Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...incorporates everything from klezmer and swing to funk to post-bop – all in one song. Its sax-n-guitar eclectica has..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Playback: SXSW Mission Statement

Six lists to get you through SXSW 2015

"...Dog (Thu., Liberty): Chronicle mascot welcomes White Denim offshoot Bop English, Sweet Spirit, Flesh Lights, and femcee Anya...."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback

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

"...Anya (1pm), White Denim frontman James Petralli's new project Bop English (2), and fast rock smartasses Flesh Lights (3)...."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Inside Antone's

Christening Antone's new location, SXSW reveals, and a new documentary on old Dicks

"...the Chronicle's Thursday afternoon blowout with Sweet Spirit, Anya, Bop English, and Flesh Lights...."

March 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Tommy Ramone Goes Gold

Drummer left his beat on every generation after his

"...when he was in high school, the Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop” blared through his headphones...."

July 15, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

7th Annual Taste North Austin: Hot, Crowded, Delicious

Fest-goers line up for tasty bites from emerging culinary scene

"...to nibble and sip, mop and fan themselves, and bop along with the Biscuit Brothers and Skyrocket!, well into..."

June 26, 2014 Food Post by Maggie Perkins

International Flavor

Josh Ebsworth takes his talent for barbecue back to England

"...start a sister place somewhere in the U.S. and bop between the two, but that’s many moons and briskets..."

June 23, 2014 Food Post by Austin Heiberg

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...demanded a new moniker, something more specific than "western bop" and "cowboy jive." History credits radio deejay Alan Freed..."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Big Head Todd & the Monsters

"..."We Won't Go Back" ramping down into the minimalistic bop and hum of the "Fear Greed and Ignorance." 2011..."

April 11, 2014 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Complete Jake Langley

Guitarist makes dazzling choices and then some

"...Bill was actually an accomplished jazz be-bop drummer and played with us. Knew all the tunes,..."

March 28, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Record Review

"...on Monday. The Austin-born saxophonist's sixth LP gilded the post-bop Sixties classicism made legend by Blue Note-ables such as..."

March 28, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Live Shot: Habibi

NYC girl group does the mashed potato with a touch of Farsi

"...NYC fivesome eschewed distortion and beer spray for droll bop-worthiness. Aside from ever-present echo, the guitars rang clean. If..."

March 16, 2014 Music Post by Greg Beets

SXSW Live Shot: Lou Reed Tribute

‘Real Good Time Together’

"...Love You, Suzanne” lit up through Rosie Flores’ rockabilly bop. The straightforward sentiments of “Rock and Roll Heart” are..."

March 15, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

SXSW Live Shot: Bob Mould

‘Beauty and Ruin’ from Hüsker Dü’s grinning jackhammer

"...placated the nostalgia-mongers, but the crowd seemed happy to bop to the new tunes. A fine set, marred only..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

Lydia Loveless

"...Case's lusty punk attitude, but her songs jangle and bop in all the right ways, and her emotions sound..."

March 14, 2014 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW In-Store: Barrence Whitfield & the Savages

Rock has lost its innocence and grit but not these Savages

"...Early in the 45-minute set, they performed “Bip Bop Bip” with a hollered, “ow, ow, ow” refrain. Antone’s..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Gay Place

Old friends bring new art to new gallery, and it's Q as all get-out

"...JOHN TALABOT + LEARNING SECRETS Blip bop bibbity blip blip oonce oonce swoooosh. Here comes some..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Jazz Sides

Yardbird blows his alto hard, fast, and revolutionary

"...the instrument, but arguably all of music – jazz's bebop movement of the Forties parallels punk in the Seventies..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

If You Like the Ramones ...

Two hundred add-ons to your Ramones collection

"...Dale in between – to understand what made "Blitzkrieg Bop" so crucial. It's not just knowing the shadow the..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Gay Place: Bobcat Pride

Big gay doin's down in Bobcat land

"...Nick's House Band appear with BHS on this record-shopping bop fest. Tue., Nov. 19, 7-10pm. Trailer Space Records, 1401-A..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Killer Mike/Deltron 3030

Hip-hop blowout and blown out

"...gathered around Del limited the Hieroglyphics founder’s ability to bop around the stage...."

Nov. 11, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Girlie Action

"...join on Awaiting the Sound. Mora's clever originals doop-shoo-wah, bop, and sway gracefully ("Cutting the Chord," Pecan Blues") –..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet

Jazz Sides

"...to the exploratory plucking of "Oni" and classic, main-stem bop and free interior of "April Story," a pair of..."

July 5, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Danny Malone

"...wrong," which is met by a sarcastic but infectious bop-shoo-wop refrain, while making grim light of a hypochondriac-fooling therapist...."

June 28, 2013 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Introducing Infest

Robin Hooding it with the new arts, music, and Shop N Bop club

"...Sunday – Infest hosted its first weekly Shop N Bop, where local merchants pedal wares while bands play, artists..."

April 8, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Enrico Rava

"...millennia. In this one, there's Michael Jackson, King of Bop. "In his lifetime I had only a superficial acquaintance..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Lars Nilsen Steps Back From Full-Time Alamo Duties

Longtime programmer will stay on as adviser and Weird Wednesday host

"...where he’ll go next – rumors that make me bop in my seat with anticipation – but until anything..."

Feb. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Esperanza Spalding

"...youth. The more traditional "I Can't Help It" features bop saxophonist Joe Lovano, positioning Spalding as an artist looking..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston

"...marches in a street parade behind the bounding piano bop of "American Dream," buzzing with horns and ultimately bursting..."

June 22, 2012 Music Review by Austin Powell

JoDee Purkeypile

For the Sake of the Song

"...nearly breathless "Don't Let It Die" and the cool-edged bop of "Disappear From Here" are just two of its..."

April 6, 2012 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

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