The Priests of Syrinx

What’s in a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame anyway?

"...When did the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony become the..."

May 17, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...Beauty and the Beat was mixed, mastered, and finished. All of..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

Live Shots

"...Cleveland, Ohio, September 20-29..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Music Feature

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...to a Jewish Orthodox Polish immigrant turned window washer and a young German spitfire working in a bakery on..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Ian McLagan snubs the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while Suzanna Choffel uproots to New York

"...Peace, Love, and Amoxicillin..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Space Cowboy Steve Miller's Not Joking

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist details the pompitous of musical education

"...Steve Miller's diamond career arcs from the postwar blues of the Fifties to his induction into the Rock &..."

July 22, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

DVDnds

"...Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum Live(Time Life)..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...Cleveland and Harvey Pekar are one and the same: head..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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

Off the Record

Red River anchorman Frank Hendrix stakes his claim to the Eastside and beyond

"...After partnering with blues landmark Antone's in mid-August, Emo's owner Frank Hendrix is now..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Galavisión to Air the Premios Texas Awards

Austin's Spanish-language stations take the stage

"...When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum designated Austin..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

SXSW 2012 Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

"...dropout, 20-year-old Kydd possesses a sharp wit, smooth flow, and a strong visual appeal – a trifecta that's resulted..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature

Off the Record

Where do you want it?

"...The University of Texas Faculty Council Executive Committee became the fourth UT..."

April 16, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Dancing About Architecture

What's up in the live music capital this week

"...Father and Son Reunion..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

"...the oath to newly elected Council Member Betty Dunkerley, and re-elected members Daryl Slusher and Jackie Goodman. The council..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Off the Record

Sad Days, Lonely Nights: Visiting the Sahara Lounge and The Jon Dee & Friend Show

"...Austin juke joint, operated since 1978 by Thomas Perkins and featured in Friday Night Lights, still boasts the same..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

A Little Game Called Go Insane

Letters at 3 AM

"...damn many times -- so many that maybe some of us have forgotten how to hear it. We quoted..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Column

Playback: Your Austin Music Poll Ballot

Armadillos for sale, Free Week, and an Austin Music Poll primer

"...An unrelenting rainstorm in June broke through the ceiling of the building behind the original Threadgill's on North Lamar,..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dancing About Architecture

Austin's live music scene turns up missing.

"...that local clubowner Paresh Patel was missing since Monday and that his Lexus had been found abandoned in East..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Fri. 16, Hotel Vegas Annex, 8:55pm Frank Smith and Grape St. alum Aaron Sinclair moved under his own..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...the discipline under discussion is dance, it's the nature of the artists to be on the move. And in..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Wooly Bully

Simple, the 2006/2007 Austin Music Awards

"...while everyone wonders what really happened between Michael Jackson and "Billie Jean." Willie and Merle sing Townes Van Zandt's..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...It was the height of spring, mid-May, and already hot. The old Quonset hut..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...Kids, it seems, will be kids. So little of the boilerplate tensions accompanying the Cuban missile crisis crept..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...a release party for a 2012 Secret Stash reissue of lost Twin Cities funk and soul rarities. The retired..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Stage Frights

"...As Soul Brother No. 1 might say of October, "It's a ghoul's, ghoul's, ghoul's, ghoul's world." You..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Arts Feature

Off the Record

Japanese guitarist Michio Kurihara drops Sunset Notes at Mohawk, Trail of Dead severe ties with Interscope, and Lamberts cooks up new residencies

"...Prolific punk guitarist Lance Hahn, of J Church fame, died last Sunday due to complications..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell