Micky & the Motorcars

"...With their fourth album, Micky & the Motorcars can hardly claim naivete, but they haven't progressed much either. As..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Blue Rhapsody

The kickoff to the Austin Chamber Music Center's 12th festival was as much theatre as it was concert

"...comedic theatre. Operatic personal ads. A rocking jazz orchestra. Sound like an ad for the opening gala of a..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...Sounds during the show provided comic relief at times, annoyances..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: A Tale of Two Cities

Thinking about affordable housing from all sides

"...on private west-­side projects; nonprofits like the Partnership can hardly compete in that land rush. Another problem with this..."

July 4, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Speed the Plow

It's surprising how much of the sharp edge in Mamet's Hollywood satire is polished off by Austin Playhouse's production

"...Radiation and the Half-Life of Society. The book's excerpts sound absurdly awful, like a cheesy self-help guide concerning the..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Carmen

Austin Lyric Opera’s debut in the Long Center serves Bizet’s classic in a clear, uncluttered way that satisfies

"...was released in an almost euphoric rush. The music sounded splendid, not just because it was those Carmen tunes..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Old Settler's Music Festival Preview

Bluebonnets and bluegrass: the Old Settler's Music Festival, still picking, still grinning

"...and tried to go new with it, you can't hardly tell them apart unless you're watching them. That's fine..."

April 18, 2008 Music Feature

Long Center: Opening was, in a word, grand

In artistry and style, the gala opening for the Long Center was an evening worthy of a facility 16 years in the making

"...to driving forces Joe and Teresa Long, who could hardly have looked prouder. The current of elation and astonishment..."

April 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

David Banner

Saturday

"...Greatest Story Ever Told in search of a new sound. There was nothing revolutionary about "9mm/Speaker" or the Young..."

March 21, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Throw Down Your Heart

A geezer looks back at SXSW 08

"...Stonesy rock and alt.country. OK, not the most original sound, but their frisky stage presence and hard-driving rhythms deserve..."

March 19, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Talkin' Crack With AG Michael Mukasey

"...Against Mandatory Minimums, the USSC's crack sentencing ruling was hardly a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for federal crack inmates. “Rather than..."

Jan. 28, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

MGMT

"...an odd assortment of freaks and geeks. Slicing Bowie's sound and vision with the bluest-eyed bits of Barry Gibb,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Something Out of Nothing

Joe Swanberg, anti-director, on Hannah Takes the Stairs

"...or publicists for an aesthetic movement. Eric Masunaga, the sound editor for Andrew Bujalski's Mutual Appreciation considered the films'..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Brownout

"...Carlos Santana. Melding these influences into an original diasporic sound is the album's triumph. Aside from a couple of..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Hustle and Show

City Theatre Company's first year is a lesson in building a new stage and mounting a season at breakneck speed

"...risers, hanging curtains and lights, building a light and sound booth, and painting for days."..."

July 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...The words resound without rancor from Ernie Mae Miller. Slavery times. Slave..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Iron Man

Longtime local stage phenom Ken Webster has a record to rival that of a Baseball Hall of Famer

"...more than 20. Webster in a one-man show is hardly news, even if the one he's doing this time..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TCB

SXSW 07: a lot of carrying on, a massive jolt of energy, then oblivion

"...rap show TCB has ever witnessed (with the best sound, too). SXSW finally staggered to a close late Saturday..."

March 23, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Bon Savants

"...Rock groups that sell albums in an age when hardly anyone buys them are also selling something else, whether..."

March 16, 2007 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Spotlight: The Strange Boys

Soon to be Austin garage quartet the Strange Boys and their American Bandstand

"...the baby out with the bath water, but they're hardly derivative. Each bouncy riff explores age-old music precepts while..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...I decide to bug about all this. His alternate soundtrack to the first Harry Potter film, Wizard People, Dear..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Tony Joe White

Gift Guide

"...before Elvis Presley added it into his repertoire. That hardly makes Louisiana-born White a one-hit wonder, as Swamp Music,..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Ian McLagan

"...crisp connection and his chipper, English-accented voice make it sound like he's calling from his Manor country abode just..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Building Utopia

After years of pipe dreams, politics, and planning, the new Mueller Neighborhood is rising at last

"...It all does sound utopian. But what happens when the progressive, neighborhood-based ideals..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Election 2006

The latest from the campaign trail

"...being taken by indie gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman doesn't sound as off-the-wall as pot prohibitionist politicos might have you..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Politics, As Usual

When it comes to governing, one-liners aren't much help

"...heartfelt wisdom of "Point Austin," however earnestly delivered, is hardly indispensable to the health of the polis or the..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Left Behind

The Omnibeast – and a sect of video-art zealots at UT – is hungry

"...was led, stumbling, up a hill and into the sound of highway traffic.III...."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Media Watch

KUT cuts another hour off John Aielli's Eklektikos, expands Twine Time

"...great tech hope of terrestrial radio. Beyond a better-quality sound, it allows traditional over-the-air radio stations to broadcast more..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I have said will be discredited with an easy sound bite: "The State Theatre's remaining season has been canceled..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

A Passion for Ice Cream: 95 Recipes for Fabulous Desserts

The perfect guide to a yummy summer

"...Recipes for Fabulous Desserts arrived, and now I can hardly think of making anything else in my kitchen. This..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

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