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Austin (Texas)

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Anodes Makes Its Debut with a Tour to SXSW

    Since late 2011, the members of Anodes haved pulled their time and energy, and this week the group will lay their efforts bare for all to see. Anodes identifies itself as both post-hardcore and emo, two genres that often share similar musical cues and ethics. The group made its debut in St. Louis at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Download the iLLPHONiCS EP Before Tonight's Release Show

    Since its early days back in 2006, when the iLLPHONiCS was working out of the recording studio at Webster University, the group has shaped and molded its style into the well-polished hybrid genre that its members now call "hip-hop fusion." While the iLLPHONiCS may lean on a variety of different musi ... More >>

  • Music

    February 9, 2012

    Bloody Knives

    9 p.m. Friday, February 10. El Leñador, 3124 Cherokee Street.

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Ume

    8:45 p.m. Thursday, October 27. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Play Like You Mean It: An Interview With Ume's Lauren Larson

    Sandy Carson​At this year's LouFest, Austin-based trio Ume performed a riotous set punctuated by the band's massive, impressionistic rock and lead singer Lauren Larson's fiery stage presence. Previously barely known to most fans in attendance, the band is now playing one of the fall concert se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Filmmaker Educates and Entertains with Works on Charcuterie and Turkey Bacon

    Got a spare sixteen minutes and a burning desire to learn about charcuterie? Filmmaker Christian Remde's made it easy. The Austin, Texas filmmaker has produced a short documentary called, "Charcuterie - A Documentary" as part of his Twelve Films Project. He's making a film each month in 2011. In J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Dear Chuy Arzola's: Please Don't Change Lunch.

    Welcome to Lunch Bucket List, a recurring feature in which Gut Check checks out the many lunch specials available at restaurants around town. Know a lunch special we should check out? Drop us a line.Robin WheelerThe Austin from Chuy Arzola's​The Place: Chuy Arzola's (3701 Lindell Boulevard; 31 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Bo & the Locomotive Triumphantly Return, Having Only Slept On Cat-Piss Couches Once

    Bourbon Street. Photos courtesy of Bo Bulawsky.​Bo & the Locomotive is gearing up for the release of its first full length, On My Way; it's out July 30th. The band is, in fact, exactly on its way, having just returned from a tour that took Bo and his band through the South. There were especia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Local Rugby Squad Prepares for Another Run at National Championship

    Premier Fitness​In this week's feature story we profile a local rugby player and Iraq War vet who survived a fluke house fire and seven months in a coma -- and is now attempting a comeback to the pitch. Meanwhile, another powerhouse rugby squad in the area is about to defend their title as run ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    The Black Angels' Alex Maas on DMT, St. Louis and lots more

    Alexandra Valenti​The Black Angels has reached the point of royalty among today's lysergic rock outfits. In between relentless touring and putting out killer albums and EPs, the Austin five-piece started Austin Psych Fest, now in it's fourth year. For its third full length, 2010's Phosphene Dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Latest Daily Beast Ranking "Proves" KC is Funnier than StL

    image viaHey Daily Beast,don't you know the Arch is really just a big smile turned upside-down?​In honor of April Fool's Day, our friends at the Daily Beast (who, as you may recall, previously declared St. Louisans ugly and dumb) have decided to rank the 30 funniest cities in America. Apparent ... More >>

  • Music

    March 17, 2011

    Cult of Youth

    9 p.m. Monday, March 21. Apop Records, 2831 Cherokee Street.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    I Can Has Cheezcat at SXSW

    ​What hath the internets wrought? Mostly, hilarious cats. And now, they've been rendered in cheese. Really, why not?This weekend at South by Southwest, Austin's annual music and technology conference, St. Louis-based Friskies cat food unveiled an enormous (640 pound) statue, made of cheese, commem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    St. Louis at SXSW 2011: Who's Playing Where

    Annie ZaleskiNato Caliph at SXSW a few years ago​It's hard to believe, but the music portion of the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2011. In the last quarter-century, the annual event has evolved to become the gathering place for music-industry darlings, wann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    The Black Angels Coming to the Old Rock House

