Too Dumb to Die

A profile of Austin's longest-running musical parody, the Uranium Savages.

"...They're not looking to get signed at South by Southwest..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time (Shockorama)..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...The past sure is tense. Thinking back amid the knotted..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Record reviews Reissues

"...THE CONGOS..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Silver Anniversary

Silver Apples stop in Austin.

"...behind his kit, sampler on one side, oscillator on the other, a screen to his right split to show..."

Sept. 6, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Michael Martin Murphey

"...Re-recording the classics that propelled him to a progressive country icon..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Richard Barone

Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village in the 1960s

"...up tunes associated with New York's Greenwich Village in the Sixties. He and some pals cast a wide net,..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Bruce James Soultet

Rhythm & Beats

"...Bruce James SoultetYours, Mine, and the Truth..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Three Cheers!

"...fine review of a mind-blowing production from Salvage Vanguard Theater of Anne-middle-name-awesome-Carson’s translation of Antigone [“How Far to Fall,”..."

April 1, 2019 Postmarks

The Drakes

For the Sake of the Song

"...The DrakesNighttime Problems..."

April 29, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute To John Fahey

Record review

"...I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute To John Fahey..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Ugly, Mean, Hurtful Review

"...Freddie Steady Go! [“Texas Platters,” Music, Sept. 16]. Concerning the songs I chose to cover being cool, Jim wrote,..."

Sept. 21, 2005 Postmarks

John Schooley & His One Man Band

Release me: Saturday, April 9, the Longbranch Inn

"...No jet engines here, only industrial sweat and steel. Southern blues stripped to the bare essentials, John Schooley &..."

April 8, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison

"...A quick return to the studio after last year's celebrated duets debut, Cheater's Game,..."

May 16, 2014 Music Review by Doug Freeman

ACL Fest Saturday Reviews

"...With the exception of Muscle Shoals' output in 1970s, the lineage..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Scandinavian Friends: A Tribute to Roky Erickson

"...On the eve of his 60th birthday, Roky Erickson is getting..."

July 6, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

The Bloody Tears

Release me: Saturday, April 9, the Longbranch Inn

"...The Bloody Tears..."

April 8, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

One More Time

Wrapping up SXSW 03: Saturday Showcases

"...Porter Hall, TN Jovita's, Saturday, March 15 Sunday is the bloody final round of SXSW, the weary trudging to..."

March 21, 2003 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Watch: Big Cedar Fever’s New Western Swing

Barnstorming Hill Country swing trio drops new EP and video

"...only last year, Big Cedar Fever has emerged as the hottest new thing in Western Swing. Georgia Parker, Ian..."

June 18, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Frankenstein’s Babymama & Friends

Brooklyn's Invulnerable Nothings bring the G-g-gothic goodness

"...in that mansion near Switzerland’s Lake Geneva back in the more Romantic day, right?..."

April 26, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Music Live: David Vincent

Death metal pioneer and new Austinite goes stone country

"...A certifiable legend in the extreme metal universe, North Carolina native David Vincent fronted..."

March 15, 2017 SXSW Post by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Review: Residual Kid

Future ACL Fest main stage trio tries inciting a Kiddie mosh instead

"...Ivy, Residual Kid’s 17-year-old singer/guitarist late Saturday afternoon on the Austin Kiddie Limits stage. The 50-year-old near the stage..."

Oct. 4, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

How's Your Self of Steam?

See the future's swashbuckling past in the present this weekend!

"...punk?" is how we titled last week's blogpost about the steampunk improv show currently at Salvage Vanguard Theater...."

Jan. 18, 2012 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Jeff Lofton Electric Thang

"...The Jeff Lofton Electric ThangChasing the Voodoo Down: Live at..."

June 3, 2011 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Steve Earle

"...watching his teenaged son, Justin Townes Earle, tread down the same disastrous path, Earle sat by the moonlit bay..."

May 15, 2009 Music Review by Doug Freeman

'Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, & Lebanon'

"...Back in 1968, Claudia Roden introduced American readers to the wonders of Arab cuisine with her groundbreaking, Book of..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Food Review by Mick Vann

Delbert McClinton Genuine Rhythm & the Blues (Hip-O)

"...Delbert McClintonGenuine Rhythm & the Blues (Hip-O) With a career as extensive as Delbert..."

May 5, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Beloved Costume Store Lucy in Disguise Closing

South Congress fixture shutting at the end of the year

"...Get ready to say farewell to the Carmen Miranda zebra on South Congress. After 38 years..."

Aug. 2, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Live Review: Billy Strings

Acid grass virtuoso leaves the BMI stage smoking

"...Bill Monroe may not approve, but Syd Barrett’s there in the afterlife, grabbing the father of bluegrass’ coattail..."

Oct. 7, 2019 Music Post by Tim Stegall

ACL Live Review: Charley Crockett

Austin crooner pulls off Doug Sahm-like blend of country-soul

"...“I didn’t expect there to be a quarter this many people here,” enthused..."

Oct. 14, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

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