Sound on Sound Review: Car Seat Headrest

Slacker Pavement hooks meet James Murphy’s drollness

"...“Austin, how are you?” shouted Andrew Katz from behind the drum kit midway through Car Seat Headrest’s Saturday evening..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Film Flam

PBS premieres, plus an accessible fest

"...time of year. From Fantastic Fest and Polari through the Austin Film Festival and newcomer Forever Fest, it's a..."

Oct. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

What's Cool and Where It's At

What Austin teens are reading, wearing, eating, hearing

"...go to Grulkefest? If you're U18, you probably weren't there to witness Austin's music legends celebrate late SXSW guru..."

Sept. 25, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Capsula

"...CapsulaIn the Land of Silver Souls (Krian Music Group)..."

March 16, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's 'Kind of Blue' and the Remaking of Modern Music

Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and everything after

"...The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's 'Kind of Blue' and the..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Day Party Crawl

"...Here's a theory: Any band worth listening to is either a disciple..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Texas Platters

S.A., esse

"...HickoidsThe Hairy Chafin' EP (Saustex) Texas Music ExtravaganzaThe San Antonio..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The Vaselines

"...The VaselinesEnter the Vaselines (Deluxe Edition) (Sub Pop)..."

April 24, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

John Peel's Top Ten

John Peel's Top Ten X-mas

"...The holidays are jammed with as many Top Ten lists..."

Dec. 27, 2008 Music Post by Marc Savlov

Ode to M'Lady (and Her Kin)

Where would I be without Margaret?

"...it were, because for one night a year (and the year's worth of days that it takes to pull..."

March 15, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs

"...Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Roky Erickson

Reissues

"...anthology, I Have Always Been Here Before (Shout! Factory), these reissues would be a much bigger deal. Don't Slander..."

July 1, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Black Lipstick

"...The Velvet Underground spawned a million bands with their organic..."

April 22, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

P2C05

"...five years without slipping into a readily identifiable genre. Their songs are too slippery for post-punk, too straightforward for..."

March 4, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Earthpig @ Continental Club

"...There's something deceptive about what Earthpig does. Okay, he plays..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Jeff Whittington, 1955-2001

"...I was reminiscing about Sara Clark, an editor at the Austin Sun in the Seventies, who died recently. In..."

July 20, 2001 Music Column by Margaret Moser

SXSW Profiles

Thursday Night

"...Texas Union Ballroom, 11pm Thursday John Cale was on the telephone recently, pondering the news of his upcoming honorary..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Transona 5: Going Away EP

"...Transona 5Going Away EP (Drawing Room) Leaving is perhaps the most profound thing a person can do. On their..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Album Review: Big Bill’s Strawberry Seed

Austin’s Big Bill grows up – sort of

"...“cacophony of feverish, chaotic punk and absurdist humor,” as the Chronicle put it in 2018, the band united all..."

June 21, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Tribeca Film Review: Dreaming Walls

A resident's-eye view of life in NYC's bohemian hub

"...Is there any residence more famous, infamous, blessed, and benighted than..."

June 20, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2021

"...spellbinds in this slow-boil stew of friendship, loss, and the possibility of redemption. Quoth Styx: "Babe, I love you."..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Through New Eyes: Black Angels Frontman Alex Maas Raises Luca

The glow of parenthood and a golden voice shine through on solo debut

"...He isn't so much the "voice" of the Black Angels as their set of..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Levitation: John Cale, Black Angels

Velvet Underground in the house!

"...eyes, but it happened Saturday night at Stubb’s, where the Black Angels secured a performance from legendary Velvet Underground..."

Nov. 10, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Swervedriver Cruises Satansville

Two-album re-creation levitates Moody offshoot

"...Bathed in the luminescence of their own logo towering behind..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Music Post by Greg Stitt

Page Two: Let Us Pray and Play Guitar

The revolution is ongoing, the revolution is daily

"...Back in the mid-Eighties when Michael Corcoran as the Chronicle's regular music..."

April 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Austin’s Record Store Day Picks

Local releases and where to get 'em

"...Music freaks and fetishists mark their calendars annually for this coming Saturday – April 18..."

April 15, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Anarchy in Paris

French electro anarchist Éric Débris resides in South Austin

"...Paris, 1975 is boring and repressive. Gotham gutter-glam terrors the New York Dolls create a sensation two years earlier..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

What is Proper Nang? Austin’s Teen Beat

The next generation weighs in on what’s hip in the ATX

"...Proper Nang is a Brit term for the very coolest. I first started writing about Austin’s teen..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Psychotic Reaction

Golden Boys ringleader John Wesley Coleman indulges his compulsion

"...The local record store clerk points to a back wall,..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Mondays Redux

"...A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake..."

July 7, 2006 Music Feature

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