'Never the Same Again'

Jesse Sublett's 'Rock 'n' Roll Gothic': an excerpt

"...is a contributing writer for and a friend of The Austin Chronicle; Lois Richwine, his wife, is a senior..."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature

Between Round Rock and a Hard Place

Northridge Acres can't find water, water anywhere.

"...The people who live in Northridge Acres are pretty sure..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Rock Star

"...Jennifer Aniston and Mark Wahlberg. Coming of age during the Eighties, kids had two obvious paths as far as..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

"...Jane Krakowski, Kristen Johnston, Stephen Baldwin and Mark Addy. There are worse ways to spend 90 minutes of your..."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Let It Rock

Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000

"...All the Rage: A Riotous Romp Through Rock & Roll History..."

March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Kent H. Benjamin

Cradle Will Rock

"...considerations, if any, do artists owe those who finance the production and display of their work? This is a..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Pink Floyd: The Wall

"...Hoskins, James Laurenson and Eleanor David. This visualization of the rock group’s bestselling concept album is a wall of..."

Jan. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Boat

When Rock & Roll Was Dangerous

"...guitar players. Perhaps it's because Stevie Ray Vaughan's played there, or that Van Wilks, Eric Johnson, Chris Duarte, Arc..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Rock Opera

Locally filmed micro-budget feature tells a picaresque story about a punk guitarist who is trying to sell enough pot to finance a low-rent tour for his band. His journey instead takes him on a tour through the college-town underground.

"...and Louis Olmeda. This bracingly sordid slice of microbudget punk-rock cinema from Super-8 maestro Bob Ray makes it clear..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Year of the Horse

"...Is Nowhere, came out, and that quintessentially American, purebred rock & roll band is still deep in the trenches,..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Final Frontier

Space Is the Place

"...illustration by Jason Stout Proclaiming the dawning of a new musical era is as smart..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Greg Beets

White Weddings, Rock & Roll, and More Crucial Concerts

Dungeon crawling, avant sax, and other amplified options for the week

"...Hark all ye rogues and wenches, the Texas Dungeon Siege is upon us! The finest medieval..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

"...Austin Psych Fest braved spring showers and humidity when they returned to the Moody Amphitheater and Far Out Lounge,..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

Gus Baldwin, the Sketch, and a New Era of Old School

Genre-agnostic quartet debuts with classic rock energy and brassy punk politics

"...talking shit,” Gus Baldwin says, sitting in his house/practice space/rock & roll hall of fame on Hollywood Ave...."

Feb. 7, 2025 Music Feature by Kyra Bruce

The Off Beat: Being Dead, in the Flesh

Reeling in the EELS with a North Loop meeting of the minds

"...Dead songs unfurl like a bite-sized acid trip: all the fun of the unexpected, but it ends before the..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Round Rock (ISD) Just Don't Stop: The Affair of the Forged Letter

Election shenanigans erupt on Facebook over weekend

"...Facebook posts from major players in the boiling-hot Round Rock ISD races show that the shenanigans..."

Nov. 7, 2022 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest, Eastside Kings Festival, HAAM Day, Vein.fm, Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, and more

"...What do music and hot sauce have in common? They both cause your body to release endorphins. Those brain..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...that this is a perfectly sized South by Southwest. The streets are strollable, long lines are scarce – though..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Kam Franklin (The Suffers), Jackie Venson & Sailor Poon Play Festive Fest

Eleven acts fundraise for Girls Rock Austin, Sunday at Mohawk

"...During a call with Madison Whitaker, the Girls Rock Austin Program Director drives around town delivering..."

Dec. 9, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Parents' Rally Accuses Round Rock ISD of Corruption

As tensions mount between conservative parents and the school board, statewide figures join the fight

"..."End mask tyranny," "let the public in," and "fire [Superintendent Hafedh] Azaiez" were some..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Live Review: With Nothing Left to Prove the Black Crowes Shake Their Moneymakers – Front-to-Back

Robinson brothers invoke a good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll bash

"...As yet another band led by battling brothers, the Black Crowes have..."

Aug. 16, 2021 Music Post by Michael Toland

Riders Against the Storm Hit Their Stride With Flowers for the Living

Three-time winners of the Austin Music Awards' Band of the Year honors keep building community and creativity

"...reference to not only his own musical endeavors, but the unappreciated depth of Black talent in the Texas capital...."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Faster Than Sound: Body Rock Turns 10

Riders Against the Storm and Chorizo Funk’s decade-built dance institution endures, Monday City music meetings, and more

"...and community centers. Local spinner Eddie Campos connected with the husband-wife duo at one such gathering. Still emerging in..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep

ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35

"...On a March evening in 2016, inside the Dahlia Woods Art Gallery in San Marcos, a mixtape..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

Heading Down to Rock Steady Row

Director Trevor Stevens on his post-Apocalyptic college comedy

"...is hell? Well, in Trevor Stevens’ madcap campus satire Rock Steady Row, it’s not quite the inferno, but it’s..."

July 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Some selections to help you cool down as summer heats up

"...Metal to SoundCloud rap on Friday, beach rock and soul on Saturday, and some good ol' folk..."

July 13, 2018 Events Post by The Music Staff

Queering the Archive With Kate Messer

"Your own culture is worth a memory."

"...been sacred ground for Austin’s queers and misfits. In the Eighties, Sandra Martinez opened Chances, a popular lesbian bar..."

July 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

The House of Tomorrow

Punk coming-of-age tale is a little too sweet for its own good.

"...”I want you to teach me about punk rock,” cloistered teen Sebastian Prendergast (Butterfield) tells his new –..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

UT Professor on the Making of Texas Film Epic Giant

Don Graham's Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film

"...that Edna Ferber's novel Giant ever made it to the big screen, according to Don Graham...."

April 13, 2018 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius

From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres

"...Iggy Pop once claimed that his groundbreaking group the Stooges plied a version of the blues aimed at..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

« 1    ‹ BACK    5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14     NEXT ›    34 »