Metal’s Beach Boys: Def Leppard

Phil Collen details UK hitmakers’ musical work ethic

"...Given a 10-day forecast of rain, the weatherman predicts a brief respite Friday and Saturday –..."

Aug. 16, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Day at the Beach

"...Nick Veronis. Starring: Nick Veronis, Patrick Fitzgerald, Neal Jones, Catherine Kellner, Jane Adams, Joe Ragno and Martin Shakar. There's..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Beach Boys

When the album becomes Immersion

"...The Beach BoysSmile Sessions Box Set (Capitol)..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Choir at the Cactus Helps Shy Singers Find Their Voice

Monthly program pairs brews with rock favorites

"...Confession: I’m a shower singer. A crank-the-volume-roll-down-the-windows-and-belt-out-the-Talking-Heads-on-the-highway singer. A wouldn’t-be-caught-dead-in-a-karaoke-bar-but-tries-to-hit-the-high-notes-in-“Take On Me”-while-making-chocolate-chip-cookies singer...."

Sept. 4, 2019 Music Post by Roxy Bonafont

Across the Great Divide

Hacienda's Abraham Villanueva keys in on the Band

"...It begins, like all great tales, having already begun. The fade-in of "Across the Great Divide," which opens the..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The T.A.M.I. Show

"...Directed by: Steve Binder. Historic 1964 concert documentary of the Teenage Awards Music International. A classic and one of..."

July 19, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wrecking Crew

The great L.A. session band gets the doc treatment

"...Denny Tedesco’s film about the Wrecking Crew, a loose affiliate of West Coast session..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Before the Deluge

A look at three new discs from the past

"...The biggest news among 1960s fanatics is that the T.A.M.I...."

March 11, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Echo in the Canyon

History of the Laurel Canyon folk-rock scene gets lost in its own winding paths

"...There are certainly treasures to be found in this documentary..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...The South hadn't been kind to Bruce Springsteen...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Black Angels & Kikagaku Moyo, Video Age & Shy Boys, Exhumed & Creeping Death, ST 37 & the Gary, Arooj Aftab, and Kool Keith

"...Levitation: The Black Angels, Kikagaku Moyo with A Place to Bury..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

The Other Blondie

Blondie Chaplin's musical journeys

"...J.J. Johnson; guitarist Derek O’Brien is ducking out for another gig and pianist Stephen Barber is off on a..."

Aug. 27, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

I Am the Resurrection

Ignore Jim Morrison - do not cancel your subscription to the resurrection, because Roky Erickson is Lazarus unbound.

"...stepped onstage in Zilker Park last September at Austin's other great festival, Austin City Limits, with a big, shiny,..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

On the Download

Downloads, some local.

"...Tunecore, the flat-fee digital distribution service connected to iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon..."

Dec. 5, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

XBRMNT's Top 10 for the Week of Oct. 18

New blogger Nakia gets Chain Drive's Manic Monday DJ XBRMNT's Top 10.

"...Editor's Note: Here's another music list to chew on on your 'Mo Music..."

Oct. 19, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...weeks ago, Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines) entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Moody..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Kickin’ the Mud Off My Sneakers

A pretty good weekend in Geezerville

"...I’m not like most of the folks who attended the Austin City Limits Music Festival...."

Oct. 7, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Hour Has 22 Minutes

Pop quiz on Canada, with a SXSW 07 musical cheat sheet

"...Quick! What's the capital of Canada? Wrong. It's not Toronto. Who's the..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Word and the Image

The Pop Films of Peter Whitehead

"...month, as a long-overdue Peter Whitehead retrospective arrives at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. During his short but celebrated career..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Mayor of Washington Boulevard

The first Beach Boys' solo album, Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue, washes back ashore after more than three decades

"...There's a problem in paradise...."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Beach Rats

A moody take on the Jersey Shore

"...living at home with his parents and sister in their house on the outer edges of working-class Brooklyn. He..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Boys to Men

"...a documentary explaining everything you need to know about the recent, and seemingly inexplicable, boy-band phenomenon. Instead, Boys to..."

July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

BPness, Part 2: A (Long) Line (of Boom) in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 2.

"...It would seem irresponsible to be so close to the Gulf and to not at least try to learn..."

June 25, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Spotlight: The Explorers Club

Brian Wilson approved: the Explorers Club

"...admits Explorers Club vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Jason Brewer. "The song we do, 'Don't Forget the Sun'? I was..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...first semester, I only knew one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

The Wrecking Crew

Behind the boards with L.A.'s unsung studio squad

"...The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock & Roll's..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Kings of Monterrey

Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers

"...more beer. We're at a 7-Eleven not far from their rehearsal space, and the drummer, Andres Saenz, is rifling..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

MIDI Pioneer George Alistair Sanger The Fat Man

"...by Rob Patterson Back in the early Eighties, George Alistair Sanger was another struggling Los..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature

Descent Into the Maelstrom

Radio Birdman surfs out of Edgar Allan Poe's maelström a quarter-century later

"...The edge of the whirl was represented by a broad..."

June 22, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Honey in the Pot

Grizzly Bear's mash note

"...Remember high school dances, when the boys and the girls would stand on opposite walls..."

June 17, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

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