Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Linda Lindas, Momma, Caramelo Haze, JaRon Marshall, and more highlight our recommended shows

"...The Linda Lindas & Momma Free Shows..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Music Column by Alejandra Ramirez

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...snarls Billy Bill Miller, Roky Erickson's electric autoharp genius. "The outlaw thing was pretty big. Austin became a music..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...As Roky Erickson's live solo debut loomed at the grand opening of the Ritz on October 18, 1974..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Ego Has Landed

Love Supreme frontman Noah Lit shares his interests and disinterests - and talks about his band occasionally.

"...one word. Beer in hand, he looked squarely into the camera and smirked, "Me." While this brand of staggering..."

April 28, 2000 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...musician Tim Stegall. You can read past installments of the “Austin Punk Chronicles” here...."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Patty & Jerry & Ian & Richard

All aboard the record roundup

"...country," traditionalists like Patty Loveless have seemingly fallen by the wayside, especially if you listen to country radio. That..."

Sept. 17, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Faulk Hero

Remembering John Henry Faulk's battle against the blacklist

"...record judgment in a libel case that helped end the Hollywood blacklist of the Fifties. Willard Manus, a journalist,..."

June 27, 2014 Arts Feature by Willard Manus

Vinyl’s Tin Cup Chalice

Finyl vinyl thoughts from the stacks of Antone’s Records

"...Buffett, “Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.” As the old school ire behind last week’s cover story on..."

Jan. 15, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Interview With a Prophet

Chuck Prophet holds forth.

"...Thinking man’s rocker Chuck Prophet rolls into the Continental Club Friday with Alejandro Escovedo, and I caught..."

Jan. 23, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Box Sets/Reissues

The Disco Box

"...More book than box per se, The Disco Box, compiled by Billboard and A&R veteran Brian..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature

Mott the Hoople

Dinosaur DVDs with a smattering of punk, porn, and R&B

"...Mott the HoopleThe Ballad of Mott the Hoople (Start Productions)..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Spotlight: Ian Hunter

7:30pm, Town Lake stage

"..."I really don't know," puzzles the singer after a hefty pause. "It has to have..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

One Big Guitar

The return of the True Believers

"...three decades' measure of how beloved he was in the local music community, long dormant bands honoring him with..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Rhapsody

Alejandro Escovedo pays tribute to 'Por Vida'

"...The monumental impact of Por Vida: A Tribute to the..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ian Hunter

"...Auditorium Shores, Friday, March 18 Before Ian Hunter took the stage there was an interesting contrast in the range..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Celebration Day

A dying medium digs up dinosaur rarities

"...Alongside CDs, their audio-visual counterpart DVDs continue their digitized dead man's march..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

So Long, Problems

"...So Long, ProblemsAshes in the Rearview..."

May 23, 2014 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Chuck Prophet

"...Let Freedom Ring!, had a sociopolitical spine informed by the city he chose for recording, Mexico City. Now comes..."

March 16, 2012 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Demands a Retraction Offering by Paul Lynde Hallucinations

"...Dear sir or madam, We appreciate the fact that you did us a solid by fluffing..."

Aug. 15, 2010 Postmarks

Black Mountain

Thursday

"...Black MountainIn the Future (Jagjaguwar)..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Dan Oko

The True Believers

"...The True BelieversDedication EP (Jungle)..."

July 26, 2013 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Smith Westerns

"...The Smith Westerns' 2009 debut delivered a fuzzed, swaggering update..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Head of Femur

"...Habana Calle 6, Friday, March 17 From the back of the room, Matt Focht and Mike Elsener,..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Michael Bertin

David Bowie

Reissue

"...David BowieAladdin Sane (EMI) Aladdin Sane is the great forgotten David Bowie album despite the fact it..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Music Review by Kent H. Benjamin

Alejandro Escovedo

"...Real Animal had performed at market, Alejandro Escovedo scowled. "The same," he said. We were both disappointed. Always the..."

July 16, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...subject to change FRIDAY PICKS Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Page Two

Notes on Daniel Johnston, 'Dead Dog's Eyeball,' and the soundtrack of our lives

"...My wife, Annie, and my son saw the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston – about the..."

April 29, 2005 Column by Louis Black

TCB

One final SXSW missive

"...All the Young Dudes..."

March 26, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...SleepersDON LEADY Y LOS CADILLOS: As an original LeRoi Brother, Leady helped define the strong roots rock scene in..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Fantastic Journey

Alejandro Escovedo comes full circle

"...For the last 16 years, Alejandro Escovedo has been one of..."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

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