    Friday, April 22, is shaping up to be one full of hard choices for live-music fans. Rural Alberta Advantage is at the Firebird, the Joy Formidable/the Lonely Forest is at the Luminary Center for the Arts -- and now the Old Rock House is weighing in with a show by the Black Angels. (Suuns is opening. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    How to Eat Your Christmas Tree

    Chef Rene Redzepi thinks it's a shame that Christmas trees are used for a few days then discarded, so he writes in the New York Times that perhaps we should considering eating our Christmas trees. "Maybe for us Westerners the Christmas tree becomes, if only briefly, like a beloved pet. And who would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Match Meat Beefs Up Its Resume Beyond St. Louis

    Jennifer SilverbergTo read a profile of Match Meat founder Allison Burgess, click here​Match Meat, the St. Louis-based company that puts a new spin on vegetarian meat alternatives, has been making strides beyond its home turf. According to company spokeswoman Susan Iskiwitch, veggie-friendly s ... More >>

  • Music

    March 31, 2010

    Cheap Trick, Rockford, Illinois' favorite sons, never surrender

    Jennifer SilverbergTo read a profile of Match Meat founder Allison Burgess, click here​Match Meat, the St. Louis-based company that puts a new spin on vegetarian meat alternatives, has been making strides beyond its home turf. According to company spokeswoman Susan Iskiwitch, veggie-friendly s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Video: Looks Like The Force Had Fun Last Week at SXSW

    Hip Hop group The Force were Austin last week at South by Southwest and documented some of their experiences on video.​The St. Louis hip-hop collective The Force represented the city something fierce in Austin last week.There was SXSTL, the St. Louis-exclusive hip-hop showcase, and a whole sle ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2010

    Sporting News: Mixed martial arts proves the end is near, and Pujols isn't going anywhere

    Hip Hop group The Force were Austin last week at South by Southwest and documented some of their experiences on video.​The St. Louis hip-hop collective The Force represented the city something fierce in Austin last week.There was SXSTL, the St. Louis-exclusive hip-hop showcase, and a whole sle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    An Exclusive Excerpt of Steve Almond's Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, Part One

    Austin singer-songwriter/musician Bob Schneider will perform at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room on Wednesday, March 24. To go along with this appearance, we're going to run an exclusive excerpt from author Steve Almond's new book, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, which Random House will publish next mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    SXSW Day One: Billy Bragg, Broken Bells, Miranda Lee Richards, Jason Collett, Fanfarlo more!

    Big Star's shadow is looming large at this year's SXSW.​The text that Alex Chilton had died came through just before midnight on the first full day of South By Southwest 2010 in Austin. I was on my way to the sleeze-and-cheese-and-bathroom-cologne club Prague to see the anti-Alex, Billy Bragg, ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    SXSTL: St. Louis sends several representatives to Austin for this year's SXSW festivities

    Big Star's shadow is looming large at this year's SXSW.​The text that Alex Chilton had died came through just before midnight on the first full day of South By Southwest 2010 in Austin. I was on my way to the sleeze-and-cheese-and-bathroom-cologne club Prague to see the anti-Alex, Billy Bragg, ... More >>

  • Music

    February 24, 2010

    Balmorhea

    9 p.m. Friday, February 26. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Highways to Hell: How Does St. Louis Stack Up Among the Nation's Most Gridlocked Cities?

    ​When it comes to nightmare commutes, the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles finishes at the head of the line. That infamous stretch of asphalt is in a state of near-paralysis for nearly 80 hours a week, when motorists can expect to limp along in bottleneck congestion at 14 m.p.h.  T ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2009

    Brothers in Arms: Now settled back in St. Louis, the Brothers Lazaroff mines its own distinctive American artifacts

    ​When it comes to nightmare commutes, the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles finishes at the head of the line. That infamous stretch of asphalt is in a state of near-paralysis for nearly 80 hours a week, when motorists can expect to limp along in bottleneck congestion at 14 m.p.h.  T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    St. Louis Won't be Backin' McCracken

