The Alternative Hero

Fictional account of a UK Eighties has-been band.

"...If you're unfamiliar with the indie rock scene of the Eighties and Nineties in England, then..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Inseparable – The Memoirs of an American and the Story of Chinese Punk Rock

Punk rock from Austin to Beijing

"...Inseparable – The Memoirs of an American and the Story of Chinese Punk Rockby David O'Dell 199..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic

Nas' Illmatic: 16 years of oral street poetry in 308 pages of the written word

"...Use Mics: reading Nas's 'Illmatic'Edited by Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai Basic Civitas Books, 308 pp., $15.95 (paper)..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Jimi Hendrix: A Brother's Story

Jimi's brother Leon has some insight, yes.

"...Brother's Storyby Leon Hendrix, with Adam Mitchell Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 288 pp., $25.99..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder From World War II to Hip-Hop, the Machine Speaks

Before babies could talk in TV commercials, there was World War II code-breaking technology

"...to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaksby Dave Tompkins Stop Smiling Books, 334 pp., $35..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Feral Lansdale

Joe Lansdale heading to Austin, and Bubba's comin' with him

"...Nacogdoches to show the best of his hard-boiled, two-fisted and not-for-the-faint-of-heart excursions into the cinematic realm...."

June 8, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

King Louie, Killah Priest, and indie classical lead our recommended shows

"...in the city's now-familiar integration of cumbia, hip-hop, house, and more, the DJ packs a dance floor with genre-spanning..."

May 26, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Book of Drugs

Don't mention Soul Coughing to its frontman

"...ago, Mike Doughty came on my KUT-FM radio show and declined to talk about fronting Soul Coughing. Now I..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Baby, Let's Play House: Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him

Elvis Presley's 700 madonna/whores

"...Baby, Let's Play House: Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Himby Alanna Nash It Books/HarperCollins,..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Activities to help you stay cool as summer heats up

"...The searing summer heat and humidity mean that any travel adventures need to include..."

July 6, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss

Kiss drummer may be the only one in the original band with any integrity, but it's still a sorry tale.

"...Makeup to Breakup: My Life in and Out of Kissby Peter Criss, with Larry "Ratso" Sloman..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Who I Am

The Who's heart and soul for 500 pages.

"...every topic you'd want, from peak creative achievement Quadrophenia and his solo albums to addiction issues and his ambivalence..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Freak Out!: My Life With Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa's secretary made excellent use of her notepad

"...the most ardent Zappaphile or various Mothers of Invention and hangers-on who made up the freak show surrounding Frank..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

You Are Not Alone Michael: Through a Brother's Eyes

Baby brother Michael needs defending

"...carried those cinder blocks around the house? Jermaine does!) and the rigorous rehearsal schedule that built the Jackson 5..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

'Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven & Hell With Black Sabbath' and 'Trust Me: I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice From Rock's Ultimate Survivor'

Life advice from the Prince of Darkness and the Black Sabbath story told by the man behind the riffs

"...pp., $26 Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice From Rock's Ultimate Survivorby Ozzy Osbourne, with Chris Ayres Grand Central..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lagniappe

Found country, the lost art of LP design, and Flatstock's rock, paper, scissors

"...File Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost by Tony Russell (Oxford University Press, 272..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Sonobeat Records

Late-Sixties local label Sonobeat – the missing link between the Vulcan Gas Company and Stubb's?

"...Ray Vaughan – remains fairly complete with a few outstanding holes. Yet the frame, one that seems easy to..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Art of Punk

Don't dance about architecture, simply flip through the art of punk.

"...The Art of Punkby Russ Bestley and Alex Ogg Voyageur Press, 224 pp., $40..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation

Essential collection of not-so-disposable DIY markers

"...Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generationby David A...."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

You’re The Guy

NRBQ's ATX connection, Conrad Choucroun

"...Proclaimed "The World's Greatest Bar Band," NRBQ returns to Austin on Saturday for the first..."

Oct. 13, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Brian Eno's 'Another Green World'

Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies should be at work here

"...creative funks – or rather, get into them – and Dayal makes the case that the ideas behind the..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths

Discovering the Smiths.

"...who are otherwise drawn to Johnny Marr's distinctive arrangements and impeccable guitar work. After reading A Light That Never..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Tom Waits On Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters

Tom Waits – rumor, myth, or fact?

"...Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encountersedited by Paul Maher Jr. Chicago Review Press, 480..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever

Punk, hip-hop, disco, salsa – all born in five short years in New York

"...New York That Changed Music Foreverby Will Hermes Faber and Faber, 384 pp., $30..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues

Texas blues couldn't hide from Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins

"...Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Bluesby Alan Govenar Chicago Review Press, 334 pp., $28.95..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

I Am Ozzy

Snorting ants? Who can remember!

"...I Am Ozzyby Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres Grand Central Publishing, 416 pp., $26.99..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Neil Young's 'Greendale'

Neil Young's comic morality tale

"...Neil Young's 'Greendale'by Joshua Dysart and Cliff Chiang Vertigo, 160 pp., $19.99..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

Neil gets sober, but stays hippie

"...toe. At the same time, he stopped drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana. This messed with his songwriting muse, so..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

My Song

Harry Belafonte earned his arrogance

"...scene. In the middle of the Mississippi Freedom Summer and on two days' notice, the author raises and hand-delivers..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music

Stephen Stills wrote CSNY's best song about Judy Collins for more than love

"...Collins has lived a life worthy of meaningful reflection, and Sweet Judy Blue Eyes is an exhaustive portrait of..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

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