Note: This review was written by Lily Angelle, the junior member of our reporting team. AUSTIN – Friday’s official Third Man Records Texas Stand-Off showcase was surreal, something out of…
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Bidding adieu to SXSW 2012 with notes, interviews, and more.
AUSTIN – Perhaps at this junction it might be helpful to briefly summarize the physical nature of the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival, so it can serve as a…
Dave Lifton fills in for Leslie Liberatore for this week’s Song for the Soundtrack of Your Date (No Date).
Who’s ready for some Al B. Sure! The teen idol sings about losing a love interest to another woman in this week’s Jheri Curl Fridays column.
Randy Newman helps out in the first in a series of weekly middle fingers to the world.
AUSTIN – First off, our apologies today for all the up-and-coming acts that we were supposed to spotlight – Thursday at the South by Southwest music conference, the big names…
Flashback to 1992 and revisit the overlooked Up by Right Said Fred.
The Boss addresses his loyal subjects from a podium in Austin.
AUSTIN – There is nothing gradual or tentative about the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference; you jump in and either start swimming madly or you just drown. We tried…
Believe it or not, the Miracles only had one #1 hit while Smokey Robinson was their singer. Ken Shane recalls “The Tears of a Clown.”
March brings new metal releases from Ministry, OSI and Angel Witch.
Bubble Gum Orchestra’s Michael Laine Hildebrandt recounts the power pop and rock albums that inspired him.
And just like that, the first chapter of AM Gold in the 1970s is over.
We first saw Chris Masterson in the late 1980s at a place called Blythe Spirits in Houston. His dad would bring him and his guitar to open mic night on…
Patches of Blue was recorded at Pine Street Studios, here in Hamilton, ON with producer Mike Birthelmer. Mike cut his teeth as an engineer at Grant Ave. Studios, during the…
A couple of years ago I had an idea for a regular column here. It started as an attempt to figure out why so many critically acclaimed bands did nothing…
Every band has one: the story of a completely disastrous train wreck of a show. And how the band chooses to handle such a catastro-gig can reveal a lot about…
Austin’s SXSW festival has earned its unruly reputation for the five-day bacchanal of live music that ends this spring event each year. Many people who’ve come to town in past…
There’s boy bands and some dude named Brandon but stop in for my interview with Jim Macpherson from the Breeders.
In case you missed last night’s show, here are the Shins performing “Simple Song” and “It’s Only Life” on Saturday Night Live March 10:
We kick off our coverage of SXSW 2012 right here. Join us!
Just in time for spring break, the TV is telling us to ”spring forward” our clocks this weekend. Great — as if we needed another thing to keep us from…
Some personal reflection and words of praise for the Boss’s latest album.
In honor of SXSW, tonight’s date song comes from an Austin native & festival staple. Get down.
Midnight Star wants you to be their freak-a-zoid. Or they want you to join their cult. Either way, check out the latest Jheri Curl Fridays column!
Chris Holmes takes a fond look back at the self-titled fourth LP from King’s X, released this week in 1992.
A new PBS music program promises no Celtic nothing…but gives you Train instead. Who has failed?
