The Shins' James Mercer: Fond of Y-O-U

The Shins' James Mercer winces upon a star.

"...a fantastic, talented guy. He helped a lot. The Kinks was one for me musically – an influence during..."

March 1, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Hour Has 22 Minutes

Pop quiz on Canada, with a SXSW 07 musical cheat sheet

"...the young brothers Erickson (not that Erickson) summon the Kinks in Winnipeg's unsigned Inward Eye. Victorian psych-poppers Jets Overhead..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Argives

"...their 12-song debut. Though its title nods to the Kinks, the lager-fueled strains of mid-Seventies era Squeeze and Elvis..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

AUX

"...choruses that go on for days. Plucked from the Kinks' Village Green, "Chelsea Valentine" is sunnier than a summer..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Naked City

"...the ordinance for the city, explained how a few kinks involving minimum enclosure size are being worked out to..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Feature

Rock & Roll Books

Gift Guide

"...to be beaten by police officers after an '81 Kinks concert certainly spares no degree of intrigue. Likewise, John..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Hyde Park Bar & Grill

While Hyde Park isn't an excessively distant drive, South Austinites rejoiced at the news that this institution was opening a second location on West Gate

"...with specials. It's a good idea, too, as some kinks have yet to be ironed out...."

Nov. 10, 2006 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

The Sound and the Fury

Nic Armstrong's IV Thieves, stealing thunder in Austin.

"...to the Beatles ("The Sound and the Fury") and Kinks ("All the Time"). Its melodies are sweet enough to..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

ACL Fest Live Shots

Saturday, Sept. 16, Zilker Park

"...Dear Independence. The new songs stayed true to Rolling's Kinks/Pretty Things pedigree, and even if they don't break new..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Blue Star Cafeteria

How has instant success affected Eddie Bernal's latest venture?

"...new places need some time to work out the kinks, standardize systems, and learn to work efficiently as a..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

The McClellan Boys

"...the Bush administration. Today, he's still working out the kinks in what was supposed to have been a new..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature

Buttercup, Pink Nasty, Darling New Neighbors

Live shot

"...the Gold. Then San Antone hombres Buttercup got their Kinks out, dropping songs about being easy, and chopping the..."

July 21, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

The Walkmen

Record review

"...of SXSW 04, and NYC's Walkmen are covering the Kinks' "Come Dancing." A breeze whips through the open-air Eastside..."

May 26, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Strayhorn to Investigate Accenture

Among other things, Texas Access Alliance, a private consortium led by Accenture, has come under recent fire for sharp decline in number of children enrolled in state's Children's Health Insurance Program

"...eliminating about 2,900 staff positions. But with so many kinks in the system, the state has decided to hang..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Chipping Away at CHIP

Kids' health coverage still touch and go in Texas

"...full roll-out of the new system until all the kinks are ironed out...."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...recalls the elegantly frayed storybook sound of early Seventies Kinks along with the anthem-minded bluster of Slade. You can..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...Michael Bertin THE DEATHRAY DAVIES11pm, Buffalo Billiards Are the Kinks suddenly getting their influential due, or is it just..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Ballroom Dancing

SXSW panels

"...banter, and video journaling. Like Davies' work with the Kinks in their amazingly fertile mid-Sixties-to-early-Seventies phase, Lives chronicles "so..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Voxtrot

Record review

"...a couple decades, taking their cues from the Beatles, Kinks, and Glen Campbell, of all people. "Fast Asleep" is..."

March 10, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Nordic Noise

Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland – 26 inches of SXSW over four days and nights

"...The Art of Rolling, sounds like a long lost Kinks album with Keith Moon filling in for Mick Avory...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Let There Be Rock

Australia vs. New Zealand in a SXSW rugby death-match

"...second chance at that too. The Lovetones blend the Kinks, Byrds, and Arthur Lee, with just a splash of..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...the glam-rock of Sweet, the artful wit of the Kinks, and the power pop of Cheap Trick, Austin's Real..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Race to Innovation

With $1,000 each and eight weeks, five teams compete to take theatre to a new level

"...producers are remaining flexible as they work out the kinks: "It's driving our attorneys crazy."..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Zakary Thaks

Kings of South Texas rock

"...on two ends: the powerful British invasion of the Kinks, Animals, and Rolling Stones and the waning trend of..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Monkeying Around

Songwriters love monkeys, be they figurative or literal

Aug. 5, 2005 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Getting Kids Into the Act

Curtain up on GRRL Action and Vortex Summer Youth Theatre

"...performance. The third week is dress rehearsals, getting the kinks out of everything. It's only three weeks, so you've..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Cured HAAM

Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is now served

"...says Emily Erickson of SIMS. "We're still getting the kinks out of the interview process."..."

May 13, 2005 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

The Deathray Davies

"...before them, Dufilho and the Davies utilize such studio kinks to their advantage. Then "Release the Squid (Box 6)"..."

May 13, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

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April 8, 2005 Column

A Dumber and More Ignorant 'Chronicle'

"...the Chronicle so hopefully y'all will work out the kinks and the AC will work out for you. I,..."

April 5, 2005 Postmarks

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