SXSW Wednesday Showcases

Welcome to Texas via Boise, etc.

"...intense, gloomy tunes. Threepiece Finn Riggins pumps out engaging power-pop jams with dual male-female vocals. The latest scene king..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Feist

"...the buoyant marriage of indie sensibilities and a sweet pop tooth, Metals lacks any one track that provides that..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder in 10 songs? It's a start.

"...it before he approved the mix. Revival spirit, crowd noise, chaos ("What key? What key?") – I had no..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

Off the Record

Electric Lounge's second act on the Eastside, catching up with Scratch Acid and Austin's other Voice contestants

"...Tje Austin's the total pop-star package: a smooth, black/Hawaiian soul singer with an impressive..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...ticking. A bleat of horns creates a wall of noise vaguely resembling the hit by Pink...."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Wednesday Interviews

"...a no-wave intensity carried over from their former instrumental noise-rock act Fire vs. Extinguisher. They've all lived together for..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Killer Lifestyle

Patty Schemel doc Hit So Hard remembers living and dying in the 1990s

"...that the Eighties revival, which camped out in the pop-cultural landscape for far longer than the real decade lasted,..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Leatherbag

"...to his No Bridges to Cross collaboration and experimental noise side project Diamondhead. Here on Hey Day, the prolific..."

June 25, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Please, Judge

Roky Erickson's first studio album in over a decade proves Will Sheff and Okkervil River's genius once again

"...appeal of aching vulnerability, guarded by a bittersweet 1950s pop arrangement...."

April 16, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Round five for the Cactus Cafe and the Texas Union board: The gloves come off

"...The Daily Texan comic Fire Andy Smith was quite popular at the time – Vick, Smith, and then-UT President..."

March 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Women

Thursday

"...Sub Pop musician Chad VanGaalen recorded this Calgary quartet in a..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

The Jesus & Mary Chain

"...force, an acerbic marring of antagonistic distortion and pristine pop clarity. The Power of Negative Thinking, an essential 4-CD,..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

James Housefield

An appreciation of AMOA's adjunct curator as he leaves Austin for California

"...news of his departure, I actually made a gasp noise. I'm not really a gasper, but it affected my..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...1800 E. 51st, 928-0014 www.cityofaustin.org/parks/aquatics.htm. Emma Long Park With pops and hops that’ll make your jaw drop, Emma Long..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Off the Record

Mohawk welcomes Red River Flats to the neighborhood, Ego's sings karaoke, and a tribute to pianist Doug Hall

"...River Flats have inadvertently led to a decrease of noise complaints for Stubb's since the building blocks a portion..."

April 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Gay Place

"...boot. That means you don't need a badge, fool. Pop Culture Press hosts its annual pop and garage and..."

March 14, 2008 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Corruption is King

"...Corruption Is King's key delineating factor is the fundamentally pop structures that often gird their songs. Once you've weathered..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Off the Record

Remembering blues drummer 'Uncle' John Turner, tracking the devil and Daniel Johnston, on-air with Seattle's KEXP, Abandoned Love Records, and more

"...performed by Aliens, which were originally recorded at Kramer's Noise New York studio for Second Shimmy's I Killed the..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Reissues

"...People," a sea change in the Basildon, England, quartet's popularity. For third album Construction Time Again, the group welcomed..."

June 15, 2007 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...the link between Nick Cave's Birthday Party and Sub Pop, Scratch Acid remains one of the quintessential Austin punk..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Comets on Fire

Record review

"...Avatar (Sub Pop)..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Golden Smog

Record review

"...and echo Yankee Hotel Foxtrot's formula of forlorn, bleary pop-rock sheathed in random amounts of ambient noise. Actual Wilco..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Page Two: Things Blow Up for No Reason

Still weekly, free, and a little stunned, we enter our 25th year

"...Winsor McKay's work, and Betty Boop cartoons. Strange creatures pop in and pop out; unidentifiable objects pour down on..."

July 21, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...ignore heavy/extreme metal music and continue focusing on emo, pop, folk, and similar genres. But you risk following America's..."

July 21, 2006 Column

Sound Checking for a Pulse, and Finding It

The rock docs in this year's 24 Beats Per Second program rattle and hum with soul and revolt.

"...that, in this modern world of MTV and prefabricated teen-pop princesses, somehow the feeling of music is getting lost,..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Sonic Youth

Gift guide

"...and were called sellouts for going in a more "pop" direction. Strangely enough, this 2-CD remastered edition sounds better..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Foo Fighters, Weezer

Live shot

"...took the stage first, alternating between the dense power pop of this year's Make Believe and classic hits such..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Review by Matt Dentler

Day Party Crawl

"...to the nontented stage. The group's expansive take on indie-pop was fleshed out with two guitars, a synthesizer, and..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

TCB

Gimme whatcha got for a poke chop…

"...muchachos ended their relationship with Maverick Records after making noise on Ozzfest's second stage this summer, and apparently went..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Stereolab

Reissues

"...true best-of. For a group renowned for their complex pop experimentation and deep record collection, Stereolab was always a..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

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