2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...tiptoeing through tattoo-like melodies. They're penciled in for rock's future. – Martin De Leon IISara Hickman 6pm, Austin Kiddie..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

High Baptismal Flow: Part 2

The 13th Floor Elevators' ground floors: Where are they now?

"...Recorded: The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, "She Lives (In a..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

TV Eye

For working-class people who didn't get a college education handed to them, CBS' That's Life rings true. Also, reports on the loss of UPN in Austin, the upcoming Larry David series, and Buffy & Angel season premieres.

"...eight years and decides to go to college. It sounds straightforward, but her choice is complicated by the fact..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Can't Hear Your Mama Call

"...drunken with the liberties it takes. But hints of future darkness peek out now and again: "I got the..."

June 11, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...Hank Jr. who looks like Justin from N'Sync and sounds like Tom Waits? Meet Bocephus King. That's King, not..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

Why Wall Street Is Betting on Austin's Multimedia That Magic Touch

"...It all sounds so sudden, but this happy environment exploded out of..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Postmarks

No Schism

"...transportation choices. They want to think over their city's future, and see their city streets, for a change, unclogged..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Column

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...as the arresting collage of dance beats and found sounds on the Chemical Brothers' aural mindwarp Dig Your Own..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Reissues

"...and a slight proto-funk backbeat laid down by the future Ohio Players. Meanwhile, the Miracles' "Bad Girl" provides a..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Record reviews Reissues

"...the Superfly soundtrack's clever sermons to the space-funk of "Future Shock" and "Kung Fu." And even when chronology drags..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Colombian Folkloric Post-Punks Nemegata Drop Four-Star Debut

Local trio finds the fire of the jaguar

"...comes from conversations we used to have about the future," explains Cruz, the group's bandleader, singer, and guitarist who..."

July 3, 2020 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...Mozart, or tempestuous Schubert, the Johannesburg native attunes the sounds to the material with artful precision. Nel made his..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...tequila." Mexican pop star Rubio toasts bad lovers and future successes by setting fire to a cheater's wardrobe, reveling..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Sillakh Wants To Change the Way You Look at Boxing

And save his sport in the process

"...belt. A win at the Erwin Center means a future date with the winner of the Atlantic City, N.J.,..."

April 26, 2012 Sports Post by Kenny Pailes

Then There's This... : Austin's Never-Ending Story

Deadline reporting on the city of reinvention

"...the Interactive panels who was slated to address the future of dot-coms. Her message (paraphrasing now): There is no..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...doesn't even realize how hypocritical and shallow his statement sounds to citizens...."

June 23, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...long before Seattle grunged us with the Starbuck (which sounds like a "hip" californicated Yankee from Santa Fe)...."

June 3, 2005 Column

Autolux

"...Future Perfect (DMZ/Columbia)..."

May 6, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and aren't likely to do any better in the future?..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

The Rocky Horror Show: Spaced Out on Sensation

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...has always been) but a chance to face the future, which turns out not to be so horrible after..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Painting With Sound

"...music, text, or choreography. As complicated as all this sounds, it is amazingly easy to grasp on an intuitive..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Full Monte

"...Monte Warden's future was that plain to see...."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

America's Ethnic Music Mantle

"...traditional polka scene is under siege, facing an uncertain future in the face of ethnic assimilation and aging crowds...."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Texas Radio and the Really Big Beat

Capstar's Austin-based Empire

"...Finland, and the Philippines could tune in to the sounds of country music, Bible-thumping preachers, astrologers, and organ music..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Bill Crawford

Whither Rock?

ii.

"...green of rock, an ultra-processed and uninspired melee of sounds...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Gina Arnold

Postmarks

MUD Myths

"...we are just as environmentally sensitive, concerned for the future of Austin, and scared of overdevelopment as anyone else...."

April 18, 1997 Column

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...always, the conference will take a look at the future of tech as part of our lives, for good..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...That means structural deficits in the future for Austin, whose embedded "cost drivers" – wages and..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

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

"...taking a louder and dirtier approach to the radio-ready sounds of ZZ Top and the Vaughan brothers. 2011's On..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Austin label remains amiably stuck in reverse. The robotic retro-sounds of hometown heroes Automusik – check out their Kraftwerk..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

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