Dancing About Architecture

SXSW begins

"...week. And Spring Break week. And Rodeo week. And Austin Record Convention week. And so on, and so on...."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Checking In: Johnny Nicholas Moans in the Moonlight

Venerable Hill Country bluesman digs into Cherry Springs

"...intimacy, and downhome truth, LPs like this launched the Austin tourism industry...."

Oct. 28, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Re-HAAMing

HAAM needs you to re-up, Ian McLagan's been gone a year, and Hotel Van Zandt playroom Geraldine's restores our faith in hotels co-existing with live local music

"...ignoring those texts you've been receiving from the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians...."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Forsaking the Song, the final chapter

"...about forcing a changeover in management than any possible revenue shortfalls calculated by University Unions Executive Director Andy Smith...."

Sept. 17, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Scaling the Wall of Sound Festival in Fort Worth, paying respect to late blues great Gary Primich, and readying for the second annual HAAM Benefit Day

"...Fort Worth presented itself as an alternative to the Austin City Limits Music Festival. With 40 bands on three..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Rio Rita Moves to Badlands

Was Chicon venue pushed, or did they jump?

"...It seems like too many of Austin's clubs and bars are either closing or moving because..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Heavy lifting: No Control radio expands, hardcore punks hit the Monolith Training Center, and the Stocktons celebrate 10 years at Beerland

"...Control's been rewarded with its own channel, KLZT 107.1HD2, Austin's first 24/7 headbangers' ball. "It's going to be a..."

July 8, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Red River rolls out the red carpet with bottle service at Beauty Bar, the Jungle Rockers get down on the Bo Diddley beat, and the Kadane brothers return to Austin

"...Trance Syndicate, it's fair to characterize that time in Austin as pretty aggressive and loud," Kadane recalls. "We faced..."

June 20, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wine & Swine Delivers a Squealing Good Time

Sunday afternoon on the farm with plenty of pigs

"...The Austin Food & Wine Alliance held their second annual Wine..."

Nov. 7, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Eastciders on Barton Springs Is Gone, Hi Sign Brewing Turns Six, Fogo de Chão Flexes Plantwise, Live Fire Beefs It Even Better, There’s Bourbon and Biscuits at Stella San Jac, and (how do you like it?) More, More, More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here’s some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene – as wrangled from numerous PR releases,..."

March 22, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bikes, Beer, Bars, and Partnership

FrankenBike kicks off pop-up events at Lucy’s Retired Surfer Bar

"...drink free Independence Brewery beer, and listen to the music of Brain Halo and Ugly Elephant...."

Feb. 19, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

Off the Record

Tuning in to KOOP Radio, dropping out for the Pixies, and turning up for HAAM Benefit Day

"...Modern radio is in the midst of a massive..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Headlines

"...• Early voting in the Democratic and Republican primary..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Butthole Surfers and Austin City Limits suffer set backs while Riverfest marches on.

"...seems to have gone well for the new live music venue in the crowded Red River entertainment strip. This..."

June 29, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Tensions Rise Ahead of Meeting on Zilker Plan

Dazed and confused over Zilker

"...Zilker – a coalition of Save Our Springs (SOS) Alliance, Sierra Club, and the Zilker Neighborhood Assoc­iation – has..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Let's All Go to the Movies

Skip the multiplex: Austin has a better idea

"...Austin has movie multiplexes, sure, same as any city, but..."

March 3, 2017 Screens Post

Council: Watch Out for Angry Penguins

Council takes on Downtown density and the Summer X Games

"...Adelaide has also been a sister city to Austin for 30 years, an anniversary to be celebrated Thursday..."

May 24, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Last of the Delta Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins goes home to Mississippi

"...was traveled by the most famous of the blues musicians, beginning with Charley Patton and Son House and on..."

April 22, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...when his neighbors decided to open up a wedding venue right next to his new home. Now, he spends..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Postmarks

The Executioner

"...The Department of Agriculture is holding a hearing in Austin on Thursday, February 12 at the Meeting Place Conference..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Column

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...plan to expand and redesign the Neal W. Kocurek Austin Convention Center, along with additional investment in and redesign..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Faster Than Sound: Ryan Garrett Assumes Beerland Lease

Stubb’s GM Ryan Garrett takes over lease on neighboring punk club Beerland, expanding Red River Cultural District involvement.

"...person on Tuesday, as reported on the Chronicle Daily Music blog, that he's taken over the lease on the..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...This may cause grumbles in the tummies of city..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: Islands in the (Live)stream

Crossing over from 3D to the pixelated world of livestreams

"...the medium has emerged as a last hope for musicians. Not that the format's yet proved particularly profitable for..."

May 1, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...that I'd agree with the Yuppie Pricks on any music-related topic ["Postmarks," July 1], but it seems I must:..."

July 15, 2005 Column

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...DAVIS McLARTY AGENCY PRESENTS: ... three Austin acts the former Ely drummer, forever Booze Weasel-turned-booker books:..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...more active or more vocal about the future of Austin's downtown than Mayor Kirk Watson. But after 16 months..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Faster Than Sound: Jackie Venson Solos

Local blues hero goes solo to cut costs, city polls on use of $12 million earmarked for the arts, and the U.S. State Dept. blocks Palestinian artist Dirar Kalash from the Fusebox Festival

"...her first big opening dates. Despite multiple overseas experiences, Austin blues star Jackie Venson faces similar unplanned expenses of..."

April 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Art Prom, Pup Crawl, Eeyore’s Birthday, and More Recommended Events

A smattering of ways to fill your weekend

"...Under the theme “Dame Prom,” these feminine forces of Austin’s food world plate up delicious dishes of grilled meats,..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Faster Than Sound: Pop Goes the Arts District

Fight over an empty lot near Riverside Drive intensifies, Xetas’ Kana Harris will open Bluebonnet Records in Lockhart, and Why Bonnie get a peachy opening gig

"...told when his station entered into an agreement with Austin Creative Alliance and the Presidium Group last year...."

Jan. 11, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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