Chaos in Tejas Live (First Night): The Bats

Seminal Kiwis back in the U.S.A.

"...Bats leader Paul Kean had to chuckle. “There seem to be less tattoos in this room than..."

May 31, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): Roky Erickson/The Black Angels/The Moving Sidewalks

Lone Star lysergia’s frontier days past and present

"...On the Reverberation mainstage, Austin Psych Fest’s final day drew to..."

April 29, 2013 Music Post by Scott Schinder

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Joe Cocker killed it at the Backyard Sunday

"...Caves' Backyard for Joe Cocker and Huey Lewis & the News. On board was a dear friend's teen sibling,..."

July 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

At the Corner of Starlight and Springtime

R.I.P. Ellie Greenwich

"...do her credit, yet it seemed flat to read the tributes in black and white. They should have been..."

Aug. 31, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

We Wanted the Whole World to Know

The Sons of Sahm

"...on us, because we'd hug and kiss on each other in public," says Shawn Sahm of the tight bond..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts

Our recommended shows for the week ahead

"...debuting at Coachella, Bratty bandleader Jenny Juárez brought her dreamy-then-spiky bedroom pop to last year’s Austin Psych Fest ahead..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Residential Address: The Mellows Bring Sixties Pop to Sagebrush

With a focus on good hooks, the band makes falling in love danceable again

"...The Mellows..."

March 4, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

The Table Ed Ward Built

Pioneering music journalist (1948-2021) wrote rock & roll history

"...Ed Ward, who died Monday at the age of 72, welcomed me to the table –..."

May 5, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Checking In: Michael Ramos Signs the Tiarra Girls

“I’m an A&R guy for Lucky Hound Music [and] a staff producer”

"...a little percussion,” wrote critic emeritus Dave Marsh for the Chronicle in 2006. “[In Charanga Cakewalk], what he wants..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Glam Punks of 70s Austin Get Up to Their Gypsy Tricks

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part two: Glitter rock (1972-76) fades

"...like Ike Turner and Bobby "Blue" Bland frequented his father's barbershop next door to the 5-4 Ballroom, a prime..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

LBJ Library Spotlights the Little House That Motown Built

Collection stars Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Supremes & more

"...thunderstorms remind us that summer’s technically not over until the autumnal equinox on Monday. Serendipitously, one tidy little housing..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The 24th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

The lowdown on the 2015 submissions, judges, 10 finalists, and the prize-winning stories

"...You've heard them, right? The voices you can't get out of your..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...1982, P-Funk's R&B chart-topper almost got run down in the street, the author's industry revolt colliding with radio programmers..."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Return to the Hipster Alamo

More Marc Maron: The comedian on WTF, SXSW, and the ATX

"...20-date Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival, one name in the pantheon of elite comics stood out as the proverbial..."

Sept. 18, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

The Complete Jake Langley

Guitarist makes dazzling choices and then some

"...here in 2010, but he’s impressed huge swaths of the local music scene. Jazz heads upstairs at the Continental..."

March 28, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Haunting the Chapel

Q&A with Dave Lombardo of FFFF headliners Slayer

"...anchoring Fun Fun Fun Fest’s biggest headliner yet in the Slayer drum seat on Sunday, Dave Lombardo's power trio..."

Nov. 2, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Pleasure Seekers

Patti Quatro and her sisters started a revolution

"..."Detroit in the Sixties was a Renaissance. Motown was the going thing,..."

July 29, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Girls of Summer Redux

Girls Rock Camp Austin valedictorians Schmillion

"...after seeing one Girls Rock Camp Austin band after another demolish ideas about gender, class, and expectation at the..."

July 22, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

You Just May Be the One

A Monkees playlist of Michael Nesmith country rockers.

"...story isn’t a culmination of knowledge or reporting, but rather a passageway into the subject. Being a Michael Nesmith..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Seasons in the Abyss

Pixies, Rush, Megadeth, and Slayer: the return of the album.

"...Like the novel, the album’s not dead. It simply hails from..."

Sept. 29, 2010 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Through the Past Brightly

San Antonio's Teen Canteen scene, revisited

"...The real allure of rock & roll is that it’s..."

Aug. 17, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Power to Change

A quick sound check with the Austin mayoral candidates

"...As the ongoing hullabaloo over the Austin sound ordinance in regards..."

April 30, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Marvelous Jew

Larry Harlow talks salsa consciousness

"...of Cuban bandleader Arsenio Rodriguez, he was one of the first musicians signed to New York’s mighty Fania Records...."

Oct. 7, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Crossing Over to the Dark Side

Alan Parsons answers the $64,000 question

"...Despite working on the Beatles’ Abbey Road and the international success of his..."

March 20, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Betting the Farm

Gamecock helps indie video-game developers play with the big boys

"..."Honestly, I'm at my stand-up desk at the tiki bar, staring into a computer like everyone else,"..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Kars: The Movie

Ron Mann on 'Tales of the Rat Fink'

"...was mere hours before his latest documentary, Tales of the Rat Fink, was due to unspool at SXSW 06,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...The afternoon high tops 100 for the umpteenth straight day...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Ribbon on the Highway

Here comes Jimmy LaFave

"...Maybe he's walking onstage to sing or slipping into the back of the Cactus Cafe to hear an old..."

May 6, 2005 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

It's the Village, Idiot!

The latest casualty in Regal Cinemas' nationwide overexpansion isn't just another movie theatre.

"...I saw Trainspotting there. Ditto for Belle Epoque. Watching David Thewlis in Naked..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

On the Santa Trail

Ace reporter Jordan Smith is hot on the trail of Austin's own Santa.

"...Or that he is an award-winning chili chef in the off-season? Or that, aside from that North Pole workshop,..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

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