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David Rodriguez, the charismatic, high-energy screamer that captained Austin street punk breakouts Krum Bums before reloading with the more hardcore Starving Wolves, has been tapped by the Casualties to front the veteran NYC punk gang following the sudden departure of original vocalist Jorge Herrera.

3:15PM Mon. Jul. 17, 2017, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

Review: Chris Fleming

If you’ve been on YouTube at all in your adult life, you are probably familiar with Gayle Waters-Waters, the power-walking, granola-snorting alpha suburbanite mom played by comedian Chris Fleming. Last Thursday, Gayle hung up her pantsuit for a night, and out stepped Fleming onto the North Door stage.

10:40AM Mon. Jul. 17, 2017, Courtney Naquin Read More | Comment »

The Mayor's Plan to Fix Everything

Mayor Steve Adler will host a press conference Monday (10am, at City Hall) to announce a strategy for revitalizing the city’s most centralized Downtown districts while simultaneously purchasing housing for more than 200 members of the homeless population – all without raising property taxes on city residents.

8:00PM Sun. Jul. 16, 2017, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Nakia & the Never Not Now (performance & record signing)

Waterloo Records

The Psych Ward and Other Misadventures at Sterling Stage

1-800-CLOWN-TOWN: PPP
at Kick Butt Coffee

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Jason Isbell’s Whipping Post

Unstoppable since 2013’s Southeastern, Jason Isbell upped the ante on his sixth solo album, last month’s The Nashville Sound, cresting behind his band the 400 Unit. He credits his creative rejuvenation to sobriety, but at Friday’s first of three nights at the Moody Theater, he proved his greatest inspiration stands stage left of him playing fiddle.

1:47PM Sat. Jul. 15, 2017, Doug Freeman Read More | Comment »

National Law Group Ditches Texas Over Lege’s Anti-LGBTQ Hate

Amid threats from performers and various groups promising to boycott Texas over its plans to pass anti-LGBTQ legislation, one organization this week took definitive action.

4:15PM Fri. Jul. 14, 2017, Mary Tuma Read More | Comment »

Hot Summer Nights: Parquet Courts’ A. Savage

Solo debut Thawing Dawn coming out in October on his own imprint, Parquet Courts frontman Andrew Savage performs his gentle tongue twisters for his home state. The Denton native makes a sweep through Houston, Dallas, and Austin before launching an extended solo trek in November. His Saturday set at Barracuda slots into Hot Summer Nights’ free weekend.

12:30PM Fri. Jul. 14, 2017, Rachel Rascoe Read More | Comment »

10 Minutes With Jason Isbell

June’s The Nashville Sound continues a string of exceptional Jason Isbell albums beginning with 2013 breakout Southeastern. That pivotal turn reflects the equally dramatic change in his life: getting sober after years of hard-living with the Drive-By Truckers and marrying Amanda Shires, the Texas songwriter with whom he recently had his first child.

11:00AM Fri. Jul. 14, 2017, Doug Freeman Read More | Comment »

Live Music to See This Weekend

Over the next three days, more than 100 acts – most of them homegrown – play the Red River strip for no charge at the door. Indulge in the Hot Summer Nights free weekend with the aid of our staff picks. Peruse the full lineup here.

9:00AM Fri. Jul. 14, 2017, The Music Staff Read More | Comment »

The Latest Chef Changes

If the city’s restaurants had kitchen family trees, they would be all jumbled up just about now. In the past few months, multiple restaurants have brought on new chefs, promoted old ones, and left a lot of us wondering how we are supposed to keep track of which chefs are where. Bear with us, as we try to make sense of all the switcheroos.

3:00PM Thu. Jul. 13, 2017, Kali Venable Read More | Comment »

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