Feels Like the First Time

The 36th annual Austin Music Awards mark a number of debuts

"...Agenda item No. 1 for the 2017/2018 Austin Music Awards Show hinged on a landmark..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Local Musicians on Avoiding the Sophomore Slump

Five trending Austin-hatched acts that sidestepped recording’s biggest pitfall

"...can learn a lot about people from observing how they fidget...."

Aug. 4, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Phoebe Hunt & the Gatherers

"...marvels for an artist. Since stringing along local favorites the Belleville Outfit and then her own 2014 LP Walk..."

May 26, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Phoebe Hunt’s Spontaneous Video

“Just for Tonight,” unconditional love at the carnival

"...Phoebe Hunt lets her heart shine like bulbs lighting the midway. Persuading strangers to slow dance, traversing the fun..."

May 1, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1984: LeRoi Brothers, Angela Strehli, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Big Boys, Stevie Ray Vaughan..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Gay Place: A New Outfit

Meet Rob Townsend ... Again

"...Who came first, the chicken or the chicken hawk? When young Rob Townsend..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Phoebe Hunt & the Gatherers

Heaping helping of high-profile local LPs

"...Phoebe Hunt wears many masks as frontwoman for the Gatherers. They're a little pop, a little jazz, and..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Ghosts Along the Brazos

"...Ghosts Along the Brazos' second effort latches on one word: growth. The..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Bands break up, sure, but were they even trying?

"...should hinge on fresh local talent ready to enter the Austin music mainstream. This year's revelation, early into January's..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Girlie Action

"...Anyone watching singer-songwriter/fiddler Phoebe Hunt leapfrog from Belleville Outfit belle to first-call session violinist to solo artist..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Review by Margaret Moser

11 for 11

Looking back at an unexpectedly good year

"...2011 was the most interesting year yet in Geezerville. Actually that surprises..."

Dec. 28, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Inclusions

Crazy modern talk with classicist Ben Sollee.

"...to get when you speak to a musician for the first time. Talking to Ben Sollee last week was..."

July 22, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Bellevillle Outfit's Last Stand

Saturday marks the end of the road

"...When the Belleville Outfit takes to Momo's stage Saturday, it will..."

March 24, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Westway to the World

Momo's celebrates a decade on Sixth

"...a couple have risen in popularity and influence over the past few years. One of them, Momo’s, that funky..."

Aug. 25, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...Lucero's gathering enters its fourth year and its second SX, and,..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Texas Top 9s

"...2) THE STRANGE BOYS ... And Girls Club (In the Red)..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Music Feature

Critics Poll

"...CHURCHWOOD Hole in the Wall (Greg Beets)..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Music Feature

Off the Record

The good, the bad, and the ugly: a look back at the year in Austin music

"...More people bemoaned the state of Austin radio in 2009 than actually listened..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

One Man’s View

Austin’s musical decade

"...There are decade lists popping up all over and, although..."

Dec. 9, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

Creative Opportunities Orchestra pays tribute to Tina Marsh, local bands find new ways to finance their recordings, and the many hats of Stop the Truck

"...Austin's patron saint of avant-jazz, Tina Marsh was the voice and identity of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, the..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Best of 2009 (So Far)

A mid-year walk through Geezerville

"...Like the Energizer Bunny, the Austin music scene just keeps on..."

July 8, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Sometimes the Bride

Greezy Wheels vocal point Lissa Hattersley steps out

"...Outside Mother's Cafe in Hyde Park on a soft May morning,..."

June 12, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

A fond send-off for D-Madness, stuffing the piñata for the second annual Pachanga Latino Music Festival, Hayes Carll helps rebuild the Crystal Beach, and roaming the Flatladers' Hills and Valleys

"...Vallejo may not be performing at the second annual Pachanga Latino Music Festival at Fiesta Gardens..."

May 29, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Songs for Sale

The Belleville Outfit adopts a brave new business plan

"...It’s been a good month for the Belleville Outfit. So far, they’ve performed on the nationally..."

May 27, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Record Reviews

"...The Belleville OutfitTime to Stand..."

April 17, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Bluegrass Up in Her Head

On another Old Settler's weekend, festival perennial Sarah Jarosz is out of braces and into big-time bluegrass

"...The 22nd Old Settler's Music Festival rolls into Central Texas..."

April 17, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Texas Top 10s

"...3) Future Clouds & Radar, Peoria (The Star Apple Kingdom)..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Feature

Extra OTR

Odds & ends from this week's Off the Record

"...Four months after its initial encounters with the gentrification of East Austin, the satirical comic Tales of..."

Oct. 9, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

ACL Sunday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...Hailing from the math-rock capital of the world, Chicago's Sybris wraps angular..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

ACL Fest Sunday Schedule

Sunday's full lineup

"...Friday Schedule | Saturday Schedule | PDF of the full schedule..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

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