Bands Are Practicing Again, but Does Austin Have Enough Rehearsal Space for Them?

A love letter and state-of-affairs on the practice space scene

"...you a secret: I have dreams about the [Austin Rehearsal Complex], a couple a year," reveals Don Harvey, as..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound – Relocations & Precautions: Austin Recording Studios During COVID-19

Big Orange and Cacophony engineers relocate as recording industry tiptoes back into the studio.

"...over the survival of music venues during the COVID-19 pandemic, another sector of the entertainment industry largely dependent on..."

July 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

West Austin Studio Tour 2016

"...Home studio of Kristie Zamrazil, 1819 Piedmont..."

May 16, 2016 Photo Gallery

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

"...stirring of intellect. The fleeting nature of earthly beauty and happiness, and the necessity of an artist's understanding of..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Austin Film Society Announces Opening of New Creative Media Center

Former National Guard armory will provide sound stage, office space

"...It's a big day for independent film and television in Austin as the Austin Film Society has..."

Nov. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Showers of Sound

The Bubble, the only place to record for Austin's indie elite

"...scuffed linoleum floor of the (new) Bubble, the Austin recording studio he co-owns with friend and bandmate Steven Hall,..."

March 29, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Producer Christian Herrera Is Building a Hub for Austin Hip-Hop

Elevate studio expands into South Austin multiuse creative space

"...pastor could pray over them. When the pastor laid hands on his head, she told Herrera that he had..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Boogarins é Foda

Brazilian psych-pop foursome takes up residency at Hotel Vegas

"...Boogarins’ pop smarts, psychedelic atmospherics, and South American rhythms won over locals at both South..."

June 30, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Journeyman Neal Schon

Definitely progressive fusion rock

"...Long before “Don’t Stop Believin’” – and “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’,” “Any Way You Want It,” “Who‘s..."

May 17, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Band Called Death

A black proto-punk band from Detroit that wouldn't compromise on its name is unearthed in this music doc 35 years after recording their original demo tracks.

"...Directed by: Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett...."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mothers of Reinvention

White Denim's Fits of maximum R&B

"...clothesline outside his 1950s Spartan trailer in Driftwood. Firewood and a yellow bathtub gather moss nearby. A lawn chair..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"..."The Byrds were ahead of the curve, and they taught many how to play country music."..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback

Austin's version of 'Bad Santa' at a bar near you

"..."There's divorce, drugs, and drinking in the first scene, and it doesn't get..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Shooting Star

"...The Meat Puppets: Derrick Bostrom, Curt Kirkwood, and Cris Kirkwood photograph by Joseph Cultice..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

ACC’s Music Trade School Gets a World-Class Facility

The Music Business Performance Technology department spreads its wings at ACC Highland

"...with great music-making facilities, one of the most state-of-the-art recording studios is at – of all places – the..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...After a lot of thought and consulting with musicians and people in the business, $3..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

The Kings of Monterrey

Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers

"...beer. We're at a 7-Eleven not far from their rehearsal space, and the drummer, Andres Saenz, is rifling through..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

From Commune to Congress House

Mark Hallman

"...a tape of it in storage at Arlyn. The recording studio's collection of master reels is part local history..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Clock Runs Out on Music Hub: Mosaic Sound Collective Losing Lease to Development

Owners hold hopes to relocate music industry collective

"...that opened in 2017, is winding down its operations and will vacate the former juvenile detention facility in the..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"......"

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Mayor’s Omnibus Resolution: Actualization Is Hard

Moving into Phase II

"...183 on MLK once served as a convalescent home and juvenile detention facility. For now, it retains all the..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Dueling Dreams For The MACC

"...actually be? Ask six different backers of the MACC, and you may get six different answers:..."

Sept. 4, 1998 News Feature

Performers in Our Midst

In 1,000 Forest Gorillas in Kansas, primates inspire the art of living

"...pair of pants still clipped to the plastic hanger and pressing the waistband around one side of her torso...."

March 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Black Pumas’ Eric Burton Bets on Himself

After an abrupt break, Chronicles of a Diamond completely reinvents the band dynamic

"...to get some privacy," he recalls of that time. "And searching for a voice of clarity to hear myself."..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Last Day of Summer

White Denim pours 'Corsicana Lemonade'

"...years in Austin, I sold whatever possessions I could and moved to New York City on short notice...."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Candy Store Rock

Ten Years Gone

"...school with a shit job at Long John Silver's and not a whole lot else to do, it was..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Feature by Jason Cohen

Immigrant Song

Kim Richey -- outta Nashville, into Austin.

"...about immigrants. You know: that influx of overcaffeinated geeks and gold diggers, whose Porsches and Range Rovers fight for..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Music Feature by John T. Davis

Dialtone, Please

Eddie Stout's Shoestring Label Sticks Close to Its R&B Roots

"...opens its doors, tries to be everything to everyone, and, with only the highest intentions in mind, swears to..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Faster Than Sound: City Council Supports Music-Focused Arts Facility on East 11th Street

Harold McMillan breaks down civic steps to the envisioned Kenny Dorham Center

"...home to historic institutions like Huston-Tillotson University, Victory Grill, and the George Washington Carver Museum...."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings-on

"...Daytrotter taping Thursday afternoon. Backed by only a drummer and second guitarist, the reggae icon delivered a startling acoustic..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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