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"...Aielli) and fine sound engineer (Cliff Hargrove) but you forget to mention the show's equally outstanding producer, Jennifer Proctor...."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...feeling of déjô vu. It's the familiar feeling I get when self-interested people buzz angrily against any deviation from..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Column

Texas Platters

"...if you even understood those references you should probably get out more often, and realize that when you do..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Review

Dancing About Architecture

The usual suspects return: Miles Zuniga, Daniel Johnston, Sandra Bullock, Bob Schneider, and the Asylum Street Spankers; also, Patti Smith returns to Austin for SXSW, as do a bunch of other people.

"...panels to attend during the day in order to get the most out of that expensive piece of plastic...."

March 10, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Playback: John Wesley Coleman's Greatest Hits

A Golden Boy gathers his Greatest Hits, there's hope for Hole in the Wall, and F1 Fan Fest contracts, yet expands locally.

"...our city's vaunted music offerings. Accordingly, Austin's concert options get turbocharged with the Moody Theater hosting Snoop Dogg (Friday)..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...Get Hip Recordings..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

State of Love and Trust

Have a little faith for the new millennial music paradigm and trust in the 2011-12 Austin Music Awards.

"...youth practicing our instruments so that we're good. I get onstage and I trust those guys to perform well,..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

David Simon is back with Treme, the new HBO series about a New Orleans ravaged – but still resilient – in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

"...know she, along with the amazing ensemble cast, will get to flex the full range of her performance abilities..."

April 16, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

What's Next for the ARA?

As the longtime director departs and an audit looms, does the Eastside nonprofit have a future?

"...turn that situation around. And I don't think they get enough credit for having done that, Byron included...."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...acknowledgment of this under-the-radar genre. With this book, he'll get it...."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Ballad of El Molino

Unearthing one of the great "lost" albums of Texas rock & roll history

"...Carrasco was a young Anglo rocker who wanted to get in the thick of the East Austin Tex-Mex sound..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW begins

"...you polite enough to visit (and not move here) get complete coverage of all things both SXSW and non-SXSW..."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

What's up in the live music capital this week

"...shows from the last six years.Meanwhile, the ex-Spankers of Shorty Long continue their residencies at Ego's (Tuesdays w/Seth Walker),..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Is the Return of Wayne Douglas on the way? Bob Schneider gets a solo record deal.

"...for no discernible reason), but hopes one day to get the scattered catalog sorted in such a way that..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

All Aboard

New ARA Board Swells With Inclusion

"...whether we can all sit in a room and get through an agenda. Hey, that just hit me. It's..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

We Have an Issue: A Watched Pot …

The Austin Chronicle is turning 42, and we're launching a cannabis column to celebrate

"...You can find Kevin's inaugural column here. Want to get "The Austin Chronic" delivered to your inbox, along with..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Crucial Concerts SXSW Week Edition

Our favorite showcases and unofficial parties for the rest of the week

"...same bill. Cymande – subject of the excellent documentary Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande that premiered earlier..."

March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Day Trips & Beyond: Twelve Weeks After Hurricane Harvey in Port Aransas

"Port A is open for business," says chamber of commerce

"...The city offices near the ferry landing were in..."

Dec. 2, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Playback: Triple Crown Ends Historic Streak

San Marcos' Triple Crown ends its live music streak, White Ghost Shivers lose a founder, and Twine Time host Paul Ray hospitalized

"...Shaw to a line of 50 people waiting to get in. "We get to capacity several times a month,..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Robert Randolph & the Family Band

"...consider 33-year-old Randolph "Born Again." Action fires from the get-go, "Amped Up" declaring Randolph and his band – cousin..."

April 11, 2014 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Gary Clark Jr.

Local bluesman gone stratospheric escapes all that onstage

"...led by Booker T. Jones and joined by Trombone Shorty and Mick Jagger. And Clark didn't just stand next..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

A curated survival guide to the Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...the Austin City Limits taping of fusion funketeer Trombone Shorty, proclaiming, "The future of New Orleans is in good..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...from Franco's fleshly oeuvre to Toronto's Andrew Hunt, whose microbudgeted debut feature Sweet Karma enters into the real underworld..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum

"...Railroad. Lark in the park: Ray Nance’s violin and Shorty Baker’s muted trumpet on “Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool.”..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

The new noise ordinance goes to council as Jupiter Records goes round the clock.

"...Ironically, Paul Minor used Mars as a way to get to Jupiter. The Superego man returned for a short..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Playing the Violin

Mr. Sinus Theater's Jerm Pollet is also a musician!

"..."You were a punk. You were the first to get me drunk. There was no math class you couldn't..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Fast Train to Hicksville

Reissuing the Rosetta Stone of alt.countrypolitan

"...told me about a guy who was hard to get along with but needed backup singers," recalls longtime Austinite..."

July 13, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Joey Ramone is dead

"..."I won't overstep FCC boundaries or do anything to get the station in trouble. Here I come," but few..."

April 20, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Short Cuts

"...run into downtown on my forced daily strolls to get my gait back, well, you know the Breathless metaphor..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...center of the universe. When music and community come together under a big Texas sky, plenty of Shiner Bock..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

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