Austin (Texas)

50 Important SXSW Questions

Editor: We have so many questions here in Austin. Here are 50 of them. 1. Will I like the pedicab costumed as The Hulk if he gets angry? 2. Are we all really just in New York? 3. Is this t-shirt rad? 4. Do you want to get some 'za, which is now absolutely the slang for pizza? 5. How far can you spr ... More >>

Rampage Festival @ The Sail Inn

Kevin Binkley Stiffed at James Beard Awards

This just in: Valley chef Kevin Binkley -- the guy pretty much everyone agrees owns the best restaurant in Arizona -- did not win the 2012 James Beard Best Chef Southwest award this year. Instead, the honors went to Paul Qui, executive chef of Uchiko in Austin, Texas. Last year, the category tied. ... More >>

The Insects, Mouse Powell and Afro Classics Wrap Up SxSW Tour Tonight at Hidden House

Our local music acts make one helluva trip come SxSW time. Aside from the drive to Austin itself, many of the musicians take the opportunity to spread their sounds along the southwest with various gigs along the way. Then of course there's the actual music festival. Although March 18 marks the offi ... More >>

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

Deep Eddy Vodka Makes Its AZ Debut at TEXAZ Today

Deep Eddy's Vodka, an Austin distillery, will make its Arizona debut from 2-5pm on Friday, March 2nd at TEXAZ Grill to commend the Lone Star State.

White Denim @ ASU Gammage Auditorium

The Decemberists Coming to Mesa Arts Center

​Huge and old-timey show announcement today: The Decemberists will play Mesa Arts Center on August 11.The date comes at the end of the Portland indie-folk act's extended summer tour, which is in support of their January record, The King Is Dead. No support for this date announced yet but other leg ... More >>

Five Japanese Bands For Your Heavy Rotation

Jonathan McNamaraHystoic Vein performs at the Japan Preview Day Show during SXSW 2011.​U.S. fans of Japanese Music face one, ever-present obstacle in their quests to discover new J bands: They're not here. Up on the Sun constantly monitors upcoming concerts from Japanese bands. In good years, that ... More >>

Meat Puppets at SXSW, Great White, Baseball Project, Lady Gaga and More in This Week's Print Edition

​This week's main music feature is a column I wrote in Austin, Texas after a week of South By Southwest craziness. It was a rough week for Arizona -- the most attention anything related to our state got was a panel hosted by boycotters -- but Meat Puppets frontman Curt Kirkwood managed to put ever ... More >>

South By Stateside: Day 2 Last Night at The Sail Inn

​It's a real shame that Mother Nature didn't see if fit to cooperate with Stateside Presents' plans for South By Stateside: Day 2, the annual Phoenix run off of indie-bands on their way to the West Coast from Austin's South by Southwest Festival. The nine band bill was divided pretty evenly betwee ... More >>

SXSW, Broloaf, Art Detour, and AMOCOCO Luminarium Over the Weekend

​Broloaf at Yucca Tap Room Last Night The idea of a three-year-old local band playing their 19th show last night is a little ridiculous, but Broloaf isn't the type of band that can churn out one show per week. The amount of planning and money that goes into each performance means they can only ... More >>

Slaid Cleaves

Jimmie Vaughan's Got No Blues At All

The Maine Plot Massive National Tour with Never Shout Never

​The Maine are playing a much-hyped show at The Nile Theatre in Mesa next Friday.Actually, though, that's just the mid-point in a massive tour to promote their Billboard-charting second album Black & White. They team up with Never Shout Never for a tour of small theaters and large clubs starti ... More >>

What About Bob Ray?

Iconic Texas filmmaker posts up in Tempe

Landmine Marathon Debuts New Video for "Shadows Fed to Tyrants"

​How do you make a metalhead swoon? Play him the new video for "Shadows Fed to Tyrants" by Phoenix grindcore band Landmine Marathon. If you read my feature on the band last year, you probably didn't have to read between too many lines to figure out that I have a huge crush on lead screamer Grace P ... More >>

The Gourds

Swampadelic hippies the Gourds rock the Casbah all the way to Jericho

Salsa Showdown: Breakfast Taco Salsa

Jonathan McNamara Now where are the breakfast tacos? ​Real cooks can't stay out of the kitchen. That's why four of Chow Bella's regular contributors have concocted four different types of salsa just in time for Cinco de Mayo. Check in next week to see who won the showdown. Now, someone pass ... More >>

Cafe: La Condesa Gourmet Taco Shop

​This week The New York Times released an article about the best places in Austin, Texas for breakfast tacos. Eggs in a tortilla may be all the rage in Tejas, but around these parts, we prefer the Mexican staple with lunch and dinnertime in mind. Take La Condesa Gourmet Taco Shop for example. ... More >>

Phoenix Rape Suspect Busted in Texas

Darryl Clark​Police in Austin, Texas arrested a man earlier this month wanted by the Phoenix Police Department for the January rape and assault of a woman at a Phoenix truck stop.On February 11, Austin police arrested 40-year-old Darryl Clark after he was identified by Phoenix police as a suspect ... More >>

Village Voice SXSW Party Features Superchunk, the xx, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Surfer Blood

Superchunk​ Some news from our corporate parent: The lineup for the 2010 Village Voice SXSW party has been announced. Superchunk, the xx, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Surfer Blood will play the show in Austin. We know the economy is tough, but if you can beg, borrow or steal your way to ... More >>

At SxSW, Phoenix Bands Kinch, Miniature Tigers, The Stiletto Formal, and More Make Their Mark

Screw SXSW. Go PHX.

See the indie darlings without the headaches

Good Ol' Mr. Wilson

No Country for Young Men

Former punk finds true calling in Americana

Over the Weekend: Edgefest 2008, Chandler Oktoberfest and More

The Whigs, and What Made Milwaukee Famous

You can't swing a Gin Blossom without hitting a concert this weekend

Turning Japanese

Never can say sayonara

Assacre

Aqua man is Austin's power

Three's Company

A trio of Phoenix bands make the scene at South By Southwest

Messing With Texas

Arizona Rock Coalition's "foot in the door" may end up in its mouth

Letters

Letters from the week of April 15,2004

Remembering It's Rock

Texas eclectics Slobberbone refuse to surrender to altcountry dogma

She's the One

Local songstress gets ready to do business with the high and mighty

Second Helpings

Austin Stories

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

Recordings

Town Without Pity

The country-rock heroes of Whiskeytown find solace in their instability

Goin' Fishin'

Arizona's tight-knit blues community is about to lose its longtime ambassador, Big Pete Pearson

SXSW: C Minus

South by Whatever

Bourbon Cowboy

Dale Watson says Nashville's country music is on the rocks. That's why he serves hisstraight-up.

Pure Texas

VIVA JERRY JEFF!

AUSTIN OUTLAW WALKER HITS THE ROAD. AGAIN.

THE HEMP IRE STRIKES BACK

CANNABIS CLOTHIER, ACCUSED OF MARIJUANA SMUGGLING, IS ON THE LAM

RIFF AND READ

A FIRST LISTEN