Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

Thursday

"...Jason Isbell & The 400 UnitHere We Rest (Lightning Rod)..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Joe Pug

Thursday

"...Joe PugMessenger (Lightning Rod)..."

March 19, 2010 Music Review by Dan Oko

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit

Friday

"...(Lightning Rod)..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Faster Than Sound: Tameca Jones Is Wide Awake

Soul singer Tameca Jones finds clarity with help from the SIMS Foundation, synchronized punk duo Being Dead baptizes a debut EP, and more

"...Beto O'Rourke rally. Sunday evening, KUTX deejay Laurie Gallardo introduced her as "an empress" at upscale eatery Eberly's new..."

April 5, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: RSD in ATX

Record Store Day local exclusives, and out-of-the-way wax emporiums that may carry them

"...are two sides to Record Store Day," contemplates Exploded Records at JuiceLand operator Andrew Brown. "There's the shallow, short-lived..."

April 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Paul Cauthen’s Deep Country Gospel

Former Sons of Fathers frontman’s solo debut deals out one of the best country albums of the year

"...national attention behind 2013 sophomore effort Burning Days ("The Prodigy & the Prod­igal," March 29, 2013). Cauthen contends the..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2016

The Chronicle music staff picks their favorite local records

"...1) Paul Cauthen, My Gospel (Lightning Rod)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Chronicle Critics Choose Their Top 10 Local Albums

10 lists by 10 of our music writers

"...6) Croy & the Boys, Howdy High-Rise (Spaceflight Records)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...instrumental ambience. Sadness3, released last year via Sports Day Records, is six tracks of chugging, lo-fi melodics with pop..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Aldrin, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Richard Branson). Joss Whedon’s Shakespeare-on-a-shoestring production of Much Ado About Nothing, starring Whedonverse beloveds like..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Who's to Say

Pat Green, the "devil's spawn"?

"...Pat Green is a lightning rod. The stocky, blond singer-songwriter, who currently calls Austin..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Music of the Mind: Joe Pug

Local transplant trades the hammer for the pen

"...other hand, I really loved the music my father introduced me to, songwriters like John Hiatt, Warren Zevon, Jesse..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

No Fair Share? Property Tax Report Provokes a County Review.

Property tax study says commercial property owners are draining homeowners' bank accounts

"...reports, public documents, and other information obtained through open records to illustrate stark differences between the assessed values of..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin Filmmaker David Blue Garcia Goes Back to the Border for Tejano

Guns, drugs, and laughs in this microbudget thriller

"...much more official than being on the state Legislature's records) says that "Tejano is a Spanish-language thriller that tells..."

March 29, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights

When community matters more than the law

"...from its use since at least 1985, avoiding the lightning-rod term in favor of more neutral phrasing like "welcoming..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

Drank the Lemonade

As album sales give way to streaming services, how much longer will we be able to purchase music?

"...single solitary CD in the new bin at Waterloo Records earlier this month: Isn't the idea to disseminate creativity?..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Great Gig in the Sky

The best albums of our lives – and the afterlife

"...finally spun the new album by Meshell Ndegéocello, who produced Ruthie Foster's recent Grammy-nominated Promise of a Brand New..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Top 10s

Best in local albums 2014

"...4) Billy Joe Shaver, Long in the Tooth (Lightning Rod)..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature

One Man's SXSW ... Times 4

Our intrepid correspondent wanders through all four Festivals – and lives to write about it

"...parlance, getting screwed. Somehow, even after selling two million records internationally, they still owed the label $1.4 million. Yet..."

March 29, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Spotlight: Royal Thunder

Heavy metal thunder? Pretty much.

"...Precisely: that high, piercing cry acting as lightning rod for sky-cracking atmospheric disturbances. Heavy metal?..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Blues for the Red Sun

Kyuss Lives! (Exclamation the band's emphasis, not ours.)

"...domestic battery issues, as Homme remarked at a Waterloo Records in-store, and has had a rap sheet far more..."

Oct. 3, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Appeals Court: Patterson Looking for Escape Hatch?

Justice's departure from court would tilt the political balance

"...the 3rd Court has in recent years become a lightning rod for party politics, and running for the court..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Developing Stories: The Long Capitol View

The Downtown Commission and Heritage Society of Austin square off over Capitol-view corridors

"...Capitol veneration. The Goddess of Liberty is a lofty lightning rod for our collective anxiety about growth...."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Tell It Like It Is

Cyril Neville holds nothing back

"...him being a landmark of uptown New Orleans. A product of the 13th Ward, Neville helped define the late-Seventies..."

April 28, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Can Lazarus Rise Again?

Gary Bradley faces bankruptcy, and Austin wonders if he'll survive and thrive one more time.

"...a two-day deposition in May -- arranged after some prodding by U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett at the behest of..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Nonprofit Needs

"...wish to deny race he has, indeed, become a lightning rod for the race debate in the United States...."

March 19, 1999 Column

Keel: The Real Deal

He's No Andy Griffith

"...county officials I'm the only Republican -- I'm a lightning rod," Keel explains. "I'm a rising star they want..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

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'

"...to his manager, Derek Georg of Austin's Top Dollar Records, Kapone, born Roy Rodriguez Jr., was gearing up for..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Unpacks Longest Lineup List

Soccer Mommy, Caroline Rose, Alyona Alyona, and 351 more

"...export Astrid Sonne makes the trek, as do Burger Records-approved psych poppers Psychic Bloom, who spring from Tehran, and..."

Jan. 14, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Already a Grammy-nominated producer for his recent work with Ariana Grande, Austin rapper/producer..."

June 5, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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