Chronicle SXSW Coverage: 2012
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June 29

April 27

At It Again
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Say Anything savant Max Bemis let goes of his alienation


March 30

Page Two: Shape-shifting
BY LOUIS BLACK
A pause and perhaps a change in direction

Hockenyos Gets Creative ... Again
BY MIKE KANIN
Austin should embrace its identity as a cultural mecca


March 23

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Your Style Avatar made it out on the last night of SXSW, and boy, are his pumpkins squashed


March 17

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Oh, who didn't Your Style Avatar see?

Gay Place
BY KATE X MESSER
South by, gay bi, o hai, bye-bye!


March 16

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Your working-class Style Avatar gets a whiff of the Boss, et al, and nearly passes out

Gay Place
BY KATE X MESSER
South by, gay bi, o hai, bye-bye!


March 15

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Have yourself a fashionable SXSW

Gay Place
BY KATE X MESSER
Hurray for the Riff Raff, Yacht, the Gossip ... what more could your li'l heart desire?


March 16

Experience Joy
BY DAN SOLOMON
The quality comedy at SXSW 2012 is worth making extra time for

Gay Place: Gay Tee Ex
BY KATE X MESSER
South by, gay bi, o hai, bye-bye!

Upscale, Sit-Down Burgers
Relish the variety and savor the flavors of Austin's burger bounty

Handicapping Local Craft Brews
BY LEE NICHOLS
Welcome to the craft-beer capital of Texas

Food-o-File
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Feasting after the Festival, local food heroes, and new eateries

Cap Metro Adopts High Tech Timetables
BY KATIE TOMASINO
Smartphones conquer the bus stops


March 9

Page Two: Being Here Now
BY LOUIS BLACK
Your guide to the immediate

Gay Place: Hey, Sailor!
BY KATE X MESSER

Where To Find Custom Cocktails and Affordable Wines During SXSW
BY WES MARSHALL
A penny saved is a cocktail earned


March 2

Page Two: Strange Days
BY LOUIS BLACK
Surfacing into the riptide of SXSW

Gay Place
BY KATE X MESSER
Dress like a Banshee as you prepare for your gayest SXSW ever.

Point Austin: Making Connections
BY MICHAEL KING
Organized labor reaches out to all workers

SXSWedu Spreads Its Wings
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Time to hit the books on broader education topics


Feb. 24

Gay Place: Show Us Your ...
BY KATE X MESSER
Oh, the wheels are turning toward a very gay South By …


Jan. 27

Trying To Hit the Right Note
BY MIKE KANIN
City's sound ordinance back on front burner


Jan. 20

Then There's This... : Austin's Never-Ending Story
BY AMY SMITH
Deadline reporting on the city of reinvention

Music


April 13

Call Me in the Morning
BY LUKE WINKIE
Meet the Wheeler Brothers and their armload of Austin Music Awards


March 23

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Dear Diary
BY MARGARET MOSER
Did I know Bruce Springsteen was going to play the Austin Music Awards? Excellent question.




March 17

Off the Record
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW news and carryings-on

Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panel reviews

Day Party Crawl

Live Shots
SXSW Showcase Reviews

My SXSW
BY JARED PAUL BOULANGER
By Jared Paul Boulanger

MOJO Recommends
'Mojo' editor-in-chief Phil Alexander spotlights the best new British talent

Norah Jones
BY DAN OKO
Norah Jones in a Russ Meyer flick? Just kidding.

The Carper Family
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Imagine the Carter Family writing songs about texting

Black Pistol Fire
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Have Canadians usurped our Texas roadhouse blues?

Paul Collins Beat featuring Peter Case
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Power pop wasn't always such a popular term




March 16

Off the Record
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW News and Carryings-On

My SXSW
By Charlie Mars

MOJO Recommends
'MOJO' Editor-in-chief phil alexander spotlights the best new british talent

Gary Clark Jr.
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Local bluesman gone stratospheric escapes all that onstage

Dee-1
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Hova, Fiddy, and Weezy, NOLA's Dee-1 is calling youse out.

Michael Kiwanuk
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Here comes Adele's successor

Girl in a Coma
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
San Antonio's badass grrrl trio just needs to stay together

The Drums
BY DOUG FREEMAN
If believing in beautiful melodies is nostalgia, then consider the Drums a throwback.




March 15

Off the Record
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW news and carryings-on

Ballroom Dancing
SXSW Panel Reviews

Live Shots

Day Party Crawl

My SXSW
By Coni Duchess & Martin Guevara

MOJO Recommends
'MOJO' Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander spotlights the best new british talent at sxsw

Brazos
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Leaving Austin can be like shedding a layer of skin, but you'll never get the Broken Spoke out of your head, heart, and feet

Big Star 'Third' Concert
BY ADAM SCHRAGIN
Honoring tragic 2010 non-SXSW headliner and Big Star guiding light Alex Chilton

Lee Fields & the Expressions
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Remember how you flipped for Charles Bradley? Get a lot of Lee Fields!

