Hill Country Breakdown

"...with last-second soundchecks and guitar tunings, was bare except for a long table toward the back, filled with water..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Texas Platters

"...In the early Nineties, when Round Rock's Rick Trevino was making a notable splash on the..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Music Feature

Firehouse Rock

Benefits That Really Make Money

"..."charity dance," sells the sap the "tickets," and heads for the city limits by tune's fade. You'd be surprised..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Music Feature

Sad Stories and Steel Guitars

Tearjoint Troubador Ted Roddy's Country Soul

"...since 1995's Full Circle and the first under his velveteen-country Tearjoint Troubador guise, is perhaps best appreciated by toting..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Timeline/Discography

A timeline / discography of Doug Sahm

"...pseudonyms such as the Sir Douglas Quintet or the Texas Tornados. Additionally, there are dozens and dozens of recordings..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Groover's Paradise

Former Rolling Stone scribe Ed Ward describes trying to track Doug Sahm.

"...asked. Mendocino had been one of my favorite albums for a long time, and word had it another was..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Ed Ward

General Jackson

Artist and historian Jack Jackson remembered by those who knew him well

"...and Seventies, the irreverent twisting of the classic art form to reflect the changing values of the generations. And..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Node Exit

What ails singers

"...his or her voice. More important is the choreography for "Get Down Tonight," a proper air-guitar solo for "Girls,..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...TERRY BOZZIO: Dripping with percussive proficiency, Austin resident and former Zappa -- and Missing Persons -- drummer Terry Bozzio..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...the Wednesday night showcases being tried out around town for the first time were confined to 17 venues and..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Two Turntables and a Microphone

Austin's DJ Culture

"...Jacqueline Specht photograph by Bruce Dye If 1997 put forth the question "Is Electronica the Next Big Thing?" then..."

May 29, 1998 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...earned both critical acclaim and solid AAA radio play for its deft mixture of rock, folk, and pop. (Iron..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Aces High

The Return of the Texas Tornados

"...Sex Pistols, the Misfits, Radio Birdman, the Bay City Rollers. There's so many damned corpses getting out of their..."

July 5, 1996 Music Feature

Eight Wheels, Two Toe Stops: The Flat Track Top 10

Calling fouls and handing out points on the Roller Derby year

"...Track Roller Derby makes me feel sort of sorry for reporters who cover more established and establishment sports. After..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...In 2007, Pete Best performed Downtown on the outdoor stage of Threadgill's World Headquarters...."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Down South Jukin'

The South rises again even if Southern rockers deny it.

"...Hoo-wee, boy! It shore has been a banner year for rednecks...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...last spring, Gone Fishing, and must still be waiting for a bite since their long-delayed debut LP, When Fish..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Erickson and Doug Sahm spurred this primal strain of rock & roll, and Chapter 2, delineating the pre-punk world..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Reissues

"...MGM, there was even less concern that no masters for the music were kept; the 1954 versions were faithful..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...at the next-big-thing rate and producing urgent music that forced "dinosaurs" like the Stones, Kinks, and Who to make..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Paramount last SXSW. Patti Smith, the mother of punk rock, playing for free in a town that adores her,..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Get It While You Can

"...from something; why else would she have ridden her rocket to stardom so hard? Why would she have grabbed..."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

No Flies on Waylon

An Outlaw Who's Not Angry?

"...a large private audience of Harley enthusiasts in town for a convention...."

July 26, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Saturday Picks and Sleepers

"...8pm, Continental Club The Wagoneers started in 1987 and performed at the very first South By Southwest. Although that..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Punky Tonk Blues

Wayne "the Train" Hancock

"...See, I was originally country," Wayne Hancock twangs in his rubbery North Texas drawl...."

Nov. 24, 1995 Music Feature

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...primordial collaboration between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm, glam rock, and Austin’s first punk bands. Now, the influence of..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Holiday in San Antonio

The birth of Austin's punk scene: the Sex Pistols at Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio, 25 years ago this week.

"...Jan. 8, 1978, began like most Central Texas winter mornings: gray, but not terribly cold. It was..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...B-movie scores. Their quick-change skronk makes them a pre-eminent force in the local underground. (Ritz Lounge, 9pm) -- Greg..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...$29.95 hard Pop culture aesthete/connoisseur and senior music critic for the Village Voice, Robert Christgau has assembled a collection..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

True Blues

Alan Govenar's blues tome doesn't need to correct blues mythos. Blues is myth and vice versa.

"...music more prone to tooting its own horn than Texas blues, and with good reason. Alan Govenar's new book,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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