Video: Monahans “It's Enough To Leave You...”

Dimming the aurora

"...Just in time for the Monahans’ show tonight with Centro-matic and Future Clouds & Radar..."

May 15, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Discovered, covered: Robert Plant reimagines Milton Mapes, Eric Johnson eulogizes Hendrix, and more nuggets from the Texas Punk Treasure Chest

"...Mapes' 2001 debut, The State Line. Vanderpool's new venture, Monahans, issued "A Memory of God" on Tuesday, the fourth..."

June 25, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Plenty of fun still to be had in 2019

"...Lighted Christmas Parade Dec. 9, Monahans, www.monahans.org..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Balmorhea is back, baby!

"...Butterfield Festival July 27, Monahans, www.monahans.org..."

June 29, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Off the Record

Ben Kweller saddles up in Austin, Willie Nelson and company share one last night in the Backyard, and Bavu Blakes and others gear up for election night

"...locals Bill Callahan ("John Tyler [In Hindsight]") and the Monahans ("James Knox Polk [The Other Is Better/The Landscape to..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Day Trips

Monahans Sandhills State Park is a treasure among public properties in Texas

"...Monahans Sandhills State Park never looks the same way twice...."

Sept. 21, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...hail from – and drew inspiration from the nearby Monahans Sandhills State Park. Their subsequent soundtrack for the film..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Swoon for 'Dunes at Noons'

Brad Tucker gives young art critics something to chew on

"...day in 2013, Tucker set out for the Texas Monahans Sandhills State Park with a series of his sculptures..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Overseas at Home

Indie all-stars debut at the Parish

"...Monahans served as the perfect setup to Overseas, the local..."

Aug. 5, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

We Were From Texas

Texas Triangle: Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, Townes Van Zandt

"...up on the bumper in the dusty streets of Monahans, Texas. "Jack Prigg" reads the inscription on the back...."

July 19, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Monahans

"...MonahansLeveler (The Elusive Goldmine)..."

April 5, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Off the Record

Home for the holidays with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schmillion, and Dax Riggs

"...Earlier this week, Monahans released the final installment in its downloadable monthly series,..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Monahans

"...MonahansDim the Aurora (Misra)..."

May 29, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

Thursday Picks

"...unbridled passion and sturdy guitar jangle. – Jim Caligiuri Monahans..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Monahans

"...Monahans..."

July 6, 2007 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Day Trips

The good and the bad news from the year 2005

"...which had been considered extinct since the 1940s. In Monahans Sandhills State Park in West Texas, a graduate student..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Preschool Funding Loophole has Tax Dollars Going to Religious Schools. Who Benefits?

Private school partnerships boost district enrollment

"...School (both 25 miles away), Transformative Leadership Academy in Monahans (113 miles away), and, once agreements are signed, two..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...Aguilar Zéleny (Trash) Charles Alcorn (Beneath the Sands of Monahans) Asale Angel-Ajani (A Country You Can Leave) Andrea Arango..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Star star map casts another spell from the Milton Mapes/Monahans driver whose "The Only Sound That Matters" found a..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Greg Vanderpool

"...Pilot. As with previous ATX outfits Milton Mapes and Monahans, the local songwriter works in dramatic slow builds, winding..."

April 14, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Biographer Tamara Saviano’s Guy Clark Revelations

The dean of Texas songwriters’ final days, the forthcoming documentary on him, and more

"...helped cement the compositional legacy of the Texan from Monahans (see review, Nov. 4, 2016). At its center, the..."

March 31, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

The dean of Lone Star songwriting documented at the 11th hour

"...interviews with artists influenced personally and creatively by the Monahans-born bard, especially Rodney Crowell, the author digging deep into..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Playback: Guy Clark 1941-2016

End Transmission: Adios Guy Clark, and Transmission Events as we knew it

"...complete without Clark's face. The West Texas native from Monahans penned brilliant vignettes including "L.A. Freeway," "Desperados Waiting for..."

May 20, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Guy Clark 1941-2016

“The thing about writing songs is, everything is songwriting”

"...Clark was born in the West Texas town of Monahans in 1941, and his songwriting both drew from and..."

May 17, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Greg Vanderpool

"...Veering left of Americana, the solo debut from Milton Mapes/Monahans principal Greg Vanderpool cashes in gradual West Texas soundscapes..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Review by Greg Beets

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...Lamberts As frontman for Austin favorites Milton Mapes and Monahans, Greg Vanderpool has been a prominent force in the..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Top Tens

Tired of Brooklyn indie rock? Me too.

"...10) Monahans, Leveler Top 10 EPs..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Interesting Creatures

Graham Weber knows ‘Women’

"...Britton Beisenherz and the other guys in the band Monahans. It was kind of a selfish way for me..."

Nov. 9, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Catastrophe and the Cure

Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album

"...Inspired by the Monahans Sandhills State Park and the quiet desperation of Midland,..."

July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Local songwriter Johnny Goudie takes the stand while Trailer Space Records preps for Record Store Day

"...the influential website's Big Orange studio include Soft Healer, Monahans, Pink Nasty, Crooks, and the Black. Download the free..."

April 15, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

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