Mike Flanigin Record Review

The Drifter (Black Betty Records)

"...excused for thinking this a jazz exercise from the Sun Ra-esque opener, "The Devil Beats His Wife." Then "Fit..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Lupe Fiasco: Tetsuo & Youth

Chicago MC delivers a meta-religious tome

"...took threats from hacktivist group Anonymous to force Atlantic Records to provide a hard release date (Jan. 20) for..."

Jan. 28, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Breakout Pummels Cheer Up Charlie’s

Oi!-influenced ATX hardcores grip Chaos in Tejas day show

"...Sunday afternoon, punks battled hangovers at Cheer Up Charlie’s for..."

June 2, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mikal Cronin

Sun., 8:15pm, Reverberation Stage

"...rock – to produce MCII, his first on Merge Records...."

May 2, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Pinetop Perkins

Blues Before & After

"...take on Pinetop Smith's 1928 "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" for Sun Records. Perkins had in the intervening years made his..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Music Review by Tim Stegall

There’s a Blue Note in Each Song That I Sing Since You’ve Been Gone

George Jones, 1931-2013

"...to have been entirely written by Dolly Parton, cruelly unsung for her songwriting prowess...."

April 26, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Roky Erickson

Sun., 7:30pm, Reverberation stage

"...power and catharsis. Last week, Light in the Attic Records released a Record Store Day 7-inch from Erickson with..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Fusebox Festival

Beaming down to Fusebox and charging it up are Captain Kirk and the King

"...salvage yard on the outskirts of Memphis, Tenn., to Sun Records studio in search of the true meaning of..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Smiths

Box sets as catalog ghetto

"...another English Fab Four spun off of the King, Sun Records, haircuts, and leather jackets. Four studio albums, three..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Whole Love

Reviewing Wilco's new ‘The Whole Love’

"...Love, released through the beloved Chicago sextet’s new dBpm Records. Not until this eighth studio album, in fact, the..."

Sept. 27, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Rarities and Tributaries

Johnny Cash, Vic Chesnutt, and more new old sounds

"...The two-disc set begins just before he recorded for Sun Records and ends with a demo of a tune..."

Feb. 23, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

John Mellencamp

in box

"...even name-checks Austin, Texas, from off Human Wheels, whose Sun Records rocker "What If I Came Knocking" is one..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Glambilly

Bonus Tracks

"...breakneck course designed as much by the Cramps as Sun Records. On booming bass and vox fueled by whiskey..."

July 23, 2010 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Mean Old Man

The Killer strikes back at the Revival Festival

"...a set full of his classic country gems for Sun Records like “She Even Woke Me Up” and “You..."

May 12, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Princes of Punk

New Kinks “Picture Book”

"...Beatles, or the Rolling Stones,” and though history now records both the Clash and Sex Pistols as fans of..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Before the Lights Go Out

One last local look

"...The Nortons and Friends Hip Replacement (Pipebomb Records)..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The World Is Yours

Nas at Emo's

"...Premier’s subway slum you’d think Queensbridge rarely saw the sun...."

Aug. 26, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

If You Have Ghosts

The 2007-08 AMA's ghosts – past, present, and future

"...Bloodlines also flow continuous for Roy and Sundance Head. The former's 1965 hit, "Treat Her Right," co-written..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Albert

"...Bleached by the sun And scorched by the moon If I make it..."

Feb. 19, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

No Dominion

A partial roll call of people who died in 2003.

"...Sam Phillips made his name with Sun Records and Elvis Presley, while Felice Bryant composed some..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Calexico

SXSW Records

"...long player, Feast of Wire, finds Calexico fusing the sunny fiesta-pop elements of Spoke and Hot Rail with the..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The D4

Music showcase

"...and Motown? Billy Sherrill-period George Jones is soul music. Sun Records rockabilly is soul music. CCR is soul music...."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Cave Catt Sammy

Texas Platters

"...are still quite a bit better at the Johnny Burnette/Sun Records/ Louisiana Hayride groove than many of their contemporaries...."

June 7, 2002 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Reader

Sheet Music

"...country history as one of the originators of the Sun Records sound. Fittingly, Carr's conversations with the man also..."

May 17, 2002 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW Interview: Peter Guralnick

Conference Panel

"...them. He made it appear, through his stories on Sun Records' Sam Phillips and Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker,..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Chartering a Course

A preview of the Charter Revisions Proposals

"...ACLU also wants a charter amendment which would open records in officers' personnel files to the public, as proposed..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Critics Poll

Critics' favorites from 2001

"...Langer: Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Music Feature

Charlie Burton & the Texas 12-Steppers
Saxon Pub, August 3

"...and stickman F. Lee Potter, who had fun channeling Sun Records and the Ventures all night. When Burton broke..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Twenty Flight Rock

Burton Wilson's photos of old-world Austin and An Album of Texas Songwriters

"...an impressive array of folks for her project, getting Sun Records' Sam Phillips to write the foreword and B.B...."

July 20, 2001 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Those Magic Moments

Clifford Antone reminisces from prison on 26 years in the blues business.

"...[Chenier], Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Walter Shakey Horton, and Sunnyland Slim. Some of them had never been to Texas...."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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