SXSW Live Shot: Lou Reed Tribute

‘Real Good Time Together’

"...was the Fauntleroys’ demolition of “Waves of Fear.” Escovedo’s somewhat-supergroup with songwriter Nicholas Tremulis, guitarist Ivan Julian, and Miracle..."

March 15, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

Playback: 2012-2013 Music Poll Ballot

Vote your local music conscience

"...By now, you've already had your friends hit you up on Facebook asking you to vote for them in..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Worst of Both Worlds

R. Kelly dies in performance only, while Tony Offender and Traci Lamar Hancock leave Austin's astral plain for real

"...care if you're 500 fucking pounds, get your ass up to VIP," he said. After Kelly gave an estimated..."

May 18, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Of Mice & Music – A Jazz Nutcracker

Tapestry's syncopated take appeals even to those who have sworn off sugarplums

"...alignment with The Nutcracker. Nevertheless, it's danced to live, jazzed-up arrangements of the Tchaikovsky score by the band Blue..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Gay Place

More gay in the A, that's what we say

"...industry – the Gay Place Blog has been blowing up good and proper with new blog features and bloggers,..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

As the Years Go Passing By

Inner Sanctum Records and the Armadillo – rock & roll, Austin-historical-style

"...of glass on the Inner Sanctum Records door, lights glowed. I twisted the cold metal knob, the wood groaned..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Agricultural Convergence

Food, art, politics, and culture come together in the garden

"...It was in a bad state, needing a serious cleanup, solarization of some pesky Bermuda grass, and repeated fluffing-up..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Beck

"...As the UT Tower glowed orange in the distance, Beck delivered a solid, if..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

Off the Record

Putting a price tag on the new exclusivity of rock & roll records

"..."The chains can sustain the loss because they're making up for it elsewhere," says Encore Records, Video & Apparel's..."

July 18, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

True Norwegian Black Metal

"...6:45pm, the Trondheim quartet’s light coating of ghostly pancake make-up glowed in the slowly setting sun, making its first..."

April 22, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

On the Lege

The last days of the session: a rebellion and a budget

"...Mind you, this is not the issue one dwells upon in the face of the menacing triumvirate made up..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Letters at 3AM

Bob Dylan says he doesn't know how a guy like him came out of a place like Hibbing. He's been saying things like that for 40 years and I don't know a rock critic who doesn't take him at his word. But I also don't know a rock critic who's been to Hibbing. I wanted to see for myself.

"..."I was born very far from where I was supposed to be," and that in Hibbing he sometimes felt..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Jimmie and Georgia

At their Southern Dinette, family-style soul food took on a whole new meaning.

"...oldest commercial buildings on the Eastside. It was originally occupied from 1898 to 1922 by Arnold's Bakery, owned by..."

July 4, 2003 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Touch

Ballet Austin's Touch, choreographed by Artistic Director Stephen Mills, was one of these rare productions that have both stunning choreography and dancing, but also seem to open a level of emotional connection with the audience that's more direct than even language-based works of art.

"...these rare productions. During the three dances that made up the evening, I was alternately energized, touched, and transported..."

April 18, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

A Question of Beauty

The function of beauty is to connect our innermost being to the world.

"...pigeons would sail across my field of vision, high up and far away; I began to wait for that...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips

From Galveston to Cozumel on a Carnival cruise ship: food, gambling, food, and ruins.

"...Sea cruises never really sounded much like my cup of tea. Being locked on a ship for more..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Music Awards, Austin Music Hall

Wednesday Night

"...Music Awards' Hall of Fame, the Hancocks all but glowed on the Austin Music Hall stage. In a year..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Broadway in Austin Announces 2024-25 Season

Corn, kindness, and the boy who never grew up come to the Bass

"...out on the road," Bursey said, "and we end up asking ourselves, 'Well, how will we make that work?'..."

March 5, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

William Basinski Proves a Rock Star of Experimental Sound

Texan auditory stud beguiles Elysium prior to lunar eclipse

"...and pulled them as if underwater. Lowe’s hair silhouette glowed...."

May 16, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Morrissey and Interpol Go Classic Post-Punk on the Erwin Center

Weekend’s double headliner doesn’t disappoint

"...“Untitled.” Otherwise plunged into complete darkness, the UT drum glowed only with emergency exit signs and dim lights under..."

Sept. 23, 2019 Music Post by Alyssa Quiles

Key Biscayne

Second Place winner

"...The people in the house erupted into a chorus of cheers and laughter and clapping...."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Remy Barnes Klein

Playback

What's happening today at SXSW? Read on.

"...Jr. and Mike Judge watched, it wasn't easy getting up after three hours sleep to catch Lucius play an..."

March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Brian Beattie's Wizard of Oz

A peak inside indie Austin's new illustrated CD musical

"...Lord of the Underworld (Johnston), and, ultimately, a mellow-voiced supreme deity known as Everything (Callahan), all while trying to..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe at ACL Fest

First weekend of ACL Fest – that's a wrap. Number two starts now.

"...because they pway them on the wadio!" Oh grow up...."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

After a Fashion

Gushing about Coco Coquette, Snap Kitchen, the New Wave Ball, and Wet, à la Your Style Avatar style

"...though I suggested what I wanted, I left it up to her to figure out how to get it..."

March 4, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Austin@COP15

Local participants, activists in Denmark for U.N. climate summit

"...This week the world's eyes are upon Copen­hagen, during the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...it, stuck on the shaggy head of some kid up against one of the gallery's blindingly white walls. He's..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

After a Fashion

Stephen is just dripping in the finery of spring, y'all. The benefit season is afoot, and your Style Avatar has more than his big toe in it.

"...guests, excellent cause ... who could ask for more? Upon entering, I ran into Anne Elizabeth Wynn, who is..."

April 22, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Requiem for a Sane Man

Exalting comic maverick Bill Hicks on the 10th anniversary of his passing

"...perform with his comedy partner, Dwight Slade. Hicks pursued stand-up with a singular determination. Even after Slade and Booth..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Letters at 3AM

Within or Beneath the Din

"...more communal than speech, a shared language. We depend upon each other to keep the integrity of that language...."

May 30, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

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