Faster Than Sound – Relocations & Precautions: Austin Recording Studios During COVID-19

Big Orange and Cacophony engineers relocate as recording industry tiptoes back into the studio.

"...dependent on indoor gatherings is forced to adjust. Local recording studios face tough safety considerations under the current viral..."

July 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: The Future of Austin Recording Studios

Studio owners look at different solutions to surviving in an increasingly expensive city

"...just not possible," lamented McCarthy, who shuttered his local recording studio in February. "I'm fortunate for the run I've..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Cam King

"...Had Tobe Hooper not chosen Cam King's "Circuit Queen" for the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Marcia..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Refugees Record for Free at SXSW

ATX studio donates recording time for displaced musicians

"...Justin Douglas earned a sizable paycheck from Converse by recording bands on behalf of Rubber Tracks, the shoe company’s..."

March 14, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s

Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known

"...Theatre), Adrienne Lake (Empire Control Room, Parish), Levi Murray (Electric Church), Gregg Ware (One-2-One Bar) Best Live Music Venue..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature

Playback: FREE WEEK!

2014, you're up

"...6) Royal Forest, Spillway (King Electric Recording Co.)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Revamping the Austin Music Poll

Here's how Playback's voting

"...Recording Studio: King Electric Recording Co...."

Nov. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

All-Star Austin Contingent Gets Out the Vote Covering R.E.M

A. Sinclair, Jana Horn & Royal Forest cover “scathing satire”

"...Looking to create a timely voting reminder, Justin Douglas –..."

Oct. 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback – SXSW Recap: Love, Hate, Garth & Trump

Final love / hate SXSW listicles

"...refreshingly manageable – the hallmarks remained: secret shows, celebrities walking among us, electrifying hype surrounding young buzz acts, and..."

March 24, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Aubrey Hays, Rod Gator, and the Bright Light Social Hour headline our recommended shows

"...of our town? The Bright Light Social Hour! Since clicking on in 2010 with their self-titled bow and hippie..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

Former Fine Southern Gentlemen's Expansive Rebrand to Feels So Good

A more inclusive name for the rising screenprinters/record label/music venue

"...Texas concert promoters Resound Presents and the newly relocated King Electric Recording studio...."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Witness a Live Duel!

Metallic heshers test Electric Church’s new mobile studio

"...live LP capture on Sunday and Monday at the Electric Church. They’re taking advantage of a mobile recording unit..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Turn the Other Cheek

Q&A with guitar virtuoso Kaki King

"...Kaki King, 29, from Atlanta, Georgia, and now Brooklyn, is one..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

Mourning Becomes Electric

"...So once sang Joan Jett, no stranger to the Electric Lounge and 1,000 other clubs like it, each a..."

April 16, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Solider of Fortune

Thin Lizzy's “Still Dangerous,” just ask its anchoring guitarist Scott Gorham.

"...its third album Night Life, a neon shard of electric R&B. Harmonizing with mercurial Scottish axe murderer Brian Robertson,..."

April 23, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...no exception as the festival has just announced The King of Staten Island as one of its Headliner titles...."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Listen to This: Nick Garza’s Get Along Goes “Out of Her Mind”

Tex-Mex waltz continues to dig into songwriter's San Antonio roots

"...“The pandemic hit shortly after I began recording what was going to be my debut album, so..."

April 13, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The 2020/2021 Austin Music Awards Came Bearing a Pandemic Stimulus

Hop in the Winner Wagon and see who we surprised with this year's unique awards

"...Austin Music Awards is a no-brainer. No tradition's worth risking the health of people we care about – not..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Don’t DM Me, Vote in the Austin Music Poll!

The Austin Music Poll is open all month. Go vote – online!

"...O The Teeta BEST TEXAS RECORDINGS..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Bad Joy Backlog

Cleaning out the wax

"...Fune included former Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Nervosa alongside King Coffey, perhaps a warm-up for the group's reunion this..."

May 29, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Sxsw

"...Thursday night, or the Grand Royal showcase at the Electric Lounge in the same time slot? And what about..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...septet included a trumpet-trombone-sax front line along with an electric piano and DJ Apollo, a deft (and, indeed, def)..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...them numbers? So, while we know the clock's already ticking, take a few minutes to get the inside scoop..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...to the genre's bombastic tendencies. The Eighties found him looking simultaneously forward and backward, recording the electro-flavored "Rockit" as..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...Wolfe 8pm, Icenhauer's Local singer-songwriter Emily Wolfe bought an electric guitar and never looked back. Early EPs were quiet..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...moods without new age sappiness. Same with the out-of-body fingerpicking closer "Another Place," dedicated to the late great British..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Record Reviews

"...African a cappella choirs, no Philharmonic orchestras, no tricked-out miking jobs to make the music sound 40 years old...."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...down Oz-Strail-ya way, they probably fashion themselves as the thinking man's Bay City Rollers. They're certainly cute enough in..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

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

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Gung Ho

Q&A with punk priestess Patti Smith.

"...Birthday! I wasn't sure if those traditional ways of looking at time mattered to you...."

March 31, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

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