Saborcito

Latin melting pot fuses into Pachanga Fest

"...all our picks herein preview, howls with focal point Los Lobos, but Celso Piña might be the better "get,"..."

May 10, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sxsw

"...does modernize, it might be to cover roots sympathizers Los Lobos, while his own material has many classics-to-be. (La..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Going for Broke

Fruit Salad Days

"...it was their back yard, not New York, Nashville, Los Angeles."..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Audio Snapshots

America's premiere archival roots label celebrates the big 4-0.

"...as many artists -- and all for just $2 plus postage -- that ad promised a lot: "The Roots..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Mike Quinn

Ten Fingers

Denny Freeman's 40-year Austin arc

"...feel the pain of someone who had not only lost a relative or two, but also a war. When..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Thursday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...he of the Reatards and formerly of space-punks the Lost Sounds and God knows how many other bands, put..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...out that 1999's Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments ... For Lost Buckaroos on Bloodshot was directed at all those cowpokes..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Hit Brewery Row to Choose Your Own Austin FC Home Match Beer Adventure

How to get a little matchy-matchy with the city's first top-tier sports club and its many superb beer options

"...represented on the small screen in distant luxury dumpster Los Angeles, or in the junior-barbecue whistle-stop of Kansas City,..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Eric Puga

Rock en Tijuana

The border city of Tijuana gives birth to the bastard genre of Norteño and Electronica, Nortec.

"...executive for Chris Blackwell's new Palm Pictures label in Los Angeles. After hearing the tracks, courtesy of a friend..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

ACL Music Fest Friday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...sultry identical twins – Alejandra and Claudia Deheza – plus Benjamin Curtis, formerly of Secret Machines, on guitar. Fortunately,..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...Petey doesn't enclose himself in a performer's image, music genre, or even..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Terry Allen Revisits His Definitive Albums

Lubbock musician on Juarez and Lubbock (On Everything)

"...Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1966, and taught there afterward. In 1971,..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW handicapping

"...with metal brutality and a sucker punch of punk. Masters of the genre. – Margaret Moser The Echocentrics..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Building Buzz, One 'Bag' at a Time

The Duplass Brothers buck New York and Los Angeles to premiere 'Baghead' here in the town where they started it all

"...honesty. They move to New York and then to Los Angeles. Netflix signs on to distribute The Puffy Chair...."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...but a chronicle of Black life and culture in Los Angeles in 1972. Don’t forget that soundtrack, with the..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Playback: Blood in the Water

Headliners avalanche SXSW a week out from the music fest

"...headliners?" Every year, it's the same refrain – followed closely then by the totally contradictory, "They don't care about..."

March 8, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Rhythm is King

"...starts, the floor is crowded with eager couples dancing closely. Elizabeth Ramos stands in the doorway and smiles sagely...."

June 25, 1999 Music Review by Jay Hardwig

JULIE & SHELLEY BENEFIT

"..."Roadhouse Revival" tour with these two shows. That means three-hours-plus both nights with the cream of what Gavin calls..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Music Feature

Return to Sin City

Gram Parsons, back in a big way even if he never left

"...takes, revealing, semiacoustic versions of songs from those LPs, plus three covers made famous by the Everly Brothers and..."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...punch. Pollard, brother Jim, Chris Slusarenko, and Kevin March close out the night, with gruesome epithets, long-winded jokes, inappropriate..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

The 'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...Chris Lilly, Jeff Blank, Grady Spears, and Robert McGrath; plus an army of pit masters from Texas barbecue joints...."

April 2, 2004 Food Feature

Reissues

"...Hell, and none of these guys' paths ever strayed close to this turf again. Fortunately, some people were listening:..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Fall events and news from all over Texas

"...maintains the Beer Can House, and built Smither Park, plus many other fun and weird community events...."

Nov. 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...Spinal Tap tendencies overtake them and became the decade's masters of the Big Riff. Despite suspicion you'd be squirted..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Bands break up, sure, but were they even trying?

"...A Giant Dog, and Bobby Jealousy keyboardist Jake Knight, plus members of Megabig, Ellis' latest venture bottles her former..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...jazz instrumentation to build something intimate and refined. Stripped-down closer "The Beekeeper" is projected as the first single on..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...Malcolm McDowell and Sid Haig; a big-screen adaptation of author/Masters of Horror screenwriter Stephen Romano's new novel, Black Light,..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Meat of the Matter

The best of the 26th annual Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...the best vintages from California, Washington, Oregon, and Australia, plus handcrafted brews and custom cocktails. Established and emerging culinary..."

April 1, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...of quirk, of course, not to mention show biz masters of their respective crafts (comedy and music), Lucie along..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Short term memory loss or not, Devin is an obsession waiting to happen...."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

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