The Scene Is Gone But Not Forgotten

The Evolution of Austin's White Blues

"...used to go to Antone's every weekend but all the good bands are gone."..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Feature

Deep in the Heart (Of Texas)

"...Jo Carol Pierce, Karen Kuykendall, John Hawkes, Ameerah Tatum, Lou Perryman, Janelle Buchanan, Amparo Garcia, Rodney Garza and Lucy..."

May 8, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trouble Men

The post-SRV trials and tribulations of Texas' most famous rhythm section

"...if everything had been repainted black. That's how Double Trouble bassist Tommy Shannon remembers the months after Stevie Ray..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

“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"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...eponymous third album became a generational touchstone only after the ashes of the band's lead singer, Bradley Nowell, spread..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...snarls Billy Bill Miller, Roky Erickson's electric autoharp genius. "The outlaw thing was pretty big. Austin became a music..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Killer Inside Me

Director Michael Winterbottom makes some fatal storytelling miscalculations in this screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel that stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson.

"...Ned Beatty, Elias Koteas, Tom Bower and Brent Briscoe. The ridiculously prolific director Michael Winterbottom (A Mighty Heart, 24..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Double Trouble Reviewed

"...Double TroubleBeen a Long Time (Tone Cool) Despite three solid, radio-friendly..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...a singer-songwriter in Dallas before moving to Austin in the early Nineties. Her increasingly more frequent gigs please her..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...It was the height of spring, mid-May, and already hot. The old..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...not in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Portraits of Austin Musicians With Their Pets During Stay-at-Home

"...Leslie Sisson (Moving Panoramas) with Bobo, Hazy and Nutmeg..."

May 7, 2020 Photo Gallery

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...some advice. Anyone could see that he was seething with anger. Lots of people get involved when he is..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Johnny Winter on the outdoor stage at Stubb's Saturday, March 21 photograph by..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Aiming for the Big Kill

Scott Martin on the inaccurate West in his new gunslinger flick

"...Forget the myth. Western gunslingers drawing a lightning fast bead, and..."

Oct. 18, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...Like this country's forefathers, it came from England. Though it didn't originate there,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Janis Joplin, Texas, and the Big Beat

How East Texas Shaped Rock's First Female Superstar

"..."I'll tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat...I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night Wandering..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...Dumpster behind Roger Scaggs' office, this garbage bag contained the pipe, the knife, five latex gloves, and Penny Scaggs'..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

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

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Blues Cruise

Texas Platters go mondo

"...Lou Ann Barton The Best! (Rock Beat Records)..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

20 Years of the Blues

"...Here at the Chronicle we write about music. We analyze, criticize, praise,..."

July 7, 1995 Music Feature

Down in the Swamps

Excello Records Reissues

"...Move over Rhino, the Best of Excello Swamp Collection you put out in..."

May 5, 1995 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

The politics of Austin music in 2008: Barack Obama boogies back to Texas, a Man From Plains, and the Live Music Task Force

"...The Power to Change..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Do Not (Po)Go Gently Into the Night

Punk Rock(ers): Not Burning Out, Not Fading Away

"...by Roy Tompkins Saturday night, a few weeks back: The phone rings. It's a rather drunken acquaintance of mine,..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature

SXSW Film Reviews

The trouble with this movie is that despite its cute premise, a sex-ed movie about masturbation wears thin surprisingly quickly.

"...The Trouble With LouD: Gregor; with Lou Romano, Katheryn Cain,..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

All-American

Jimmie Vaughan at 50

"...The last time Jimmie Vaughan sat down with the Chronicle..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Take This Waltz

Sarah Polley's sophomore film, starring Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen, is an inquiry into commitment and carnal desire, and the hard choices we make when the two don’t align.

"...Scrubbed of makeup and wearing summer cutoffs, the actress Michelle Williams could pass for 14 years old...."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Velvet Underdog

Sterling Morrison: An Oral History With Interviews

"...On the night of May 17, 1979, Sterling Morrison and John..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

November Road

Lou Berney's latest, set around JFK's assassination, is a tightly written crime tale worthy of Raymond Chandler or James M. Cain

"...November Road is the fourth novel from Lou Berney, and if that name..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

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