Together

Forty years of junkiedom ends in debut solo album for Tin Machine drummer

"...his debut solo recording drops Friday, Jan. 25, on Fat Possum subsidiary Big Legal Mess. Sounding legitimately dangerous, Get..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Adam Torres’ Big Sky Americana

His panoramic view of the world transcends into his haunting falsetto

"...to music, he even signed to influential roots indie Fat Possum Records...."

July 14, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Top 10 National

Despite Austin's musical omnipresence, some national albums merited rating

"...9) Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Fat Possum)..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature

ACL Fest Interviews

"...stellar 2002 release, Don't Give Up on Me, on Fat Possum Records...."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...too." Listening to Jones' 1999 release, Pucker Up Buttercup (Fat Possum), it's clear this welder wasn't just philosophizing. The..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Where the Money is

"...When a man is able to market something called Fat-Free Fig Newman's and get away with it, well, he's..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Buffalo Nichols: Beyond the Blues

Confronting harsh realities with hard truths, singer/guitarist offers an invitation to reset musical preconceptions

"...year, nonetheless marketed heavily to his blues bona fides. Fat Possum touted its first solo blues artist signing in..."

March 25, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Best Albums of 2018 by Genre

Hip-hop, metal, pop, and more picks from our critics

"...5) Courtney Marie Andrews, May Your Kindness Remain (Fat Possum)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2016

The Chronicle music staff picks their favorite local records

"...10) Adam Torres, Pearls to Swine (Fat Possum) Thomas Fawcett..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...Jad Fair 8pm, 405 Club A forefather of lo-fi culture alongside brother David in early DIY..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Iggy & the Stooges

"...Iggy & the StoogesReady to Die (Fat Possum)..."

May 3, 2013 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Iggy & the Stooges Return to SXSW

Punk legends to preview new LP ‘Ready to Die’

"...in a Twitter post, Transmission Events announced that the fathers of punk rock would be part of the Wednesday..."

March 4, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Smith Westerns

"...Smith WesternsDye It Blonde (Fat Possum)..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Fat Possum Party

"...Fat Possum PartyClub de Ville, Wednesday, March 16..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Off the Record

The Dawg Days of Summer: Introducing Cameron Smith and Austin Backstage Live

"...With no fanfare or advance notice, Mississippi's blues restorative Fat Possum Records recently released a new posthumous compilation from..."

July 23, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

U18 and U21 Top 9s, Part 1

Next Up bloggers weigh in with their favorites from 2009

"...6) Andrew Bird, Noble Beast (Fat Possum)..."

Jan. 11, 2010 Music Post by Livvy Bennett

Heartless Bastards

"...The Mountain (Fat Possum)..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

ACL Sunday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...more Dylan than Cobain. His solo debut, American Hearts (Fat Possum), is rife with haunted ballads, deliverance unloaded in..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

National Top 10s

"...6) Andrew Bird, Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

Andrew Bird

"...Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum)..."

April 13, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell

Heartless Bastards

Record review

"...All This Time (Fat Possum)..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

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