Uncle Pie Hole

"...and the shrieking harp and skronking sax of garage/blues kingpin Walter Daniels, Uncle Pie Hole has developed this oddball..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Luv Doc: A Real Rasputin

There is a razor-thin line between adorable and nauseating

"...Problem is you might not notice the pottery instructor..."

July 20, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Playback: Hip-Hop at Home With the Armadillo

Weird City Hip-Hop takes another strike, but Austin City Limits hits a home run in landing Kendrick Lamar taping

"...lineup with the announcement of one headliner: big drop kingpin Bassnectar...."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Red River Optimist John Wickham

Red River poker king John Wickham remains optimistic, Nazis stab concertgoers at Trailer Space, and Fun Fun Fun Fest gets its acre at Auditorium Shores

"...merge. Such holdings might make Wickham a Red River kingpin, but he's merely a businessman investing everything – money,..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Doug Sahm for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

The Austin Music Hall gets slated for teardown, the Roost closes while looking for a cash infusion, Backyard owner Tim O'Connor gets back in the concert game, and a Kickstarter campaign to get Doug Sahm into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"...Shockingly, that venture was represented by former Austin concert kingpin Tim O'Connor, who appeared alongside partner and property owner..."

July 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Saturday Showcases

"...the ragga soca. Atlanta by way of Trinidad rap kingpin Trinidad Jame$ headlines with "All Gold Everything." Don't believe..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Playback – 2014: Keeping the Dream Alive

Reviewing ATX music 2014

"...Live Nation was in talks to purchase local concert kingpin C3 Events, whose Lollapalooza has gone global while its..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Friday Interviews

"...month's second album, both he and Mike have assumed kingpin status, with two early singles (including one with Rage..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Heaven Tonight

Toss punk. Flesh Lights coin fast-rock.

"...Vandever awoke to a crazed text from Hotel Vegas kingpin Ben Tipton...."

Oct. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Film Festival Announces (Almost) Full Slate

Opening and closing night films still to come

"...reality check when he meets her uncle, Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar (Benicio del Toro)...."

Sept. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Golden Dawn Arkestra

"...Afrobeat bands often take their cues from Nigerian kingpin Fela Kuti, but Golden Dawn Arkestra's influence orbits the..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Headlines

"...bribery trial in German court if the Formula One kingpin could make a $100 million settlement payment "within the..."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Feature

Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker

This biography of the gambling, murdering Binion captures his wild character without trying to make him likable

"...Poker. Doug J. Swanson's new biography of Texas gambling kingpin Lester Ben "Benny" Binion starts with the description of..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Tee-Double

"...Tee-Double is nothing if not prolific. The local hip-hop kingpin has released at least one LP per year for..."

April 25, 2014 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Panel: Memphis Means Music

Did you know the Greeks founded Stax?

"...off the map for future generations?” asked Memphis hip-hop kingpin Al Kapone. “Why wasn’t it passed on to us?”..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Greg Beets

Homefront

This Jason Statham actioner is mostly predictable, but throws a few curveballs and ends up being surprisingly entertaining.

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...a Spider-Man comic in which one of his enemies, Kingpin, put an electronic bracelet on the superhero to follow..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Where Does Art Fit Into The Goodnight?

It's a matter of what can be done with available space

"...there, and there's Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson from Kingpin – "..."

June 3, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Songwriters

"...The eclecticism of Austin Music Awards kingpin Bob Schneider sweeps through an array of soulful roots..."

April 19, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback: G.O.A.T. Goes Viral

The God of All Texas might get your G.O.A.T.

"...of all the bands playing the festival." Rolling Stone kingpin David Fricke was impressed by True Believers, commenting that..."

March 29, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ratking

"...but the group's debut EP gears directly toward group kingpin Wiki. Produced by Gotham grime addict Sporting Life, Wiki93..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Jovita's Trial Begins

The government seeks to demystify the alleged heroin-trafficking operation

"...the Jovita's patriarch who the feds allege was the kingpin of an extensive heroin-trafficking operation...."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Trial Begins in Heroin-Trafficking Case

Was Jovita's a hub for drug dealing?

"...patriarch of Jovita's who the feds allege was the kingpin of a heroin-trafficking operation that was in operation for..."

Feb. 11, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Headlines

"...in federal court for his alleged role as a kingpin in a South Austin heroin ring. Pardo had cancer,..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature

Ballad of Tony Romo: Goat or Accidental Shaman

Maybe Romo, who choked again Sunday, just doesn't want to work overtime

"...football- Tom Clifford, Evan Johns, Steve Watson of the Kingpin in New Orleans, Jake Flack and Pete Gordon- and..."

Dec. 31, 2012 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

Playback: Pachuco Hop

Hanging with Joe King Carrasco in Puerto Vallarta

"...appropriated the name Carrasco from a south Texas heroin kingpin who died in the 1974 Huntsville prison siege. In..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: I'm Sorry, I Can't Rock You All Night Long

An epic GrulkeFest fires the fall season, including John Prine

"...owns Old Skool Kustoms and is portrayed as a "kingpin" with "deep pockets" in the show's introduction, is an..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Adds 'Pusher', 'Antiviral' to Lineup

Final additions include docs, sequels, remakes and world firsts

"...grave when he agrees to bring a violent criminal kingpin the head of Machine Gun Woman...."

Sept. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jovita's Court Dates Continue

Alleged kingpin will have his hearing July 10

"...yet to consider bond for Amado Pardo, the alleged kingpin of the organization; though his hearing was also set..."

July 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'C.L.A.P.' for Pachanga's Chingo Bling

Chingo Bling's back – at this weekend's Pachanga Fest

"...Tamale kingpin, ghetto vaquero, Versace mariachi, executive producer with a rooster,..."

May 10, 2012 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

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