Playback: Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe at ACL Fest

First weekend of ACL Fest – that's a wrap. Number two starts now.

"...flooded out, a group of stumbling drunks slurred the chorus of "All Night Long" and a lady walking next..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Friday

A Margo Price keynote, Koffee's evolution, & Obongjayar's rising star

"...SXSW newbie requested showgoers raise their arms during the chorus’ buttery bass licks: “If you’re next to someone that..."

March 18, 2023 SXSW Post by Abby Johnston

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Wednesday

The buzzy, the brave, the thrash-able twee-pop

"...Texas debut aligned with Teasdale’s birthday, requiring a crowd chorus. (Teasdale joked “I’m finally 16” in one of only..."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

Sex Toys for Solo Summer Fun

Because your safest pandemic sex partner is you

"...are endless. Whether you're social distancing or long distancing, We-Vibe manufactures a wide range of Bluetooth-enabled toys for remote..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Beth Sullivan

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Mexican American MC employs a Migos-style flow and minimalist chorus over a simple beat capturing the essence of water..."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Urban Experience

Dâm-Funk's intergalactic jam

"...slide down a pole to, but one where the chorus can heal you and that’s what the funk represents..."

March 16, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...by Evan Walsh complete the wall of sound, eschewing verse-chorus-verse rigidity for wild punk expression. "Take my picture by..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...recurring motifs of these Grape anthems is a grandiose chorus hooked to a much smaller lyric picture. In the..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Other Music

History of a lost Manhattan record store keeps a basic tune

"...dismissed as the corporate enemy). There's even the same chorus about musicians who would drop by, weekly, to scour..."

April 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The New Girlfriend

A Frenchwoman discovers the secret hidden by her best friend's husband

"...a pair of voluptuous female lips. Richard Wagner’s Bridal Chorus pipes on the soundtrack while the woman, her face..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"

Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers

"...gonna happen to it.") Three Chords, Some Verses, a Chorus, and a Bridge..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Hit Brewery Row to Choose Your Own Austin FC Home Match Beer Adventure

How to get a little matchy-matchy with the city's first top-tier sports club and its many superb beer options

"...your seat to lose your shit in a delirious chorus in what will likely be the most electric place..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Eric Puga

Playback: A Weekend on the Crust

Cruising Austin's Eastside with the Gospel Truth, Chumps, and Stza

"...Rose Tattoo’s first album, but everyone sang along. The chorus was self-explanatory: “Nice boys don’t play rock & roll.”..."

June 17, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...1am, Buffalo Billiards When Ida Maria explodes the chorus of "Oh My God," it carries the gruff ferocity..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

The Big Chill

Wild Thing Chip Taylor waxes political on 'New Songs of Freedom'

"...record mode and guitar in hand, I played the chorus, adding Kerouac-esque "beat poetry" for the verses. Listening back,..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Record Reviews

"...kora next to west Memphis rhythm guitar, an Irish chorus next to some township horns. And in each case..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...it sounds more like a journal entry than a chorus. There are a couple missteps -- cloning ZZ Top..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Review

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...also simple and catchy enough to remember by their chorus afterwards. On the way out, people were snickering that..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Xenophobia?

International Acts at SXSW

"...better. Vocal harmonies. Short guitar lead coming up. Verse chorus. Verse chorus. Add an introspective line. "Sometimes too much..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Film

Film Reviews

"...a cross between A Star Is Born and A Chorus Line and, even with all the nudity, virtually anyone..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Record Reviews

"..."Dirty High," with its repeated "I'm low, low, low" chorus that echoes. Whatever happened post-Cuckoo, Halliday and Garcia appear..."

May 1, 1998 Music Review

Live Shots

"...Colvin that using that C-F-Dm chord progression in the chorus of "You and the Mona Lisa," sounds much more..."

May 2, 1997 Music Feature

Bloody Brides, Creepy Cats, and More Arts Events for the Week

Valentine's (and anti-Valentine) fun, soundtracking a rock, etc.

"...American Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, performed in collaboration with Chorus Austin.  – Kimberley Jones PrintAustin’s PrintEXPO..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Listen to This: David Beck Breaks Down Bloom & Fade

Family ties and looking at life, track-by-track

"...“I had a first verse and chorus and nowhere to go, luckily I have talented friends..."

Sept. 22, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Dee Dee Ramone, and Joe Strummer swirled a cyclone chorus of his inked and illustrated iconography. South by Southwest..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"...don't know if we put any meaning behind the chorus, but we just smoked a bunch of pot and..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Mini Music Festival Serenades the Esperanza Community Homeless Encampment

Bands and residents soundtrack Been There event

"...Before we parted, he reiterated one chorus he sang through the big speakers earlier, a lyric..."

April 23, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...section. And every vocal is harmonized except for one chorus. I was listening to Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Qmmunity: The Queer Adoration of Robyn

Plus Halloween-inspired drag and QTAPI storytelling

"...Robyn's set – the entire audience singing the full chorus without a single note of music – I felt..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Unplugged: Lowering the Volume of the Live Music Capital

Ley Line, Aaron Stephens, Team Goodtimes, Uncle Pie Hole, and more grounded sounds

"...by tiki torches surrounding a tiny, tent-covered stage. A chorus of bullfrogs from the nearby pond fell in harmony..."

May 18, 2018 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

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