The Kings of Monterrey

Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers

"...rifling through his pockets for change, while Gerardo, one of Genitallica's singers, is wolfing down a cheese sandwich back..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

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

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...At 12:06am, Jimmy Kimmel Live! explodes onto the air of local ABC affiliate KVUE. Punching the theme for the..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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

King of Bongo

Tracking Spain/France's illusive King of Latin punk rock, Manu Chao

"...Mama was queen of the mambo..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Land of the Freberg

Interview with radio-comedy pioneer Stan Freberg

"...At the grand old age of 78 years, most folks are enjoying their retirement, sitting..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Miles and Miles of Miles

The Columbia Legacy

"...-- a style. The clothes, the hair, and most of all, the sound -- the clear, rounded tone from..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Jeff Mccord

The Spectre of Swing

Don McCalister's Demon

"...behind his unusually thick wire-framed glasses. There's an air of challenge in his subtle squint and gentle drawl. He's..."

June 21, 1996 Music Feature

The Power of Three

With ZZ Top mowing down the Backyard this weekend, the power of three – trios – comes into play

"...and master guitarist/songwriter for ZZ Top, the holy trinity of Texas bands. In their fourth decade of performing and..."

April 13, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...where your particular timeline begins, with the first syncopation of the blues form, with Ragtime, with King Oliver, or..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Playback: Waterloo Music Festival vs. Eastside Kings Festival

Austin music’s fall festival opens with a double-barrel bang

"...suit against promoters Jam Fest LLC over the use of the name "Waterloo," this inaugural congregation of jam bands..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Long and the Short of It

The expansive Cinematexas short film festival

"...has expanded over the years into a cross-genre mélange of film, music, conceptual art, photography, dance, political protest, visual..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

“Will Klemm: Box of Light” at Wally Workman Gallery

The artist illuminates our world’s defining shadows with an oil-based glow

"...relate to. But then, it's probably true for all of us humans, isn't it? And talk, they say, is..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gilded Palace of Sin

Downtown Mystic isn't only the title of Lomita's second disc

"...Jonas Wilson immediately recognizes Clifford Antone making the rounds of his namesake club during a "We Three Kings" tribute..."

April 27, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...as much the direct catalyst for the recent flood of punk books as for the equivalent avalanche of archival..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Spotlight: Ike Turner

Ike Turner is about to be 70 and still a mack.

"...After decades of being underrated in music history and vilified in books..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Lifetime Picks

29 years, 29 albums

"...1979: Michael Jackson, Off the Wall..."

Sept. 17, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

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

Ike & Tina Turner

"...the Ike & Tina Turner Revue featuring the nonstop Kings of Rhythm and shimmying Ikettes. The full-bore show-band with..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Voodoo Lounge

That ol' black magic, West African style

"...Séance of the ancient and urban, conjured by a spidery, hypnotic..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...by Southwest programmers have stocked more than a quarter of the music lineup for the March mega conference. Big..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm Here and Now (IKON)

"...Ike Turner & the Kings of RhythmHere and Now (IKON) Everyone loves a good..."

June 8, 2001 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

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

Mining the Soul Part 2

Reissues, continued

"...Proving once again why they are kings of the reissue game, Numero Group doesn’t merely hip..."

Jan. 15, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Holmes Brothers, Antone's, Wednesday, March 15, Bobby Rush, Antone's, Thursday, March 16, Ike Turner Revue, Antone's, Friday March 17

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...South by Southwest. Thursday's panel, "The Art & Commerce of the Blues," included the heads of Alligator and Fat..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...international intrigue drama Tetris to its headliners as part of today's second round of titles...."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...as a T-Bird, I played and recorded with Roomful of Blues and on Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time, Big..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...person to do? Read the Chronicle's "Picks & Sleepers," of course, because herein are clues to nearly 300 bands..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Saturday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...For his SXSW debut, he plays with the likes of Bill Callahan and Gary Lucas. Added bonus: This is..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

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