Cover Story
Feels Like the First Time
The 36th annual Austin Music Awards mark a number of debuts
Have a Ball in Austin With These Sports Summer Camps
Get your kids going with everything from gymnastics to karate
What You Get for Your Airbnb Money During SXSW
Renting your house might not be the windfall it once was
2018 SXSW Film Venue Guide
Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines
The Austin Music Awards’ Ecstatic Experience
Thirty-four awards and six musical sets in 211 minutes
Tenth and Final SXSW Artist List
Action Bronson, Talib Kweli, a Blaze Foley tribute, and 196 more
Chronicle SXSW Day Party Announced
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Hurricane Bianca (Del Rio) Takes Austin by Storm
Drag Race royalty brings her one-drag-queen show to town
With Amplify Austin, One Day Makes All the Difference
Annual day of giving pays off for local nonprofits
Mac DeMarco’s Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Slack rocker serves poundcake at Austin City Limits taping
How to Get Around at SXSW
Getting from airport to panels to parties without breaking a sweat
SXSW Comedy: Your 2018 Lineup
March mirth blows in with Bloom, Offerman, Gaffigan, & Cavett
Robbery at Q Toys
The local sex shop humbly asks for your help to get them back on track
Blastfamous U.S.A. Takes to the Streets
Hip-hop militants document anti-Trump march
Austin Music Industry Award Winners Announced
Best radio station, record store, club, music writer, and more honored
Is the City Dumping Longtime Tech Nonprofit Austin Free-Net for a Cali Company?
CM Pool punts vote to March 1 over “transparency” concerns
Five Movies to See in Austin This Week
Your weekly film guide for Feb. 23 through March 1
St. Vincent Connects the Dots
Day-Glo dominatrix subjugates the Moody in first of two shows
Austin Modern Home Tour? This Saturday!
Think of it as a sort of architectural Pinterest board, in 3-D and IRL
Austin’s Queer Dance Freakout Returns for the Texas Primaries
Why we want Cruz out and how to make your perfect protest sign
The Road Movie
The ultimate POV rush with Russian dash-cam compilation
Cover/Tribute Band
2. HeartByrne 3. The Damn Torpedoes 4. Doom Side of the Moon 5. Suede RUNNERS-UP: The Eggmen, Space Hammer, Brown Sabbath, Deadeye, Poon
Austin Music Photographer
2. Roger Ho 3. Dave Prewitt 4. David Brendan Hall 5. Gary Miller RUNNERS-UP: Andrew Bennett, Ismael Quintanilla, Daniel Cavazos
Producer
2. Chris “Frenchie” Smith 3. Danny Reisch 4. Cris Burns 5. Bryan Ray RUNNERS-UP: Matt Noveskey, Mark Hallman, AJ Vallejo
None-of-the-Above
2. Chulita Vinyl Club 3. Graham Reynolds 4. Big Wy’s Brass Band 5. Christeene RUNNERS-UP: Seu Jacinto, Kady Rain, Moonlight Orchestra, Shinyribs, Como Las Movies
Game Night
Monopoly was never this brutal before this crime-com.
Electronic
2. Capyac 3. Survive 4. Bayonne 5. Bill Converse RUNNERS-UP: Scorpio Rising, Octopus Project, Trouble in the Streets, Resonant Frequency, Dead Love Club
Best Music Venue to Play
2. Continental Club 3. Mohawk 4. Cheer Up Charlies 5. ABGB RUNNERS-UP: Stubb’s, Saxon Pub, ACL Live at the Moody Theater
Radio Music Program
2. The Breaks, KUTX 98.9 3. The Morning X With Jason & Deb, 101X 4. Jamaican Gold, KOOP 91.7 5. Horizontes, KUTX 98.9 RUNNERS-UP: Adventures in Tacoland, KAOS; Blue Monday With Mike Buck, Sun Radio 100.1; The Bobby Bones Show, iHeartRadio
Punk
2. Cherubs 3. Worm Suicide 4. Big Bill 5. Blxpltn RUNNERS-UP: Fools, US Weekly, Xetas, Lola Tried, Riverboat Gamblers
24 Frames
Iranian master filmmaker plays with the almost-moving image.