    "Punky" Brewster McCracken discussing dissing St. LouisThat headline courtesy of News 8 in Austin, Texas, where mayoral candidate Brewster McCracken has launched an Internet ad comparing the Texas capital to St. Louis. The advertisement available on YouTube (McCracken has disabled the "embedding" fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Spend That Stimulus Cash On What We Need: A Great Public Swimming Pool For St. Louis

    stlouis.missouri.orgThe old Faigrounds Pool in north St. Louis is the type of massive swimming hole this community desperately needs.I realize that it's colder than witches' teats out there today, but all this relief money Missouri is supposed to receive from the federal government has me thinking: ... More >>

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    Unreal delves into why St. Louis is a travel destination for cheapskates and then checks in with identical twins who were separated at birth

    stlouis.missouri.orgThe old Faigrounds Pool in north St. Louis is the type of massive swimming hole this community desperately needs.I realize that it's colder than witches' teats out there today, but all this relief money Missouri is supposed to receive from the federal government has me thinking: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    MP3 Monday: Dead Confederate, Goldcure, The Yuppie Pricks

    stlouis.missouri.orgThe old Faigrounds Pool in north St. Louis is the type of massive swimming hole this community desperately needs.I realize that it's colder than witches' teats out there today, but all this relief money Missouri is supposed to receive from the federal government has me thinking: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2008

    Tonight at CBGB: A Faulty Chromosome, Mahtpa and

    stlouis.missouri.orgThe old Faigrounds Pool in north St. Louis is the type of massive swimming hole this community desperately needs.I realize that it's colder than witches' teats out there today, but all this relief money Missouri is supposed to receive from the federal government has me thinking: ... More >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    The Alice Rose/The Blind Eyes

    stlouis.missouri.orgThe old Faigrounds Pool in north St. Louis is the type of massive swimming hole this community desperately needs.I realize that it's colder than witches' teats out there today, but all this relief money Missouri is supposed to receive from the federal government has me thinking: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    SXSW From a First-Timer's Perspective: R.E.M., Undertow, Dead Confederate, Thurston Moore, J Mascis, more

    stlouis.missouri.orgThe old Faigrounds Pool in north St. Louis is the type of massive swimming hole this community desperately needs.I realize that it's colder than witches' teats out there today, but all this relief money Missouri is supposed to receive from the federal government has me thinking: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2008

    Billiken Club Day Party at SXSW, New Shows In Town

    stlouis.missouri.orgThe old Faigrounds Pool in north St. Louis is the type of massive swimming hole this community desperately needs.I realize that it's colder than witches' teats out there today, but all this relief money Missouri is supposed to receive from the federal government has me thinking: ... More >>

  • Music

    May 16, 2007

    Throttlerod / Mess with the Bull

    9 p.m. Tuesday, May 22. Way Out Club (2525 South Jefferson Avenue).

  • Music

    March 28, 2007

    Noise Pop

    Avant-garde label aPop Records opens a storefront and moves its operations onto Cherokee Street.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2007

    Leaving on a Jetplane

    Avant-garde label aPop Records opens a storefront and moves its operations onto Cherokee Street.

  • Music

    February 28, 2007

    Primordial Undermind

    9 p.m. Friday, March 2. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2006

    Attention, Local Bands: Get Out of Town!

    9 p.m. Friday, March 2. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).

  • Music

    July 5, 2006

    Asylum Street Spankers

    6 p.m. Tuesday, July 11. Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Boulevard)

  • Music

    May 31, 2006

    Dixie Witch

    10 p.m. Friday, June 2. The Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)

  • Music

    May 17, 2006

    Zom Zoms

    Saturday, May 20, at 9 p.m. Lemmons (5800 Gravois Avenue)

  • Music

    March 22, 2006

    Don't Mess with Texas

    A dispatch from SXSW

  • Music

    March 24, 2004

    Say You, Say Me

    Step into the nasty shoes of a SXSW correspondent

  • Music

    October 23, 2002

    Octopus Project with Fred's Variety Group

    Friday, October 25; Lemmons Basement Bar

  • Music

    September 8, 1999

    Meat Purveyors

    Saturday, Sept. 11; Cicero's

  • Music

    June 9, 1999

    Country Club

    Saturday, Sept. 11; Cicero's

  • Music

    March 31, 1999

    Days of Heaven

    Saturday, Sept. 11; Cicero's

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