Thunderosa

"...Austin since 1997. You know, that curious mix of redneckism/punk/Motörhead/ZZ Top. They're thoroughly Texan on their fifth full-length, down..."

April 19, 2019 Music Review by Tim Stegall

I Want My All ATX: Austin Artists Revisit the 80s

"...Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" and the latter slinger cooking up ZZ Top-like guitar pyrotechnics on Robert Palmer's "Bad Case of..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Sue Foley Record Review

The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)

"...shifting gears with the dark bruise of "81." The ZZ Top frontman's vocal grit pairs perfectly against Foley's sharp..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

All ATX

"...the roost beginning with Fastball's leadoff home run on ZZ Top's "Tush," now a dirge ratcheting the high/low entwining..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Songs for the Deaf

Hearing aid concert streams debut in Austin

"...Brusco, a close friend and protégé of late, local ZZ Top manager Bill Ham, explains that Styx became interested..."

Aug. 22, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

“Thank You, Margaret Moser”

I’m glad you are a monkey woman, too

"...– which predictably snowballed into a 33-minute love-in featuring ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Ray Benson of Asleep at the..."

June 28, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Austin Record Convention: The Greatest Record Store on Earth

ARC of the covenant, good Reputations, and Blind Sight

"...early bird shopping on Friday. That morning, the Palmer buzzes with the energy of the stock market trading floor..."

May 5, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

HOF Hopefuls

"...area musicians and scenemakers (in no particular order) as ZZ Top, Waylon Jennings, Junior Franklin, Uranium Savages, Bobby Earl..."

March 13, 2017 Postmarks

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...W. Bush has a picture of himself posing with ZZ Top. It is said to be one of his..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

All ATX Vol. 4

"...Can See the Light." The moment Grupo Fantasma boards ZZ Top's "Waitin' for the Bus" for the Eastside, a..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

2016 Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

"...ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons inducted the late B.B. King..."

Oct. 13, 2016 Photo Gallery

Being Alice Cooper

Detroit legend’s six degrees of separation from all rock

"...did pick to open for us all became megastars. ZZ Top, AC/DC, Guns n’ Roses, Blondie, Megadeth – all..."

Aug. 17, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown

Vetting City Hall's recommendations to Mayor Adler's arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest's Renaissance location and debut lineup

"...The most intriguing name on the poster wasn't a buzzy indie act or a reunited punk band, but rather..."

July 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: 2015/16 Austin Music Awards

Robert Plant crowns magnum opus roots pull

"...weird to the extreme. Local composer and post-punk Peter Stopschinski and the show’s first violinist Jenavieve Varga torqued groundbreaking..."

March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

Anthem of the Sun

Non-commercial frequency Sun Radio broadens its solar-powered Americana throughout Central Texas

"...Up on the second-story rooftop of Sun Radio, one looks east to the antenna..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Van Wilks

"...21st Century Blues opener "Strange Girl," fast broadside to ZZ Top's "Rough Boy." Then the Houston trio's bearded icon..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Gary Clark Jr. Takes Austin City Limits Stadium

Rare taping turning around results in grandiloquence

"...zone of guitars and drums. After warming up on showstoppers “Bright Lights,” “Ain’t Messin ’Round,” and “When My Train..."

Aug. 25, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Doug Sahm for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

The Austin Music Hall gets slated for teardown, the Roost closes while looking for a cash infusion, Backyard owner Tim O'Connor gets back in the concert game, and a Kickstarter campaign to get Doug Sahm into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"...be found on the Kickstarter page. Doug devotees including ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Steve Earle, and the Black Keys'..."

July 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Best of Austin – Saturday

BOA all day, erryday

"..."butcher cover," but from Asleep at the Wheel to ZZ Top, you'll find it all at Antone's for a..."

March 20, 2015 Features Feature

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...Blaster, the Wildabouts' debut due at month's end, throbs skuzz blues, pouring thick, grimy guitars into a groove like..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Steve Earle & The Dukes

"...Tennessee Kid" comes across as a forced cross between ZZ Top and Ray Wylie Hubbard. The special edition DVD..."

March 20, 2015 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: Behold! The Austin Music Awards

Announcing the 2014/15 Austin Music Awards bill, the 13th Floor Elevators reunite for Levitation, and King Coffey recovers after being struck by a car

"...next generation of local frontwomen: Gina Chavez, Nina Diaz, Jazz Mills, Sunny Sweeney, Carson McHone, Tameca Jones, and Dana..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Luke Wilson, Tommy Lee Jones to Recieve Texas Film Awards

Hollywood heavyweights, indie icons, and an honorary Texan lauded

"...in 2009, gave the AMD Soundtrack Live! Award to ZZ Top in 2008, and handed the Rising Star Award..."

Jan. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Folk Goddess Behind the Curtain: Dalis Allen

Kerrville wiz stages Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference

"...DA: I met Rod when he hosted the Longhorn Jazz Ensemble at University of Houston. We became friends and..."

Sept. 24, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Magnificent Oak Tree Is Magnificent!

Pelóns Tex-Mex less so

"...in a style that will remind you of that ZZ Top Tres Hombres album cover – messy, shiny with..."

June 13, 2014 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

David Grissom

"...the end; covers of the Allman Brothers Band and ZZ Top provide all the six-string bling longtime fanatics could..."

June 6, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

Playback: Margaret Moser Retires

'Chronicle' Senior Music writer Margaret Moser retires after 33 years on the beat

"...landed with a surprise set from light rock luminary Christopher Cross...."

May 16, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Greyhounds

"...recording studio that once rolled tape for Texas luminaries ZZ Top and the Vaughan brothers, Accumulator marks the first..."

May 16, 2014 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Greyhounds Get on the Grid

Continental Gallery residents grind out ‘Accumulator’

"...and old standards, and fueled a party that barely stopped before closing time. The years tacked on...."

April 8, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

To C-Boy, With Love

Continental Club maverick Steve Wertheimer pays tribute to his mentor – with a nightclub

"...a photo of a teenager with active skin and frizzy hair stretching out from under a cap. Next to..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

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