New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...18 fast-moving tracks. Throughout, the anonymous producer dusts a sour cream-n-onion combo of classic boom-bap and inventive rhythms epitomized..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Summer Loving

"...Sour Bridges..."

July 24, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Cure the Post-Holiday Blues with Austin Free Week

Not ready for festivities to end? These are bound to lift your spirits.

"...Whiskey Shivers ft. Sour Bridges, Harvest Thieves, Mayeux & Broussard @ Mohawk..."

Jan. 3, 2017 Events Post by Thomas Danh

The Future Food Salon Carries a Message of Tasty Protein on Six Legs

Haute cuisine gets buggy to promote progressive thinking about global food supplies

"...Lagunitas Brewing, with live music from Mighty Mountain and Sour Bridges, and with an array of visual art provided..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sour Bridges

"...easy, a Seventies-styled folk with a string band bent. Sour Bridges' fourth LP flies a bit more focused than..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Banger’s Celebrates Its Seventh Anniversary in Style

A birthday bash featuring the holy trinity of beer, barbecue, and music

"...parties, and this one is no exception. Highlights include Sour Bridges' dust-kicking browngrass, the Lost Pines' trad bluegrass, and..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Food Post by Reid Jowers

Two Music-Centric Bars Add Rhythm to the Local Bar Scene

Hanging with the Long Play Lounge and Frazier's Long and Low

"...With a few successful listening parties (most recently, Sour Bridges) under their belts as a way to appreciate..."

July 19, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...Sour Bridges, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn BandAntone's, Saturday 25, 8pm..."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Waterloo Music Fest Drops Full Lineup

Oteil Burbridge, Leftover Salmon weave into jam scene tapestry

"...Los Coast, Hard Proof, Big Wy’s Brass Band, Deadeye, Sour Bridges, and the debut of Austin Groove Project, a..."

June 12, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Hot Shivers

New Whiskey Shivers, Butthole Surfers, Casualties, murals, and takes on American literary classics

"...shoes at Mohawk's outside stage with the Deer and Sour Bridges. Casualties Draft David Rodriguez..."

July 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Best of Austin Party 2015

Winners of this year's "Best of Austin" awards celebrated in a big way at the American Legion Hall at the Charles Young House on Lady Bird Lake.

"...antics courtesy of Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue and hee-haw twangers Sour Bridges, guests passed the time checking out Willie Nelson's..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Photo Gallery

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...• The Asian American Resource Center (8401 Cameron Rd.) will once again host an..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Utopia Fest 2014

An incredible vibe, camping, and transformative performances

"...guitar blaze Eric Tessmer, fiddler Ruby Jane, “browngrass” purveyors Sour Bridges, and Calliope Musicals...."

June 6, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Day Party: Hair of the Three-Legged Dog

‘Chronicle’ books another winner

"...Back inside, the Sour Bridges, that suited, browngrass crew, brought serious string band..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Fourth Annual Bourbon, Bluegrass & Barbecue

Bourbon, bluegrass, or barbecue; which is your favorite?

"...and booze will be distinctive bluegrass music from The Sour Bridges and The Possum Posse. Tickets are $35 at..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Whole Larder Love

A book signing, but with roasted pig and beer

"...dinner, sponsored by Shiner Beers, will feature a locally sourced pig roast prepared by Tink Pinkard from Off the..."

June 5, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

The Very Last Night at Wardenclyffe

The Eastside art gallery and cultural powerhouse is moving on

"...Shardz, Mechanical River, Flip Cassidy and the Junkyard Gospel, Sour Bridges, and the Ridges flashed their facets of songsmithery..."

May 16, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: Fit To Perform

Divine Fits debut at Beerland, Willie hops the Railroad, and Ume gets a call from Perry Farrell.

"...28-30 in Utopia. The fiesta features local indie-folk outfit Sour Bridges, while the festival itself boasts Dr. Dog, White..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

A flashback from Red River's seedy past, the Sour Notes hit a sweet spot, and Patty Griffin gets Grounded in Music

"...In bowling terms, the Sour Notes just notched a turkey: three significant, successive releases..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Introducing the New Official Beer of Austin

ATX has a brewed awakening

"...out there. To me, this is a beer that bridges the gap for session beer drinkers and those who..."

May 15, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

17 Texas Artists to See at ACL Fest

Lone Star acts to catch at Zilker, from Houston breakout d4vd to Austin’s Die Spitz

"...angle on traditional genres. From Charley Crockett to Leon Bridges to the Texas Gentlemen, the area has helped incubate..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Chronicle Editorial Staffers Name Their Essential Dishes

We've all got our favorites

"...them all, a starchy king covered in black pepper sour cream and stuffed with delicious potatoes and leeks. Breakfast..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Food Feature by Chronicle staff

Formerly Homeless Find Good Neighbors at Community First! Village

A week’s stay at Austin’s most talked about neighborhood

"...fed on the streets, in the parks, and under bridges, Graham had all his old prejudices stripped away...."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Live Music Soundtrack for Your Weekend

Austin Reggae Festival, and more if you're not too high

"...Electro stacking: Austin psycho-pop vets the Sour Notes spin off Memory Keepers, which bumps Moroder-esque disco..."

April 20, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Loaded Dice

Less is no longer more to Iron & Wine's Sam Beam

"...with a four-song solo acoustic set. In the wordless bridges of "Glad Man Singing," Beam stretched his voice with..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Zealous Pursuit of the Perfect Cocktail

'You shake a drink to wake it up, not to put it to sleep'

"...In every drink, he tries to balance alcohol, sweet, sour, and bitter. He bridges the ingredients with homemade bitters...."

June 27, 2008 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Saturday Picks

"...for its humorous tone. He responded with the sobering "Sour Times," an a cappella slam of a Pakistani's existence..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Ben Barnes on Barn Building

"...Now some might argue that this is just sour grapes, or that the Democrats would do the same..."

July 7, 2006 News Feature

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...Auction's steady need for manual labor provided a ready source of cash for a handful of young black men..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...supporting a live album spin-off of the band's decade-best Bridges to Babylon -- edged out Bruce Springsteen & the..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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