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Fela Kuti will still one day liberate Africa – through his son, Seun Kuti

Tommy Stinson
BY MICHAEL BERTIN
Replacements bassist has bigger fish to fry than Axl Rose


March 16

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

Hello!
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
SXSW Music Festival Supplement

2011-12 Austin Music Awards
This year's winners

Wednesday Music Preview Guide

Thursday Music Preview Guide

Friday Music Preview Guide

Saturday Music Preview Guide

SXSW 2012 Records

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Mother Texas
BY MARGARET MOSER
Welcome to Texas, y'all. Meet Ray Wylie Hubbard, 'The Grifter's Hymnal,' and 'Mother Blues.'


March 9

Don't go Home Hungry: Festival Eats Not to be Missed

State of Love and Trust
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Have a little faith for the new millennial music paradigm and trust in the 2011-12 Austin Music Awards.

The Young and Restless
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Another magnificent seven local acts heading into South by Southwest and gaining momentum

Picks and Sleepers

International Bands

The Ballad of Big Star
BY LEAH CHURNER
A work-in-progress premiere and supergroup performance pay tribute to the cult band


March 2

Can't Touch This
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
South by Southwest Music panels remain as star-studded as actual showcases

Film


March 23

It's So Hard To Say Goodbye
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
One easy web address and you never have to let go of SXSW 2012

SXSW Film 2012 Audience Awards
'Brooklyn Castle,' 'Fat Kid Rules the World' among crowd faves


March 17

SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews


March 16

SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews


March 15

SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews

SXSW 2012 Film Awards
Audience and jury prizes announced

Conference Quick Cuts
SXSW Film + Interactive


March 9

Don't go Home Hungry: Festival Eats Not to be Missed

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Where to find the Chronicle's continuing SXSW Film coverage, plus a venue list

Best Bets for the Badgeless
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
You, too, can sample SXSW's wares

The Scare Game
BY MARC SAVLOV
Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon on what went wrong with horror and where to go from here

Attack of the Cybermen
BY MARC SAVLOV
Activism empowered by the Internet

The Ballad of Big Star
BY LEAH CHURNER
A work-in-progress premiere and supergroup performance pay tribute to the cult band

Mama Drama
BY MELANIE HAUPT
The comedy in 21st century babymaking

Poker Face
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
The life cycle of man as deadpan farce in 'Somebody Up There Likes Me'

Joystick Joy
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Two mediums, same ethos at play in 'Indie Game: The Movie'

Bruises Easily
BY MARC SAVLOV
'The Raid' opens a can of whupass

Aftershocks
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Finding inspiration in the devastation of the 921 earthquake

Art as Acts of Subversion and Immersion
'The Sheik and I,' 'Trash Dance,' and 'Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters'

The Place Is the Thing
The influence of geography in a quartet of docs


Feb. 3

Jump, Jive, and More
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
SXSW Film announces its feature lineup


Jan. 20

The Jumping-Off Point
BY MARC SAVLOV
Kat Candler continues her chronicles of youthful frenzy in 'Hellion'

Film Flam
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Not following us on Twitter and the blog? Here's what you've been missing

Interactive


March 23

All Over Creation: Assumptions and Definitions
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Seeing what's new in theatre requires letting go of old notions

It's So Hard To Say Goodbye
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
One easy web address and you never have to let go of SXSW 2012


March 16

Conference Quick Cuts
SXSW Film + Interactive


March 9

SXSW Comedy
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Really taking funny seriously

Don't go Home Hungry: Festival Eats Not to be Missed

Food-o-File
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Can't decide where to eat? Now there's an app for that.

Best Bets for the Badgeless
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
You, too, can sample SXSW's wares

Attack of the Cybermen
BY MARC SAVLOV
Activism empowered by the Internet

Joystick Joy
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Two mediums, same ethos at play in 'Indie Game: The Movie'


March 2

Second Helpings: Interactive Foraging Downtown

Interactive Introduction
All the info you need to follow our SXSW coverage, a list of the SXSW 2012 Interactive campuses, and how to Aurasma-fy our cover.

Don't Click Us, We'll Click You
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
How the Internet started searching us

Black Like Who?
BY CINDY WIDNER
Baratunde Thurston lightens up the conversation on race, technology, and social change

Man or Machine? Circle Option C.
BY JON LEBKOWSKY
Digital pioneer Amber Case on cyborg anthropology

Ex-Punk Author, DIY or Die Forever
BY JESSE SUBLETT
Test-driving the newest iBooks Author app (bumps ahead)

The Sound of Secrets
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Bluebrain live-scores your true confessions

The (Re-)Rise of Start-Up Culture
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Are we closing in on a sustainable model?

Unpicked: The Underachiever's Rejected Panel Proposals
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
The Underachiever's Rejected Panel Proposals

Where No Man Has Gone Before
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
What Jeffrey Zeldman thinks about Jeffrey Zeldman's induction into the SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame

The End of the Double Rainbow
BY DAN SOLOMON
Does it take a pot of gold now to go viral?

About Time for a New Pair of Genes
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Better SXSW through DNA modification

Tumblr Today, the Tate Tomorrow
BY ASHLEY MORENO
Does the rise of social media mean more art or just more noise?

A Patchwork Planet
BY MELANIE HAUPT
How blogging became the (very lucrative) 21st century quilting bee

South by Southwest ScreenBurn Arcade
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Holy crap! It's free! OMG! Parking!


Jan. 27

The Spillover
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
SXSW Interactive loosens its belt, expands to 14 venues

News (and Attitude) From SXSW Interactive
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
My iCal is already packed, how about yours?