Alejandro Escovedo

Pic Hits for the week

Recordings

Austin Stories

Confused agenda of SXSW can't obscure the many musical highlights

Critical Mass

A recap of the releases that made it worthwhile to own a CD player in 1998

Indigenous Voices

The Native American music scene gets in tune with a new radio show

Master of Puppets

Curt Kirkwood is the heart, soul and everything else of the Meat Puppets, no matter who's in the band

A.C. Cotton

Half Way Down (A.C. Cotton)

Sigmatropic

Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories (Thirsty Ear)

Concert Calendar for This Weekend: Jordin Sparks, Digital Summer, Nappy Roots, The Game, and More

The Nappy Roots are scheduled to perform on Friday at Club Red in Tempe. Now that the chill of winter is starting to subside (temps are supposed to get into the high 70s) you've got little excuse to stay cooped up inside your domicile this weekend. Why not book it to the ongoing Renaissance Festi ... More >>

SxSW 2009: Thursday

Attention, all Phoenicians unable to attend SxSW this year: Don't worry. Sure, it's not as good as standing inches away from your favorite band in a trendy Austin club, but we've got the coverage to keep you satisfied. Twitter Music Editor Martin Cizmar has been uploading twit pics of Phoenix band ... More >>

No Country for Young Men

Former punk finds true calling in Americana

Americans recording Mexican songs: the bueno, the bad and the muy ugly

Former punk finds true calling in Americana

Father Land

By the Hand... explores the immigrant experience

Pretty Vacant

New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

Rich Hopkins & Luminarios

My Lucky Stars (Blue Rose)

Alejandro Escovedo

A Man Under the Influence (Bloodshot)

Show Business

TV-3's NewShow is overhauled, and local music gets the boot

Road Weary

The Grievous Angels bid goodbye with a bleak chronicle of a traveling band

Various artists

Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot)

The Filth and the Fury

Never mind the FCC, here's Ghetto Cowgirl

Alcohalted?

Valley rig-rockers Flathead face an uncertain future

On the Beach

Dialectrics' main man readies an intimate solo effort

Austin, We Have a Problem!

What happens when you cram too much music into one city and two pairs of eardrums? Nothing, if you move too fast to hear it all.

Enter the Dragons

In the tradition of the Zeros and the Nuns, the youngest Escovedo talks siblings, booze and Dragon slaying

True Believer

From punk to rock to country, Alejandro Escovedo has weathered the push and pull of family and music

Living the Blues

Local blues crusader Bob Corritore turns his boyhood dreams into reality

Under His Spell Again

A Buck Owens tribute turns into a celebration of the local music scene

Molten Wax

A Buck Owens tribute turns into a celebration of the local music scene

The Acoustic Brotherhood

A Buck Owens tribute turns into a celebration of the local music scene

Independent Record Stores, Bands with New Lead Singers, and More in This Week's New Times

The defunct Hollywood Records on Camelback.​This week's New Times music feature is a look at the slow death of Associated Distributors, and several really cool locally owned record stores. All I'd ever wanted to do was work in a record store. I'd begun collecting LPs in earnest during my freshman ... More >>