Playback: Start the Presses – Gold Rush Vinyl

Austin’s first major record press opens, and more music news

"...This is Austin's first major record pressing plant...."

April 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Cult of Pitchfork

How former record-store clerks and obsessive music nerds turned a Web site into a hit machine

"...in spandex and Olivia Newton-John headbands milling about, pawing records, throwing out obscure band names, and talking about their..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Playback: Ramsay Midwood Buys the Bar

Ramsay Midwood co-acquires Sam's Town Point, record store news, and Spoon teases upcoming Matador Records LP.

"...cult classic Shootout at the OK Chinese Restaurant, Vanguard Records flew his band in from California only for them..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Steady As He Goes

From cosmic cowboys and Americana to punk rock and legacy acts, Freddie Steady Krc keeps the beat

"...the Gulf Coast town of La Porte, listening to records in his room. He treasured the round vinyl discs,..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Pages And Pages of Free Comics

Flicking through this year's Free Comic Book Day comics

"...What is Free Comic Book Day? Imagine record store day, but for comics. Oh, and..."

May 5, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Defying Gravity

Wilco burns across America

"...Trying to Break Your Heart, a documentary about the recording of 2002’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, which almost saw the..."

April 22, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

Can record stores survive the digital age?

"...Until recently, they owned Jupiter Records, a new/used store in Hancock Center that closed Christmas..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite Burn in Hell

String sorcerer went to my college?

"...Had it not been Labor Day – and had we not been trying to hook..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Endtroducing

Record Store Day: Don't forget the actual record store, America's 'musical town square'

"...I live for music. I'm at shows, in the stores, on the streets following the sounds. I'm with you,..."

April 20, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: School’s Out for Dayglow

Nineteen-year-old Sloan Struble leaves UT for the bedroom-pop big leagues, while two new area record stores make their debuts

"...The day before moving to Austin for college last summer, Sloan..."

June 21, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Room of One's Own

Austin's Newest Record Stores Carve out Their Niche

"...the better part of my adolescence. Home being the Record Cellar, on not-so-bustling Bustleton Avenue, where, according to the..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Feature

Playback: Black Friday? End of an Ear!

End of an Ear's new digs thrive just in time for Black Friday

"...Love Black Friday shopping, but hate bare-knuckle boxing soccer moms at Wal-Mart..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Skip Big Box Shopping and Spend Your Black Friday Dollars Locally Instead

Austin businesses need your support more than ever

"...While the day after Thanksgiving – shorthanded as Black Friday – is..."

Nov. 24, 2020 Events Post by Kimberley Jones

The Return of ... the Cassette

The Walkman revolutionized portable music. Can their fodder – cassettes – jump the shark?

"...Seattle, he gets downright evangelical about his Minner Bucket Records putting out "handmade experimental music" on cassette. Like many..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Vinyl Nation

Reports of death of physical media have been greatly exaggerated

"...Vinyl Nation opens with a line. It’s Record Store Day, the international event when vinyl-selling shops see..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Faster Than Sound: Ukeme Maps the Music Genome

Multidisciplinarian Jason Ikpatt ponders community across arts and sciences

"...readily available DNA coding used for his research to prerecorded sound downloads. Among his many projects, music rose to..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...swing over, and touch the needle down on the record. Then, out of the speakers, comes the music."..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Exit Interview: Trailer Space Owner Spot Long

Choosing happiness – even when going out of business

"...its exit, Austin loses a unique asset: an all-in-one record store, music venue, and clubhouse...."

Oct. 15, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Cheapo Records to Close

Black Friday comes early for one Austin record store

"...press release this morning announcing the close of Cheapo Records, owner Jason Shields sounded resigned – sad. “I really..."

Nov. 20, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Love Wheel Records Rolls In

Austin music mainstay Mike Nicolai retails vinyl and Indoor Creature parties at the Ballroom

"...Just off Burnet, North Austin stop Love Wheel Records opened in late April nestled between a nail salon..."

June 18, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Spaceflight Records' Nonprofit Clears for Takeoff

An ambitious vision for debt-free record deals attracts notable music industry interest

"...The Spaceflight Records takeover of the annual open-to-the-public Auditorium Shores stage on..."

April 22, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Honor Old & New

Recapping the ceremony, plus local trio Nevil pack shout-along garage rock, and concert site ShowList Austin relaunches

"...all levels of the Austin Music Industry Awards on Monday night. In its second year at Emo's, the event..."

March 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Can Austin Be a Jazz City?

Two venues usher in a new era in Austin jazz. Plus music scholar Bill Bentley brings the Smithsonian Institution to bear at BookPeople.

"...Sonic Transmissions fest pushes experimental free jazz, Church on Monday's residency at the Continental Club Gallery remains holy, saxophonist..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Dead Man Walking: Jimmy LaFave

As terminal cancer ticks down Jimmy LaFave’s life, he says the show must go on

"...he asked that his sickness be kept private. On Monday, his ex-wife, neighbor, and close friend Barbara Fox, with..."

April 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Adds Jason Isbell, Michael Dell and More to Speaker List

Tech scene and politics get speaker slots, plus WTF is Web3?

"...makes its in-person return, SXSW's speaker list gets longer today with the announcement of a host of names including..."

Jan. 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

New Roky Erickson Tribute Books A Waterloo Records Release Party

Black Angels, Eve Monsees, Charlie Sexton, and more sign vinyl July 18

"...Bill Bentley, then a senior publicist at Warner Bros. Records, the collection of covers manifested with the intention of..."

June 28, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Jackie Venson Solos

Local blues hero goes solo to cut costs, city polls on use of $12 million earmarked for the arts, and the U.S. State Dept. blocks Palestinian artist Dirar Kalash from the Fusebox Festival

"...a nearly sold out Paramount Theatre album release show Friday, the Austin native is jettisoning the expense of a..."

April 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Help Save Vulcan Video at Today's Big Fundraiser

Special all-day party to keep the Austin movie institution open

"...Ever watched Empire Records and got to the Save the Empire party at..."

June 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Music Poll Launches Wednesday

Now complete with “Music Industry Awards” section

"...run-off elections for mayor and City Council, but the Wednesday (yes, one day earlier than usual) arrival of this..."

Dec. 29, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Scratch'd

A whole lotta vinyl going on

"...the DJ Dojo and Friends of Sound to Waterloo Records, Sound on Sound, and End of an Ear. But..."

April 11, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

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