Saturday ACL Fest Picks

First week, second day handicapping

"...a strong foundation of pop. Just a self-titled under their belt, NBT are big overseas and still green. An..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature

Josh Ritter’s Hungry

With ambition, for songs, and quietly at the Moody Saturday

"...Josh Ritter by phone in upstate New York as the renowned Idaho songsmith prepped his current tour. Saturday’s load-in..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

A Ready-Made Community

Filmmakers' Connection helps foreigners find their people

"...aspiring filmmaker from a foreign country visiting Austin for the first time. Maybe you speak the language, maybe you..."

March 30, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Live Forever

What some locals considered Cotton Mather's sophomore slump, 1997's Kontiki, may have been the only thing that Oasis' Gallagher brothers ever agreed on

"...February 1, 2000: Cotton Mather readies to take the stage at the Camden Falcon..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

ACL Fest Saturday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...Over the course of three albums, Austin's Bonnie Bishop has proven..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

ACL Fest Friday Picks

"...Some compare their grooves to late jazz organist Jimmy Smith, but the..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

Irvine Welsh

'Trainspotting,' 10 years later, and a new book

"...career. Choose a family. ... Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Oh, Stephen! Always a bridesmaid, never a bride! Fret not, honey, your day will come!

"...make her Jen Garrison -- just like her pal, the other, equally famous Jenn Garrison, who was also present)..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Levitation, a Cumbia Halloween, Jazz Hall of Fame, and More Crucial Concerts

From spooky to undead and beyond, these are the shows to see

"...indie rock, chillwave, electroclash, and, yes, psych rock – there’s something for everyone on the lineup for this year’s..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene veteran..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Playback: Hot Shivers

New Whiskey Shivers, Butthole Surfers, Casualties, murals, and takes on American literary classics

"...So much for their plan of "maximum music, no banter." Whiskey Shivers' in-store..."

July 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Believe

Moving Panoramas flicker to life in the aftermath of a home invasion

"..."It wasn't the fault of the neighborhood, just a random thing," she..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...SXSW comes further into focus with a third batch of artists released..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Peter Hook: Life in a Northern Town

Joy Division/New Order bassist resurrects two classic LPs

"...Manchester to sun-baked Texas. For Peter Hook, source of the driving and defining bass lines of Joy Division and..."

Sept. 17, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Thursday Showcases

"...Detroit indie Small Stone cornered the market on weed-fed power rock, celebrating its 10th anniversary..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Saturday blurbs rally!

"...SATURDAY PICKS The Cult..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Everything

What do Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds have in common? Prince, Maceo Parker, and Larry Harlow!

"...Atop the biggest stage on the biggest night of the biggest..."

June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Strange but True

Jad Fair making art out in Manor with monsters, aliens, and dead dogs

"...Sunday afternoon in January, a dead dog lies in the tall grass under a street sign. Upon closer examination,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Dancing About Architecture

Fastball gains velocity, Herring swims upstream, and Spoon's new single is ripe for consumption

"...Austin could have a real reason to be called the Live Music Capital of the World in the not-too-distant..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Neil Diamond comes to town, the Metro stays open, Cotton Mather searches for a deal, Hamstein sells its publishing, Wynton Marsalis visits the Elephant Room, and much, much more.

"...& Bob, who had a very special guest in the studio doing an acoustic number. Wow! How had they..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Mardi Gras Rioting on Sixth Street brands Austin "The Mace, Pepper Spray, and Rubber Bullet Capital of the World"

"...all fun and games until somebody loses an eye, they say, and that's as good a phrase as any..."

March 2, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Jump on It skips a beat but keeps on keepin' on; Solid Gold 40 gives up the ghost.

"...All for the NOOKie..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

A bitch session about the plight of the Austin music scene is scheduled at Threadgill's; here's hoping Negativland's long-anticpated Austin appearance doesn't dissapoint a la SRL.

"...I've been ranting for several weeks about the plight of the Austin music scene being silicon-chipped away..."

May 12, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Balls to the Wall

"...Continuing to snowball, and I don't mean the promotional snack the band's label sent out last week,..."

May 29, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...By the winter of 1977, when the Rolling Stones entered EMI's..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sincola Adds Life

Paused and Refreshed...

"...Two years ago, the Chronicle ran a piece on a certain Austin modern..."

June 14, 1996 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in every year. If..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...DAMNATIONS TX: With Half Mad Moon (Sire), the Damnations TX are poised to take over the world...."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Destination Unknown

"...his hit New Wave band Missing Persons was riding the charts with "Words," Terry Bozzio asked precisely that musical..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Won't Get Schooled Again

Austin's Music Class of '98

"...of this year's contingent have firm release dates for their forthcoming albums, it appears some 30 of Austin's favorite..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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