Postmarks

Our readers talk back

"...even when reviewing a benefit. Why is it that bands that donate not only musical performances but also have..."

July 8, 2005 Column

The Trees

Online music trading that "leaves" the RIAA and music industry in the underbrush.

"...popular Texas Psych list that trades heavily in Austin bands from the Sixties like the 13th Floor Elevators. He's..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

American Boy

Chris Isaak's drummer Kenney Dale Johnson: From Soap Creek to Showtime

"...at him as he watched the endless stream of bands: "I'd go out to clubs and think, 'I'm as..."

July 5, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Words on the Jesus video, the Instrumental article, the Dance Festival, and other local points of contention.

"...can go ahead and bury all of the instrumental bands. I didn't read anything in this article that I..."

May 4, 2001 Column

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...this was status quo. Unlike so many "modern rock" bands, Spoon delivers the goods live, and last year's dynamic..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Reissues

"...fat face of postmodern consumer culture, and unlike most bands with a political bent, their message continues to transcend..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...soul. The title track rips and sways like an International flatbed on a Farm-to-Market road, telling of rumbling currents..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...than 75 stages throughout the Texas capital. Among the international, national, and hometown musicians on the expansive lineup, the..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Online Offered Lots to Look Forward To

Virtual festival forecasts incoming local debuts and tentative fall touring.

"...Virtually maintaining the festival's longtime focus on discovery and international acts, SXSW Online offered much to look forward to,..."

March 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...After cycling through various bands, including a five-year stint in Dallas with Anson Funderburgh..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Gay Place

The lowdown on LGBTQxyz free and unofficial SXSW events

"...Legler) Friday at Highland (see below). Some local queer bands – Gina Chavez, Blxpltn, Sailor Poon, and Emily Wolfe..."

March 10, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Playback: Austin Week in Angers, France

Kevin Curtin runs into more than a handful of musical Austinites on the other side of the globe

"...of homegrown songwriters swept off to a series of international performances during which they live together and collaborate. Their..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...do a couple plays and go see some rock bands and then work again...."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Playback: SXSW Mission Statement

Six lists to get you through SXSW 2015

"...charlatans. Your attention is being vied for – by bands and brands – and by deciding where to point..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...Swedish singer/songwriter Dennis Lyxzén, late of Refused and the (International) Noise Conspiracy, INVSN eschews hardcore and garage rock ferocity..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Playback: Dialing In Birdlegg

Birdleggs, Strange Boys, Moonpies, Ed Hall / Gorch Fock / Brown Whörnet, and other weirdness

"...Reed. Though small, Dialtone offers a recording advance and international distribution...."

July 19, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

South By So Much Punk

Pussy Riot, 'The Punk Syndrome,' and – count 'em – two docs about Green Day: Yep, punk is having a moment in the movies

"...40-year existence of the genre and spotlighting a few international scenes. A spiritual sister to The Punk Singer, Pussy..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Art Is Formally Known as Prints

A somewhat kaleidoscopic glimpse of Austin's screen-printing scene

"...just one each month, for a rather geek-o-centric but international crowd of collectors. The Decoder Ring, on the other..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Record

The politics of Austin music in 2008: Barack Obama boogies back to Texas, a Man From Plains, and the Live Music Task Force

"...unparalleled period for local music. More than 100 Austin bands helped raise $150,000 for the third annual Health Alliance..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Confessions From the King of Fuzz

Cult soundtrack composer Davie Allan comes to the Alamo Ritz

"...guitarist composed for more than two dozen B-films, American International Pictures titles such as Devil's Angels (1967), The Born..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Art Outside

Art Outside reinvents the art show by placing art outside of its normal context, in a wood filled with 120 plots, each occupied by a different visual artist

"...they have stuff for grownups, with more than 30 bands rotating in and out, playing on a stage overlooking..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...were further proof of a conspiracy to establish an international police or prison state. He e-mailed back, understandably, that..."

July 29, 2005 Column

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin music scene benefits the Red Cross.

"...Mars Music superstore in Hancock Center, Sunday, 4-8pm, with bands still TBA. It's free, donations obviously being encouraged. More..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...fact, Schneider is looking more and more like an international superstar -- within the Austin city limits, anyhow. He..."

April 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Blame It on the Bossa Nova

"...Caballeros. During the Forties, Brazilian music began having an international impact, partly due to the records and films of..."

July 2, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Dancing About Architecture

Exit, Stage Left

"...personal problems, the club's day-to-day existence, and some local bands' experiences waiting on the sidewalk wondering if they've got..."

June 25, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Live Shots

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL

"...-- it would be much easier to list the bands who didn't deliver -- but a short list of..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature

Postmarks

"...calls from strangers concerning the letter titled "Bikes and Bands" ["Postmarks," Vol. 17, No. 50]. Since the letter has..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column

Reissues

"...it's that given the dearth of recordings of local bands' tunes from this period, a good number of those..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

Faster Than Sound: Raw Punks Mujeres Podridas on Comfort and Love

Brutal bandmates get nostalgic ahead of free Saturday show at Fairweather Cider

"...actually hand-pours the silicone. "When one of my old bands did a little Texas run, we were told to..."

July 15, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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