The Insatiable Taste for Tunes

In Austin, the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, seeing great music doesn't always have to mean fighting the crowds at a smoky nightclub

"...In Austin, the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, seeing great..."

March 19, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

The Chronicle’s Favorite Austin Albums of 2023

Ten music writers reflect on the records they loved this year

"...Through our headphones, turntables, and car speakers, these are the Austin-made albums Chronicle music contributors kept coming..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

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

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

Recapping 2007 one list at a time

"...State of the Union..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Under the Covers

All of a sudden, it's cool again to play other people's songs – not to mention fun!

"...or an original?" Elliott Smith would often ask near the end of his shows. Eager fans would roar in..."

May 14, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Sounds of Silence

"...you may have thought, if you were one of the 700 or so people packed into Emo's on a..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Oddballs In the Round

"...quiet on that front. Well, something must be in the air, because within the last week, I haven't been..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Column

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...I see you standing on the other side...."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Gourds Jam Too

"...you write that article and not mention Austin’s own Gourds? I say the only way that could have happened..."

Sept. 9, 2003 Postmarks

Off the Record

Another sad and confounding week in the live music capital: City Council takes steps to create a music department as APD pulls the plug on Shady Grove, and Tina Marsh succumbs to breast cancer

"...singular, irreplaceable voice in Austin jazz, not just in the resounding depth and clarity of her idiosyncratic delivery and..."

June 19, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Across the Desk

Recent releases

"...Bluegrass Drive-By, The Drunkard's Progress..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Off the Record

"...The SIMS Foundation, a local nonprofit organization providing low-cost counseling,..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Get the Band Back Together

"...great music & good people almost every night of the week way down south at Sam's Town Point ["The..."

June 4, 2019 Postmarks

Un-Limited Fun In the Park

"...Here's the lineup for the big Austin City Limits music festival..."

July 19, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Luv Doc: Turkey Day Decorating Tips

Get your turkey day feng shui together with this helpful list.

"...Once again it’s time to ramp up the holiday schmaltz, if only to remind ourselves that we..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

October Is Still the Busiest Month

There are still more food events for Sunday, Oct. 19

"...The second annual Texas Wine and Song Festival will showcase..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

We Have an Issue: Welcome to the Drinks Issue

Beer rankings, women with spirit, and guys with great wives

"...in our daily meetings over Zoom. On rarer occasions they chime in with ideas, too, which is exactly what..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Jan the Lazyman

"...1 Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:30:06 -0000 From: "janthelazyman2001" (janthelazyman@hotmail.com) Subject: help..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Feature

Pumpkin Nights Takes the Humble Jack-o’-Lantern to New, Magical Grandeur

Not your grandma's pumpkin patch

"...Behold, the humble pumpkin. Cucurbita pepo, that thick-skinned orange fruit of..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound – Austin Radio: “We Never Stopped or Went Off the Air”

Austin radio stations stay on-air and spirited during COVID-19

"...Susan Castle kicked off her first show back in the station with Gene Autry's "Back in the Saddle Again."..."

May 8, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Film Regional Premiere of 'Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson'

Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Saturday, March 8, 2008

"...There used to be a time when everyone you met..."

March 7, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Eat Like the Chosen People

Rosh Hashanah recipes

"...The Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah, one of the..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Food Feature by Amy Kritzer

Playback: The Legendary White Swan

The Legendary White Swan doesn't bite

"...Recently, after a show at his other club, Beerland, owner Randall Stockton admitted to me how..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

South by Southwest turns 25, the Austin Music Awards score a Bubble Puppy coup, and Ted Nugent leaves his hat on

"...chronicled in new documentary Outside Industry, on display at the Austin History Center exhibit "5X5Y: 25 Years of SXSW..."

March 18, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Learning the ones and twos with the Dub Academy and Phranchyze

"...On the Grind..."

June 18, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Blasts from the past courtesy of Armadillo Records, David Garza's Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom, and Jody Denberg's final broadcast

"...never suffered a sophomore slump with Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom, the quirky acoustic trio he formed his freshman year with..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Can you hear me now? Local musicians and OTR get some much needed hearing aid while Jody Denberg signs off from KGSR.

"...Much like Riverboat Gambler Mike Wiebe's Chronicle-sponsored trip to the chiropractor (see "Rattle Me Bones," April 21, 2006), OTR..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Roscoe Beck helps bring the Tower of Song to Austin, and wine-tasting with Maynard James Keenan

"...New Skin for the Old Ceremony..."

April 3, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Paying tribute to the Texas Tornado, working out at the Music Gym, and Trail of Dead's Justice for all

"...Dispossessed Men and Mothers of Texas..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

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