SXSW Record Reviews

"...Showcase information is subject to change; please check the SXSW schedule...."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

ACL Fest Interview: Weyes Blood

“Once I felt like I’d journeyed to the far corners of the music universe and back, I could return to the center and write songs.”

"...Sub Pop. Her interview candor, like an elegant edition of your favorite Richard Linklater film, is equally hypnotizing. She..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Huey Lewis & the News, who play the Long Center Wednesday, might be..."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Sudan Archives, Ben Kweller, and More Highlights From Saturday at ACL Fest

Texans Angel White, Blakchyl stood out under an annular eclipse

"...Alongside the typical drinks sponsors and wristband scalpers, enterprising vendors of..."

Oct. 15, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

We Need to Talk About Maxwell

“I make records because I live, not because I live to make records”

"...2016 marks the 20th anniversary of Gerald Maxwell Rivera’s debut, Maxwell’s Urban..."

July 13, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Deepest Roots

Justin Townes Earle's blues, and more

"...a venue in Indianapolis. Soon after, it was announced the 28-year-old son of Steve Earle was canceling his tour..."

Sept. 30, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Within These Walls

A chat with Damon Krukowski and Michio Kurihara.

"...Damon & Naomi’s self-produced seventh album, Within These Walls, released on their 20/20/20 label, is the duo's..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Let It Bleed

Riverboat Gamblers: The most thrilling (and battle scarred) punk band this side of the Mason-Dixon Line

"...The Great State of Texas, whose image has been battered..."

April 21, 2006 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

One Holiday, Two Gifts, 100 Years

Dan Welcher's pair of Yuletide operas shows what a difference a century makes

"...The bluebonnets are in bloom, shorts are the trousers of..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

That Thinking Feeling

L.B. Deyo and Buzz Moran's Dionysium puts the fun back in cogitation

"...Graham Reynolds gets his frown on, it's not like the frown of just any mortal. With his long dark..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Recviews

"...The Worldhood of the World (as Such) (Alternative Tentacles)..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Review

What We're Listening to This Week

Christeene, the Bad Lovers, and Churchwood in this week's worthwhile listens

"..."A is for abortion/ B is for Black Lives Matter/ C is..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Column by Genevieve Wood

Rock & Roll Books

"...To Live's to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt..."

June 1, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Won't Get Schooled Again

Austin's Music Class of '98

"...It's detention for Kelly Willis, Charlie Robison (standing) and Bruce Robison photograph..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Tentatively Titled

Austin's Class of 1997

"...Their albums are still mostly "as yet untitled" and their..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Great Expectations

Assessing Austin's Class of '96

"...when it comes to album sales by Austin's "Class of '96," it's tough not to figure the "Austin Curse"..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Sheik to Sheik

Crazy Heart wasn't Stephen Bruton's only last project, and we have Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks to thank for that

"...The caption below one photo of Geoff Muldaur on the..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

New Model Army

Anarchy in the UK

"...Despite what may have gushed on you via the UK music press (Q magazine: "British music will conquer..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Checking In: Ley Line Needs Their Sisterhood

“This has been a curve ball to test our abilities”

"...circle dance” in tribute to ocean goddess Yemanjá. It’s the third song advancing this fall’s We Saw Blue...."

July 7, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Point Austin: Hot Topics

The hot air season is upon us – and everybody's an energy source

"...his East Austin street cred last Sunday, sneering at the City Council's decision not to pursue any further the..."

April 28, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Girls With Guitars

The New Generation

"..."Too Many Girls" at the '96 Austin Music Awards (l-r) Kris McKay, Kelly Willis,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Bassist on Bassist Q&A: Kinseli Baricuatro and Marcus Bell

On powering the scene’s rhythm section, fueled by lip gloss and tequila cranberries

"...in Austin's Wells Branch suburb produced a literal well of four-string talent. Kinseli Baricuatro and Marcus Bell – North..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Review: Yoshi Ramen and Veggie Heaven

Chef Stacy Chen is the bandleader of two distinctly tasty Asian restaurants

"...There's something remarkable about food so tasty, so filling, so..."

March 23, 2018 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Aaron Behrens Keeps Rising

Ghostland Observatory singer sounds a battle cry in Midnight Stroll

"...career. Still on leave from Austin’s ever-popular Ghostland Observatory, the singer’s vastly different rock band hits full stride this..."

Sept. 8, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Your Satori Mind

Japanese guitarist and Boris collaborator Michio Kurihara, 'a mixture of science and feeling'

"...pushes back his jet-black hair, revealing a few slivers of gray. He looks older up close, exhausted yet hospitable...."

July 23, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Exhibitionism

Works by Chris Scroger: Mickey Mouse for the Next Millennium

"...Somewhere between the fantastical visions of Salvador Dali and those of Dr...."

July 11, 1997 Arts Review

Checking In: Kana Harris Reveals Her Vulcan Side

Live wire wax healer wants to sell you a record for your health

"...Before Xetas’ three tripwire LPs and now frontwoman Kana Harris’..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Peter Hook: Life in a Northern Town

Joy Division/New Order bassist resurrects two classic LPs

"...a long way from rain-drenched Manchester to sun-baked Texas. For Peter Hook, source of the driving and defining bass..."

Sept. 17, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Temple Stone

Japanese psych warlords Ghost won't be as illusive as their name suggests after Saturday's show at Mohawk

"...A hollow clang seals the iron door. No one will enter or leave the..."

May 15, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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