Rock
2. Kalu & the Electric Joint 3. Walker Lukens 4. Amplified Heat 5. Annabelle Chairlegs RUNNERS-UP: Black Heart Saints, Fastball, Vallejo, Bob Schneider, Sweet Spirit
Club Lighting
2. Empire Control Room & Garage 3. Electric Church 4. One-2-One Bar 5. 3ten ACL Live RUNNERS-UP: Stubb’s, Mohawk, Backstage at El Mercado
Radio Personality
2. Kevin Connor, Sun Radio 100.1 3. Jody Denberg, KUTX 98.9 4. Andy Langer, KGSR 93.3 5. John Aielli, KUTX 98.9 RUNNERS-UP: Mike Buck, Sun Radio; Bobby Bones, iHeartRadio; Loris Lowe, KGSR
Every Day
Body-changing teen drama is more metaphysical than hormonal.
U-18
2. Midnight Butterfly 3. Christina Cavazos 4. Charlie Belle 5. Quin NFN RUNNERS-UP: Residual Kid, Misimplicity, Barton Hills Choir, Cash Bourgoyne, Professor Rafe & the Fables
Club Sound
2. Mohawk 3. Saxon Pub 4. One-2-One Bar 5. Empire Control Room & Garage RUNNERS-UP: 3ten ACL Live, Parish, Continental Club
Radio Station
2. Sun Radio 100.1 3. KGSR 93.3 4. KOOP 91.7 5. KLBJ 99.7 RUNNERS-UP: 101X, KOKE FM, KAZI
World
2. Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour 3. Money Chicha 4. Atash 5. Ley Line RUNNERS-UP: Tio Chico, El Tule, Grupo Massa, Rattletree, Mau Mau Chaplains
Equipment Rental
2. Music Lab 3. Strait Music Company 4. Soundcheck Austin 5. Boss Tweed Backline RUNNERS-UP: Nomad Sound, Capital Radio Backline
Record Store
2. End of an Ear 3. Antone’s Records 4. Breakaway Records 5. Piranha Records RUNNERS-UP: Groover’s Paradise, Encore, Exploded Records
Bass
2. Glenn Fukunaga 3. Bruce Hughes 4. Andrew Duplantis 5. Daniel Durham RUNNERS-UP: Omar Vallejo, Pat Harris, Jeff Brown, Jesse Dalton, Tony Scalzo
Instrument Repair
2. Strait Music Company 3. Austin Vintage Guitar 4. Switched On 5. The Musicians Woodshed RUNNERS-UP: Guitar Center, Dick DuBois, Joe’s Amps
Recording Studio
2. Arlyn Studios 3. Good Danny’s 4. The Bubble 5. Orb Recording Studios RUNNERS-UP: Wire Recording, Gerron Music, Estuary
Drums/Percussion
2. J.J. Johnson 3. Brannen Temple 4. Mike Buck 5. Kent Hale (US Weekly/Growl) RUNNERS-UP: Michael Longoria, Masumi Jones, Keith Langford, Aric Garcia, Alex Vallejo
Live Music Booker
2. Austen Bailey, Mohawk 3. Zach Ernst, Antone’s 4. Amy Corbin, C3 Presents 5. Graham Williams, Margin Walker RUNNERS-UP: Anthony Stevenson, Come & Take It Live; Lauren Bucherie, Hotel Van Zandt; Adrienne Lake, Empire Control Room & Garage
Specialty Instrument Store
2. Fiddler’s Green Music Shop 3. Switched On 4. Blackerby Violin Shop 5. Violins Etc. RUNNERS-UP: Bass Emporium, Westbank String Shop, Drumz
Female Vocalist
2. Sabrina Ellis (A Giant Dog/Sweet Spirit) 3. Grace Park (the Deer) 4. Alesia Lani 5. Jai Malano RUNNERS-UP: Patricia Vonne, Kendall Beard, Gina Chavez, Mikaela Kahn, Sarah Sharp
