For Whom the Bells Toll

Lege enacts campus carry on the 50th anniversary of the UT Tower shooting

"...The University of Texas at Austin tower carillon tolled at 11:40am...."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

The Boleys Put an Acid-Punk Spin on the Family Bands of the Sixties

Ethan, Emma & Jovian Boley do the punk rock

"...moved from this little redneck town [Sweetwater] and went off-course," recalls Brandon Boley, 47-year-old patriarch of a highly musical..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin City Limits Music Festival 2009 Lineup

Get it while it's hot.

"...Kings of Leon..."

April 27, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

ACL Festival Aftershows

You know the drill…

"...hoping to beat the heat, C3 Presents announced its official afterparties this week. OTR is particularly stoked about the..."

Aug. 19, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

'Mo Music: Chilly Dreamy Dreamsicle

The cream of the crop of this year's dream rock.

"...When on a music binge, I usually go off into one music tangent and dive deep. After being..."

Oct. 19, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

School of Seven Bells

SXSW showcase reviews

"...School of Seven Bells..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Day Party Crawl

"...the funnest bands for their day party. Kicking things off outside just a hair past lunchtime was the Mae..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

ACL Aftershows

"...School of Seven Bells, Phantogram, Emo's inside Friday 2..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

School of Seven Bells

Wednesday

"...School of Seven BellsAlpinisms (Ghostly International)..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...Lewis bandwagon. The gritty Austin soul shouter and his sevenpiece band of Honeybears spent last year bum-rushing the festival..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Candi & the Strangers

Alternative tracks

"...local quintet hits a sweet spot between the retro-futurism of School of Seven Bells and Octopus Project's luminous landscapes,..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

7 and 7 Is

'Doves,' 'Silent Grips,' the Young, Camp X-Ray, and Country E.P.

"...G# Major" lives up to its title, an acid-wash of 13th Floor Elevators groove and thunder guided by Alex..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

'Mojo' Recommends

Mojo showcasers prog the rock

"...fivepiece Rolo Tomassi sits somewhere between the post-prog complexities offered up by the Mars Volta and battering the grindcore..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Off the Record

Announcing the 2008-09 Austin Music Awards lineup and sneaking past the velvet rope at Pangaea, while Andrew Kenny trades American Analog Set for the Wooden Birds

"...Also on board are hardcore punks and AMA Hall of Fame nominees the Dicks (see "Saturday Night at the..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

ACL Music Fest Friday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...next year on Justice Records. The locals' polished brand of pop-rock receives an easier, more acoustic touch on new..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

Matchmaking Masterworks

Drawing from alumni collections, the Blanton pairs great works of art in intriguing ways

"...Well, that isn't precisely true. The Blanton Museum of Art's curator at large definitely knew she was going..."

March 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Swingle All the Way!

Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland

"...The holiday revue will begin its seventh run at Birdland on Dec. 23, just one day..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Let Him Entertain You

Why producer Charles Duggan is staging the biggest holiday spectacular Austin's ever seen

"...That's the kind of audacious theatrical effect that you wouldn't expect outside of..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Roots, Reckonings, and Resolutions

Roots

"...than about 50 families, but it was a hotbed of blues players in the Thirties and Forties, producing not..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

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

All About Guitars

"...in your front yard this morning. There are two of them in the tree, calling and responding to each..."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Harvey Sid Fisher's set in the spacious outdoor area of the Waterloo Brewing Company. Best known for his set..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

What She Does Isn’t Secret

Punk rock doc godmother Penelope Spheeris speaks

"...your punky-bank and purchased Penelope Spheeris’ watershed The Decline of Western Civilization trilogy – finally! – and the remastered,..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

ACL Encore

Highlights and observations from the fest

"...breeze shaking trees around town is the collective sigh of relief from the folks behind Austin City Limits Festival,..."

Oct. 12, 2010 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Pianist Jason Moran stands at the forefront of a new generation of jazz musicians. His sixth album..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...would've married Tony Bennett. If you knew the passion of my parents' marriage, the gravity of my mother's devotion..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Friday PicksAll showcase times subject to change. Please check official SXSW schedule...."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

A Free Show, Holiday Hootenanny, and More Crucial Concerts

Gary Clark Jr., Geto Gala, Robert Earl Keen, and more recommended shows

"...love child dance party series born from the minds of Brett Johnson and Claudia Hernandez, weekly club nights at..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Ginny Kalmbach Shared A Honky-Tonk Legacy with the World at Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon

ATX country maverick Roger Wallace remembers Burnet Road bar “boss”

"...said, but she seemed nice!” Those words, or variations of such, resounded like a jukebox favorite at Ginny’s Little..."

Jan. 11, 2021 Music Post by Roger Wallace

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