ACL Live Shot: Kings of Leon

They’re what a rock & roll act is supposed to be, right?

"...Despite their enormous popularity, there’s nothing captivating about Kings of Leon. The band’s capable of some nice recorded..."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Birth of Western Swing, Death of Milton Brown

Chapter excerpt from the new book by ATX music historians Michael Corcoran and Tim Kerr spotlights the debt that the kings of country swing, Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, owed to Texan Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies

"...[Ghost Notes] Pioneering Spirits of Texas Music (TCU Press) teams local music scholar Michael..."

March 27, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Three Generations of Writers Reflect on ACL Fest 2021

Personal journals from a plague-era festival

"...couple anonymous hippie chicks serenaded me under said cloak of darkness. Free, mostly white, and terminally single, I’d settled..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

'NFL Analysis 101': The Last of the Southern Belles

"...pupils. We need to dive right into the heart of our subject. Since last we met, much has happened..."

March 9, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Two of a Kind

Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh, Austin's new George and Tammy coupling, more or less

"...leveled at Jesse Dayton's head. Inside the rusting heap of a trailer, Dayton is still asleep, sprawled, hung over,..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

When We Were Kings

This documentary Oscar winner is a vivid retelling of the "Rumble in the Jungle," in which Muhammad Ali bested George Foreman in a storied boxing match in Kinshasa, Zaire.

"...Directed by: Leon Gast. Boxing, Don King, and Muhammad Ali are synonymous..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Playback: KINGs and Queens

Kids in a New Groove, Bull McCabe’s bows out, and underground heroes of Austin music

"...kill for. Still, her weekly lessons with Austin music nonprofit Kids in a New Groove (KING) serve a very..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup Unveiled

Fall free-for-all bags 134 acts minus black metal

"...revealing the full artist lineup for the 13th running of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. It’s raw. It’s..."

May 7, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe at ACL Fest

First weekend of ACL Fest – that's a wrap. Number two starts now.

"..."We think of this as the kickoff to ACL Fest," proclaimed Terry..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin City Limits Music Festival 2009 Lineup

Get it while it's hot.

"...Kings of Leon..."

April 27, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

ACL Live Shot: Kongos

The intercontinental Kings of Leon

"...Arizona’s band of brothers court the mainstream more adeptly than their father,..."

Oct. 6, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Navigating ACL in a Slow Service Zone

Technology left on ‘airplane mode’ is about to become your lifeline

"...can surprise you. Then a breath later, a wave of absolute euphoria swallows those maladies as your favorite band..."

Oct. 3, 2013 Events Post by Camille Morell

Mohawk, Daniel Johnston, and Peelander Yellow Release NFTs on Emergent Online Marketplace

Austin music jumps into the collectable digital art trend

"...Non-Fungible Tokens, or NFTs, one-of-a-kind digital collectibles selling for surprising sums, now arrive in..."

April 7, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Day 3: Rodeo Day

Next Up susses out the last day of ACL Fest 2009

"...Three days, two ruined pairs of shoes, two boxes of film, hours of back pain,..."

Oct. 5, 2009 Music Post by Aaron Miller

Coachella 2007

"...in Las Vegas, sans the expense account and excess of drugs. The three-day excursion, which featured 123 bands and..."

May 1, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

To Choogle or Not to Choogle

Everything you never wanted to know about choogle

"...misunderstood swampy rock & roll term "choogle." It's one of those words - SF Weekly calls it a "nonsense..."

April 18, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Page Two – BFI: Blaze Foley Inside

11 verses in search of a song

"...even able to remember the last time I went off in a rage, racing toward the horizon ready to..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Kings of Leon

"...Kings of LeonOct. 2, Zilker Park..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Review by Dan Oko

Kings of Leon

Record Review

"...Kings of LeonYouth & Young Manhood (RCA) Not since two..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Kings of Leon

"...Kings of LeonOnly by the Night (RCA)..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Down South Jukin'

The South rises again even if Southern rockers deny it.

"...Bob Thornton, Dennis Quaid, and Matthew McConaughey became three of Hollywood's most in-demand mugs. The kicker, of course, is..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

ACL Music Fest Interviews

"...Kings of Leon..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Big Hairy Dudes From Kentucky

"..."We're proud of where we're from, and we're proud of who we..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Kings of Leon

Record review

"...Kings of Leon..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Fest Interviews

"...Kings of LeonNoon, Sunday, Heineken stage..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Carefully Considered Critical Response

"...Dear Editor, In regards to the review of the Kings of Leon's Aha Shake Heartbreak, “Phases and..."

May 26, 2005 Postmarks

Off the Record

Recounting the first decade of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one year at a time

"...the Wheel. Then things get interesting. On the cusp of ACL's 10th anniversary spectacular, OTR looks back at the..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

ACL Live Shot (Second Weekend): Fun

Not so much

"...Musically, Fun is such a festering pile of shit that they make Kings of Leon sound like..."

Oct. 12, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Sunday ACL Fest Face-Off: LCD Soundsystem vs. Mumford & Sons

Digital or analog?

"...Number of albums: Three..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Kings of Leon

"...Kings of Leon..."

March 30, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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