Subject: Austin

• Kinch Teaser Video Now Up

  Kinch, one of my favorite local bands (and you'll find out just how favorite when my column on the top 10 local CDs of the year drops next week) has posted a new video chronicling the recording of their upcoming record in Austin. You can click below to see the YouTube version below, or go to kinchband.com to check it out. I'm already to excited to hear what they came out of Texas with. Thanks to our man Psyko Steve for the tip. --Martin Cizmar

  December 23, 2008

• Conference Fever

  March 14, 2007

• NXNW

  SXSW bands make a PHX pit stop on their way back to the NW

  March 19, 2009

• CLAWING THEIR WAY TO THE TOPWHEN IT COMES TO PUNK-METAL, YOU'VE GOT TO HAND IT TO PAW

  August 25, 1993

• Bros and Cons

  Hit-and-miss True West strikes out in new direction

  November 28, 1996

• Goin' South

  Seven local bands head to SXSW for a week of industry excess

  March 19, 1998

• Growing Pains

  After 13 years, SXSW remains Austin's greatest/worst display of self-love

  March 25, 1999

• A View to a Shill

  Unfunny, product-placement-packed Austin Powers sequel can go shag itself

  June 10, 1999

• The Groover Is Gone

  When they buried Doug Sahm, they buried Texas music

  December 9, 1999

• Master of Puppets

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

  September 7, 2000

• Best Radio Station -- Country

  KUET-AM 710

  September 26, 2002

• Monsters Ball

  Disco Bloodbath it ain't, but the raunch is real and the drinks are cheap at Jonny Noir's Filthy/Gorgeous

  February 16, 2006

• I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

  Fear Is on Our Side
  (Secretly Canadian)

  March 23, 2006

• Two More AZ(ish) Bands Do Daytrotter Sessions

  A couple weeks ago we brought you news that local favorites Dear and the Headlights recorded a session for Daytrotter, which is sort of Chicago's answer to The Peel Sessions, with upcoming indie acts doing four-song semi-live sets. Since then, two more bands with Arizona connections have been on, Tucson's Mostly Bears, and former Arizona band Lymbyc Systym and we've got the links.

  January 5, 2009

• To Anyone Thinking the Light Rail is No Fun: Try Taking Off Your Pants

  For seven years now New York improve troop Improv Everywhere has celibrated their own holiday on the New York subway system called No Pants Day. On January 10th Phoenix residents were finaly able to join the Holiday on our new Light Rail. 

  January 13, 2009

• Anyone Else Going to SxSW?

  So we know who from Arizona is officially showcasing, and we know who's part of the Unofficial Official Arizona showcase, I Heart AZ, which New Times is co-sponsoring, but it seems like every day I'm hearing rumblings about other local bands headed to Austin in two weeks... like when I stumbled across Matthew Reveles unofficial SxSW date Tuesday.Anyone else playing Austin between March 17-22? If so, let me know. Or else.

  March 5, 2009

• SxSWers Spirit Animal, Saint Motel and Asa Random Stopping in Scottsdale Monday

  Phoenix's prime place in the vast desert between Los Angeles and Austin really comes in handy this time of year, as we get tons of shows by otherwise-usually-too-hip-to-play-here acts stopping by on their way to South by Southwest. Jose Gonzolez rounded a bunch of them up for you in the paper this week, but I also wanted to mention a cool show happening at The Rogue Bar in Scottsdale Monday. Our friend Murph of So Much Silence fame is putting together a cool bill with Angelenos Spirit Animal (el

  March 13, 2009

• KJZZ's Story on I Heart AZ

  Right now I'm writing up a column on last week's I Heart AZ party, a SxSW showcase our blog contributor Steve Chilton threw last week in Austin, which was definitely the highlight of my week at the festival. Radio works faster than us print folks though, so I figured I'd share this story from NPR affiliate KJZZ, which has interviews from Steve, Ian of Dear and the Headlights and the guys from Kinch.

