Media Watch: Radio Waves

Station chiefs turn to meters to gauge listening habits

"...Next summer Arbitron will begin using electronic devices called Portable People..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Off the Record

Shit happens: Hosing off and cleaning up after the glorious mess that was the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...for a stark rendition of John Hartford's "Long Hot Summer Days" that morphed into a misty-mountain jam. "Of course,..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

'Colby Bird: Cold End'

This stark exhibit conjures a melancholy introspection rare in art about male identity

"...The conversation expands with the hip-hop-inspired Swagger, a massive banner hanging precariously in the gallery's..."

July 24, 2009 Arts Review by Kate Watson

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

One last night of band blurbs!

"...the rest of the country got familiar on last summer's Hi! My Name Is B.o.B mixtape. His debut, The..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Nas

"...white V-neck and stunna shades, the MC behind this summer's most controversial hip-hop album led a 32-song charge from..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Off the Record

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss raise sand in Dallas, Lick Lick goes big in Japan, Dutch hip-hop sprouts in Austin, and a homecoming for Doyle Bramhall II

"...Perhaps even stranger than the notion of Dutch hip-hop is that it made its American debut here in..."

July 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Mohawk welcomes Red River Flats to the neighborhood, Ego's sings karaoke, and a tribute to pianist Doug Hall

"...Philadelphia's the Roots is the only hip-hop group that could hold its own on the jam-band..."

April 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Gary Clark Jr. becomes a Honeydripper, Tee Double sounds off on Kinetic Global, Future Clouds & Radar charts, and yet another Austin Music Hall progress report

"...a story, and stirring up emotions." Clark spent last summer making the rounds of the blues-festival circuit with the..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Final Countdown

Thirty-three years of Back Room shows and events can hardly be summed up in one timeline

"...Summer 2005: General manager Sean McCarthy's son James Dean begins..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

A Family Affair

Those Canadians are too damn happy. Must be the the donuts.

"...for more attention is the new face of Canada: hip-hop. Edmonton's Cadence Weapon throws around beats and rhymes like..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Beat box

Beat box

"...and Illmind, SFP's three-song single walks a line between hip-hop and humanity as if they're naturally intertwined. Fusing samples..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Everything Must Go

Tower's last hours

"...up every Sunday afternoon, Tower might be spending its summer vacation in Austin...."

June 25, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Come Out and Play

Has Austin – or anywhere else – ever seen anything like Cinemania weekend?

"...organistical outrages of Mr. Quintron and Miss Pussycat and hip-hop legend Del tha Funkee Homosapien...."

May 28, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...recognition as one of the foremost upcoming artists in hip-hop theatre. His autobiographical spoken word/hip-hop production, The Evidence of..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Things Have Changed

A brief, very general overview of the year in albums 2001

"...overlords OutKast failing to deliver their promised double LP, hip-hop was mostly a no-show in 2001, though December found..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Public Notice

Eye of the Tiger, baby! Are you up to it? Up to this week's public service challenges? Kate and the Pee En crew takes you there.

"...It was August 4, 2000. The heat? Relentless. The summer? Wearing on like an uncomfortable hairshirt. Sticky, clingy, and..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Workin', Steamin', Relaxin', Leavin'

Elias Haslanger

"...wife relocating to another continent. In an interview last summer, Haslanger said that he would be moving to New..."

June 12, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Pressure Drop

The State of Modern Reggae

"...Shakespeare and producers Steelie and Clevie would help morph hip-hop's electro-rhythms and technological reliance with reggae, creating a slick,..."

July 4, 1997 Music Feature

Qmmunity: The Queer-ster Bunny

A springtime showing of Austin's queer haps, like a new leather bar, pre-show parties, and the academic achievement by a young Black trans scholar.

"...Cabin Fever Comedy Enjoy summer camp nostalgia with host Brandi Davis. First Fridays, 10pm...."

April 7, 2023 Column by James Scott

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Also Waltzes), and the queen of disco herself, Donna Summer (Love to Love you, Donna Summer)...."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...welcomes label co-founder Ceschi Ramos on stressed-out anthem "The Summer of Our Discontent," and Doomtree maestro Lazerbeak produces uplifting..."

April 9, 2021 Music Feature by Annie Lyons

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here's what we're listening to

"...The flamenco yelp of "Martini" and breezy "Spring Into Summer" strike obvious early highlights, but the snappy "Here Kitty..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...the Lee Hazlewood Industries catalog. Held in Splendor (Mexican Summer) cues 1967 San Francisco like a Wes Wilson poster,..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Thursday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...drummer Brendan Canty, can take you to that "Celebrated Summer" in a heartbeat. – Greg BeetsKB da Kidnappa..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Won't Get Schooled Again

Austin's Music Class of '98

"...1997, each was fine-tuning a debut scheduled for late summer release. Neither happened. Why? It appears the easy answer..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Hot Summer Nights D: Elijah Bynum Hot Summer Nights is a..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"..."Crooked 180" Netherlands Director/Screenwriter: Kevin Boitelle A young skateboarders summer with endless possibilities and an approaching ending. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot August Nights: Cold

"...Your favorite summertime treat also serves as a muse far and wide...."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Urban Tejano

Tortilla Factory pulls down a Grammy nomination as Best Tejano Band as the almost four-decade-old local institution gets ready to reinvent the genre

"...Texan, the younger Guerrero has a cowboy boot in hip-hop culture. He's currently collaborating with Kanye West's partner Haskel..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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