Record Reviews

"...closes with "Time's a bullet that bears our names/each day it gets closer." In-between, there aren't many deviations from..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Review

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...wanted and shoulda been a contender. Not with Geffen Records, who signed Pariah in 1991 when Guns N' Roses..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...2 1/2 stars-- Greg Beets DRUNK..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Summer travel opportunities and news from all over Texas

"...It’s not often that a purchase at a Goodwill store turns out to be a rare work of art,..."

June 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Candy Store Rock

Ten Years Gone

"...pull in in this shitty old van that had records in the back," recalls Coyne. "They'd be like, 'Oh..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Feature by Jason Cohen

Record Reviews

"...Storefront Hitchcock (Warner Bros.)..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Music Review

Day Trips

"...the quicksilver mines closed in the 1950s. Between Labor Day and Easter, thousands of visitors stream to the wide-open..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...making 100 gallons for personal consumption, only dreaming of someday becoming a full-time winemaker. Because he owned a convenience..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Off the Record

The estate of Don Walser and Southbound's Lowkey both get their respective days in court

"...After three days of trial and testimony earlier this month, the final..."

June 4, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

There's a whole lot of shaking going on thanks to Johnny Walker, the Pachanga Latin Music Festival, Return to Forever reunion, and Breakaway Records

"...inaugural Pachanga Latin Music Festival in Waterloo Park last Saturday, Grupo Fantasma's Jose Galeano offered some keen advice: "It's..."

June 6, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Premios Texas prompts OTR's inaugural Summer Vinyl Awards

"...years and channeled it into the songs on the record." Hot Club tips its hat at Waterloo Records, 5pm,..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The countdown to South by Southwest continues, while the Black Angels turn on and Ghostland Observatory marches onward and upward

"...series of unofficial showcases that include Austin's Super Secret Records and Mortville Records on Wednesday and Memphis' garage-punk label/store..."

March 7, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The Dedringers and James McMurtry visit VideoRanch, the Strange Boys land In the Red, the Decoder Ring crosses paths with the Hold Steady and Modest Mouse, and Full Service amps up in a parking lot near you

"...Boys sealed a deal with renowned In the Red Recordings in wax, issuing 7-inch single "Woe Is You and..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Day Trips

North Texas' Lake Texoma is about more than just fishing for stripers.

"...reach 40 pounds and make a tasty meal. The record striper for Lake Texoma is 35.12 pounds. The lake..."

June 22, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Record Reviews

"...A scant four years removed from couch-surfing and painting thrift-store signs, Mr. Hansen is now at a phase in..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Review

On a Clear Day ...

"...to "Postmarks" that Smith probably drives to the grocery store, and that she shouldn't "fabricate ... stunning views 'into..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Baby Buc-ee's, a bonfire ban, and bluebonnet planting top our fall news

"...The start of the holiday season means it’s time to do some daytrippin’...."

Nov. 1, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Plus dispatches from SandFest, farewell to Gary Oliver, and more

"...to enjoy the May weather and rediscover two recently restored historic sites, plus lots of fun festivals around the..."

May 3, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Captain Daytrips announces his own annual Best of (in the daytripping vicinity of) Austin awards.

"...they see a beer delivery truck idling behind a store or restaurant -- they grabbed the 18-wheeler full of..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Off the Record

Great music in odd places: punk rock at the Grand, Billy Gibbons' Twin Liquors visit, and 'Rehearsal at the Astoria'

"...Liquors for the better part of two hours last Friday prompted a guess of "Flourish," given the guitarist's signing..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Day Trips

A short history of grain elevators in Texas

"...are waiting to be sold or processed, grains are stored in the elevators for use on-site for such things..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Visiting the Mt. Blanco Museum is a must for all dinosaur lovers

"...Sixties to work as a sign painter for a record distributor. Some of the reproductions of album covers he..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Off the Record

Seaholm Power Plant reboots, reuses, recycles

"...be the All Tomorrow's Parties of the South, a three-day, artist-curated rock & roll drone that proved as singular..."

May 13, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

If a Downtown venue closes down for the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, does it make a sound?

"...Member Sheryl Cole said at a press conference on Friday night...."

April 10, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Barreling down the Big State Festival and going to 11 with the Paul Green School of Rock Music

"...Put in terms of the Fox Sunday night lineup, the inaugural Big State Festival, settling in..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Moontower 2014, Day 4: Fred Armisen

Less comedy show than meet-and-greet, but oh, Armisen charmed

"...to anticipate what kind of event he’d have in store. But seeing as he became the bandleader for Late..."

April 28, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Off the Record

The Department of Homeland Security tries to take down YellowFever and KAOS Radio. Somewhere Harvey Pekar is laughing.

"..."A Cultural Imperative": Profiling Bob Koester of Chicago's Delmark Records (Dec. 18, 1998)..."

July 16, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Moronic punk band trashes local pizza place; Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears prep for a tour with Spoon; and Almost There Records turns 3

"...punks Slowly Truth Dies incited a small riot last Saturday night at Conans Pizza on Stassney Lane during the..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Michael Hall & the Woodpeckers Dead by Dinner (Blue Rose)

"...nor as moody as the bulk of his album Day (nor, thankfully, is there anything as long as "Frank..."

July 28, 2000 Music Review by Ken Lieck

The Johnny Staats Project Wires & Wood (Giant)

"...Staats ProjectWires & Wood (Giant) A UPS driver by day and coon-hunter by night, Johnny Staat's virtuosity on the..."

June 16, 2000 Music Review by Kim Mellen

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