What We’re Listening to Right Now

DJ Jester & DJ Marz, Willie Nelson on Billy Joe Shaver, Lisa Morales, High Heavens, and ZZ Top

"...Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard tap blues magma at said 144-year-old honky-tonk thus felt distinctly historical. Raw..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Review: Haunter’s Discarnate Ails

A three-song behemoth from Central Texas death metal unit debut on Profound Lore

"...– and deep. Then Haunter explodes into black metal magma...."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

"...of distortion grinding against swashes of serpentine wah-wah and magma-dripped solos. Two tunes into 10th platter X: The Godless..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Day Trips: Balanced Rock Trail

Hike leads to a window on the world

"...An underground magma intrusion formed the Grapevine Hills 27 to 38 million..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Stream the Synth-Pocalypse on Pinkish Black’s Concept Unification

Texan twosome shares new LP and email Q&A

"...appreciation for a lot of that stuff, like Gong, Magma, Can, etc...."

June 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ZZ Top, Bad Company, and Cheap Trick Stage a Texas Jam

Seventies headliners reanimate the me decade for the ages

"...the Rockies. “Gimme All Your Loving” pooled thick as magma...."

May 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Show That Never Ends: The Rise & Fall of Prog Rock

"...Child (Greece), Focus (Holland), Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (Italy), Magma (France) – before traversing the Atlantic into Canada (Rush)..."

June 16, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Doyle Bramhall II Record Review

Rich Man (Concord)

"...ballad "New Faith" and even "Hands Up" despite its magma solo), but a pair of late-album triptychs are stilling...."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gojira

"...prog-death masters Gojira take their shot on sixth LP Magma. Doubling down on the egalitarian edge of 2012 breakthrough..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Music Review by Michael Toland

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...and sexuality. No wonder European proggers like Walpurgis and Magma came knocking at his spiked door, yet metal's maelstrom..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Quesoff Call For Entries Open

Daily Austin food news

"...for creating roaches, God saw the bubbling cauldrons of magma and said, “Let there be queso.” That’s why it..."

June 3, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Saturday SXSW Showcases

"...deeper than the Bas Dong Nai volcano's purple drank magma chamber. There's more to Korea than K-Pop, as Seoul's..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Survive

Vinyl Bin/Reissue

"...this catalog number namesake – simmers and broils apocalyptic magma in a suite-like series of atmospheric disturbances. At once..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...The Vein - "Magma", Director: Dvein..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Books

"...tugs of guitar on "The Big Idea," like churning magma deep beneath the Earth's crust. There's the slow, deliberate..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Review by Luke Winkie

Chaos in Tejas Live (Night No. 2): Same Sac

Local trio demolishes crickets at the North Door

"...but they did so after Same Sac got the magma running...."

June 1, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...Black released its self-titled debut last May, with Suicide, Magma, and Scott Walker as influences. The hellish, death-centric fury..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Bright Lights, Big City

At the crossroads of the Austin Music Awards.

"...Chicago," Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady." ZZ Top sludges hot magma...."

March 8, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Roller

"...peyote drip. Both tracks are then met by hardened magma. A slight uptick in tempo on the scalping "Of..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...LP follow-up and holy roller "Jesus Left Chicago," Hendrix magma "Foxey Lady," and a slow-cooked, venison-chili version of "La..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

UFOmammut

"...instrumental movements, dedicated to first apple adopter Eve. Vesuvian magma ("Part I"), subliminal dread waging War of the Worlds..."

June 18, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...Instrumentalists Kinski, Red Sparowes, and Earthless couldn't cool the magma. Neither did Link Wray, Sandy Bull, and Santo &..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Journey to the Center of the Earth

The new version of this Jules Verne classic provides gentle fun, but without the 3-D visual effects "comin' right at ya," this journey's center will not hold.

"...Earth. The dinosaurs and parallel, navigable tunnels alongside the magma are all Verne and can't be blamed on the..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beyond 'The Electric Company'

Can a bunch of toddlers watching television save the world?

"...plunges it violently into the seabed, breaking through to magma, bordering on camp...."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

More on Bike Helmets

"...least as likely to cause a serious head injury (www.magma.ca/~ocbc/comparat.html). Last year there were more than 2.5 million injuries..."

Aug. 9, 2006 Postmarks

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Carnage released Lucid Interval last year, another slab of magma riffs, THC visions, and stop-on-a-dime tempo shifts. (Emo's Annex,..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

One True Thing

"...relationships and our ever-changing understanding of them are the magma of our dramatic bedrock. The retreads in the family..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten