The Velvet Underground

The originators of alt music get the artistic biography they deserve

"...Curious, the tepid-to-bad reviews filtering from Cannes this past summer over..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Todd Haynes Melds Sound and Vision in The Velvet Underground

New music documentary reframes the New York quartet as experimenters and innovators

"...It's not that the Velvet Underground were an influential band, though they were...."

Oct. 15, 2021 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King

"...Directed by: Jeff Feuerzeig. There came a point when Jeff Feuerzeig became so fed..."

May 27, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Black Angels Confront a Violent World

New LP Death Song soundtracks a society on the brink

"...a mildly cruel sun, but her chair topples to the ground with a loud thud against the wooden patio...."

April 28, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

A Walk on the Dark Side

An interview with Karen Bernstein, producer of Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart (playing at the Alamo Drafthouse on Wednesday, Jan. 10), a breathless, soundtrack-shaped romp through Reed's career so far

"..."American Masters" producer Karen Bernstein thinks the sweetest moment in the adventure that was the making..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins

The legend of Texas journalism gets the coverage she deserves

"...There are plenty of great things to say about director..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators

Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles

"...Levitation's three-day bacchanal honoring sounds and philosophies wrought at the Vulcan Gas Company, Congress Avenue's patchouli-soaked den of all..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Alejandro, Blaze & Townes Shake the Continental Club

Escovedo sets up Blaze duo Ben Dickey and Charlie Sexton

"...since I played here,” offered Alejandro Escovedo on Saturday, the second installment of his two-night, packed-house return to the..."

July 2, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The San Francisco Sound

Celebrating the San Francisco Sound, 1965-1970, if not Rhino Records anthology thereof

"...The first music piece I ever wrote was on the..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Feature by Louis Black

SXSW Music Review: The Klitz

Memphis punk pioneers endure

"...As the Violators and Skunks helped invent Austin punk in 1978,..."

March 14, 2019 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

Raising Hell With the Legacy of Molly Ivins at SXSW

Texas’ beloved crusading journalist gets her documentary due

"...There are plenty of great things to say about director..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: I'll Be Your Mirror

Grab the remote: 'Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart' is on PBS in an hour

"...Sorry for the late notice but we just noticed that PBS has..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Syl Sylvain & the Sylvains

New York Doll assembles local all-stars Friday at Hotel Vegas

"...Among the myriad accomplishments of Syl Sylvain – born Ronald Mizrahi..."

Aug. 12, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Last Ramone

Onetwothreefour, cretins gonna hop no more

"...The meme spread like a rash across the Internet, telling..."

July 14, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Chaos in Tejas Live (First Night): The Bats

Seminal Kiwis back in the U.S.A.

"...Bats leader Paul Kean had to chuckle. “There seem to be less tattoos in this room than..."

May 31, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Flight of the Conchords

The reality about Aussie and Kiwi acts

"...That's the joke, see? That they can't get people to come..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Voxtrot: The (Re)start of Something

12 years after disbanding, the forerunners of modern indie-pop call on the "mystical, inexplicable force" that flowed through their Early Music

"...Voxtrot would like to revise their last will and testament, please. No, not that part..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

The Half-Century Psych of Shiva's Headband

13th Floor Elevators weren't the only local psych act exploring Austin's outer limits – and still doing so

"...There have been bands skirting around the edges of city..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...urgently. "We told people we're on at this time. They may not get to see us!"..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Girls of Summer Redux

Girls Rock Camp Austin valedictorians Schmillion

"...after seeing one Girls Rock Camp Austin band after another demolish ideas about gender, class, and expectation at the..."

July 22, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Hammer of the Gods

Scandinavia brings the lobster tail to SXSW 07

"...The Romans and Greeks were the first to write about..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Sound of One Psycho Cracking

John Cale talks abut composing the original soundtrack for American Psycho

"...dog this highly charged movie. However, one aspect of the film that is indisputable is the importance of the..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Greil Marcus and the Mad Parade

In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, Greil Marcus explained punk to the world and created a bible for that music's true believers. As Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals opens its stage adaptation of Marcus' book, the author talks about the Stones, the Sex Pistols, and the "mad parade" of history.

"...have. He was finishing up his new column for the online magazine Salon and is planning a visit to..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

The Singer Not the Song

But the Little Girls Understand

"...There was one brief and somewhat tarnished moment during my..."

June 11, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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

Outta the Bag

John Cale loosens a new 'Black Acetate' on the unsuspecting underground

"...While the term "avant-garde" has been applied to much of John..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

“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

The Pink Pick

Kate Messer remembers when she first met Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison and they bonded over the Gibson SG like a couple of guitar geeks.

"...There was a whole fistful of picks he could've chosen..."

March 17, 2000 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The Witnesses

"...Tucker Friend of Sterling's from childhood and bandmate in the Velvet Underground. Lives in Georgia with her family...."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

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