SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...SleepersBOXSTEP: The lush, orchestral pop of Pittsburgh-based Boxstep approaches grandiosity with a distinctly indie perspective. Their debut for Chicago..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Music in the 1990s

"...Some of the Nineties staff talk about the last decade.Andy Langer All I really need to know I learned..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Record Reviews

Mojo Nixon

"...Roky on the cover of his latest, Whereabouts Unknown. And although the sign on the back cover of the..."

May 12, 1995 Music Review by Ken Lieck

SXSW Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW blurbing

"...the Austin Music Poll for the past two years and have held down a Monday night happy hour residency..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...a few seats left on the Black Joe Lewis bandwagon. The gritty Austin soul shouter and his sevenpiece band..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...artist Dasom Baek, looper of metal bowls, dripping water, and bamboo flutes. Later, Seoul's Jambinai soars heavy post-rock with..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Tuesday Showcase Picks

"...Shoegaze melancholy and churning punk percussion meet in Philadelphia's Suburban Living, whose..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...Lucero's gathering enters its fourth year and its second SX, and, as always, the bluegrass revivalists/punk..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Friday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...It's not every day one of the better folk-rock bands in town recasts itself as GN'R-loving badasses. Quatropaw abandoned..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Live Shots

The Barkers

"...(or later) on the farm or at the sawmill, and a few times a year seek respite from their..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature

National Top 10s

"...2) 'A MORE PERFECT UNION' Titus Andronicus..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Music Feature

Thousand Foot Whale Claw

"...their first two releases, 2012's Lost in Those Dunes and Time Brothers, Thousand Foot Whale Claw basks in the..."

July 27, 2018 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Rosehill

For the Sake of the Song

"...RosehillWhite Lines and Stars (Cypress Creek)..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Friday Picks

"...Soweto." It's a combination of traditional Afro-pop, Trinidadian calypso, and slick art-punk, leaning heavily on the lush orchestration of..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Fortunate Son

Bass player to the stars, past and present, Mark Andes

"...rock stardom exist, but few have real staying power, and that's what counts. There's the wristband level of rock..."

May 19, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Hidden Speaker: The Brittle Stars

"...Hidden SpeakerThe Brittle Stars (Seventy-Seven) Sometimes an album comes out of nowhere and..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Postscripts

"...About a month and a half ago the Chronicle's "Dancing About Architecture" column..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 6-12

"...Along with Christie, I invite you to draw encouragement and inspiration from four other Virgo writers who have flourished:..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...worthy cause: Children's Advocacy Center, a nonprofit providing intervention and therapeutic services to child abuse victims and their non-offending..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...as the Grim Reba, an amalgamation of Reba McEntire and the cloaked specter of Death...."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Siempre Selena

Game changer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez prompts Corpus Christi's inaugural "Selena Fest"

"...Close your eyes and there she is: whipping that massive black mane, pageant..."

April 10, 2015 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

$liding Home

Austin slide guitar sovereign Cindy Cashdollar steps out from the side

"...deep in the heart of South Austin, are the guitars. In front of the fireplace are two National steel..."

April 9, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

More Flava Than Juicy Fruit

Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Diamond successfully traded in roots-rockin' for a more experimental brand of singer-songwriter fare on last year's Man vs. Beast...."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Age of Innocence

Middle school teacher Mindy LaBernz teaches her students about "real life" and pop music magic.

"...the Undertones' "Teenage Kicks," Supergrass' "Caught by the Fuzz," and even Big Star's "Thirteen," capture a similar pop yearning;..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Twenty Dollar Vibe

"...sure don't make rock & roll like this anymore. And thank God for that. Who needs what The Artists..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Music Feature

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...epic ATX arc, wherein the hero leaves College Station and builds a global music promotions empire that he exited..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...this is, this is what I'm going to distribute,' and I started working backwards," explains the 61-year-old Austin native...."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Hideaway

A descendant of the father of our country in the Antone's House Band? For three decades now, believe it!

"...It's Dec. 31, 2015, and I've got a rare blues double-header: My regular Thursday..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Feature by Sarah Brown

SXSW Music Pro Tips

Prepare thy self

"...A Soft Place to Land..."

March 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...The Kids dropped a mixtape last spring, Gone Fishing, and must still be waiting for a bite since their..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

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