The Gourds: Don’t Call It A Breakup

Beloved Austin pranksters hit pause on 19 years

"...too easy to get a little melancholy while watching the Gourds perform what they termed a “hiatus” show at..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

The GourdsBolsa de Agua (Sugar Hill)

"...The GourdsBolsa de Agua (Sugar Hill) "The hallelujah shine is..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The Gourds

"...The GourdsCow Fish Fowl or Pig (Sugar Hill)..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Luv Doc Recommends: The Gourds New Year's Eve Masquerade Ball

ND Austin, Thursday, December 31, 2009

"...When the big ball drops Thursday night, the Aughts will become..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Shinyribs Frontman Kevin Russell Will Perform Gourds Set for Electric Lounge Reunion

Reliving the wild and woolly Nineties music scene downtown

"...Open 1993-1998, the Electric Lounge enjoyed an outsized impact on Austin music,..."

April 11, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Insurgence From the Heart

The 1997-98 Austin Music Awards

"...Asleep at the Wheel and the Derailers The continued insurgence of country..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Faster Than Sound: Islands in the (Live)stream

Crossing over from 3D to the pixelated world of livestreams

"...tiny telethons, grand reunions, and great new singles drive the moment's concert alternative?..."

May 1, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Unplugged at the Grove Rolls On Tonight

Free summer concert series now in its 20th year

"...20th year, Shady Grove and KGSR‘s iconic Unplugged at the Grove series finds itself in pole position atop the..."

May 9, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Get into your pre-ACL groove with these live music picks

"...and this year is no different. MC50, Jay Rock, the Growlers, and more stop by before next weekend's festivities...."

Sept. 27, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Music Under the Star & Cinema East Summer Series

Mark your calendars for both seasonal events

"...Join the CHRONtourage this weekend at both The Bob Bullock Texas..."

July 6, 2012 Events Post by Courtney Byrd

Best Week of the Year

Glancing at this week's sonic landscape, old and new

"...Make that the best two weeks, give or take a few days...."

Dec. 29, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Returning the Favor to Debbie Rombach

Benefits, fundraisers, stunts, and a closing in local news

"...stacking, including a two-night benefit for former Hole in the Wall owner Debbie Rombach...."

Aug. 16, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

To the Nth Degree

The 15th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival

"..."No más, no más!" we cried. The preliminary judges attempted to throw in the towel after..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Food Feature by Robb Walsh

I Am the Jellyfish That Walks Upon the Land

The Mother of all pop bands

"...-- Bernard Holland, The New York Times, June 18, 2000..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Sacred & the Profane

The Gourds co-frontman flew the coop for Shinyribs and ain't looking back

"...A small Buddha and toy cannon jostle on the dashboard of Kevin Russell's Ford F-150, pointed southeast to..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback: Gourds Co-Leader Jimmy Smith Heads to Montana

Jimmy Smith heads for higher ground, Pete Mitchell reaches a higher plane, and Izzy Cox would like to remain upright on terra firma

"...Straight up, do you think the Gourds will ever play again?..."

July 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Still Good Beeble: The Catalog

"...Among the notable Austin releases of 1996 was one titled Dem's..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Gourds Are Austin's Best

"...sirs, I am writing in regards to Austin's own Gourds, the best band to emerge from a great music..."

Jan. 26, 2006 Postmarks

Off the Record

A personal introduction to 'The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology'

"...and countless special editions. How much was left on the cutting-room floor for The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology? Just..."

March 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Natural

"...across a picnic table from Rob Bernard, guitarist for the Damnations TX and Prescott Curlywolf, conversing over a cold..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Where Have All the Cowgirls Gone?

Austin's Female Country Singers

"...her that night, all of us spread out over the echoing dance hall like a few roadies at sound..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Off the Record

"...in October. "Flipnotics was our South Austin home until the people started complaining about live music coming out of..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sound Restrictions Damaging Soul of the City

"...Dear Austin Chronicle, I attended the Gourds concert at Shady Grove on June 4 with..."

June 12, 2009 Postmarks

Off the Record

Austin Music Poll winners are just going to have to wait until the Austin Music Awards, plus a closer look at SXSW's international acts

"...Hot Off the Presses..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Listen to This: The Push & Shove Takes a Big Rock Swig With “These Times”

Venue and beverage scene vets unite for debut LP The Rookie

"...a search for Sean O’Connor, leader of new band the Push & Shove, the most likely results will be..."

June 2, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Annotating the Austin City Limits Music Festival Schedule

What’s where and who’s when this year in Zilker Park

"...Festival goers, get your itineraries ready. C3 Presents announced the schedule for October’s Austin City Limits Music Festival this..."

July 24, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Wincing the Year Away

2007: Bad year for albums (Raoul), a prize-winning 365 for the iPod (Audra Schroeder, Christmas recipient of the same).

"...do Arcade Fire, Devendra Banhart, Chamillionaire, Steve Earle, Feist, the Frames, Fiery Furnaces, Gogol Bordello, Interpol, Kings of Leon,..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Word of amendments to Austin's sound ordinance prompt a town hall meeting, Marcus Rubio discusses The Life of Pillows, and Flipnotics turns 15

"...down briefly last Wednesday after a crane crashed at the construction site of the Red River Flats, a four-story,..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Checking In (Again): Kevin Russell Hasn’t Wavered Amidst the Great Wall of Empty Time

Shinyribs Santa closes the questionnaire circle on No. 100

"...Austin’s real working class: performing musicians. Nine months later, the capital’s Musician of the Year several times over answered..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

In With the Old, in With the New

An epic Saturday at Old Settler’s

"...By the time Wood & Wire took the stage Saturday afternoon,..."

April 24, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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