Email Author Audra Schroeder

2012 Stories by Audra Schroeder

• Preview: Waxeater, Geistheistler at Rubber Gloves

  published June 21, 2012

  You've got to love a band with a song titled "Are Those Fucking Beers Ice Cold Yet?" Indiana trio Waxeater's 2010 LP, Sleeper, was a sloppy,... More >>

• Preview: Linus Pauling Quartet at LaGrange

  published June 21, 2012

  Houston's Linus Pauling Quartet recently showed up on Lee Jackson in Space, the tribute album for late Texas music writer Lee Jackson, but the... More >>

• Preview: Lower Dens at Dada

  published June 21, 2012

  Texas' own Jana Hunter gave us goosebumps with her 2005 solo debut, Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom, but it wasn't until she moved to Baltimore a... More >>

• Preview: ZZ Top at Gexa Energy Pavilion

  published June 21, 2012

  There are no surprises on ZZ Top's new Rick Rubin-produced EP, Texicali. It sounds exactly like a ZZ Top album. That's not oversimplifying:... More >>

• Oak Cliff Film Festival at the Texas Theatre

  published June 14, 2012

  Look at those "do-ers" over at the Texas Theatre: They landed a page in The New York Times a couple of weeks ago, and now they're... More >>

• Miguel Migs and Lisa Shaw at It'll Do Club

  published June 14, 2012

  House music fans will be converging upon the grand reopening of this historic east Elm venue not only because renowned DJ Miguel Migs and... More >>

• What Erykah and Wayne Taught Us About Social Networking

  published June 14, 2012

  As the dramatic tension of the Erykah Badu-Wayne Coyne Twitter "feud" escalated last week, I started thinking about the question of... More >>

• It'll Do

  published June 14, 2012

  House music fans will be converging upon the grand reopening of this historic east Elm venue not only because renowned DJ Miguel Migs and singer... More >>

• Blacktone Rangers EP Release at Bryan Street Tavern

  published June 7, 2012

  Locals Blackstone Rangers have gone from a duo to a quartet to a trio in the span of a couple years, but despite the fluctuation, they've... More >>

• DeSoto SolJazz Festival at DeSoto Eagle Stadium

  published June 7, 2012

  I can't say I've ever been to DeSoto, save for stopping at a Starbucks, but the lineup for their annual SolJazz Festival is enough to make me... More >>

• Chaos in Tejas Leaves a Trail of Bruises and Scars

  published June 7, 2012

  The scar ran from behind his right ear to the center of his cheek, pink and waxy in contrast with his dyed black hair. His skinny arms were... More >>

• Preview: Mark Sultan at City Tavern

  published May 31, 2012

  As the seated half of the King Khan & BBQ Show, guitarist Mark Sultan ("BBQ") provided the rhythmic gut for the duo's food- and sex-propelled... More >>

• Preview: KXT Summer Cut at Gexa Energy Pavilion

  published May 31, 2012

  Local station KKXT-FM 91.7 is dipping its collective toes in the fest pool, and gathers The Flaming Lips, St. Vincent, Fitz & the Tantrums,... More >>

• Preview: Pierced Arrows at Bryan Street Tavern

  published May 31, 2012

  I've long held the belief that Fred and Toody Cole are music's most inspiring couple. In previous band Dead Moon, their music never really... More >>

• Preview: Meltdown Music Festival at QuikTrip Park

  published May 31, 2012

  QuikTrip Park was the site of Dayglow, the "paint rave" I attended a couple months ago, and I'm still finding evidence on my purse. The same... More >>

• Preview: Urgh! A Music War at Texas Theatre

  published May 24, 2012

  Urgh! A Music War exists as one of those concert films that could never be replicated today. Filmed in London and Los Angeles in 1980 and... More >>

• Preview: Homegrown Festival at Main Street Garden Park

  published May 24, 2012

  Black Joe Lewis, Hayes Carll, Ben Kweller, Eisley, Centro-matic, Octopus Project, Robert Ellis, Mystery Skulls, Bright Light Social Hour, Ume,... More >>

• Preview: Allen City Blues Festival at Allen Event Center

  published May 24, 2012

  Since it is fest season, Allen's getting in on the act with its first blues festival, and the lineup is packing some serious heat. The Robert... More >>

• Can Homegrown Festival Thrive On An All-Texas Lineup?

  published May 24, 2012

  A simple piece of downtown real estate caused City Tavern owner and Homegrown Fest organizer Josh Florence to have an epiphany back in January... More >>

• Preview: Todd Barry at Sons of Hermann Hall

  published May 17, 2012

  Todd Barry isn't a musician by trade, but he's alive at a time when music and comedy have become increasingly compatible, and the line between... More >>

• Preview: Yann Tiersen at Trees

  published May 17, 2012

  I'm sure even Yann Tiersen is tired of being known as "that guy who did the soundtrack to Amelie." Beyond that film, the French composer and... More >>

• Preview: Rubber Gloves 15th Anniversary

  published May 17, 2012

  Pour some out for Denton's revered venue, which is now almost old enough to drive, even though it started smoking and drinking when it was,... More >>

• Elizabeth Cook and Amanda Shires at the Kessler Theater

  published May 17, 2012

  Does it take balls to title your album Balls? Elizabeth Cook has them. The Florida-bred country singer-songwriter's 2007 Rodney... More >>

• Preview: Grupo Fantasma at Kessler Theater

  published May 10, 2012

  If you currently have a pulse, there's something in Grupo Fantasma's Latin funk oeuvre that will move you. The Austin big band has backed... More >>

• Preview: Magik Markers at Bryan Street Tavern

  published May 10, 2012

  Though 2009's Balf Quarry was the last proper album Connecticut duo Magik Markers put out, you can't necessarily quantify the group by their... More >>