“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...its 30-plus-year run was it Austin's classiest venue, but the Back Room definitely had balls; in the self-proclaimed Live..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

As the Years Go Passing By

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

"...a chill wind. My day had already been far too long, passed in a cubbyhole in a bookstore on..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"..."Dallas – got a soft machine.Houston – too close to New Orleans."..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off South by Southwest..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

The Rebirth of Doyle Bramhall II

For his first solo LP in 15 years, Eric Clapton’s top lieutenant may have put out the blues album of 2016

"...of multiple modes – producer, singer, songwriter, sideman – the Dallas-born guitarist, 47, began his journeyman's path as a..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"...sure that Texas Monthly is all that interesting a story," says Paul Burka, senior executive editor and lead political..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...It was the height of spring, mid-May, and already hot. The old..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Secret Club

South by Southwest 2011 Keynote speaker Bob Geldof played the Armadillo World Headquarters with the Boomtown Rats. Afterward ....

"...star, activist, Live Aid founder, humanitarian, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire...."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Carmadillo

Austin's Best New Little Armored Ride

"...his mean little face crafted with love. Built from the ground up by his two dads, C.J. Anderson and..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Features Feature by Kristine Tofte

Tales Behind the Posters

"...The images on Micael Priest's posters are impressively memorable. The..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...Wednesday, March 12 TITO & TARANTULA Steamboat, Wednesday, March 12..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...This is no doubt the strangest story I've ever had to write. What makes..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

The Word Made Song

Gospel Music in Austin

"...by Christopher Gray..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Feature

The Medium Is the Music

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

March 5, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Margaret Moser Tribute: John Cale

Velvet Underground co-founder on first meet: “Up walks a petite blonde with all the swagger of someone 10 feet tall”

"...The early days of my love affair with Austin –..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Austin Over Easy

The Chronicle Guide to Breakfast Dining

"...Laura's Bluebonnet Kitchen photograph by John Anderson I inherited an appreciation for going..."

March 13, 1998 Food Feature

Do Right Woman

Polly Parsons, only child of Gram Parsons, comes full circle in Austin with the Hickory Wind Ranch, sober living for women

"...Polly Parsons' late-model Maxima rolls up under the iron Hickory Wind Ranch sign. The storm-gray car noses..."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Let's Build a City

All stages lead to the 2010-11 Austin Music Awards

"...Austin City Limits Music Festival 2009: The Sound and the Jury contest winner the Bright Light..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Complete Freedom

A profile of Bad Livers banjo player Danny Barnes

"...Looking back over the 20th century, the birth of American popular music is..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Old Man River

Once an outlaw, always an outlaw: The Return of Steven Fromholz

"...In 1967, Steven Fromholz took just under three hours to write "Daybreak," "Train Ride,"..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

State of Love and Trust

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

"..."Faith, to me, is believing in something in lieu of evidence,"..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Platters

The Scabs

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

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Blood, Sweat & Murder

Redemption for Austin's definitive one-man band? Just don't ask Scott H. Biram what the 'H' stands for.

"...Nietzsche in one hand and the Bible in the other, Scott H. Biram's raising Cain...."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...True Believers' Science, Start With Belief, Go on From There..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Column

Shiva's Headband Experience

Trip the psych fantastic

"...my typewriter is a framed 45 single that is the most important recording in Austin. ... The single was..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...Editor’s note: This is Chapter 6, Part 2 of a..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Cool Jerks

It takes a cool character to weather the hot lights of a comedy club stage, so who better to share tips for beating the summer heat than stand-up comics from Austin, the hot-spot in Texas?

"...One of the best things about summer is that our city's Old..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature

Young, Loud, and Cheap

The Skunks were a band. A loud one.

"...Maybe you were actually there to see the Skunks at Raul's. Maybe you weren't..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...been said that rock & amp; roll is a rather transparent metaphor for extreme sexual frustration. If this is..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

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