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Scaggs Photo in Bad Taste

"...an issue important, they act, sometimes rather suddenly and high-handedly. Because their goals (protecting water quality and moving businesses..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...for 10 days every January these intersecting interests converge high up in the Wasatch Mountains in the tiny resort..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: On the Ground at Levitation 2024

Gang of Four, Swirlies, Slowdive, and more highlights from the four-day fest

"...to see ahead of GoF’s 2025 farewell tour. The bandmates fell out of time with each other a handful..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Amyl & the Sniffers, Beach Fossils, the Veldt, and More Reviews From Levitation’s Saturday and Sunday

Standout sets to wrap the Halloweekend music festival

"...Tour pairings like Australian crew Amyl & the Sniffers..."

Oct. 30, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed Over Austin – in Second Ever Local Concert

…with sympathy for the parking lot

"...equal stature: the word’s most famous rock ’n’ roll band...."

Nov. 21, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Virtual ACL Music Fest Keeps Flags Flying

Nostalgic livestream and rising Austin talent fundraise for the Austin Parks Foundation

"...Over three nights of what would have been weekend two, organizers streamed hours of archival footage – the oldest..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Judas Priest Slam Dunks First Night at ACL Live

British steelers ram it down in one fell swoop. Tonight follows!

"...Downing than Downing himself even, Richie Faulkner now plays six-string fuse and solo spotlight to riff brigadier Andy Sneap,..."

May 29, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...of the War on Drugs (the policy, not the band), "Beer" pointedly, and in great detail, eschews the charms..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Folk Music Fireball!

Sixty years ago this month and next, Elvis Presley destroyed Austin

"...honky-tonks in Austin were laid-back dance halls. Local country bands played, or Dessau Hall might have some stars come..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Thursday Showcases

International hip-hop, or domestic, Modern Outsider sounds?

"...live debut deep in the heart of Austin. Epik High are Korea's OG hip-hop crew, and space cadet girl..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Playback

Late SXSW Creative Director Brent Grulke memorialized, and other Thursday SXSW tips

"...SXSW remains a result of Grulke. His appetite for bands grew the Festival from a 500-act event when he..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"...have gotten the nod instead, opening hex on the band's Voodoo Lounge tour in the mid 1990s. Richards' customary..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Seek and Destroy

One Swordsman's 'diary' highlights of three months on the road with Metallica

"...accustomed to being able to at least see my bandmates at any given time. Now, they might all be..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Feature by Trivett Wingo

Wish List

Give 'til it helps: Part 1

"...High-quality colored paper..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Features Feature

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...Hutch Hutchison – and even a lucky passenger or two – frequently join in...."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...martyr for a country that knows a thing or two about the Catholic letting of blood. Shot with a..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

Catching His Breath

For Performance Artist Sxip, It's All in the Breathing

"...his otherworldly guitar pieces with paper clips over the strings, or playing the harmonica with mad stomping and huffing..."

April 11, 1997 Arts Feature

Music Reviews

"...listen." This means the album in question got one, two, perhaps even three spins, and by the third, some..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature

Teezo Touchdown, Arny Margret, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Standout sets to kick off the big music week

"...Opening up the inside of Empire Control Room for High Road Touring’s stacked Tuesday night SXSW showcase, exceptional songwriters..."

March 13, 2024 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Gary Clark Jr.’s Free Longhorn City Limits Show and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Recommended shows for Halloween night, from Genesis Owusu to Full of Hell

"...and Sierra Ferrell duet "Ready or Not." Shakey's traveling band remains a live force, selling out large clubs and..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Austin Music Awards’ Ecstatic Experience

Thirty-four awards and six musical sets in 211 minutes

"...Bidi Bidi Banda's Selena fanatic Steph­anie Bergara and the three sisters rocking..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Austin Music Awards’ Ecstatic Experience

Thirty-four awards and six musical sets in 211 minutes

"...Bidi Bidi Banda’s Selena fanatic Stephanie Bergara and the three sisters rocking..."

March 1, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

To Have and Have Not

Five-year Austinite Joe Pug is paying off

"...as trusty an accessory as the open-mic drifter's acoustic six-string...."

May 1, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Playback: Cherubs Flit Back

The unlikely return of Nineties noisemakers Cherubs.

"...Consider it a tired acknowledgment of unexplored potential from bands that developed quickly but burnt out too soon. That's..."

July 25, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Rod Kennedy's 80th birthday

"...of neighboring buildings to catch a glimpse of the band's lone homecoming engagement. Austin's Fab Four rewarded the capacity..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Announcing the 2007-08 Austin Music Awards lineup; Charlie Sexton brings sexy back; and KOOP Radio returns to the airwaves

"...evening is a Gary Clark Jr. showcase and a six-string salute to Walter Hyatt led by David Ball of..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Ana's Opening

Third place

"...up for the day. She pulled her mother's dirt-dark high heels out of her closet and, like a pigeon..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Stacy Muszynski

I Am the Resurrection

Ignore Jim Morrison - do not cancel your subscription to the resurrection, because Roky Erickson is Lazarus unbound.

"...John, marks another accession for the 13th Floor Elevators' two-headed dog handler, and if this Old Testament world were..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...various careers – as the frontman for the Seventies band Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys; as the writer..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Marble Falls

The demise of one small town's one-screen theatre comes down to cold logic in a big business. James McWilliams reports.

"...for Susan Spitzer, co-owner of the Marble with her husband Gene for the past 21 years. Like a preacher..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

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