Bill Narum: We Call That Art

ZZ Top iconographer Bill Narum moves on to the next canvas.

"...Texas music without seeing Bill Narum. His splashy, bold art decorated every ZZ Top album from the vinyl and..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Caroline Rose Practices The Art of Forgetting on Fifth LP

Austin pop auteur explores fluctuating relationship to the past

"...crucial rule: no suits. In tune with many other artists, the freefall of the pandemic allowed Rose to take..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Gabrielle Sanchez

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...hard rock and hip-hop süper producer Rick Rubin is helping: Johnny Cash...."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Museum of Art

For the third time in 25 years, AMOA's plans for a new museum are put on hold

"...then in the late Nineties, the Austin Museum of Art seemed finally to have hit on a scheme for..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Demons & Delights – The Art of Billie Buck

Local illustrator makes “Hot Soup” at the relocated Austin Museum of Popular Culture

"...clutching an unwrapped King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard LP. He complains of "grass" in the packaging, which turns..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Punk Weirdos Big Bill Finally Unleash Their Inner LP

Reining in the freak show while doubling down on the absurd

"...musical experience, somehow convinced a guitarist named Fiddles to start a band with him. Their final performance included the..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Playback: David Ramirez’s Lost Art

David Ramirez’s America, HAAM Benefit Day, and the reverend of Austin music

"...'Fuck Trump!' because I don't think that's creative, or helpful," he explains about another latent political tune, album opener..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Museum of Art

The museum is losing a block but may be gaining a leg up on a new facility

"...For close to 30 years, the Austin Museum of Art has clung to the dream of a permanent Downtown..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

BoomBaptist and the Art of Crafty Self Promotion Schemes

Instrumental hip-hop mastermind sells us his world

"...do with mounting lbs than it did with moving LPs...."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Jamaica Dancehall Legend General Smiley on Pioneering the Art Form and Settling in Central Texas

Austin Reggae Fest standout might as well call Austin home

"...At Selam International Mart & Cafe, a small Ethiopian restaurant and grocery tucked..."

April 19, 2019 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Papa Mali Extols Mark Rubin

Former locals gone New Orleans bond over Southern Discomfort

"...that. He captures Rubin as perfectly as the new LP art...."

June 2, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...Assigned the band's 1973 opus, Cosmic Slop, the untrained artist delivered a crazed cornucopia of Afrocentric sci-fi imagery that..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Shepard Fairey’s Artwork, Gifted to His Pal John Doe, Now Adorns the Long Play Lounge

LP themed bar christens the new decor with a party and raffle Saturday

"...the iconic Andre the Giant Has a Posse street art image and the Barack Obama Hope poster – to..."

Nov. 18, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Beethoven to Beyoncé

SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.

"...weeks, in fact, that we decided to practice the art of the mash-up: hip-hop in India and female hip-hop..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Faster Than Sound: Falling Hard for Sasha & the Valentines

The Massachusetts transplants debut their dream-pop LP, Daniel Johnston's NFT dustup, and more music news

"...formed an orbit of musical projects to play university parties. Time spent apart inspired singer Sarah Addi to begin..."

April 16, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Vinyl’s Tin Cup Chalice

Finyl vinyl thoughts from the stacks of Antone’s Records

"...To quote Jimmy Buffett, “Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.” As the old school..."

Jan. 15, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...meaning as the title for the Exhalants' sophomore full-length, particularly the second syllable. Atonement packs a lot of "tone."..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

HOG Wild

How a concrete wasteland has become a street-art wonderland called the HOPE Outdoor Gallery

"...you joy,'" recalls Wallace, a newcomer to the street art world. "So I headed up here to 'the hill.'"..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Bob Makela

The Top 10 Austin Albums of 2024

From art rock to hip-hop, these are the records I kept on repeat

"...From debut LPs to established act victory laps, Austin artists produced a..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

A Gift Guide for the Austin Music Fan in Your Life

Try a Nineties Austin oral history, Willie birthday LP, or BLK ODYSSY ashtray

"...the Try Hard Coffee vinyl set comes with an artfully packaged Ecuadorian light roast. Sweet butterscotch and dried fruit..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Bob Schneider Ages Gracefully on Blood and Bones

New LP finds emotional resonance in personal experience

"...month before I got sober, in L.A., at a party...."

June 8, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Marmalakes Homecoming

Popular Austin trio returns from tour to ready its debut LP

"...about life on the road and the band’s debut LP...."

June 5, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Steve Gunn Remembers the Stonehurst Cowboy

Guitarist deep dives into the lyrical and familial

"...Vile sideman prizes songcraft above all else, designing eighth LP The Unseen In Between as an introspective counterpoint to..."

April 18, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Kid Beyond, Beyond a Kid

Getty spits with the Human Beat Box.

"...voice is his instrument: "I have chosen, with my art to only use my voice, just my voice, and..."

March 16, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Gay Place

Expect a good time, safe space, and lots of fine-looking peeps at the Gender Unbound Art Festival

"...Labor Day. Splash returns – an epic four-day-long men's party that gives 100% of the proceeds back to the..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Interview: Santigold

Philly pop songstress struggles with change on new disc 99¢

"...Since releasing her sophomore LP Master of My Make Believe in 2012, a lot..."

March 18, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

With Bad Dream Jaguar, Sun June Hasn’t Given Up on Texas Yet

The Austin pop in-betweeners’ third LP arrives at Parish on Nov. 18

"..."You keep breaking my heart, Texas," Sun June lead vocalist Laura Colwell begs on..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Checking In: Kana Harris Reveals Her Vulcan Side

Live wire wax healer wants to sell you a record for your health

"...Before Xetas’ three tripwire LPs and now frontwoman Kana Harris’ musical apothacarium in Lockhart,..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Slayer

The Vinyl Conflict

"...sticker on The Vinyl Conflict's shrink-wrap bearing the better part of Slayer's grooved recoronation: "All 10 American Recordings albums..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

No Aloha

Going long distance with Kim Deal

"...read this week's music story, Pixies play their 1989 LP Doolittle tonight and tomorrow at Austin Music Hall. It's..."

Sept. 21, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

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