Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...not too distracted by it. Jason Gentry (the Ugly Beats)..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Bobby Whitlock & Coco Carmel

"...Assorted Love Songs. Guitarists Stephen Bruton and David Grissom, beat black-'n'-blue by Brannen Temple, imbue Lovers' righteous "Dice of..."

July 23, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...organics, and post-hepcat rockability. Miike Snow is two-thirds Swedish beatmastery and one-third all-American electro-pop, an unstoppably stylish combination that's..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

"...the best jazz festival around, is it not?" asked Memphis, Tenn.'s long-gone Parisian and now Vegas-dwelling diva. New York's..."

July 4, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...out for Manchester, TN. I used to live in Memphis in the early 1980s when I was in the..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

Off the Record

Only in Austin: Green Day heats up Emo's, Elvis Costello and Diana Krall dine at Eddie V's, and Los Lonely Boys visit the Saxon Pub

"...B kept it trill at Emo's last Wednesday, and Memphis' Kinfolk Thugs notched a 2008 summer anthem with "Dumptruck"..."

May 30, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Bye, Buddy

The Buddy Miles Express stops here.

"...rocking rhythm and blues of the title track and “Memphis Train,” I was hooked. Since then I’ve snagged every..."

Feb. 28, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

These Are the Breaks

Checking in with Austin's new R&B boys and girls.

"...in the band were more into Aerosmith. I made beats on my computer for a while but my background..."

Feb. 5, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It

What reissues are buried in the bottom of your closet?

"...detail about the teenage singer. There's more. From jazzy break-beat instrumentals (Deep City Band) and sensual barbershop pop (the..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Food-o-File

Another Austinite takes first at the Texas Sommelier Conference; plus, how about Italian tonight?

"...area as the best place for pork ribs. They beat out the legendary Rendevous in Memphis, Tenn.! We've got..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Off the Record

Off the Record goes the distance at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore; Snake Eyes Vinyl relocates; Belaire and Tacks, the Boy Disaster ship overseas; and more

"...the UK and will re-release their stunning EP, Oh, Beatrice, remixed and remastered by Erik Wofford, in October. Random..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Solar Car Race Enlightens, Enriches Students

12th annual Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge revs up, takes off

"...to the solar challenge because, as extracurriculars go, it beats the shit out of drama club...."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Field Music

"...Tones of Town (Memphis Industries)..."

March 16, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Ice Bats Split a Pair at Home

"...hosted the New Mexico Scorpions on Friday and the Memphis Gorillas on Saturday at the Chaparral Ice Center. Austin..."

Feb. 19, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Benevento/Russo Duo

"...searing fusion of Benevento's charbroiled organ and Russo's Sahara beat-down. Follow-through Play Pause Stop fast-forwards through less hot spots..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...country. CBS owns four stations in Austin: KXBT-FM (the Beat), KAMX-FM (the Mix), KKMJ-FM (Majic), and KJCE-AM (talk radio)...."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...34-year-old Bronx native Jason Kibler, aka DJ Logic, an un-beat-able artiste. Having worked with string-string masters like John Scofield..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...hang off sixth-story hotel balconies. And holler. He didn't beat Joe Strummer to death for giving him a Mohawk..."

March 10, 2006 Column

Honky-Tonkers Don't Cry

Dale Watson's heads for the streets of Baltimore

"...low-slung rafters, the mythic honky-tonk is pulsing to the beat of hundreds of shuffling Justins. Every breath imagines sawdust..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Rubble, Green Milk From the Planet Orange, Gary Floyd's Buddha brothers

Live shot

"...Room 710's fifth anniversary celebration weekend, three bands used beat-up guitars to walk in outer space. It began with..."

June 17, 2005 Music Review by Martin de Leon II

The Insomniac Reader

There is an impulse in all of us that is solicited by the night: to look in a stranger's window; to walk, alone, into a seedy bar; to dare to make that pathetic 3am call to an ex

"...of professional peeping toms. Jonathan Ames' "Everybody Dies in Memphis" takes a first-person look at a city overrun with..."

April 22, 2005 Books Review by Audra Schroeder

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...lauded Insofarasmuch. – Jim CaligiuriNICKNACK8pm, Zero Degrees This local DJ/beatsmith keeps his octopus hands busy as a member of..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Portland, St. Louis, Salt Lake City,..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column

Soccer Watch

Three cheers for the underdogs!

"...on the Fourth of July, as 80-1 underdog Greece beat host Portugal 1-0 to claim its first-ever major trophy...."

July 9, 2004 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Soccer Watch

Giants fall in Europe; and the U.S. advances with a whimper

"...face the defending champs, Buenos Aires' Boca Juniors, who beat crosstown rival River Plate on penalty kicks in the..."

June 25, 2004 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Jon Langford & His Sadies

SXSW Records

"...the Tennessee Two, or lay it down behind the beat and back up soulster Andre Williams. In this effort..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...ULTRABABYFAT: These self-proclaimed Big Star/Bowie/Beatles fans take inspiration from their heroes of the past..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...over and presents for your psycho pleasure Queens' lewd Beatnuts, bound to let loose a few from their new..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Toots & the Maytals/Skatalites, Flamingo Cantina, June 6/June 8

"...his first American album and a salute to his Memphis influences, he followed with the characteristically cranked-up "Pressure Drop,"..."

June 23, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Dancing About Architecture

Austin leaves Ken Lieck homeless and fuming.

"...aren't open to the public, featuring the Gourds and Memphis Train on May 4; Willie Nelson and Asleep at..."

April 28, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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