Rock & Roll Summer Reading

"...recluse. Likewise, Blake emphasizes the importance of Wright's dissipating organ in shaping the band's early conceits and cements 1973's..."

May 30, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Portishead

"...trademarked their sound, allowing them to create dissonance more organically. There's always been a spinning paranoia under Portishead's music,..."

April 25, 2008 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Luv Doc Recommends: Sex Toy Coming Out Party

Forbidden Fruit, Saturday, April 12, 2008

"...magazine articles will tell you that the best sex organ is your imagination. That may be right, but the..."

April 11, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

A Cathedral Christmas

The Texas Choral Consort's holiday concert was a tale of two choirs: one inspired, the other flat

"...of auditioned and nonauditioned performances, bringing people from different musical backgrounds into the concert setting. On the spectrum of..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Happenings

Dec. 13-19

"...speakers (4pm), and a candlelight vigil (5pm). Bring toys, music players, and books for donation. Call 971-0487 or visit..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature

Conspirare Children's Choir: Birdsong for the holidays

Musical Director Nina Revering explains how a trip to the Holocaust Memorial Museum helped connect birdsong with this festive time of year

"...something of a cognitive leap, and Nina Revering, the musical director, took that mental jump this past summer. "Last..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview

Murder City Devils raise hell once more

"...founder Derek Fudesco continue to forge the frontiers of music in A Gun Called Tension, the Melvins and Big..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Freddie Steady 5

"...Fab Four flavor through homegrown influences, most notably the organ-fueled axis of Sir Doug Sham, Sam the Sham, and..."

July 27, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Ponderosa Stomp

Trolling South by Southwest 2007

"...in NOLA, celebrated artists from the fringes of America's music scenes of the Fifties and Sixties. In doing so,..."

March 23, 2007 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Stax Revue

SXSW showcase reviews

"...drummer Al Jackson. Hayes slipped offstage as the famous organ swell rose, and the MGs kicked in, a reminder..."

March 16, 2007 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Spotlight: The Strange Boys

Soon to be Austin garage quartet the Strange Boys and their American Bandstand

"...thump, plus the newly added grease of Greg Enlow's organ, the Dallas fourpiece plows a wormhole through time immemorial...."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Arcade Fire

"...moral contradictions and compromises without abandoning his belief in music's redemptive nature or its usefulness as a soapbox. Basically,..."

March 2, 2007 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Hammer of the Gods

Scandinavia brings the lobster tail to SXSW 07

"...DayGlo blob. Surprisingly, it's not the Vicks VapoRub rave music of yore. Instead, the quartet offers the punishing ups..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Moser's Hep C Story a Call to Arms

"...and a tragedy that affects us all ["C Sick," Music, Nov. 24]. Death is not pretty. It does no..."

Jan. 8, 2007 Postmarks

The Channel

Record review

"..."Olden Days" is a slap-knee tale of nature vs. music, the chorus looping for days. "The Man I Don't..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Daniel Johnston

Record review

"...Welcome to My World: The Music of Daniel Johnston (Eternal Yip Eye/High Wire)..."

April 21, 2006 Music Review by Greg Beets

Josh Ritter

"...it drags at first. Then something magical happens. The music opens up to unsuspecting ears, such as when the..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Miles Davis

In Box

"...and soprano saxes; Keith Jarrett, electric piano and electric organ; John McLaughlin, guitar (discs five and six); Michael Henderson,..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

The Rolling Stones
Ian McLagan & the Bump Band

Live shots

"...sharp. Halfway through the first set, the Small Faces/Faces' organ donor had a full house eating off his keyboard..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Fiery Furnaces

Record review

"...is adept at spinning fingernail-biting yarns that make their music breathless. Their grandmother is not. Olga Sarantos' voice is..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Day Party Crawl

"...elbows with tails out, Lee, his wardrobe, and his music flow smoothly among elements of folk, neo-soul, alternative country,..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Semiotic Dissection of SXSW Band Names

"...Dear Editor, In studiously reviewing the musical choices for this year's SXSW Music Festival, I have..."

March 14, 2005 Postmarks

Scandinavian Smorgasbord

Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland

"...Litmanen ply "Scandinavian Action Jazz" with just a Hammond organ and drums. Laika & the Cosmonauts have wooed Austin..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Mavis Staples

"...traditional Staple offering of sacred tunes and contemporary message music, blended in a timeless groove rising from the Mississippi..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Friends of Dean Martinez

Texas platters

"...suitelike fade. Borders between tracks become irrelevant in the music's undulation and elements: barbwire guitar, sunstroke toms, and circling..."

April 23, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Danny Barnes

"...Barnes is also a Butthole Surfers fan. An old-time music devotee, the singing multi-instrumentalist also has a degree in..."

March 5, 2004 Music Review by David Lynch

McLemore Avenue

"...McLemore Avenue926 East (Texas Music Roundup) As is well-known among devotees of Jimmy Smith,..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Meshell Ndegeocello, Soulive

"...bass-heavy jams of her latest release, Comfort Woman, Ndegeocello's music suggested a lot of influences: Isaac Hayes, Bob Marley,..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...screaming by the faithful of the Democratic Party, an organization that for more than a century enjoyed total control..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column

Meshell Ndegeocello

Beat Box

"...sex in the bassline of "Body" and the acidic organ of "Love Song #2," the album melting the themes..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Music Review by Matt Dentler

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