B.B. King Saved My Life

He played blues so we can find a way through ours

"...when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, a lot of racial doors closed. For awhile, the..."

May 15, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...Sgt. Pepper's "She's Leaving Home." Okie psych staples, the Beatles, and a Missouri farm girl add up to disparate..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW Music: Lucky No. 7 List

Action Bronson, Deerhoof, Laura Marling, and 160 more

"...Dos Santos: Anti-Beat Orquesta (Chicago, IL.)..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Sanctified Souls

Uncovering Arizona Dranes, remembering Brent Grulke

"...her boisterous style became seminally influential to the gospel beat, history consigned Dranes to oblivion...."

Sept. 7, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Toros NBA Call-Ups and Much More

Thomas now with the Hornets

"...started winning us over with their near-perfect chemistry and unbeatable characteristics (on and off the court). Along with the..."

Dec. 18, 2011 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...Smith waxes Def Jux on The Broadcast. Buff1 and Beat Junkies' DJ Rhettmatic serve intoxicating interplay as Crown Royale,..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

7 & 7 is

7 & 7 is

"...Casual Victim Pile, Love Collector's boy/girl bar grind goes Beatles butcher cover on My Baby Goes Waaah! for Minnesota's..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Toros Now as Good as the Knicks With Addition of Barrett

"...The Austin Toros can now beat the New York Knicks. I'm not kidding. I am,..."

Feb. 27, 2008 Sports Post by Matt Moore

9th Wonder

"...Proving that beats matter as much as what rappers spit, 9th Wonder's..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Thursday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Elysium San Francisco's Kid Beyond approaches his craft – beat-boxing, singing, vox effects – with childlike fervor, and his..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Chili Cold Blood Loves You!

Black & blues cowboy metal

"...thumb included – Strahan's lanky figure nods to the beat, his cowboy hat tipping with each measure. The newest..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

A Full Dance Card

Back in Austin after eight days in the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to distill the experience into any one verity. The combination of dozens of movies and the oxygen-poor altitude create memories that seem more impressionistic than precise.

"...set in North Carolina (Loggerheads and Junebug), two in Memphis (the jury award-winner Forty Shades of Blue and the..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Screening Calls

What to see and when and where to see it at SXSW Film 04

"...feature on p.34. For a preview of the 24 Beats Per Second program, which features 11 music films, see..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature

Texas in the Title

"...hometown. 17 "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)," the Doors Songwriters: John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Memphis, Texas," Cooder Graw, Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Elizabeth McQueen & the Firebrands

Music Showcase

"...it's a fairly confining genre. Take the shuffle, the train-beat, the two-beat, the up-tempo honky-tonker, and the slow ballad,..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, April 27-May 6

"...sedan glides into New Orleans to the big buttery beat of Fats Domino. It's almost a shame to sleep...."

May 18, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

Austin City Limits to enter its 25th season two shows lighter; Steamboat loses more relocation prospects; and Ozzy Osbourne declines Black Sabbath's nomination for entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

"...The Beat of a Different Drumstick..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Reissues

"...as a new, genre-defining centerpiece, "My Melody," a menacing break-beat boast that includes one of hip-hop's all-time classic rhymes:..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature

Pressure Drop

The State of Modern Reggae

"...than anything except the Sunday morning services at the Memphis congregation presided over by the righteous Rev. Al Green...."

July 4, 1997 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...from this earth, her ambient dub pulsing with the beat of your heart. "I know I'm sorrow's child," she..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Music Reviews

"...mystique. "Highway Patrol" leads the charge with a swinging backbeat, succinct guit-steel solo and a perfectly baked growl of..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Music Review

Hot Luck, Vibe Vault, No Idea, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

A smattering of sound suggestions

"...Guitars” – so stupidly perfect with its cheer chant beat, über-crunchy riff, and “Ah-a-a!” refrain – and the Funkadelic-sampling..."

May 23, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Saloon Sessions, Rock Legends, and Americana in-Between: Luck Reunion’s Laidback Reprisal

Waxahatchee, Lucinda Williams, and more at Willie’s ranch

"...recent tribute album streak. The band’s powerful performance of Memphis Minnie’s “You Can’t Rule Me” felt right at home..."

March 17, 2025 Music Post by Caroline Drew

Hard Proof’s Fela Kuti Felabration!! and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta, Janelle Monáe, and Mockjaw lead our recommended shows

"...Fela Kuti, to planet Earth – remains the original Afrobeat prophet, just as Bob Marley gifted our globe reggae...."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...recent weirdo-rock experiments to instead pull primarily from 2012’s Memphis-hip-hop-inspired Mista Thug Isolation. Spitting his heart-bleeding rhymes and tongue-twisting..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

The Lemon Twigs, Obongjayar, the Zombies, and Ambré Added in SXSW 2023’s Second Lineup Drop

With a whopping 301 musical artists

"...well as London-based Nigerian artist Obongjayar, riding the inquisitive Afrobeat integration of 2022 album Some Nights I Dream Of..."

Dec. 7, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: Most Rankings Per Column Inch

The city most likely to be a city most likely to be

"...that; there's a lot of great barbecue. So who beat us? Memphis? Kansas City? Maybe even somewhere in North..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

30 Years Ago, GG Allin Cleared Austin’s Scuzziest Punk Venue in 24 Minutes

Witness accounts of the notorious shock rocker’s antics and arrest at the Cavity Club

"...the Drive-By Truckers' country weeper account of Allin's 1991 Memphis gig, he didn't escape before APD officers shut it..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

With the Music Lineup Rolling Out, South by Southwest 2022 Finally Feels Real

Maxo Kream, Monaleo, W.I.T.C.H., and Vitreous Humor highlight drop

"...and Houston’s Monaleo, who went hard on viral hit “Beating Down Yo Block” – the forthcoming festival, 31 months..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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