Off the Record

Reviewing the three-ring circus of Fun Fun Fun Fest and flashing back to the Armadillo World Headquarters with Dweezil Zappa

"...be surprised how often I get that." The Polaris Music Prize winner was later spotted swinging from the rafters..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

TCB

The bottles and cans keep piling up, but two venues catch green-building fever; a local pirate plunders the music business; and Kelly Clarkson now employs the entire Austin music scene in some capacity

"...the resurgent environmental movement is slowly seeping into the music biz. South by Southwest went carbon-neutral this year, and..."

May 25, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

TCB

Handsome Joel remembered, inside Anthropos Arts, the drive to bring Roy Orbison to a postage stamp near you, and Chuck Berry deep in the heart of Texas.

"...listeners and public-radio peers for its attention to local music, and since last summer the station's news department has..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Stop Hernandez

"...Mr. Black: If the Chronicle maintains its music department, what with an inept editor and a staff..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Postmarks

Dancing About Architecture

The Next Best Thing!

"...new instrumental tracks without him) for the Heineken Summer Music Festival in Beijing on May 15 and dates with..."

May 7, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Sound & Color: Four Visual Depictions of Austin's Musical Identity

A whole palette of music-related art happenings of late, from a new Daniel Johnston mural to Bob Dylan's depiction of the Hole in the Wall

"...the art and the mental health awareness and the music – all resonates with what we do with skateboarding."..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...– wearing every item in a thrift store women's department at once, faces caked in Max Factor and Maybelline..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...and settled on what was outstanding in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in that span and announced..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Down to the Last Pitch

Seven cities, seven mayors, $50 million

"...City Challenge grant – $40 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation, $10 million from Vulcan Technologies – to..."

June 9, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Esme Barrera Murder Case Closed

Austin Police believe James Loren Brown was indeed responsible

"...Chief Art Acevedo has announced that the Austin Police Department has formally closed that case...."

Dec. 20, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese

Budget in Plain Sight

Council adopts a budget with the sausage prepared in public

"...• Parks and Recreation Department full-time staff position (neighborhood matching, "sweat equity" program): $59,878..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Off the Record

Great music in odd places: punk rock at the Grand, Billy Gibbons' Twin Liquors visit, and 'Rehearsal at the Astoria'

"...Napier also appeared one step ahead of the Austin music scene. In the late 1960s, he was a co-owner..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Her Fair Ladies

Cristina García's antidote to the so-called 'spicy señorita'

"...getaways to visit her husband, who teaches in the music department at Texas Tech University. Next spring, Lubbock will..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Off the Record

And then there were two (proposals for the future of the Cactus Cafe)

"...the plan – Casey Monahan of the governor's Texas Music Office and the Center for Texas Music History both..."

April 30, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Nothing's shocking: reveling in the aftermath and glow of South by Southwest 09

"...agenda, essentially curating a two-hour mixtape for his GOOD Music imprint that included appearances from Common, lead Cannabinoid Erykah..."

March 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Supports Direct Financial Support of Musicians

"...Editor, I just finished reading your article on the Music Department [“Music Deportment,” Music, Nov. 21], and while I..."

Nov. 22, 2008 Postmarks

Off the Record

There's a whole lot of shaking going on thanks to Johnny Walker, the Pachanga Latin Music Festival, Return to Forever reunion, and Breakaway Records

"...those more rhythmically challenged at the inaugural Pachanga Latin Music Festival in Waterloo Park last Saturday, Grupo Fantasma's Jose..."

June 6, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Saturday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...8pm, Buffalo Billiards Scotland's Simon Raymonde knows the music business. His iconic Cocteau Twins went through the ringer..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Vertical Integration

One-Stop Music Manufacturers

"...Tape duplication at Sound Recorders photograph by Todd V...."

Oct. 10, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...Access marked a new high for the homegrown heavy music festival...."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Fire at Texas French Bread Ravages Storefront

Beloved restaurant was housed in a building rich with music history

"...night, Texas French Bread burned down; the Austin Fire Department is calling the building, built in 1939, a complete..."

Jan. 25, 2022 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

We Have an Issue: Drink It In

"...own takeaway on that in this week's op-ed. The music department runs the gamut with an excerpt from Willie..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

We Have an Issue: Love Letters to Austin

Send us your stories about what you love and miss most about our city

"...the Chronicle to cover someone or something. A struggling musician trying to get their album to our music department...."

April 24, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Bob Bursey Takes Over Texas Performing Arts

UT hires the director of Bard College's Fisher Center to run TPA

"...work – 100-plus pieces of theatre, dance, and classical music – but a Tony Award for one of them...."

Sept. 3, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: The Arts Commission Hustle

City group gets moving on policy plan for Austin creatives

"...at the Off Center reacted to the city staff's "Music and Creative Ecosystem Stabilization Recommendations" regarding the Mayor's Omnibus..."

Aug. 8, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fall for Dance

Dance Repertory Theatre's program was divided between live and canned music, with the live half clearly deeper

"...program seems almost didactic: the second half, with live music, is clearly of a deeper realm than is the..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

April in Austin (Part 1)

Thought Austin would slow down after SXSW? Think again.

"...fun-filled festivals to jam-pack your month with art, food, music, and—of course—good ol’ Texas sunshine...."

March 26, 2013 Events Post by Alayna Alvarez

Off the Record

Learning the ones and twos with the Dub Academy and Phranchyze

"...Jim Robertson of the city's Planning and Development Review Department briefed City Council on the Waller Creek District Master..."

June 18, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Surveying the aftermath from the Red River shootout outside Spiros

"...outside Spiros at 2:15am. According to the Austin Police Department, the La Grange-based brothers were scheduled to perform that..."

June 5, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

City Hall Hustle: Top 10 City Council Stories

"...6) The Music Smokes! Still a work in progress, the Live Music..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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