'The NFL Beat': Mock Draft

The 'Chronicle' gets Draft-y with a li'l help from friends

"...This is "The NFL Beat" and today I brought some friends. We set up..."

April 17, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Combine Commentary

On the exceptional 2012 draft class

"...This is “The NFL Beat” and for the first time in my life I..."

March 1, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Dress ya ass up for a hip-hop Halloween.

"...this a hip-hop Halloween? Given what's fallen into the Beat Box since we last visited, there's no shortage of..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

TV Eye

Long gone is the summer hiatus: These days, new programming knows no seasonal boundaries

"...the exception of a handful of new shows, including Memphis Beat and Rizzoli & Isles. Both are police dramas,..."

June 11, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"..."Television Lover" and a chain-drive deconstruction of Chuck Berry's "Memphis," resembled a loud band playing under 52 blankets...."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Review: Royal Jelly

Marching to the beat of their own drum

"...hesher interested in both Dungeons & Dragons and the Memphis Group might have come up with something similar. It's..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Face to Face With the King of Trill

I got to meet Bun B and it was real.

"...I'm handing the reins over to Chronicle City Beat editor Anne Harris today for a very special episode..."

May 23, 2008 Music Post by Anne Harris

Three 6 Mafia, Ellay Khule, E-40, B-Legit, Dangerdoom

Beat Box

"...for bouncy, strip-club debauchery. Subliminally connecting Three 6 Mafia's Memphis to Project Blowed's Los Angeles, fellow double-time pioneer Ellay..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...Beck and drummer George Rains simmer with a steady beat as Cotton leads them into "Further on up the..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Sxsw

"...VOLEBEATS: Few bands in the alt-country realm pull on the..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

South by So Real 09

Rapping with Matt Sonzala about SXSW hip-hop

"...a solo album coming out. I’m excited about the Memphis guys, legends like 8Ball & MJG. It’s diverse this..."

March 10, 2009 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...requisitioned The Crystal Method for their new commercials and breakbeats litter the cathode ray tube like frothy Dr Pepper..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

SXSW Record Reviews

"...World in a Drop of Water (Bohemia Beat)..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...legends and tales of the mystical. – Jay Trachtenberg Memphis Music Foundation..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

ACL Music Fest Saturday Listings

ACL Saturday by the blurb

"...Rumbling out of Memphis, Tenn., Lucero's gritty, down-home guitar rock received a second..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...His new Hearts of Oak is a wellspring of beat-happy intrigue. (Emo's Jr., 8pm-2am) -- Greg Beets..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Elvis

If you're looking for trouble, you came to the right place

"...far held the title as the onscreen Elvis to beat. Russell might have finally met his match in Austin..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Storied Austin Drummer Hunt Sales Gets His Shit Together

Forty years of junkiedom ends in debut solo album for Tin Machine drummer

"...hit "We Gotta Get You a Woman" featured his beats, as did various recordings for Lowell Fulson, Bootsy Collins,..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The AggreGAYtor: October 18

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• The Memphis City Council adds sexual and gender minorities to non-discrimination..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

NBA Playoffs: Thoughts and Notes

Spurs the team to beat in the West

"...now solidifying New York's defense instead. Can the Mavericks beat the Thunder in round one?..."

April 30, 2012 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

Three Guys, a Girl, and a Dog Named Friday

Austin film collective Jollyville Pictures on its ingredients for success

"...is a parody of intelligent design, and it's almost, beat by beat, a parody of the [1982 Christian-oriented] movie..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

One last night of band blurbs!

"...pearls and high heels? 1960s swing with a reggae beat? This trio of bright voices from Spain, backed by..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Record Reviews

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...heroics (mostly) and recorded the best album of pure Memphis soul since Hi Records closed up shop in the..."

June 11, 1999 Music Review

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

LookOUT Fest, Circle Jerks, Holy Fawn, Bernell Jones II, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, and a Buddy Holly Birthday tribute

"...and raw garage ethos filters through a darkly hypnotic Memphis rock & roll lens. Panther Burns' Italian guitar virtuoso..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...hustled the second English punk band to play America (beat by the Damned in 1977) past 60 photographers and..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Lucinda Williams, Ray Prim, and Curved Light lead the pack

"...Adapting native forerunner Memphis Minnie (1897-1973) on defiantly rough-hewn blues starter "You Can't..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Saturday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...trenches never sounded this damn good. – Doug Freeman Memphis Industries/saddle creek/team love..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...Americana. – Melanie Haupt RIVER CITY TANLINES10pm, Beerland Since Memphis is probably the new Brooklyn, it makes sense that..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...to be reminded who Cohn actually is: "Walking in Memphis." Yeah, that guy. What's he been doing over the..."

April 3, 1998 Music Review

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...TODD SNIDER: Still so much better than the offbeat Seattle tribute that put him on the map, Snider..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

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