ACL Interview: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Your basic sweaty rock & roll revival

"...It’s been a long time since we heard the primal blues-punk of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Why?..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

ACL Interview: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Part Two

Friday, Oct. 11, 7:30pm, Zilker Tent stage

"...seemed to happen out of nowhere, Meat & Bone, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's first disc in eight years...."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

ACL Live Shot: Pacha Massive, Blind Boys of Alabama, JD McPherson, and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

An afternoon in the Gospel Tent no one could follow

"...The downtempo dub and Latin-electro grooves of Pacha Massive proved..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

ACL Interview: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

7:30pm, Zilker Tent stage

"...three years where we didn't play at all," says Jon Spencer, explaining his Blues Explosion's recently broken absence. "But..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Roadkill

"...Lunch Saturday, November 30 Smell something funny? It's probably Jon Spencer's pant leg...."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Feature

Putting the Pedal to the Metal

Edgar Wright cranks up the jams for his new film Baby Driver

"...its world premiere at SXSW, puts Ansel Elgort in the driver’s seat as Baby, a wheelman who depends on..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

All Blues

Q&A with the signature bluesman of the Nineties, R.L. Burnside.

"...when most folks would be content to settle into their easy chairs, the former sharecropper instead became the Nineties'..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

How the West Was Won

SXSWUK 2008

"...The Gorillaz are extinct, and with barely a Queen, good,..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

No Control Radio Presents: Scratch Acid w/ When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth

Nicole's show pick for Saturday

"...We can enjoy alternative punk rock today because of the grit of Austin-born Scratch Acid and a handful of..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Events Post by Nicole Wagner

Off the Record

Across a Wire: Okkervil River and Nakia hit prime time

"...The Lady Killer..."

May 6, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Celebrating Independence Day with Wild America and Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic

"...Gods of the Earth..."

July 9, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

After Two-Year Hiatus Levitation Hits the Clubs

Droning on with Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Ian Svenonius, and Bedouine

"...Levitation returns as a blueprint for future festivals given the rising, upfront costs of modern musical convergences. Its model..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Off the Record

Scott Newton and Ginger Leigh go under the lens

"...All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Playback: The Boxing Lesson Goes Rambo

Boxing Lesson's not afraid of 'Big Hits'

"...Making a new album was no easy fight for the Boxing Lesson...."

May 10, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

UT and KUT's communications about the Cactus Cafe remain off-grid, while David Kimbrough Jr. reinstates his late father's legacy at TC's, and Alejandro Escovedo goes viral from the Stone Pony in Asbury Park

"...Forsaking the Song, Part 14..."

July 30, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans

International Acts at SXSW

"...Death Metal Symphony in Deep C. It's just what the name implies - a full metal symphony - and..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Now I Got Worry

The return of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

"...For years there hung in Sam’s BBQ a signed black & white..."

May 5, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Baby Driver

A heist goes wrong for a music-loving getaway driver.

"...Edgar Wright. Starring: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Eiza González, Jon Bernthal, Flea and..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ian Svenonius’ Many Musical Irons

D.C. stalwart Levitates twice this weekend

"...Recently reaching the half-century mark, Chicago native and longtime D.C. resident Ian..."

April 27, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Reissues

"...The Jon Spencer Blues ExplosionNow I Got Worry (Majordomo) The..."

May 14, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Greg Beets' National Top Ten

"...Music Vol. 1: Industrial Show Tunes in Praise of the Products We Trust (Honest-Abe Disc!)..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...The following are albums by artists playing the 1997 South..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

ACL Live Shot: Kings of Leon

They’re what a rock & roll act is supposed to be, right?

"...Despite their enormous popularity, there’s nothing captivating about Kings of Leon...."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Further Reflections

"...Elizabeth Hurley at the EDtv premiere at the Paramount Theatre. photograph by John..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Record Reviews: Reissues

"...The Unboxed Set (Triple X)..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Review

Braver Newer World

The Year in Albums

"...Nineteen ninety-six was the year we remembered the millennium. It came on gradually..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

More Old Settler's Music Festival Preview

OSMF preview

"...just like anything else," drawls Dr. Ralph Stanley over the land line from his home in rural Virginia, downplaying..."

April 11, 2014 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview

"...The house band for Austin hardcore haven Red 7, Career..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...Mardi Gras celebration this past February into fodder for the future Fox program When Fratboys Attack. Just around the..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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