Mr. Blue

Denny Freeman's epic remembrance of Alex Napier

"...passing of bassist Alex Napier on Feb. 3, his longtime bandmate and former Bob Dylan guitarist Denny Freeman penned..."

Feb. 24, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Page Two: Having a Riot

The chaotic and beautiful birth of the Austin Music Awards

"...Ah, but I was so much older then,..."

March 19, 2010 Column by Louis Black

The Urban Experience

Dâm-Funk's intergalactic jam

"...After my interview with Dâm-Funk, the 38-year-old Los Angeles DJ/keyboardist/composer, I sent an email to his..."

March 16, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Muhammad Was a Punk Rocker

How a fictional music genre blossomed into a real movement

"...is an author's invention, a word fabricated to describe music that the author wanted to hear. The word precedes..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

A coin toss to determine the future of the Cactus Cafe

"...UT groups. This organization would be overseen by a full-time staff adviser and have an annual promotional budget of..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

David Garza maps The Road to ACL, inside Ghostland Observatory's new crash pad, and other strange insights into this weekend's festival

"...separation to some of this weekend's Austin City Limits Music Festival performers...."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Bandslam

A citywide battle of the bands provides the grist for this endearing youth film that was shot in Central Texas.

"...Lisa Kudrow and Tim Jo. From the beginning of time, or at least the roots of rock & roll,..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Power to Change

A quick sound check with the Austin mayoral candidates

"...the Austin sound ordinance in regards to live outdoor music at restaurants has only reiterated, music is politics here..."

April 30, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Weighing in on the Live Music Task Force's recommendations to City Council and casting a ballot for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"...After nine months of discourse, the Live Music Task Force presents its overview and recommendations to City..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Still Up the Junction

Q&A with Chris Difford of Squeeze

"...One of the all-time great pop bands, Squeeze has gone through its share..."

Sept. 3, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Austin Heart and Chicano Soul

"...a landmark publication for filling a gap in popular music history. It is also the first book to detail..."

June 4, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Alvin and the Chipmunks

What's it all about, Alvin? This by-the-numbers attempt at a chipmunk revival is not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

"...all about, Alvin? Apparently it's about rebranding a musty old comic conceit for a whole new generation of proto-Willards...."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Page Turner

In this quiet, French revenge film, a creeping malevolence wreaks havoc on an otherwise normal bourgeois family.

"...though: Unlike the gaudy theatrics of Kill Bill or Old Boy, Dercourt’s The Page Turner is a revenge fantasy..."

May 25, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

TCB

The bottles and cans keep piling up, but two venues catch green-building fever; a local pirate plunders the music business; and Kelly Clarkson now employs the entire Austin music scene in some capacity

"...the resurgent environmental movement is slowly seeping into the music biz. South by Southwest went carbon-neutral this year, and..."

May 25, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Wednesday Picks

The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts now

"...recordings like The Wheel and Migration that packs his music with muscle and blood. – Margaret Moser LZ Love..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

TCB

Bidding farewell to dandy Don Walser, remembering Jerry Lightfoot, helping Chris Tominaga, and shopping for HAAM

"...smiling plainsman who became the face of Austin country music in the Nineties, passed away last Wednesday afternoon at..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Just Another Manic Monday

The Alamo Drafthouse's music / film synergy: Music Mondays and more

"...going your "Separate Ways," spreading those "Open Arms," and, sometimes, about "Sandcastles," but that's just on Japanese import. People..."

July 7, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

TCB

Remembering Clifford Antone, who gave Austin a home of the blues

"...nightclub and one of the godfathers of the Austin music scene as we know it today, died early Tuesday..."

May 26, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Although the film hasn't the distinctive fingerprints of Eternal Sunshine director Michel Gondry, Chappelle's party is nevertheless a fun blast of impromptu musicmaking, filmmaking, and comedy.

"...as well. The movie is a blend of comedy, music, and just plain hanging-out time that can’t really be..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ate Days a Week

How much more food and music can you ask for in this town around this time and after?

"...And, on the seventh day, enjoy music all day long. Whether you prefer a hearty country..."

March 18, 2005 Food Feature

Lightning in a Bottle

Ostensibly a record of one mighty blues show, this film goes beyond the tag of concert film and achieves something more: a living history lesson, tracing the evolving sound of the blues.

"...bath via a February 2003 megaconcert at Radio City Music Hall and the director of Training Day, who proves..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Night on Red River

Darcie Stevens returns to the live music beat – for just one night – on Red River

"...a plethora of genres on this strip of seven live-music venues and three bars, and nobody seems to notice...."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Cold Creek Manor

Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone are home alone in a haunted house in this film that was not screened before press time.

"...One of the great, unsung haunted-house movies of all time is Dan Curtis’ 1976 film Burnt Offerings, which took..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary

Visionary Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin films the Royal Winnepeg Ballet’s rendition of the Dracula story.

"...Bruckheimer and Michael Bay productions. Maddin’s films appear as time capsules from another age, excavated (doubtless by the yellowish..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Masked and Anonymous

The answers to this new Bob Dylan movie are "blowin’ in the wind."

"...on the screen. Dylan has always had a hard time whenever he’s strayed from the music arena. Although his..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Uptown Girls

"...an impossible-to-get-out-of-your-head Billy Joel hook – to make the time pass. Murphy plays grownup party girl Molly Gunn, the..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rent Party Blues

Are post-boom rents killing the Austin music scene?

"...Both have laid out significant amounts of money renovating old Warehouse District properties, and both are built around different..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

"...club is saving up some bigger acts for that time, to welcome him home in style. With all those..."

June 21, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Collegia Musikum

How music from the Medieval and Baroque eras impacts us today

"...Early music. We're not talking 1975, or 1964. We're not talking..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Robi Polgar

Spotlight: Paul Burch

Nashville songwriter Paul Burch teams with novelist Tony Earley for Last of My Kind.

"...Burch have long been charmed by his melding of old-time country music with the more cosmopolitan sounds of today...."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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