To Make a Long Story Short

"...a long story short," it's a given that each and every gig has an anecdote, adventure, and lesson learned..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postmarks

Sudden Death

"...in everyone's minds? But when many years pass by and the malicious crime is forgotten, an innocent-looking person is..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column

Glorium

"...fading away, Eclipse takes us deeper into the dark and mysterious elements that make Glorium the aural equivalent of..."

July 11, 1997 Music Feature

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1983: Angela Strehli & Band with special guest Stevie Ray Vaughan, Extreme Heat, Van..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Bill Oliver & the Otter Space Band

"...The jewel case promises "songs of mass destruction" and "political musical mayhem since 1984," but these stark political..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Saturday SXSW Showcases

"...intensely rhythmic dance music known as soca, the twin island country located off the northern coast of South America..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Jack Ingram

"...Machine. Patty Griffin, Radney Foster, Dierks Bentley, Todd Snider, and Little Big Town populate the credits. Four producers besides..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Long Center: Sounds to your heart's content

You can hear the first-ever concert in the Long Center as a Valentine's Day treat

"...this the day that the Chronicle hits the streets and are as swift as winged Cupid, you can do..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Poster Children DDD (SpinArt)

SXSW Records

"...Ill., quartet reaches back close to a dozen LPs and just over that many years. From the outset, the..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Silver Scooter

"...stereo. If a CD can stay in the deck and keep you singing and moving for a long haul,..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Music Feature

Cooking By Strobe Light

Kvrx Local Live Volume One

"...to overcome UT's stifling administrative haggles, poor sound quality and uneven performances marred the final product. Fortunately, Cooking by..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Feature

The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1: 1920-1963

Local music journalism pioneer takes on all of rock & roll

"...sweeping, definitive social history of rock & roll. An on-and-off local of long standing with a rightful claim to..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Scorpion Child

"...troth to the early Seventies, when hundreds of proto-metal bands joined Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath in redefining the..."

June 28, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

Dwight Yoakam

Record review

"...his albums have changed from the widescreen, leading-man turns (and corresponding sales) of Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. and This..."

June 24, 2005 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Abra Moore

"...As "Four Leaf Clover" blankets the national airwaves and the rest of the world is introduced to the..."

May 16, 1997 Music Feature

A Night For Austin Raises $500K for Capital Creatives

Willie: “We all need each other and we all need music”

"...Austin saw 30 remotely recorded performances from famous townies and tangentially connected national acts drumming up funds for the..."

June 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Classical Guitar's dream

The quality of the music in this concert was exceptional, but what made it special was the quality of the listening

"...hanging in the air, there came the guitar of Alejandro Montiel playing Franz Schubert's "Erlkönig." There were no lyrics..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Children of Reverberation

Are Levitation vets Holy Wave Austin's next Black Angels?

"...Wave member Kyle Hager kicked him out of a band when they were teenagers in El Paso. Fuson couldn't..."

May 13, 2016 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Queens of the Stone Age

"...charts as an indie act. After six years' absence, guitars squeal and groan with juicy tones ("If I Had..."

July 5, 2013 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Beat Box

Beat Box

"...Oakland, Calif., duo Main Attrakionz channel DMG$, Young L, and..."

March 16, 2012 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

One More Time

Wrapping up SXSW 03: Saturday Showcases

"...moody tunes that suggested the evil spawn of Bauhaus and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Plaintive guitars, rolling rhythms, and..."

March 21, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Robyn Hitchcock

"...his last studio album being a largely acoustic affair, and following the acoustic live soundtrack album Storefront Hitchcock, Robyn..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Feature

David Garza

"...Garza's major label debut, somewhere between Atlantic's knowing they landed a charismatic singer with talent to burn (as well..."

April 3, 1998 Music Feature

Composing Your Austin Summer Music Calendar

Rock out at any one of these music fests in our summer roundup

"...Sun’s out and live music’s in the air: Must be summer festival..."

May 23, 2025 Music Feature by James Scott

Gay Place

Sharon Bridgforth comes home for a bit to take us to the river

"...TAPELENDERS SPRING CLEANING Hollywood DVDs: Buy one, get one, and Fleshlight specials. Thu., March 20. TapeLenders, 1114 W. Fifth..."

March 21, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

7 & 7 Is

7 & 7 Is

"..."Bummer Bitch." Local Casual Victim Pile vets Naw Dude and Flesh Lights each take a stab at the hilarious..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Mining the vaults of Austin City Limits, navigating the SXSW grid, and hanging with Jenny Wolfe After School

"...Southwest," affirms Creative Director Brent Grulke. "Some of Metallica's band members may make an appearance at the event." It..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Saturday Showcases

"...8pm, Club 115 Brazil isn't all samba rhythms and breezy bossa nova. Some musicologists argue that a version..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

After a Fashion

Get ready for SXSW! Stephen is!

"...New York Daily News reported that a "haggard-looking" Pamela Anderson was so enamored with a pair of Swarovski ski..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Billy & Bryn Bright

Texas Platters

"...study in careful, joyful musicianship. Opener "Guillermo" is subtle and understated in both melody and stringwork, but still leaves..."

June 7, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Hess

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