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Jamie Stewart: The Sent Down Boy

In the decade since Xiu Xiu released their first album Jamie Stewart and co. have churned out a bounty of ridiculous, fractured rock. If the title to their new album, Always, is any indication, fans can look forward to more endearing, harrowing histrionics. In anticipation of their upcoming Austin show, I chatted with Jamie over the phone. Read More | Comment »

8:51AM Mon. May. 14, Rob Cohen

Heroes vs. Terror

How do you respond to a tragedy? In what way can you frame personal or communal heartache? Typically, how a group responds to tragedy helps to define both the tragedy and community going forward. The two women pictured are heroes, but you probably don't know their names. Read More | Comment »

3:24PM Mon. Apr. 16, Frank J. Rivera

Do Go On, Mr. Gunn

The Chronicle recently chatted up Project Runway fixture Tim Gunn in advance of his appearance at Barton Creek Mall on April 21. A shorter version appears in this week's issue, but – even though we know Gunn's a big proponent of self-editing – we couldn't resist posting the whole transcript. Read More | Comment »

7:37AM Thu. Apr. 12, Andy Campbell

Music Mo'nday: Dark Parts with Perfume Genius

In this age of artifice, honesty in art can be elusive. Music and messages go through so many channels that you rarely get anything as pure as the music of Perfume Genius. It turns out the genius behind Genius is as refreshingly candid over the phone as on record. Read More | Comment »

12:21PM Mon. Mar. 26, Rob Cohen

From Rick Perry to Don Rickles: A Hot Cup of Talk With Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin: Can we do it now? Austin Chronicle: Oh yeah, this is fine, I was just plucking my eyebrows. KG: I just realized I sounded like an Eastern Bloc prostitute. Do it now or leave the cash on the table? AC: Always get the cash first, right? Read More | Comment »

2:14AM Wed. Jan. 11, Sarah Smith

A-Paul-ling!

Man of many faces, Austin drag dynamo Paul Soileau took Christeene to the fine people of the Windy City. And blew them. Away. Read More | Comment »

11:11AM Tue. Dec. 6, 2011, Kate X Messer

God-Des & She proudly
 

Wednesday Rewind

Local hip-hop/soul tandem God-Des & She crowd-sourced a tribute video to commemorate yesterday's historic repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” the government's 18-year policy regarding gay personnel serving in the military. Read More | Comment »

8:04AM Wed. Sep. 21, 2011, Austin Powell

Katy Perry's Licking Stick

There were children dressed as peacocks and peppermint. There were tiny puffs of disco cotton candy for sale, with twitching french tickler rainbow lights in them. And a giant French boudoir curtain. No one told me I was going to a slumber party. A dirty, slutty slumber party. Read More | Comment »

5:06PM Wed. Aug. 3, 2011, Kate X Messer

Over the Wall With Will Sergeant

Will Sergeant and Echo and the Bunnymen are Eighties unsung heroes – or at least undersung. As guitarist for this seminal group Sergeant brought a psychedelic sound into the chilly post-punk landscape that truly set the Bunnymen apart from a lot of the day's sounds. The band is currently touring and stop in Austin tonight, May 7. Read More | Comment »

8:11AM Sat. May. 7, 2011, Rob Cohen

Joan Wasser: Police Woman By Day, Torch Singer By Night

You can't read a thing about Joan Wasser, better known as Joan As Police Woman, that doesn't mention her many prestigious musical cohorts. With the release of her latest The Deep Field and US tour, which hits Austin at the Parish on Saturday, she gets closer to becoming a household name herself. Read More | Comment »

2:46PM Fri. Apr. 29, 2011, Rob Cohen

Safe. Mutual. Respect.

[Our intrepid managing editor and all around lady music maestro Cindy Widner had a chance to chat with everybody's favorite prom date, JD Samson, who is bringing her band MEN to Austin. MEN play the Beauty Bar Thursday, March 31. See you there! – Kate X] Read More | Comment »

3:56PM Wed. Mar. 30, 2011, Cindy Widner

Hunx & His Punx Roll Sweat at SXSW

Biking though, then past the central density of SXSW, I think to myself ‘I really need a helmet.’ Wind ripping at my bike’s balance, I rode quickly through thick traffic south then east. I ran into a friend who tells me the Hunx & His Punx show is running two hours late. Trailer Space, she told me, was packed, and hot. Read More | Comment »

12:04PM Fri. Mar. 25, 2011, B.E. Wiest

Wild Flag Wave Free

Wild Flag put the moves on at their Waterloo free show with Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss leading the sound. Their Sleater-Kinney days no doubt forged a bond that hasn’t withered. Weiss’s beats are hefty and energized; and Brownstein’s vocals kicked with fast, unhesitating energy, making the two a forceful duo in the Wild Flag quad. Read More | 1 Comment »

2:53PM Fri. Mar. 18, 2011, B.E. Wiest

Friday Blingee: The Star Among Us

Hopefully by now you've heard the news that Austin's own film wunderkid PJ Raval has made OUT magazine's 100 VIPs for 2010. We've got questions, here they are: Read More | Comment »

9:11AM Fri. Nov. 19, 2010, Andy Campbell

Tweet This Mess Around: Fred Schneider Tells It Like It T-I-Is! Part 1

Fred Schneider, the iconic yelp-yap-yowl of the B-52's and all-'round great fella cum bon vivant paused for a Q & A on the brink of a special B's show next week in Galveston, Texas (to where we are headed, hell yeah) and on the occasion of the release of a Christmas album, Destination… Christmas! by his other band, the Superions. Read More | Comment »

9:27AM Fri. Nov. 5, 2010, Kate X Messer

Well, That Was Quick...

I am officially placing the time of death for your interest in Savage's It Gets Better campaign as the moment you press play on Perez Hilton's contribution. Read More | 1 Comment »

9:42PM Mon. Nov. 1, 2010, Frank J. Rivera

Thank You, Madam Secretary

Oh, Hillary, I was just thinking about you today, and here you are, popping up in my inbox, sending encouragement and love to LGBT kids and kudos and respect to your own LGBT staff. In these tea-bag tippy-toeing, tap-dancing times, your directness and clarity are beyond refreshing. They kinda take me aback. Read More | Comment »

1:17AM Wed. Oct. 20, 2010, Kate X Messer

Thanking the Academy

We're touched, really. You shouldn't have. Read More | Comment »

12:34AM Sun. Mar. 7, 2010, Kate X Messer

The Gay Glass Ceiling

"I think I would've been more famous if I'd [sort of] been more subtle about my sexuality," Rufus Wainwright told me in an interview before his November 16 performance at The Paramount. I doubt it, I thought. Read More | 2 Comments »

5:37PM Thu. Nov. 19, 2009, Frank J. Rivera

The Gay Ole Shtetl

A bum shoulder took Chaim Topol out of the traveling production of Fiddler on the Roof, but the announcement of his replacement is an early Hannukah present… wait for it… wait for it… wait for it… HARVEY FIERSTEIN! Read More | 1 Comment »

12:31PM Tue. Nov. 17, 2009, Andy Campbell

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