Decoration Day

"...soul of "Decoration Day" that brought the weight of Southern culture to bear on the Trucker's civil war that..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Patterson Hood

"...Athens, Ga.'s, Drive-by Truckers. DBT has almost single-handedly reinvigorated Southern Rock with their three-guitar lineup and shows that are..."

May 21, 2004 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Drive-by Truckers

"...brought Faulknerian depth and America Undercover realism to hardscrabble Southern rock, the Drive-by Truckers downshift somewhat on this seventh..."

April 14, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Drive-by Truckers

Record review

"...Certain Southern minds imagine a world where Kinky Friedman wins elections..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Review by Christopher Gray

ACL Prime Time

Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.

"...'74 Texas pickup: open windows along the highway, Moog-addled rock, and Lone Star tall boys. Their 2003 debut, Night..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

Drive-By Truckers

Record Review

"...making their peace with Lynyrd Skynyrd on 2001's thrilling Southern Rock Opera, Athens, Georgia's Drive-By Truckers chose a much..."

June 27, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...actually compare Atmosphere to Black Sabbath and that hard rock bullshit to them ["Southern Rock Opera," Music, March, 22,..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Column

Music Writer Wrong on Atmosphere

"...actually compare Atmosphere to Black Sabbath and that hard rock bullshit to them ["Southern Rock Opera," Music, March, 22,..."

Dec. 9, 2003 Postmarks

Women Who Run With Warrior Princesses

Reneé O'Connor ROCs

"...in episodes of Tales From the Crypt and The Rockford Files and worked with Cheryl Ladd in the Danielle..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...ROD MOAG: Anyone who's heard Moag's Country, Swing & Rockabilly Jamboree show on KOOP knows that the UT faculty..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

What's Love Got to Do With it

"...solely as caricatures be they Mad Max arch-villains or rock opera Acid Queens. Turner had to pen an autobiography,..."

June 18, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Superstar Search

Three decades after its debut, Jesus Christ Superstar may not seem a radical piece of musical theatre, but Austin Musical Theatre's new production just may return the rock opera to its revolutionary roots.

"...theatre takes on the carpenter. The reason? Two words: rock opera. Superstar was sung-through, a common feature of musical..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday blurbs are down from Thursday's, but how are you holding up at this point?

"...TBA, Kiss & Fly Dee-1's syrupy Southern drawl is one of the freshest young voices in..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...thunderous fills provided Deep Purple pathos to Watt's semi-autobiographical rock opera based on Dante's Inferno. A pensive cover of..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Fantastic Journey

Alejandro Escovedo comes full circle

"...another guitar or a violin, with the scabrous glam rock band Buick MacKane, and with the Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra...."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Live Music Recommendations for the Week Ahead

Get to know your shows

"...Heavy the Mountain headlines this one with strapping hard rock in the Seventies manner. The fine folks in Marry..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Bloody Brides, Creepy Cats, and More Arts Events for the Week

Valentine's (and anti-Valentine) fun, soundtracking a rock, etc.

"...ever made in America, but its portrayal of Black Southerners, written by whites, can still feel a little cringe...."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Working Class Hero

Stephen Doster

"...it was Villa Muse, a local label owned and operated by guitarist and studio owner Jay Aaron Podolnick, that..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

SXSW Saturday Picks and Sleepers

"...years, they had a great impact on the country rock explosion that followed. After reuniting in 2011 for the..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Oslo's Silver crank up a dramatic blend of arena rock, punk, and glam custom-made for sullen youths kicking beer..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Attacked by Lesbians

Just three good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm

"...shadows of the futuristic, phallus-laden Houston skyline, there is rock. Band after band of scruffed-up malcontents climb a stage..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Lucy Dacus, a Gary Floyd Retrospective, an EXTC, and More Crucial Concerts

Sounds all over town and all over the musical spectrum

"...is headlined by one of the truly great blues rock acts of our age – one of the very..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Record Reviews

"...Reject All American (Kill Rock Stars)..."

July 19, 1996 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...Reject All American (Kill Rock Stars)..."

July 19, 1996 Music Review

Simple Man, Simple Dream

Part of the Seventies Southern California songwriting cabal that produced Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles, J.D. Souther brings his craft to the Dripping Springs Songwriters' Festival

"...Taylor, and the Dixie Chicks. Souther helped map the Southern California soft-rock sound of the Seventies by charting songs..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Sound on Sound Review: The Frights

Eighties party jam

"...Angst and sarcasm mushroomed into a three-part pop/punk opera Saturday night at a well-populated Cheer Up Charlies courtesy..."

Nov. 12, 2017 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...cult film ever in Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror or profiling the fandom of K-pop megastars BTS..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Armed Forces Entertainment's metal of honor, the Judy's reunite for the Austin Music Awards, Bobby Whitlock and CoCo Carmel's Double Fantasy

"...truth." Dropping on Valentine's Day, the LP bursts with Southern soul that explores the inexplicable nature of events that..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Live Music Recommendations for Post-Xmas and New Year's

Charley Crockett, DJ Paul, and more crucial concerts

"...second annual RestFest at home base C-Boy’s. Joining the roots-rocking quintet for Friday’s set are S.L. Houser’s intoxicating, synth-layered..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Straight Out the Trailer

Examining the current overwhelming white trash influence in popular culture

"...shorthand for the spectrum spanning "ignorant" to "slovenly" to "Southern," "white trash" is a convenient way to describe all..."

July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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