Music Reviews

"...TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature

Rod Melancon

"...John Campbell's dirge trances ("Rehabilitation"). Still, redemption lurks in Tom Waits' "Goin' Out West" and the maniacal, self-deprecating shuffle..."

May 3, 2019 Music Review by Scott Jordan

37th Annual Austin Music Awards Kick Open Some Back Doors

Generations old and new nab honors and rock the Moody

"...fête set with rockabilly queen Rosie Flores, soul howler Tomar Williams, and blues-funk duo the Peterson Brothers...."

Feb. 28, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Playback: No Really, How Are You?

Daniel Johnston provides backstory to Hi, How Are You? Day, plus the first 2017/18 Austin Music Awards talent reveal

"...artist – whose lo-fi songs have been covered by Tom Waits and championed by Kurt Cobain, whose drawings of..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Tuesday Showcase Picks

"...EP Sun Damage. Straying from the straightforward punk bill, Tomás Doncker & the True Groove All-Stars disseminate celestial Afrobeat..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature

Hayes Carll Record Review

Lovers and Leavers (Hwy 87/Thirty Tigers)

"...("A Lover Like You") on the way to a Tom Waits cover ("I Don't Wanna Grow Up") – song..."

April 8, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Joni Mitchell

Out of the basement and under the tree!

"...resistant to career-spanning box sets. Of those never anthologized, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and Steve Earle come to mind...."

Dec. 12, 2014 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Dust In the Air

Q&A with Jay Farrar of Son Volt

"...the bio that came with the disc, you claim Tom Waits is more of an inspiration...."

Nov. 11, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Amazing Radio, Auspicious Sarah Jarosz

"...the amazing radio event; Sarah Jarosz was playing her Tom Waits cover (“Come Up to My House”) live on..."

Oct. 1, 2009 Postmarks

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...also wearing SPF 60 sunscreen and talking volleyball with Tom Hanks...."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gruff and Tumble

Todd Snider and Fred Eaglesmith sing songs of war and peace

"...of ideas as Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Guy Clark, and Tom Russell, although a bit more bluntly and with greater..."

Oct. 8, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

The sound of music at the 2008 SXSW Film Conference, Barack Obama boogies back to Texas with Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, and Bubble Recording sports a diamond

"...Band of Gypsys bandmate Billy Cox, as well as Tommy Shannon and Cyril Neville, among others, is scheduled for..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Steve Earle

Saturday, Sept. 15, Zilker park

"...even among the thousands as Earle offered his hits "Tom Ames' Prayer," "Transcontinental Blues," and "Copperhead Road," along with..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

TCB

Going Braless in city of Small Stars and smashed guitars

"...louche vision to life. Selections may include anything from Tom Waits' "Jockey Full of Bourbon" to the Ides of..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...a dramatic blend of arena rock, punk, and glam custom-made for sullen youths kicking beer bottles down the railroad..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Big in Japan

Austinites forge a career half a world away.

"...store played the disc for days afterward and that customers constantly asked, "Who is that?" Every reply gained a..."

May 2, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Ramsay Midwood

Texas Platters

"...Shootout. That is, if you filtered those old-timers through Tom Waits or even Nick Cave and maybe Steve Earle..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Guy Forsyth

Texas Platters

"...a swaggering, guitar-sliding, Delta-to-Dixie Biblical fable, "Adam's Rib." Troubalicious! Tom Waits meets Tom Stoppard. "Patient's Blues," maybe Dave Matthews..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Insider: Hiroshi Asada

Brief Interviews With Important People

"...directorial work in Tokyo cinema. In 1975, he founded Tom's Cabin Production, the first company to invite foreign artists..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Crafting the Song

Austin theatre actor Robert Fisher has the heart of a rock & roller, the work ethic of a medieval craftsman, and the style of a Bob Fosse. Either he's in the wrong business or he is, as playwright Kirk Lynn calls him, "a wonder."

"...a company was holding auditions for a production of Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia. "Each of us saw the notice..."

March 16, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...you've ever thought you might like the sound of Tom Petty doing bong hits in a van with Fu..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW wristbands go on sale with the news that Dr. Demento will be attending this year's festival. Also, the passing of the Victory Grill's Johnny Holmes, and the expansion of Emo's.

"...call the Fire Marshal," commented the magazine's executive editor Tom Beaujour, who says the Cult is still not 100%..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Mastica '99 (First World)

Texas Platters

"...cool songs, intrepid experimentation on atypical instruments, and a Tom Waits-like ruff sonic patina, like "Crescent Moon," which has..."

April 14, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch

Gung Ho

Q&A with punk priestess Patti Smith.

"...Director Jody Denberg had done with music festival headliner Tom Waits, who the longtime local deejay, writer, and music..."

March 31, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

SXSW Profiles

Jody Denberg talks to Patti Smith

"...Chronicle his conversations with performers like Lyle Lovett and Tom Waits, produced for promotional interview discs. For the latest,..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

1999-2000 Award Winners

"...12. Tomas Ramirez..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...fatuous guitar wank-a-thons. Classic should've-been-hits like "Rockaway Beach," "Teenage Lobotomy," and "Blitzkrieg Bop" abound in heroic, K-Tel proportions. The..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Barton Springs Eternal

"...the Ball-Breaker Tour: Internet news service Allstar reports that Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers have offered Fastball a three-week..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Mystery Train

Jarmusch applies his minimalist style to the margins of Memphis as seen through the experiences of three sets of foreigners.

"...Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco, Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi, Tom Noonan, Rufus Thomas and Tom Waits. Jim Jarmusch applies..."

Aug. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Record Reviews

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...(World Circuit/Nonesuch) ELIADES OCHOA..."

June 11, 1999 Music Review

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