SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...released by Brooklyn's Diesel Only. His is a twangy roots-rock amalgam underlined with lyrics that are literate and slightly..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...masters of Sunday-afternoon indie rock, followed by the rumbly, urban, and edgy Ewa Braun from Slupsk, Poland. Next comes..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...Portland's Dandy Warhols (Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia) duked it out with Primal Scream (Xtrmntr) for..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Records) and the result is, oh, let's go with urban electrified Americana. And let's also go with, "One of..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...not rock & roll. ODB's outrageous N***A Please, the Roots' prophetic street treatise Things Fall Apart, Handsome Boy Modeling..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...the 10-1 City Council from the old at-large system; urbanists from preservationists and homeowners; and the new Austin left..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

The Insider

Sam Moore wants to make you feel good; just ask Springsteen

"...want to be soul stars. They want to be urban stars. When I came around it was roots music,..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...Hall or by the best and brightest minds of urban studies. It was supplied by the Day Job.The Great..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

I Before E

A career retrospective on one of the lost cosmic cowboys, Rusty Wier

"...You Wanna Dance," Bonnie Raitt's double-platinum hit from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. It's been covered innumerable times, but it..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Naked City

Local Austin news and gossip

"...working-class neighborhood east of downtown into a dense, mixed-use urban destination, but they bailed on the deal when Dunnaway,..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postmarks

Duke Still Had It

"...The chief cause of urban sprawl in Austin is the need to provide large..."

May 14, 1999 Column

Box Sets/Reissues

The Disco Box

"...mechanical bulls to prove it. Led by John Travolta's Urban Cowboy military-taut Wranglers, all things country were hot property..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature

The Lay of the Land

Timing Is Everything

"...Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA). "There's a national trend toward urban-core redevelopment, which we needed to do out of desperation..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rental Health Worries

Pecan Springs Gives Apartments Thumbs Down

"...to make a decision that was "politics rather than urban planning." Mind you, this is coming from a woman..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...he waits tables), while weaving in assorted references to urban horror stories and a grim subplot involving a serial..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...resonates for him. The Fall 1994 collection had its roots in a number of diverse gestures: images from Robert..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...resonates for him. The Fall 1994 collection had its roots in a number of diverse gestures: images from Robert..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...The Englishman, now putting down roots in Bastrop, says he's ready "for the next adventure..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...flip: Buddy Holly. How early? At 15, his Texan roots rockers Whoa, Trigger took home Best New Band at..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Land for Water

The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs

"...dissecting WQPL. We pass through what is called a wildland-urban interface, with the orderly Shady Hollow subdivision on one..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Boil Water Notice Inspires Donations and Creative Drink Options

Fluff Meringues’ Grand Opening, Texas Wine Month, and Roya preview

"...The Infinite Monkey Theorem Urban Winery will continue the celebration on Wednesday, October 24,..."

Oct. 22, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

The Next Generation of Austin Hip-Hop

Young rappers reinvent the most streamed genre in America

"..."Kids these days can do their own thing thanks..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

How Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" Became the Most Valuable Song of All Time

Buffett began composing the song after visiting a local Mexican restaurant

"...song's crisp Nashville backing and tropical breeziness seeped country roots into urban suburbs previously untouched by the genre. Today,..."

July 21, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The 2016-17 Austin Music Awards’ Texan Tower of Song

Thirty-five years of AMAs? More like 181 years of Texas on one stage, on one night!

"...equal audience, put on a veritable spectacle of genre-bending roots lyricism tapping the highest levels of investiture, inventiveness, and..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Citywide Talent - Meet the Finalists of Citywide 86'd

Four young cooks compete in the finals tonight

"...Italian restaurant where he worked there is one of Urban Spoon's 250 best restaurants in the United States. So,..."

June 17, 2013 Food Post by Carly Yansak

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...ska muzak of sextet Riddim Saunter; we call it Urban Blight Lite. The Tokyo-based bandmates have three LPs to..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...Ramos moves outside traditional Spanish-language music with worldly sophistication, urban quirk, and Continental flair, hence the "Dirty Cumbia." –..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Off the Record

Diving into Club 1808, the Real Heroes' Chinese democracy, and Ray Benson on Willie, Wexler, and the Wheel

"...music," Benson remembers. "We were both looking for the roots of American music. The only difference is that he..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Mohawk welcomes Red River Flats to the neighborhood, Ego's sings karaoke, and a tribute to pianist Doug Hall

"...Ville may actually become a model of coexistence between urban development and live music. The four-story, 120-unit apartment complex,..."

April 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wednesday Sleepers

"...Vets of SXSW 06, the classical folk outfit has roots that extend all the way to about year zero...."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

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