Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back to my fourth day in Texas:..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Records

"...of you trips, the other flips and changes the records -- to prevent personal injury and damage to the..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Music Review

Texas Music Group

TMG label rises from the ashes of Watermelon and Antone's.

"...most prominent indie labels of the Nineties -- Antone's Records and Watermelon Records -- to create a new, dynamic,..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Into the Vault

And the new owner of Antone's Records is...

"...bankruptcy protection in Nov. 2008, the assets of Antone's Records, Texas Music Group, and Texas Clef Entertainment – a..."

March 15, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Going for Broke

Fruit Salad Days

"...The only portion of Watermelon's history that remains almost entirely uncontested is what has..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

Doug Sahm returns from beyond, MP3s shake up Austin music, Hip Hop meets R&B, and the Watermelon Saga continues...

"...Wayne Douglas hits the racks June 13 on Tornado Records. By that time, an album from the other end..."

April 21, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

"...recent venture at the Pixies hoot night. Slicing the Watermelon..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

"...be released in Europe on their longtime label Munich Records and in the states by the highly respected American..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Lizards of Aus

'Never an Adult Moment' With Austin's Veteran Bluegrass Pranksters

"...and released as their debut in 1984 on Workshop Records, then home to Robert Earl Keen. Creatures From the..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

The Quiet Game

"...the label on which it appeared. Local label Freedom Records released the disc much to the distress of another..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Column

Dancing About Architecture

More record label shuffles for the Meat Puppets, the Hole in the Wall gets bigger, Ray Benson gets taller, and music lawsuits get uglier

"...so many peers, but now, with their next London Records album finished and almost ready to ship, it looks..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Ride This Rocket

Damon Bramblett

"...doing a Springsteen cover on a couple of his records. And the same thing with Bob Dylan, too. I..."

March 6, 1998 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Dancing About Architecture

Boats, Planes, and 'Dillos

"...hearing on Tuesday brought the seemingly endless saga of Watermelon Records one step closer to a close, as the..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Page Two

"...Watermelon Records' Heinz Geissler was reluctant to pose for a..."

June 18, 1999 Column by Louis Black

The Great Roots-Rock Scare of '96

The Americana Chart, Alternative Country, and Austin

"...charts, playing on the age-old idea that getting your records played on the radio translates into record sales...."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Grab the End of the Poll

"...been scotched, I wondered what the problem was. Munich Records' Myles Faulkner was hesitant to say much, but made..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Column

Off the Record

Checking in to South by Southwest 2010

"...window for mobile advertising – imagine checking into Waterloo Records or End of an Ear and being rewarded with..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...has an additional three cuts -- is now Waterloo Records' biggest selling album of all time. You read that..."

April 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

The usual suspects return: Miles Zuniga, Daniel Johnston, Sandra Bullock, Bob Schneider, and the Asylum Street Spankers; also, Patti Smith returns to Austin for SXSW, as do a bunch of other people.

"...CEOs and whatnot from MCA, Island Def Jam, Artemis Records, and Grand Royal (skip those nasty A&R guys!); "War..."

March 10, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Pushing the Envelope

"...of a series of meetings in bankruptcy court between Watermelon Records and several of the label's acts who claim..."

March 5, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Off the Record

The estate of Don Walser and Southbound's Lowkey both get their respective days in court

"...yodeler Don Walser against his former record labels Antone's Records, Texas Music Group, and Texas Clef Enter-tainment took place..."

June 4, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Dancing About Architecture

The Gourds weren't Phishing for trouble when they covered "Gin and Juice"; the Meat Puppets have (probably) found a new home.

"...the whole situation, because the song appears on their Watermelon Records EP Go Gitcher Shinebox, meaning that it's been..."

June 16, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Jesus Loves Hyde Park, Too

"...Editor: Reading through the autopsy of Watermelon Records ["Going for Broke," Vol. 18, No. 42], I..."

June 25, 1999 Column

The Full Monte

"...in the three years between the Wags and the Watermelon record."..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Fine Tuning or: Gavin Peace a Chance

"...In my tale of Don Walser's signing with Sire Records last week, I didn't mention that that deal is..."

July 18, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Patroling the CMT Highway

Junior Brown's Success on Country Music Television

"...help break an act that nobody can buy their records," says Craig Bann, Vice President of Marketing and Promotions..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Monte Montgomery hooks up with big-time booking; Texas Music Group has big plans.

"...where were we last time we spoke of Antone's Records? As I recall, former Watermelon Records czar Heinz Geissler..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

The Jr. Files

"...government conspiracy." (Now, there's a surprise!) Brown's new Curb Records album, Long Walk Back, is due in stores September..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Butthole Surfer Update!

"...was seen scarfing free chow at the Buttholes' Capitol Records party a few weeks ago, has signed to Mercury..."

July 5, 1996 Music Column

Sheiks of Industry

Austin record labels, part 1

"...week and next, many more Austin musicians are making records bearing an imprint of their own design. Most of..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

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