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Food Issue Extra Helpings: Edibile Beyoncé
Restaurant competition on Feb. 14 can be brutal, but this year Brooklyn Italian joint Brucie upped its game to a SASHA level of fierce with a menu dedicated to everyone’s would-be Valentine, Beyoncé.

12:50PM Fri. Feb. 14, 2014, Abby Johnston Read More | Comment »

Pachanga Announces Line-up
Coup: “A brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful stroke or act.” The Pachanga Latino Music Festival, eschewing its multi-day format in returning to idyllic Fiesta Gardens on Saturday, May 10, scored all right. In Mexican-American pop princess Julieta Venegas, the 7th annual convergence lands one of its truest coups.

12:01PM Thu. Feb. 13, 2014, Raoul Hernandez Read More | Comment »

Food Issue Extra Helpings: Blood & Chocolate
Must be my Italian heritage, because associating love and food comes naturally to me. My grandmothers, my mother, my aunts always made sure my siblings, my cousins, and I were never hungry, expressing their affection with a bowl of cheesy pasta followed by a hunk of heavenly chocolate cake. Cue Dean Martin singing “That’s Amore.”

3:00PM Wed. Feb. 12, 2014, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

Gordon Lightfoot: Song for a Winter’s Night
A year ago this month at the Moody, Mary J. Blige preempted my SXSW with a high-heeled soul stomp unequaled by any female performer I’ve ever witnessed. A 75-year-old Canadian folksinger is no match for a fortysomething hip-hop queen from the Bronx, so Gordon Lightfoot’s stopover at the same venue last night resulted in a stark study in contrasts.

11:47AM Wed. Feb. 12, 2014, Raoul Hernandez Read More | Comment »

Food Issue Extra Helpings: My Dinners with Jon Dee Graham
While we don’t eat chicken very often, the co-chef around the house, my dad Jon Dee Graham, has been whipping up “Reckless Chicken” since I can remember. It’s an Italian pasta recipe he got from drummer Jay Nazz of Reckless Kelly, thus duly renamed in our kitchen.

3:55PM Tue. Feb. 11, 2014, William Harries Graham Read More | Comment »

Soak in the 'Blue Sunshine'
While the big Mondo news recently has been their announcement of their Disney show for SXSW, the mavens of weird visuals are staying true to their indie roots with their latest release: A poster, vinyl soundtrack and VHS release for political/drug paranoia classic Blue Sunshine, to be dealt at a special screening this month.

3:35PM Tue. Feb. 11, 2014, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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SXSW Music Schedule Is Live
How’s that calendar looking for next month? Busy, no doubt. Get ready to fill in all your nights March 11-16, because the South by Southwest Music schedule is going live as we speak.

5:05PM Mon. Feb. 10, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

Mandy Barnett’s Classic Country
When people start talking about Mandy Barnett, eventually the word “amazing” gets used. The Nashville-based singer with a deep country style plays the Continental Club tonight and it’s your shot at finding out what that word really means.

3:30PM Fri. Feb. 7, 2014, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

Chronolog Radio (Feb. 7)
Olympic spirit’s got us all. This week, Kevin and I recorded Chronolog Radio, our weekly local music rundown on SXSWfm, from a rickety bobsled at the top of Mount Bonnell.

2:15PM Fri. Feb. 7, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

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