Hot Luck Review: The Texas Gentlemen

Lone Star wrecking crew hits the dancehall

"...While the Texas Gentlemen may not exactly represent the sound of..."

May 25, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Country Shuffle

Justin Trevino, the voice of angels

"...Justin Trevino may be nearing his 28th birthday, but the music he makes carries the weight of a man..."

June 8, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...tanked in sophisticated company. You head on down to the Warehouse District, and plop yourself at any one of..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Playback – Lift to Experience: Back at the Crossroads

Lift to Experience returns to Texas-Jerusalem, X Games music crashes, and Prince-a-plenty

"...The music world has no shortage of men living in..."

June 3, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...Before he took the stage of Central Missouri State University's Hendricks Hall on..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic Goes Virtual

Pay-per-view concert feat. Willie, Kurt Vile, John Doe, Margo Price

"...Over the last 47 years, myriad locales have hosted Willie Nelson’s..."

June 26, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: Kings of Mean

The worst legacy of this administration is the terrible behavior it fostered in its citizens

"..."In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. It may be pure..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Louis Black

What's on the Slab

Texas roadhouses are far from middle-of-the-road

"...buxom gals are dancing atop a cedar picnic table. The mist from a giant cooling system washes over them...."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Former Fine Southern Gentlemen's Expansive Rebrand to Feels So Good

A more inclusive name for the rising screenprinters/record label/music venue

"...After 15 years operating under the name Fine Southern Gentlemen, the local screenprinting company announced..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Kermit the Frog, Tyler Childers Play Willie’s Luck Reunion

Annual fest still seamlessly threads contemporary country

"...Clouds threatened overhead all day at the 12th annual Luck Reunion, but unlike last year’s forced..."

March 15, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

When the Whip Comes Down

‘Some Girls Live in Texas,’ ravished by the Rolling Stones

"...“If the band’s a bit off tonight, it’s because we spent..."

Oct. 19, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

From Country to Blues, Check Out These Austin-Area April Music Festival Lineups

Peruse new 2024 plans from Eclipse Utopia, Two Step Inn, and more

"...and Levitation behind us, promoters have begun rolling out the lineups for the spring, another buzzing Central Texas music..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and..."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Less Talkin’, More Rockin’: The Austin Music Awards Touch Down at Antone’s

Jim Franklin, Rosa Madriz, Cherubs honored at 42nd Chronicle show

"...For our 42nd go-around, we at The Austin Chronicle thought we’d take a different approach to..."

Feb. 26, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Q&A Hole: Why Would Someone – Why Would Anyone – Vote for Trump?

With Leslie Bonnell, Arcie Cola, Lashonda Lester, Tim Doyle, and more

"...Because this is the day, right?..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...This is the story of a group of people who got together..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Great Artdoors

Summer's here, and the time is right for outdoor performances all over Central Texas

"...The mercury is rising, but that just means more performing..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals Shines Anew at the Alamo Drafthouse

Steve Young reveals the hidden world of uncanny corporate razzmatazz

"...From roughly the 1950s to the 1980s, corporate America commissioned tremendous numbers..."

July 29, 2016 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Music Live: The Roots & Friends

“This is the best shit of the whole South By!”

"...On a stacked SXSW Saturday night billed as the Roots & Friends, a seemingly endless array of artists..."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...President Harry Truman used to say, "There is no end to the amount of good you..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...snarls Billy Bill Miller, Roky Erickson's electric autoharp genius. "The outlaw thing was pretty big. Austin became a music..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...music boom, house and techno sprang far afield from the Third Coast and don't have the same cultural roots..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...Keith Richards' sensational autobiography Life – published Monday – the Screen's Greatest Rock & Roll Band also reissued another..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Carol You Don't Know

There's much more to Ms. Channing than Dolly and Lorelei

"...Everyone knows Carol Channing, right? The much-imitated star of stage and screen, the original Dolly..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: 'Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain?'

In the early part of the Sixties, television's "Route 66" offered a taste of the new American consciousness

"...The years were 1960-64. America's factories hummed in prosperous cities..."

June 15, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...Teeth determine the grin. Self-conscious hardware hides in pursed smiles...."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Prime real estate: Patricia Vonne and the historic opening week for Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater

"...A week after its soft opening, the first act to grace Austin City Limits..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles

"...Cogent and considered recollections of older black men from Texas and the broadly American..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Gift Guide for the Music Head on Your Holiday List

What a fan, finger drummer, or Austin nostalgia freak may want for Christmas

"...For Those Doomsday Prepping for the Indie Vinyl Backlog Alexalone Alexaloneworld Burgundy LP..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Off the Record

The fast and the furious: the sentencing of J Kapone, Steve Wertheimer's Hot Rod Revolution, and 'How to Tour in a Band or Whatever'

"...The Fast and the Furious..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

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