Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Water Damage, TisaKorean, a tribute to Mandy Mercier, and more recommended shows

"...with and in the bands of artists like Townes Van Zandt, Lucinda Williams, Butch Hancock, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore..."

May 12, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Art festivals and dance halls liven up the landscape in September

"...concert featured Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Townes Van Zandt, Mance Lipscomb, and many others of Texas music..."

Sept. 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...11:35pm, Lustre Pearl; Sat., 12mid, Hype Hotel Imagine a burned-out teenage boy, smoking weed and noodling..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

A New Year and those who didn't and almost didn't make it

"...brings with it the inevitable fatalities. Notably, both Townes Van Zandt and Hank Williams reached their expiration dates over..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...Brazilian psych, New Orleans pianism, and Margaret Brown's Townes Van Zandt doc, Be Here to Love Me. Mugshots (MLK,..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Dinosaur Jr. at Lakeline Park, Los Texmaniacs in Sunset Valley, and more recommended shows

"...grunge revivalists Die Spitz: an EP, The Revenge of Evangeline; debut LP Teeth; Austin Music Awards winners as Best..."

April 28, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

A Look Inside South Congress’ New Superstition Nightclub

C3-Backed dance venue pays homage to Seventies disco

"...cocktail bar and nightclub, Higher Ground. The team includes Hotel Vegas, Volstead, and LoLo wine bar co-owner Charles Ferraro..."

Dec. 29, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Bands Are Practicing Again, but Does Austin Have Enough Rehearsal Space for Them?

A love letter and state-of-affairs on the practice space scene

"...civilization. Nary a trace of it exists among the hotels and multiuse developments running behind South Congress Avenue on..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"...Come & Take It Live) deter you from the vanguard of new young talent. SXSW Music 2019 includes more..."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Alejandro, Blaze & Townes Shake the Continental Club

Escovedo sets up Blaze duo Ben Dickey and Charlie Sexton

"...You” and “Sensitive Boys.” The closing run of “Chelsea Hotel ‘78,” “Velvet Guitar,” and “Castanets” left the crowd clamoring..."

July 2, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Playback: SXSW Again Pivots on Rap

Hip-hop sustains the Festival's star power

"...Hair of the 3-Legged Dog day party Friday at Hotel Vegas...."

March 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

12 Breakthrough Austin Bands at SXSW Music

Late Sixties pop with a surprising bite

"..."I wanna marry Townes Van Zandt and the Bangles," drawls the Go Fever vocalist/guitarist..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Libby Webster

The Music Lover's Guide to Austin

The essential sounds, sights, and settings of Austin music

"...was a favorite stage for Austin heroes like Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, and Doug Sahm, and it remains..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

First Look: Stay Gold

Hitting pay dirt on East Cesar Chavez

"...has served as home to the likes of Townes Van Zandt, Doug Sahm, and Spoon before its Billboard days...."

Feb. 24, 2015 Food Post by Amira Jensen

Gillian Welch Q&A

Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlins return to Stubb's

"...sitting on the edge of the bed at the hotel room – that La Quinta out on Oltorf –..."

June 7, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Music News

"...union address, closing with a titanic rendition of "Chelsea Hotel '78," while Momo's homegrown Wilburys, the Coveters, made the..."

April 8, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Swampadelic

Grateful Dead + Papa Mali = 7 Walkers

"...up, they couldn't play," laughs Kreutzmann, 64, from a hotel in Hermosa Beach, Calif., humbled by the simplicity of..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Scott Newton and Ginger Leigh go under the lens

"...house shutterbug for Castle Creek ("I remember when Townes Van Zandt said, 'Here's a song I wrote today,' and..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

"Since Reagan Was President"

Rhythm Rats top Outhouse reunion

"...the Alamo Lounge closed down along with the Alamo Hotel. Emmajoe’s was home to Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, Townes..."

April 9, 2010 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Facing charges by the estate of Don Walser, three local music entities declare bankruptcy even as Julian Koster spreads holiday cheer

"...Capping off his caroling tour of Austin, Elephant 6 savant and Music Tapes founder Julian Koster (and his dog..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir

'Austin, 1972,' an excerpt from Joe Nick Patoski's new tome, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life

"...model for throwing televisions into swimming pools and wrecking hotel rooms with more vigor than a British rock band...."

April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Kick It Off

Keith Richards never bought a Ricky Nelson album, only James Burton's LPs

"...together for him for the opening of the International Hotel in Las Vegas. That turned into nine years of..."

April 4, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Wednesday Sleepers

"...(Wind-Up), Americans are learning what Canadians already knew; the Vancouver-based singer-songwriter's brand of pop-folk, inspired by the likes of..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Real World debut, Sanctuary, featuring songs by Sexton, Townes Van Zandt, and gospel guests the Blind Boys of Alabama...."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan as it does from Nirvana and the Gun Club. (Mother Egan's, 9pm) -- Jim..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

That was the year that was in the Live Music Capital …

"...death in the family, in fact. Just as Townes Van Zandt and Hank Williams had reached their expiration dates..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Allen, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, or the late Townes Van Zandt. (Austin Music Hall, 11pm) -- Christopher Gray..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Networking Or: Who Dropped Their Lunch?

"...now from these fever dream experts." (Your Flesh); Townes Van Zandt, The Highway Kind: "It's all high quality. More..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Burn Down the Mission

Darden Smith

"...native, a kid who'd grown up listening to Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark on Houston's country/folk beacon, KLOL,..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Phantom Power & Spiritual Benefits

The Return of the Bad Livers

"...sorta what we've decided we're going into. They're the vanishing point, where we can see all this stuff going..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Music Feature

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