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"...A brand-new documentary film, SoundTrek: A Musical Journey to Mount Everest,..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

New, Improved Camping Ban Fizzles at Council

Consensus collapses as the hot summer of homelessness drags on

"...The momentum for action on new restrictions aimed at those experiencing homelessness – which built..."

Sept. 23, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...THE DERAILERS: Bakersfield by way of Austin. The Derailers' new CD, Full Western Dress, finds the band venturing further..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Cody Johnson to Martina McBride, Two Step Inn Wrangles Country Music’s Range

Georgetown fest evades storms in its second year

"...This weekend’s second annual Two Step Inn was a..."

April 22, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

At Besame Mucho, a Latin Music Capital Por Nosotros

Inside the all-star, 84-band, Spanish-language spectacle

"...à la ACL Fest, Circuit of the Americas’ Latin music eclipse, Besame Mucho on March 2, manifested a first..."

March 4, 2024 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin @ Large: New (and Improved)

The new Liveable City survey confirms a community consensus on development and governing issues.

"...Last week I alluded to a new study by the all-star "quality-of-life nonprofit" Liveable City about..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...lead to Austin come March 13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites over 1,400 artists to play on more..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music

Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro

"..."That's the thing, the way music is thought or written about now, is so much..."

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

In New Production of Belle, Ballet Austin Finds Grace in Beauty and Beasts

Stephen Mills mulls better life through dance

"...Music begins, searing synth drones and discordant piano couplets from..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Proper Nang for Austin High’s Music Program

Even Mumford & Sons loves the AHS band/orchestra

"...“Working with young musicians is a treat,” he says. “I think it keeps..."

May 21, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Sheet Music

"...Ray Charles: Man and MusicBy Michael Lydon..."

May 28, 2004 Music Feature by David Lynch

ACL Fest Food Vendors Prepare to Feed the Music Masses

ACL Eats expands with dessert-focused ACL Sweets

"...route to sustenance. From shrimp rolls cooked up by newcomer Huckleberry to the familiar comforts of mmmpanadas, the cornucopian..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Food Post by Hannah Rossi

Dios (Malos)

Friday

"...Boys comparisons simply because of their shared birthplace. Their new, self-titled album on StarTime International is full of sweetly..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Seela

Something happened to local singer-songwriter.

"...her friend/producer/ex-Glass Eye bassist Brian Beattie's fledgling local indie, New Improved Music, Something Happened was described as "stark, oftimes..."

March 3, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Music goes to Amsterdam, and the Spankers come back from there; more albums don't come out, and more bad club news

"...labels from Peek-a-Boo, Estrus, and Man's Ruin to Koch, New West, and Shanachie passing on the poop as to..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Waterloo Records Owner John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It

With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar

"...Toward the close of 2019, the northwest corner lot..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...Ecstasy has been around Austin since it arrived from New York, via Dallas nightclub the Starck, in 1984. And..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

For God and Country

"...Kathy McCarty, Glass Eye co-founder and until recently local musician, who released her own album of Daniel Johnston covers,..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...fire marshal) made an early appearance by paying a New Year's visit to the legendary club, then declared them..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Commitments

"...The Commitments is an engaging film replete with delightful new young actors and music that can't be improved upon...."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The City (La Ciudad)

"...depict the heartbreaking plight of recent Latino immigrants in New York City. The bleak prospects and realities of these..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All 'Round Republic Square

A new context of major civic buildings may yet make a people place of our historic downtown park

"...percolating again. On three out of four sides, major new civic buildings are planned that will reframe the park:..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Turn it Up

"...debatable whether the overall state of American film has improved much over the past few years, but one thing's..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Just Add Students

The new Eastside high school takes issue

"...There's a new high school coming to Austin. It doesn't have a..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Experience the C.H.A.R.M.?

Marketing the "live music capital of the world"

"...city's letterhead and bumper stickers, Austin is the "Live Music Capital of the World." But what if we were..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Harmonic Convergence

Threadgill's perfectly weds Austin's music and food cultures

"...visiting Austin this weekend, our city's reputation as a music mecca stems from their familiarity with the long-running PBS..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...the scene, the latter having opened this year's Austin Music Awards. Like the spray paint graffiti used to say:..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...city department that ironically provides staff support for the music commission." This is not the case. The Austin Convention..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

Room With a View

La Zona Rosa's Ripple Effect

"...Pratz of a highly anticipated booking battle that local music insiders say is about to erupt between Austin's mid-size..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

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March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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