Good Night Austin, Texas, Wherever You Are

Dweezil Zappa returns some ‘Bongo Fury’ to Austin, this time at Stubb's.

"...night’s Zappa Plays Zappa performance at Stubb’s into perspective. The first rock show I attended was Frank Zappa &..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Confessions of a Festival Weenie

Girlie Action looks back at ACL 08

"...The grass was still standing at Zilker Park Friday morning..."

Sept. 29, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Knocking 'em Dead in the Streets

"...Publicity-wise, Tuesday, November 27 wasn't the best day for Sixth Street. Actually, it wasn't the..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Olivia Tremor Control Headlines Austin Psych Fest

OTC leader Bill Doss speaks as warmly as his band's music

"...Bill Doss of Olivia Tremor Control speaks with unguarded warmth, answering questions in long, detailed pathways. He..."

April 26, 2012 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Nora Guthrie: Tourniquet in Cheek

More music history with SXSW Music panelist Nora Guthrie

"...Southwest Music panelist Nora Guthrie – coming tomorrow to the print edition of the Chronicle – watches over one..."

Feb. 29, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Petals Pusher

Two San Antone sisters tiptoe through the decades

"...The best CD I’ve heard all month came out last..."

Aug. 25, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

'What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Bitter'

Chuck Lorre and Neil Gaiman discuss TV, books, and more

"...Yesterday Neil Gaiman (American Gods) sat down with sitcom writer/producer Chuck Lorre to discuss Lorre’s book What..."

March 10, 2013 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Amen

Leonard Cohen lays siege to Bass Concert Hall

"...Armstrong: iconic clown. At Bass Concert Hall last night, the Canadian crooner channeled more than two dozen songs in..."

Nov. 1, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Banga

My ACL encore: Patti Smith at the Paramount

"...Another ACL has come and gone and I’m still standing..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

'These Guys Make Dead Prez Look Like Soulja Boy'

Soul and hip-hop slingshot into the Eastside this weekend

"...Chuck D once called hip-hop the black CNN because the music gave a voice to..."

May 7, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Somebody Get Me a Shot

"...In 1980, May, I was 14. The Who at the Oakland Coliseum, on the Face Dances..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Record Roundup: Last Gasp 2012

Buddy Miller, Iris Dement, Jason Isbell & Paul Kelly

"...any self respecting geezer would love to get for the holidays...."

Dec. 19, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

First Came Memphis Minnie

Maria Muldaur digs deeps into the blues

"...doing an interview. Just hang out.” Maria Muldaur muffles the cellphone she’s speaking on as she drives from Florida..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Happy Scrappy

Scrappy Jud Newcomb takes up residence

"...laugh. To anyone who’s seen him wield his ax with Matt the Electrician, Beaver Nelson, Walter Tragert, the Resentments,..."

July 15, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Signed Sealed Delivered

"...in musical terms undervalues his full contribution to humanity. The pure, unfettered joy and message of love the 57-year-old..."

Dec. 5, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Felt Out Follows Their Shape-Shifting Pop Intuition

A rename and shared chemistry propel the Austin duo's new album

"...For Walter Nichols and Sowmya Somanath, the brains behind acoustic-twinged electro-pop project Felt Out, surfing is..."

April 28, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Barge to Hell, Part 1

HeadCrusher’s seven seas of ‘metal brotherhood’

"...attend, but that green-eyed monster jealousy coated me like the Grinch upon seeing the Barge to Hell line-up Austin..."

Jan. 9, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...half-dozen arts writers are handing out honors to local theatre artists in the Continental Club, and the next, a..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gayly Fourthward!

How do The Ghey celebrate independence in the ATX in the USA?

"...Or as that line from The Boys in the Band goes, "Give me Librium or..."

July 1, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Sissies, Comedy, Gay Bi Gay Gay, and a Bishop

Your gay guide for the final leg of SXSoLong

"...legs ache, your throat feels like it's been replaced with low-grade sandpaper, and every bit of your emotional and..."

March 19, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Time Travel

Girlie Action goes back to the beach

"...“It’s automatic when we talk with old friends,..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

'Miami Connection' Connects After 25 Years

Grandmaster Y.K. Kim reels as his 1987 flop becomes a 2012 cult

"...There aren't many lost films that get a second burst..."

Dec. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bats Left, Sings Right

With help from Esther's Follies, Austin Lyric Opera turns Strauss' Viennese waltz into a Texas two-step

"...The Marx Brothers had their shot...."

May 30, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ian McLagan: All I Wanna Do

Ian McLagan's swan song

"...Bar... in 2004 proved a perfect excuse to interview the sprightly Brit, who died in his adopted hometown on..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Queen of Noise: Royal Thunder's Mlny Parsonz

‘Post-apocalyptic blues’ from third-time SXSW showcasers

"...nine rating out of 10 for a reissue of the Danish metallers’ only LP, 1984’s howling Fit for Fight,..."

March 12, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Bedside Manner

The books I haven’t read keep me warm at night

"...warm little phase where we endeavored to “out-lexicon” each other. We’d coolly slip esoteric words into casual conversation then..."

April 16, 2012 Books Post by Russ Espinoza

Lions

"...Pride. A pride of Leo’s nest at the Chronicle. August is our month. Today one departs, a..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Bedside Manner: Vampire vs. Zombie

That is the eternal question, is it not?

"...finally going to re-immerse myself in Dracula after all these years...."

Nov. 14, 2011 Books Post by Jay Trachtenberg

Phony Boner Colons

"...When it comes to classic rock, I’m no conspiracy theorist. Like Cory Glover sang, Elvis is dead. So’s the..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New York Minute

A winking, disingenuous farce from the Olsen twins.

"...Andy Richter do a lot of sad things. Here’s the topper: As the "number one adopted son" of a..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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