  March 23, 2009

• Crawford

  January 15, 2009

• Oops, They Did it Again

  The BCS still sucks, but Longhorns’ loss is Fiesta Bowl’s gain

  January 1, 2009

• Grrl Power

  Slammin’ Austin chicks channel AIDS Wolf, Shearing Pinx

  December 25, 2008

• Theremin at Work

  Dudes heed Austin band’s otherworldly siren song

  August 7, 2008

• Over the weekend

  March 13, 2008

• Guy Forsyth

  Peripatetic picker

  July 5, 2007

• Matt the Electrician

  Not too earnest and just reverent enough

  April 5, 2007

• The Ugly Truth in Austin, Texas

  The case against Michael Moore and for B-list celebs at SXSW

  March 22, 2007

• The Octopus Project

  Eight already

  February 8, 2007

• Asylum Street Spankers

  You can't spell "caravan" without "a van"

  August 17, 2006

• Charlie Sexton, and Shannon McNally

  A little bit country

  November 10, 2005

• Black Lips

  April 16, 2009

• Austin Translation

  A Phoenix passport to South by Southwest

  March 25, 2004

• Asylum Street Spankers

  Austin band spins its Favorite Record

  December 19, 2002

• He's Gone Country

  Shunning ranch life for a music career, Tommy Shane Steiner has the meat and half the hump

  August 1, 2002

• Bang to Hype

  At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

  March 21, 2002

• The Loner

  Emotionally fragile Texas legend Daniel Johnston ventures out into the wicked world

  February 21, 2002

• Choo Choo Ch'boogie

  The Derailers get back on track with a major-label deal

  October 4, 2001

• The Golden Band

  Genetic research and rock 'n' roll cross paths in the music of Austin's American Analog Set

  August 23, 2001

• Dark Waters

  Defying stylistic tags and genre hybrids, Austin's Knife in the Water makes music for the curious and melancholy with Red River

  December 28, 2000

• 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.

  March 30, 2000

• New Digs

  June 24, 1999

• CONVENTIONEER WAX

  SCREED

  March 23, 1994

• A BOY OF STRUMMERRICK TREVINO PLAYS THE BARS INSTEAD OF THE OUTFIELD

  January 20, 1994

• FLIGHT OF THE IGUANASIT HASN'T HURT THIS BAND TO OFFER LIVE SAX ONSTAGE

  August 26, 1992

• Little Room for Improv-ment at the Phoenix Improv Festival

  It sounds like the premise of an especially horrific nightmare: You're on stage in front of at least 100 strangers. One of them yells out the phrase "Silly String in the Desert." And then the crowd, who all paid $15 to be entertained for the evening, expects you to use that phrase as the title of the completely improvised 30 minute musical you're about to perform for them. Now...go! Be funny! And hope that if you say something, well, not so funny, another performer is there to pick up the slac

  April 19, 2009

• The Wooden Birds Play Modified on May 27

  The Wooden BirdsAustin indie band The Wooden Birds start their tour at Modified Arts on May 27. The band -- which plays a mellow, pretty brand of folk flavored by the vocals of Andrew Kenny, formerly of American Analog Set -- just released their debut record, Magnolia, on Barsuk.You can check out the Mp3 for "Spirited" below. var so = new SWFObject( "http://media.phoenixnewtimes.com/players/vvmMiniPlayer2.swf?k=4Tq9tQ4(UlF3&autoPlay=no", "theSWF", "91", "32", "8", "#FFFFFF" ); so.write( "play

  May 22, 2009

• Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin Releases Statement On Tragic Death of Wife and Son

  Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin says he considers it a "miracle" he was able to hold and get to know his newborn son for three days before the boy died. Martin's wife, Kerry, died on Monday a few hours after giving birth. In his statement today, Martin thanks the staff at Phoenix Children's Hospital and says he will give the public details about the tragedy. Martin also assures expectant mothers that similar cases are rare. (See our recent post about maternal deaths for more information). Full

  May 28, 2009

• The Case That Won't End: Doug Grant's Stepdaughter Files `Wrongful-Death' Suit

  If things weren't bad enough for Doug Grant, now serving a five-year prison term after a jury convicted him of manslaughter in the death of his wife Faylene, get this: Jenna Stradling, his 19-year-old stepdaughter (and a key witness against him in the controversial, high-profile case) has filed a lawsuit against him in Maricopa County Superior Court.  Among other things, the suit seeks punitive damages against the former Phoenix Suns nutritionist for "wrongfully" having caused F

  June 12, 2009

• New Release Tuesday: Spoon EP Got Nuffin

  Austin rockers Spoon release three new tracks today with their Got Nuffin EPIt's a pretty slow new release schedule today, unless your name is Rob Thomas, Jeff Tweedy or Moby (or Mephistopheles, for that matter). What I do have to offer, however, is a new EP from Austin indie rockers Spoon. Got Nuffin contains only 4 tracks, yet it is their first new music since 2007's incredible Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. As well, the EP title is in keeping with lead singer Britt Daniel's insatiable need to give goof

  June 30, 2009

• Systym Restore

  July 30, 2009

• Dinomite

  August 13, 2009