Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...Catherine Denueve. Une object d'arte. She should be in..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back to my fourth day in Texas:..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rock & Roll Ghost

Paul Westerberg looks forward, talks backward.

"...2-CD Stereo, composed of the gentler "Stereo" and the all-rock "Mono" (his second disc under the pseudonym Grandpa Boy),..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Candy Store Rock

Ten Years Gone

"...pull in in this shitty old van that had records in the back," recalls Coyne. "They'd be like, 'Oh..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Feature by Jason Cohen

Otis Wilkins & Jake Lloyd’s Rock Star Collab and Four More Songs from Austin Artists

New music picks from More Eaze, promqueen, Being Dead, and RF Shannon

"...Otis the Destroyer boss Taylor Wilkins, rockist maximist, and homegrown cottage industry Jake Lloyd, who represents..."

April 21, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Rock, They Wrote

Writing From Both Sides of the Musical Fence

"...the printed page, but rather, in the grooves of records by Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye,..."

June 21, 1996 Books Feature

Lou Reed’s Rock & Roll Heart

Saved by that which he revolutionized

"...and others had changed the channel completely for how rock & roll was being experienced. Sure, we had the..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Beware of Failing Rock

An Austin Couple Says Their Insurer Let Them Down

"...no clues about why. As the first day of fourth grade at Kocurek Elementary approached, Ronee expressed more anxiety..."

June 21, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

SXSW Interview: Subsonic Eye’s Natural Indie Rock Interplay

Singapore fivepiece brings mathy Sonic Youth influence to ATX debut

"...the outdoors fueled by climate anxiety. Then, the indie rock quintet explored these themes with a more optimistic slant..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Wayne Lim

Standing Rock Pipeline Protests Bring New Life to Old Struggles

“It’s about all of us”

"...Just north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, members of the Lakota and Dakota nations..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Revolution Rock

At the crossroads of the Clash and the great state of Austin, Texas.

"...confused Crass. More importantly, the Clash was a great rock & roll band, above and beyond the roots music..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Music Feature

Texas Records

"...Wulfmeyer's bass and Adam Berlin's drums, there's a strong rockabilly gene pool that mates well with the hillbilly-on-speed and..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Music Review

Natural Child

"...Natural ChildDancin' With Wolves (Burger Records)..."

March 14, 2014 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Ian McLagan

"...UK musical movement from the Seventies known as "pub rock." It was just bar bands playing rock & roll,..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Gossip

"...Standing in the Way of Control (Kill Rock Stars)..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Amplified Heat

Wednesday

"...Amplified HeatOn the Hunt (Gonzolandia) Los Lonely BoysRockpango (Playing in Traffic)..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SUB POP

Thursday

"...Seattle's Sub Pop Records has always boasted an eclectic roster of artists. This..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

The Shins

"...in Broken Bells, broadening his audience beyond the indie rock faithful and giving fans permission to ride the groove...."

March 16, 2012 Music Review by Michael Toland

Brandi Carlile

"...Bone Burnett, she took the reigns herself for her fourth LP, 2012's Bear Creek. On the Seattle songwriter's fifth..."

March 20, 2015 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Marnie Stern

"...Marnie SternThe Chronicles of Marnia (Kill Rock Stars)..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Beat Box

Beat Box

"...keys, acoustic and overdriven guitars ("Thomas Jefferson"), and live, rock drums on this elaborate fourth LP. Between refined theatrics..."

March 16, 2012 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Deadstring Brothers

Friday

"...an affirmation to live by. São Paulo, the group's fourth Bloodshot effort, will do nothing to quell such comparisons...."

March 19, 2010 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Neko Case

"...Neko Case's fourth studio album makes one thing unmistakable: 2002's Blacklisted wasn't..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Adult Rodeo

"...HBO Real Sex segment than a band, Adult Rodeo's fourth album packs in more provocations than a month of..."

March 12, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

Faster Than Sound: Austin Record Stores Hang On, Together

Online and curbside pivots support an altered Record Store Day for Austin vinyl emporiums this Saturday.

"...Gabe Vaughn, co-owner of North Loop's Breakaway Records, remains hurt by an impassioned email from a would-be..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Search & Destroy

Pages That Rock

"...edited by a couple of the original deans of rock criticism, Dave Marsh and John Swenson -- not the..."

March 14, 1997 Books Feature

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"

Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers

"...Gates was now a punk rocker. All he needed was a haircut. The Next: "Halfway..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Saturday

"...Hunter grew up in – Catfish Haven takes Southern rock & soul to the city. The Chicago trio's new..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Vacationing with Zakk Wylde

You and him kicking back and listening to Neil Young

"...solo artist, found time for a phoner on the Fourth of July – also the fourth birthday of his..."

July 7, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

15 Minutes with Elvis Costello

A few pages from an almost 700-page book – as told by the author

"...angry young man and now a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, his new memoir Unfaithful..."

Oct. 15, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

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