Dark Shadows

Billy Miller on the return of Cold Sun at Austin Psych Fest

"...Cold Sun is an anomaly in Texas psych history. As significant..."

April 29, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...young Cotton cut his first sides for the famed Sun Records label: "Straighten Up Baby," "Hold Me in Your..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

All My Love

C-Side Records' family values

"...victory, revenge of the nerds, his second in the sun, which most people spend their entire lives chasing. The..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Deep Blues

"...of some of these indigenous musicians. What the film records (as well as the CD, although sometimes in different..."

Nov. 6, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Swallow the Sun, Benny the Butcher, Every Time I Die, Buck Meek, and more recommended shows

"...Swallow the Sun..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

MastodonBurnt by the Sun

SXSW Records

"...MastodonRemission (Relapse)Burnt by the SunSoundtrack to the Personal Revolution (Relapse) Philadelphia's Relapse Records has..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

A Winter Rose

A star is born (again)

"...wannabe world of demo tapes and afternoon auditions in sun-drenched Los Angeles (cue umpteenth aerial shot of the iconic..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cult of Personality

Insect Records head and Attack Formation commander Ben Webster has never been photographed with Red River mascot-to-be Butcher Bear

"...More importantly, Webster's the founder of Insect Records and leader of Attack Formation, a broken social scene..."

June 25, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Rise Above

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

"...annex and post office, the new headquarters for SST Records appears almost as a mirage, with a weathered facade..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Commemorating the 95th birthday of Pinetop Perkins one year at a time, exploring Willie's Place at Carl's Corner, and a pregame pep talk with Paul Wall

"...1917 Original Dixieland "Jass" Band records the first jazz record...."

July 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Chasing Teen Coin

"...of three collections marking the 60th anniversary of Atlantic Records. Atlantic Blues (1949-1970) began the rollout this spring, and..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Once Were Warriors

"...a tightly focused shot that captures a frolicsome, beachfront, sun-and-surf tourist image of New Zealand, but then gradually pulls..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Chronicle’s Favorite Austin Albums of 2023

Ten music writers reflect on the records they loved this year

"...Life Crisis; The Stacks, Lay Me Down to Rest; Sun June, Bad Dream Jaguar; various artists, Texas Wild Kevin..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Friends of Dean Martinez A Place in the Sun (Knitting Factory)

SXSW Records

"...Friends of Dean MartinezA Place in the Sun (Knitting Factory) The poetic, sometimes grotesque beauty of an..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Reissues

"...jazzier than the sides he would cut for Imperial Records in the mid-Fifties. Either set is required blues listening,..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

Vinyl’s Tin Cup Chalice

Finyl vinyl thoughts from the stacks of Antone’s Records

"...the high cost of vinyl – “Why do new records cost $35?!” – I forgot about my beloved Antone’s..."

Jan. 15, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Elvis

If you're looking for trouble, you came to the right place

"...including a single-season 1990 TV series concentrating on the Sun Records era, and 2005’s mini-series featuring Jonathan Rhys Meyers..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Checking In: Kana Harris Reveals Her Vulcan Side

Live wire wax healer wants to sell you a record for your health

"...now frontwoman Kana Harris’ musical apothacarium in Lockhart, Bluebonnet Records – but after the steely local used to sling..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Summer Reading: Sam Phillips

Digging into the landmark bio of rock & roll’s colonel

"...himself or leasing to other seminal imprints like Chess Records, reveals that the title to Peter Guralnick’s definitive Phillips..."

June 17, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Life & Friends of Tarka Cordell

Celebrating the late UK production scion and songwriter

"...Friends came out in the UK via Room 609 Records. It features songs written by Tarka Cordell as sung..."

June 3, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...a Grammy with Robert Cray for the joint Alligator Records recording Showdown!..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Lions

"...weekend, in the Spoken Word vinyl undersection of Amoeba Records, $2: Signs of the Zodiac: Leo, A&M Records, 1960...."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Walk the Line

Joaquin Phoenix is terrific as the musician Johnny Cash, whose rise, fall, and resurrection we watch as he does the Benzedrine 12-step in order to earn the love of country-and-gospel sasspot June Carter.

"...the skin of his teeth and the grace of Sun Records, cut a record and get it on the..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sunshine Fix

SXSW Records

"...The Sunshine Fix Age of the Sun (Emperor Jones/Kindercore) A few..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

Playback: Straight Outta Calcutta

Sitar maestro Indrajit Banerjee, stoned synching Doom Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz, and a bigger Breakaway Records

"...› As the line "dig that hole, forget the sun" occurs in "Breathe," Uncle Henry is shown farming the..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Interviews

The Decemberists, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Dan Auerbach

"...if only to dig through the bins at Shangri-La Records, before heading south to the Mississippi Delta, where he..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Folk Music Fireball!

Sixty years ago this month and next, Elvis Presley destroyed Austin

"...with a string of hit singles on Sam Phillips' Sun Records label that were then promoted via radio appearances..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Review: Luna Luna, L.L.

Dreamy quartet steps onto the dance floor with Rostrum Records debut

"...ever before. The EP debuts with Los Angeles' Rostrum Records, known for boosting the careers of Mac Miller, Wiz..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Music Feature by Elizabeth Braaten

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Jackie Venson, Midland, and more talk country music’s Austin migration

"...and post-2010s bro country, the industry arrived in Austin Sunday night, seeming ready to lean back into the "western"..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...five years now. Out on San Antonio indie Saustex Records, last year's stateside debut, Los Niños de Cobre, finds..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

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