Our Music Critics Pick Their Top 10 Austin Albums of 2018

80 local picks from Molly Burch to Brownout

"...1) Young Mothers, Morose (Self Sabotage)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Kevin Welch

"...Largely low-key musically over the past decade since moving to Texas and releasing 2010's..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

More Sinclair in Austin?

Right-wing behemoth might be taking over Fox 7

"...The Sinclair Broadcast Group could be widening its reach in..."

May 18, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Sympathetic Coverage for Austin Bomber Mark Conditt

National outlets muddy moral picture

"...Conditt terrorized parts of Central Texas for three weeks, the national corporate media's sympathetic coverage of the killer hasn't..."

March 30, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

My Jerusalem

"...just smells funny. Frank Zappa spoke of jazz at the time, but its blues offshoot cousin today lacks any..."

July 15, 2016 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

White Denim

"...For a brief instant, the future of White Denim seemed uncertain. Despite the departure..."

April 1, 2016 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

P.T. Banks’ Real Love

Local songsmith outs BS in “Resurrection” video premiere

"...Banks’ latest single “Resurrection” finds the indie rock songsmith holding love songs to a higher..."

March 7, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins

A squeaky clean country rep still

"...Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbinsby Diane Diekman University of Illinois..."

June 15, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Takeshi Terauchi

"...The Sixties instrumental surf craze hit postwar Japan with the..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Music Review by Austin Powell

Ume

"...Break out the 4AD catalog circa 1994. Ume evokes the label's golden..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Music Review by Richard Whittaker

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...ghoulies and ghosties and things that go bump in the night, in literature and comics and on film and..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Robert Plant

"...T Bone Burnett, Robert Plant's latest solo outing suffers the expected sequel slump. Band of Joy lacks the subtle..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Kylesa

"...a badass. While her Kylesa co-leader Phillip Cope sports Southern trucker garb and hollers through echo effects in Grand..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Music Fest Sunday Interview

A slow-jam matrimony of Midwestern indie rock and hip-hop

"...It's even harder to keep track of who's in the group, which is basically a social network of Midwestern..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses

"...Ryan Bingham & the Dead HorsesJunky Star (Lost Highway)..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

The Morning Benders

Wednesday

"...The Morning BendersBig Echo (Rough Trade)..."

March 19, 2010 Music Review by Doug Freeman

SXSW Interviews

Primal Scream

"...The last time Primal Scream came to town – the..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Antony & the Johnsons

"...Antony & the JohnsonsThe Crying Light (Secretly Canadian)..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Pavement

"...PavementBrighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. (Matador)..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Bruce Robison

"...Bruce RobisonThe New World (Premium)..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Review by Dan Oko

Nader Not Big on Libertarian Lawsuit

The third parties try to work out how to get rid of third party status.

"...It's hard out there for a third-party candidate. The Texas electoral system does..."

Sept. 18, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

My Morning Jacket

"...Jacket bent bizarre and epic, frontman Jim James' wigged theatrics almost mocking his harrowing Rolling Thunder white-faced cover of..."

June 20, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

ACL Fest Saturday Interviews

"..."I tried my best to keep it together for years," a solemn Matt Oliver confides. "But I..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Bonfire of Roadmaps

Sheet music

"...In the closing stanzas of Joe Ely's Bonfire of Roadmaps, a..."

April 6, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Kurt Psychosis

"...Dear Editor, The gall and audacity of those who protest The Austin..."

Feb. 28, 2007 Postmarks

The Triffids

Reissues

"...The Triffids..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Music Review by Greg Beets

'Heyd Fontenot and Louie Cordero: East Meats West'

Art Palace's 'East Meats West' shows how Heyd Fontenot and Louie Cordero may have different styles, but they share an enjoyment in contemplating the body that's palpable

"...Two artists excited about painting the human body are Heyd Fontenot and Louie Cordero. They..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box

"...A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

TCB

Talking smack with Doug Stanhope and the Yuppie Pricks, investigating Substance D with 'A Scanner Darkly' composer Graham Reynolds

"...THE MAN SHOW For comedian Doug Stanhope, propriety is the..."

June 16, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Limbaugh Meets Coulter Psychobabble

"...where to begin? In his rantings, Mr. McDonald strings together Fox News echo-chamber terms including neo-leftist, moral bankruptcy, moral..."

June 9, 2006 Postmarks

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