Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...and your choice of activities including arcade games, face painting, and balloon art.   – Miranda Garza Texas Community..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Spray Paint, Heavy Meddo, Why Bonnie, Gypsy Mitchell, Black Midi, and more recommended live shows

"...Spray Paint..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Who the Hell Is TVHeadATX?

The local wheatpasting provocateur reveals … a thing or two

"...I create three to five new designs. And I hand-paint them, or I print them and embellish them with..."

Aug. 11, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Thor: Love and Thunder

The Slayer of Thanos becomes a lovesick clown in this mirthless sequel

"...clearly alien, and not just some dude in body paint. There's been speculation that his look was changed because..."

July 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: The Giant Legs of Amarillo

Mock tribute to Ozymandias adds quirky character to the Panhandle

"...wear striped athletic socks, sometimes are decorated with psychedelic spray-painted tattoos, but always the bodiless limbs hold up the..."

July 16, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: The Spiritual Side of Quentin Arispe

Plans for Pride Month, Resound concert promotions, and IRL record store day

"...the sweaty cement walls. Greeted by the smell of spray paint and liquid smoke, I pushed through the passage..."

June 11, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

ARIC Informants Have Watched Local Leftists for Years

Secret police intelligence “Antifa affinity groups”

"...from officers), how to counteract the effects of pepper spray, and how to prepare for going to jail."..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin At Large: Unsafe Together

The highway before us is littered with risks, but it’s the only way to go

"...more lethal munitions than stray rocks, water bottles, and spray paint – roam the streets around APD headquarters? Every..."

June 5, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Sloke One and Billie Buck Discuss Their Art This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show

Graffiti and gig poster art take the stage in new exhibits

"...learned what he could accomplish with a can of spray paint under the tutelage of the pioneering Austin graffiti..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Events Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 100 Austin Records of 2019

Kevin Curtin unveils his third annual list of local releases

"...45) Spray Paint, Into the Country (12XU)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Barbara Purcell's Top 10 Only-in-Austin Arts Highlights of 2019

The year seen through a lens of the city, upending the expected and lifting up the unusual

"...9) ONE LAST CAN OF SPRAY PAINT (HOPE Outdoor Gallery) Austin's famed graffiti park at..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Spray Paint

"...of Into the Country – maybe avant-garde Austin trio Spray Paint's fifth studio full-length – isn't Neil Young's country...."

Dec. 13, 2019 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...Plump's bandmate Chris Stephenson returns from Australia for a Spray Paint reunion. Other notables include L.A. psychotropic artist Sun..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips: Best of Texas

Five best roadside attractions around Texas

"...arson will soon be covered with several coats of spray paint. This is the place to make your mark..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Headlines

"...Confederate President Jefferson Davis was vandalized Sunday with the spray-painted word "racists" in red. The State Preservation Board cleaned..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature

12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing

"...live assault. It took rising local producer Ian Rundell (Spray Paint, Xetas, Exhalants) to imprint Borzoi's post-punk mosh onto..."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Post-punk funk!

"...live assault. It took rising local producer Ian Rundell (Spray Paint, Xetas, Exhalants) to imprint Borzoi's post-punk mosh onto..."

March 8, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Defend Our Hoodz Gets Mixed Up With Arts District, Presidium, Chronicle

"...Marcos Street. They threw rocks through two windows and spray-painted slogans – "Art Wash" and "Sellouts Fuck Off" –..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Defend Our Hoodz Denies Responsibility for Vandalism at Austin Creative Alliance

Group “applauds the hood for defending itself from greedy sellouts”

"...Marcos St. They threw rocks through two windows and spray-painted slogans – “ART WASH” and “SELLOUTS FUCK OFF” –..."

Feb. 12, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Playback: Bombs, Beto, and the Biggest Music Stories of 2018

“Playback” recaps the news, trends, and controversies of the year. Outrage level: high.

"...was found adorned with an Eagles football jersey and spray paint reading "Philly [hearts] St. Nick" after Austin-raised quarterback..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Borzoi

"...full-length, produced with remarkable clarity by Ian Rundell (Xetas, Spray Paint, Exhalants), excels at post-punk musical brutality. Tracks like..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

"ANGRY CLOUD + DESCND: Return of the Litvak"

The clouds are angry in this solo installation, but the spirit of the show at DORF is doggedly hopeful, fresh, and invigorating

"...tagged with fat-lettered graffiti. On top of that hang painted and printed works, some in frames, most not, and..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Austin Street Art Enters Into a New Era

With the city cracking down on graffiti and Hope Outdoor Gallery set to close, artists look for permission to paint

"...young man with a bandanna masking his face is spray-painting letters onto a retaining wall. His slight frame bends..."

July 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

"Jonathan Muzacz: Stained Slabs" at the Butridge

With his solo show, the artist revs up the gallery by bringing in the street in eye-catching style

"...Austin Vet Hospital, on the Dougherty Arts Center. Muzacz paints murals, a democratic, community-centering art form. For his show..."

July 13, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Package Bombings: More Questions Than Answers

Rumors and research after an uneasy week

"...Herrera, half of Galindo Street bears evidence circles from spray paint...."

March 17, 2018 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Headlines

"...that are now banned: metal signs, open flame torches, spray paint cans, helmets, drones, pepper spray, and "improvised shields."..."

Jan. 19, 2018 News Feature

Plax

"...drumming courtesy of Marley Jones from OBN IIIs, while Spray Paint's Chris Stephenson brings signature unease to his angular..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Review by Libby Webster

Playback – Lukas Nelson: Real as Promised

Lukas Nelson is a chip off the ol' Willie

"...Man Records has released a live 7-inch by Austin's Spray Paint. The record includes four live tracks by the..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Plax Coalesces

ATX punks premiere new track “What a Waste”

"...Plax’s Venn diagram touches important homegrown bands: OBN IIIs, Spray Paint, Skeleton, and Crooked Bangs to name several...."

July 31, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2016

The Chronicle music staff picks their favorite local records

"...5) Spray Paint, Feel the Clamps (Goner)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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