Friday SOS Interview: Fidlar

L.A. punks fire up SOS's punk engine

"...prove to them that we're better than the band playing after us," says Fidlar frontman Zac Carper with a..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Bryan Rolli

Hate Eternal = Multitasking

Famed metal producer and frontman Erik Rutan can’t sit still

"...– an uncontested catalog peak via Infernus. Take your fire truck to the Dirty Dog Bar on Saturday to..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

B.B. King Saved My Life

He played blues so we can find a way through ours

"...fall day in 1965 that the famed guitarist was playing Club Delta on the outskirts of Houston in the..."

May 15, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

SXSW Live Shot: Aloe Blacc

What Avicii knew about this Cali smoothster that you didn’t

"...After fire marshals made their Rainey Street rounds at midnight, Clive..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Best of the Rest II: Live Shows

Six last 2011 lists – from the live arena

"...in our Top 10s issue proved plenty, but as with Margaret Moser's run-off, I needed more index. Here's six..."

Jan. 10, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

XBRMNT's Top 10 for the Week of Nov. 22

XBMRNT gives thanks for his favorite songs of the week.

"...even got Dandy Unicorn a special holiday feedbag filled with all the traditional fixins, because even unicorns like to..."

Nov. 24, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

Grascals' Garten Party

The Grascals mark Scholz Garten's free Wednesday summer series

"...One of the hottest tickets in country music is playing Austin on Wednesday night, and it’s not Carrie Underwood..."

May 11, 2010 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...one roof. (On these policy projects, he's often partnered with Mike Martinez.) Yet it's also true that on each..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Rainin in Paradize 2

Manu Chao speaks

"...Rain’d in paradize last night. Finally. Rained fire in the Austin City Limits studios for the 90..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Rich Harney

Jazz Sides

"...most in-demand jazz pianist for more than two decades, playing with everyone in town from Tina Marsh to Redd..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...disco, and salsa. Transplanted Antone's began sucking in people with a riptide of Scabs, veterans like Jimmie Vaughan and..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Ring, and the Mountain Goats. Lots of terrain there, with the Shins staking theirs to the right of Bright..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Cubana Be Cubana Bop

Field guide to Cuba's second-biggest export after cigars

"...a limited overall knowledge might want to familiarize themselves with more of its past as well as what's happening..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

It Came From Beyond

"I saw my first cadaver when I was about five years old. I saw my first rotting corpse at 10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director.

"...established him as an up-and-coming filmmaker and garnered relationships with James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese. This..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...& roll may never again have an avant gardist with so much funk, or soul -- or anger, which..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Tasting Defeat

"...major labels sign, record, and drop dozens of bands without ever releasing a single note of their music to..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Live Shots

"...There are some shows that catch you off guard with their sheer rock & roll brilliance. You arrive expecting,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature

Holiday Viewing: Christmas in Connecticut

It's a wonderful lie

"...message: appreciate the little things; treat your fellow man with kindness; believe in Santa; don’t shoot your eye out...."

Dec. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...51 feature debuts. The SXSW Film roster has arrived, with big features like Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, the debut..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

It's a Wonderful Lie

Breezy, sneaky Christmas in Connecticut airs Christmas Eve on TCM

"...message: appreciate the little things; treat your fellow man with kindness; believe in Santa; don’t shoot your eye out...."

Dec. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

It's a Wonderful Lie

The breezy, sneaky charms of 1945's Christmas in Connecticut

"...message: appreciate the little things; treat your fellow man with kindness; believe in Santa; don’t shoot your eye out...."

Dec. 7, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Matt Harlan's Highway Anthem

Houston songwriter showcases at Maria's Saturday

"...locally at Ace Recording and produced by Rich Brotherton, with appearances from Austin figures like Bukka Allen, Jon Greene,..."

July 11, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

30 Years of Melvins

Buzz Osborne & Co. almost matched that output these past two years

"...in Washington State at Montesano High School in 1983, with drummer Mike Dillard and future Mudhoney bassist Matt Lukin,..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Shadow of Oslo

How politicization drives presumptions in terror coverage

"...Fort Hood. What has received less coverage is the fire bombing of a Planned Parenthood Clinic in McKinney, Texas...."

Aug. 1, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Go Go Gadget

The season's best tech toys

"...at the top of that list? It probably comes with an on switch and – if you're 10 years..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Duty

Nothing Like a Day at the Park

"...Jennings was pulled after four innings and 74 pitches with the game tied 3-3. Seemingly every child under the..."

June 20, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Better Git It in Your Soul

Why listen to jazz's greatest bassist Charles Mingus today? The Creative Opportunity Orchestra's monthlong Mingus Among Us series has answers.

"...Schoenberg. As a young man, he studied classical bass with Herman Rheinschagen, learned about composing from Lloyd Reese, and..."

June 16, 2006 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Coach's Corner

Political correctness be damned -- it's not unpatriotic, or disrespectful, to continue to recognize the everyday heroism that's all around us … even on the sporting field.

"...my wife. I don't care for my vagabond, migratory, column-without-a-home status in my own home field. However, I point..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Lizards of Aus

'Never an Adult Moment' With Austin's Veteran Bluegrass Pranksters

"...played in a country band called the Family Traditions, playing dance music, the obligatory 'Cotton Eyed Joe.' That was..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Funny Games

Austrian moralist Haneke fashions a tense drama from the sadistic games people play.

"...play upper-middle-class mother and father Anna and Georg, who, with their young son Georgie (Clapczynski), are on their way..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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