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Austin

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Fayuca Announce Spring Tour on Way to SxSW, Nominated for High Times Doobie Award

    ​The road to Austin's SxSW music and arts festival is a long and arduous one. A total of 1,006 miles to be exact. (Well, according to Google Maps anyhow.) One of the many Valley acts making the trek in March include local Latin reggae rockers, Fayuca. Last week the trio announced a spring to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Hooves Announce Phoenix Tour Stop

    When we last touched base with Hooves, they were splitting town, cramming into the Bikini Lounge for a goodbye celebration before heading to Washington. I noted "...we can take comfort in knowing they'll be back to visit. It'll be "Party Time" then, but it's hard to imagine it all feeling and soundi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Art of the Menu: New Website Features Well-Designed Restaurant Menus From Around the World

    DJ StoutMenu for Maudie's Tex Mex in Austin.​Menus are calling cards for restaurants. There's no denying that their designs -- from colors, to typefaces, to imagery -- can tell us a lot about who they are, perhaps even evoking a little emotion. The Official Manufacturing CompanyMenus for Spir ... More >>

  • Music

    May 12, 2011

    The Black Angels @ The Rhythm Room

    DJ StoutMenu for Maudie's Tex Mex in Austin.​Menus are calling cards for restaurants. There's no denying that their designs -- from colors, to typefaces, to imagery -- can tell us a lot about who they are, perhaps even evoking a little emotion. The Official Manufacturing CompanyMenus for Spir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Lisa Savidge, Motorhead, Joey Cape and More From This Week's Print Edition

    ​This week's music feature is about local shoegazers Lisa Savidge. Ever wondered what sort of music soldiers in Iraq blast while patrolling the streets of Baghdad? Dan Somers, the band's singer, did two tours of duty and shared his experience with writer Melissa Fossum.Another thing you may b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Meat Puppets Announce New Record, Lollipop, for April 12

    ​Local legends The Meat Puppets will put out a new record, Lollipop, on April 12. The followup to 2009's Sewn Together will come out on Megaforce Records. It was also recorded in Spoon's HiFi Studios in Austin. Curt Kirwood produced the record himself -- Curt lives in Austin and also produced S ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010

    Hole in One

    Famous painting comes to life in Podski’s Hole

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Country Crooners

    Make a reservation to see The Preservation

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2010

    South by Southwest Mesa

    Austin-bound Miss Derringer pass through Hollywood Alley

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2010

    Jazzle Dazzle

    Catch some smooth sounds in a beautiful setting

  • Music

    February 18, 2010

    Asylum Street Spankers

    Catch some smooth sounds in a beautiful setting

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    Systym Restore

    Stop your emo whining. The Bell brothers are back.

  • Blogs

    May 28, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 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 th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2009

    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 th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 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 af ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 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 w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 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 acro ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 25, 2008

    Grrl Power

    Slammin’ Austin chicks channel AIDS Wolf, Shearing Pinx

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    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 kinch ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 7, 2008

    Theremin at Work

    Dudes heed Austin band’s otherworldly siren song

  • Culture

    March 13, 2008

    Over the weekend

    Dudes heed Austin band’s otherworldly siren song

  • Music

    July 5, 2007

    Guy Forsyth

    Peripatetic picker

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    Matt the Electrician

    Not too earnest and just reverent enough

  • Film

    March 22, 2007

    The Ugly Truth in Austin, Texas

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

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2007

    Conference Fever

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

  • Music

    February 8, 2007

    The Octopus Project

    Eight already

  • Music

    August 17, 2006

    Asylum Street Spankers

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

  • Music

    March 23, 2006

    I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

    Fear Is on Our Side
    (Secretly Canadian)

  • News

    February 16, 2006

    Monsters Ball

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

  • Music

    November 10, 2005

    Charlie Sexton, and Shannon McNally

    A little bit country

  • Music

    March 25, 2004

    Austin Translation

    A Phoenix passport to South by Southwest

  • Music

    December 19, 2002

    Asylum Street Spankers

    Austin band spins its Favorite Record

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 26, 2002

    Best Radio Station -- Country

    KUET-AM 710

  • Music

    August 1, 2002

    He's Gone Country

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

  • Music

    March 21, 2002

    Bang to Hype

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

  • Music

    October 4, 2001

    Choo Choo Ch'boogie

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

  • Music

    August 23, 2001

    The Golden Band

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

  • Music

    December 28, 2000

    Dark Waters

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

  • Music

    September 7, 2000

    Master of Puppets

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

  • Music

    March 30, 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.

  • Calendar

    June 24, 1999

    New Digs

    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.

  • Film

    June 10, 1999

    A View to a Shill

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

  • Music

    March 25, 1999

    Growing Pains

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

  • Music

    March 19, 1998

    Goin' South

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

  • Culture

    November 28, 1996

    Bros and Cons

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

  • Music

    March 23, 1994

    CONVENTIONEER WAX

    SCREED

  • Music

    January 20, 1994

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

    SCREED

  • Music

    August 25, 1993

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

    SCREED

  • Music

    August 26, 1992

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

    SCREED

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