Swan Songs
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April 8, 2005 Music Feature by Christine Albert
Playback: The Legendary White Swan
The Legendary White Swan doesn't bite
"...hurt business at his Eastside lounge the Legendary White Swan. Highlighting police issues around the Eastside corner, the story..."
Aug. 24, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
SXSW Bandwagon: Blowfly’s Swan Song
Late porno parodist/dirty rapper’s final LP gets tribute tonight
"...of liver cancer at age 76, he had a swan song ready to hatch. The New York Times’ obituary..."
March 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Otis Wilkins & Jake Lloyd’s Rock Star Collab and Four More Songs from Austin Artists
New music picks from More Eaze, promqueen, Being Dead, and RF Shannon
"...Shane Renfro's songs move like a deep Texas fever dream, sweating and..."
April 21, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez
Reunited Chicago Extremists Indian Try to Top Their Swan Song
Austin Terror Fest welcomes reignited doom quartet
"...In the meantime, it's really been fun playing those songs again."..."
June 7, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
"...singer leans full-tilt into R&B and soul impulses, deliciously swanky in previous singles "Highroad" and "Making Love," while the..."
Oct. 23, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman
I Am a DJ
I am what I play ... On My KUTX
"...be the Album of the Year already. The singer’s swan song of all swan songs became his first U.S...."
Jan. 22, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Will Johnson’s New Paradigm
Song sage on baseball, house concerts, and wisdom from Neil Young
"...Jason Isbell and Patterson Hood quote. His new album Swan City Vampires is a masterpiece of folk, Americana, and..."
Sept. 25, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham
Lost Wisdom
Phil Elverum finds a partner in crime on his latest
"...guy told him something along the lines of “Your songs suck,” before stumbling back to the bar. The Anacortes,..."
Sept. 8, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman
2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s
Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known
"...RUNNERS-UP: Swan Songs, Housing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers, All ATX,..."
Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature
Paul Simon Takes a Final Bow
Last tour both rouses and hushes Erwin Center
"...the 76-year-old New Jersey native launched a two-hour local swan song with Simon & Garfunkel classic “America.”..."
June 5, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman
Free Week Live Shots
Swan Dive, Jan. 1
"...by the tough, cagey vocals of Lindsey Mackin and songs including "Axe Me If I Care." Meggan Carney's latest..."
Jan. 13, 2017 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
David Bowie’s Auto Memorial: Blackstar
Swan song LP admits “I Can’t Give Everything Away” but almost does
"...elegy. Two days later, Sunday, it proved both his swan song and one of the Starman’s strongest albums...."
Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland
Sonic Pathos & Antipathy: Gregg Turner
Angry Samoan turned critic gives into his goofier side
"...he plays the Sahara Lounge Thursday and the White Swan on Friday...."
Jan. 8, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser
Public Notice: Transit, Then and Now
A lingering desire for streetcars
"...Monday, Dec. 24: Swan Songs..."
Dec. 7, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Austin Music Industry Award Winners Announced
Best radio station, record store, club, music writer, and more honored
"...Austin Music Foundation 3) Black Fret 4) SIMS 5) Swan Songs Runners-Up: Kids in a New Groove, Anthropos Arts,..."
Feb. 25, 2018 Music Post by James Renovitch
Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced
Best radio station, record store, club, and many more
"...Fret 3) SIMS Foundation 4) Austin Music Foundation 5) Swan Songs 6) Clifford Antone Foundation 7) Kids in a..."
March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch
Sound on Sound Review: Cherubs
Reunited torrential Austin trio restarts a storm
"...I get the f-u-c-k out. At 2:21pm, with two songs left in Leopold & His Fiction’s big rawk main..."
Nov. 7, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Nancy Coplin Retires from ABIA
Airport booker celebrates tonight at Antone’s Blue Monday
"...well, like WIMPS, HAAM, AMF, HOME, Guitars for Swaziland, Swan Songs. And helping the music community with benefits for..."
Dec. 16, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser
The Beatles
"...its very DNA as remastered. Whereas before the Beatles' swan songs tubed a river of melody and harmony, now..."
Oct. 2, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Sly & the Family Stone
Inbox
"...Fresh sidestepped such weighty concerns with rubbery arrangements and swan songs "If You Want Me to Stay" and "Que..."
May 4, 2007 Music Review by Christopher Gray
Beside the Point
Council ponders where to set the property-tax rate, and which health care package should cover city employees and their partners
"...As springtime swan-songs into summer, last week City Council pitched its sleep-away..."
June 2, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar
It Takes a Village
Christine Albert & Chris Gage experience another Austin musical rite of passage: the benefit
April 8, 2005 Music Feature by Christine Albert
TV Eye
George Clooney's return to ER for Julianna Margulies' final episode left many viewers divided -- but not "TVEye" columnist Belinda Acosta. Also, Michael J. Fox exits Spin City, and the latest news from HBO.
May 19, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Eastsiders Decry BFI
Residents Say Recycling Plants Constitute Enviro-racism
"...and hightailed it out of the meeting. Expect more swan songs and lazy postponements until the new council is..."
May 30, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy
Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW
Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest
"...Stephens Hall, 23-year-old Annie Blackman isn't prone to writing songs that traverse complete, linear routes through difficult human feelings...."
March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff
Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music
Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival
"...To listen along, hear songs from our SXSW picks on Spotify. Find our favorite..."
March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff
Saturday Picks & Sleepers
One last night of band blurbs!
"...more uptempo There's No Home, and is recording new songs that are neither blank nor unstaring.
– Audra..."
March 20, 2009 Music Feature
Thursday Picks & Sleepers
SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb
"...young Brooklyn songwriter's powerful vox scouring biting roots-pop on songs like "Good to Be a Man." Her full-length finally..."
March 20, 2015 Music Feature
99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)
South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more
"...quartet specialize in a hypnotic blend of traditional Nubian "Songs of Return" and Sudanese pop from the Seventies. Oud,..."
