Black Sheep Boys

Okkervil River navigates the headwaters of its career

"...Seven years have passed since Okkervil River humbly shuffled onto the Austin music scene with their..."

April 1, 2005 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Triumph in River City

With The Music Man, Austin Musical Theatre creates a River City that's bigger than some by-god real Texas towns. But it's a show whose heart may be the biggest thing of all.

"...production of The Music Man. When the citizens of River City appear from the sides of the Palmer Auditorium..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Demolition at 1701 Red River

Another Red River venue going away? There goes the neighborhood.

"...As it now looks, one of Red River's staple venues will be torn down...."

May 17, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Stone River Boys

"...Stone River BoysLove on the Dial (Cow Island Music)..."

June 25, 2010 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

The fast and the furious: the sentencing of J Kapone, Steve Wertheimer's Hot Rod Revolution, and 'How to Tour in a Band or Whatever'

"...the Jungle Rockers, Dale Watson, Dave Gonzales & the Stone River Boys, and the Derailers accentuate the afternoon like..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Super Heavy Stones

Assessing the Rolling Stones' 2011

"...Dinosaurs as large and ancient as the Rolling Stones aren't built for speed, of course, but as an..."

Dec. 29, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Live Music to See This Weekend

Unpacking Christmas in July

"...– most of them homegrown – play the Red River strip for no charge at the door. Indulge in..."

July 14, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Black Angels & Kikagaku Moyo, Video Age & Shy Boys, Exhumed & Creeping Death, ST 37 & the Gary, Arooj Aftab, and Kool Keith

"...the original Austin Psych Fest. With longtime stalwarts Elephant Stone absent, Baltimore sitarist and composer Ami Dang steps into..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

Boogie 4 Stu

Ben Waters' boogie for Rolling Stones sideman Ian Stewart

"...Ian Stewart wasn’t the sixth Rolling Stone. He was the second – first to answer Brian..."

May 10, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Queering the Archive With Kate Messer

"Your own culture is worth a memory."

"...bar and punk music club, on the same Red River lot...."

July 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Sxsw

"...rhythms of Muscle Shoals to the funk of Henry Stone's Miami to the old-school hip-hop of the Bronx and..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Off the Record

Welcome to "Spazmodica," the future of Austin music

"...In the "Indie Rock Universe," as illustrated by Rolling Stone in its Nov. 15 issue and enclosed in four..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...(1/5/96)3.5 stars (M.S.) Arbor, Highland, Lake Creek, Movies 12, Riverside, Roundrock, Westgate..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...The Castle is a comedy about a tow truck driver who fights the system to save his family's home..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Playback

Are Red 7 and Red Eyed Fly merging? That and whatever happened to the Strange Boys answered in this week's music news.

"...it was time to pull the plug on Red River's renowned venue culture. Pipe down, voice of doom! New..."

July 24, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

I Am the Resurrection

Ignore Jim Morrison - do not cancel your subscription to the resurrection, because Roky Erickson is Lazarus unbound.

"...Sixties is as Austin as Austin does – as River City as its springs, creeks, and turtle world. Some..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Get Me Back to Austin

Five reasons to the celebrate the 2003-04 Austin Music Awards

"...the office boom box. That's how obvious Los Lonely Boys was. Is. Will remain...."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...done yet. 2003's Togetherness, with New York singer Dave Driver, showcased her range along with the most haunting cover..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...PERNICE BROTHERS: As leader of the Scud Mountain Boys, Joe Pernice sang and played a bleakly purist strain..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Record reviews Reissues

"...in the wake of Altamont to give timid (or stoned) fans a "safe" outlet to rock out "in the..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...Like the City Coliseum about half a mile down Riverside, this cavernous hall had a tendency to trap heat...."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...said forlorn dinner jetsam. The recording sessions for the boys from Festus' major-label debut on Atlantic, last year's 24..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

Gay Place

OUTsider Fest heads into the woods and will "emerge ready to fight"

"...existence." From witchy gender benders to transgender icon Sandy Stone – and an array of national and international artists..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...@ Auditorium Shores The quintessential New Orleans pianist graces River City with much more than his tutelage as a..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Small Stone8pm-2am, Room 710 Good green stoner rock needs a little..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...acts like Leon Carter and his band the Rolling Stones performed. He still calls far South Congress Avenue –..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...gritty, Ramones-style ditties about getting what they want from boys. The alluringly aggressive Austin quartet released a punchy four-song..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...Pat Boone covering Little Richard -- black music for whiteboys. Just 'cause Detroit trailer trash can out-curse Busta Rhymes..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Winter, Producers: Vanessa Winter, Joseph Winter, Jared Cook, Melanie Stone When a washed up internet personality attempts to win..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

La Vista at the Hyatt

"...with vaulted ceilings supported by log beams and large stone fireplaces sits on the former site of the BoatTown..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Food Feature

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