Tag Archives: 1978 in Austin

Appearing out of the then-overlooked Austin, TX, punk scene of the first ’80s, the best Boys mixed two irresistible rock and roll designs into one feverish blend: raging, speedy guitars and body fat, funky backbeats. And even though they continued to produce a few so-so recordings, hardly ever really living …

Reared in Austin, Tx, and schooled at Boston’s Berklee University of Music, the fiddle-playing singer/songwriter Carrie Rodriguez produced her documenting debut in 2002 by adding to Chip Taylor’s Let’s Keep This City. Taylor had initial heard Rodriguez on the 2001 South by Southwest meeting and subsequently asked her to tour …