Live Music Venue
2. Continental Club 3. Saxon Pub 4. Stubb’s 5. One-2-One Bar RUNNERS-UP: ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Antone’s, Empire Control Room
Austin Musician of the Year
2. Charlie Sexton 3. Jackie Venson 4. Kevin Russell 5. Mobley RUNNERS-UP: Guy Forsyth, Patricia Vonne, Bob Schneider, Rick Broussard, Ray Wylie Hubbard
Guitar
2. Eve Monsees 3. Mitch Watkins 4. Denny Freeman 5. Jonathan Horne (Young Mothers/Plutonium Farmers) RUNNERS-UP: John Lockhart, Jelly Ellington, Chris Castaneda, Miles Zuniga, David Grissom
Local Label
2. Super Secret 3. Modern Outsider 4. Keeled Scales 5. 12XU RUNNERS-UP: Robot High School, Fable Records, Gold Man Records
Best Austin Band
2. Spoon 3. Black Angels 4. Sweet Spirit 5. Fastball RUNNERS-UP: Calliope Musicals, Bob Schneider, Guy Forsyth, The Deer, Vallejo
Horns
2. Ephraim Owens 3. Hard Proof Horns 4. Zumbi (Golden Dawn Arkestra) 5. Elias Haslanger RUNNERS-UP: Michael Romero, Tomas Ramirez, Oliver Steck, Joshua Thomson, Kevin Flatt
Music Business Hall of Fame
2. Band Aid School of Music 3. Charles Attal, C3 Presents 4. Kevin Wommack 5. Don Pitts RUNNERS-UP: Vallejo, Tim Gerron, Waterloo Records
Best New Austin Band
2. Billy King & the Bad Bad Bad 3. Middlespoon 4. Go Fever 5. Plax RUNNERS-UP: Shy Beast, Ley Line, Bourgeois Mystics, Moonlight Boulevard, Beth // James
Keyboards
2. Graham Reynolds 3. Dr. James Polk 4. Red Young 5. T.J. Wade RUNNERS-UP: Winfield Cheek, Chris Gage, Jan Flemming, Kevin Lovejoy, Dave Madden
Music Store
2. Strait Music Company 3. Austin Vintage Guitars 4. Switched On 5. Guitar Center RUNNERS-UP: The Musicians Woodshed, Blackerby Violin Shop, Fiddler’s Green Music Shop
Album of the Year
2. Hot Thoughts, Spoon 3. Death Song, Black Angels 4. Memory Mirror, Octopus Project 5. Please Be Mine, Molly Burch RUNNERS-UP: Step Into Light, Fastball; No Man’s Land, Madisons; Tell It to the Judge, Walker Lukens; Amigos, Vallejo; Lödarödböl, Greenbeard
Male Vocals
2. Walker Lukens 3. Mobley 4. Nakia 5. Tomar Williams (Tomar & the FCs) RUNNERS-UP: Bob Schneider, Kevin Russell, Tony Scalzo, Chris Gage, Malford Milligan
Music Support Nonprofit
2. Austin Music Foundation 3. Black Fret 4. SIMS 5. Swan Songs RUNNERS-UP: Kids in a New Groove, Anthropos Arts, Attendance Records
Folk
2. Love & Chaos 3. Jaimee Harris 4. Madisons 5. Adam Torres RUNNERS-UP: Wendy Colonna, Bob Livingston, Folk Uke, Shakey Graves, Little Mazarn
Song of the Year
2. “Do I Have to Talk You Into It,” Spoon 3. “The Power,” Sweet Spirit 4. “Currency,” Black Angels 5. “Lake Michigan,” Bob Schneider RUNNERS-UP: “I Got Your Medicine,” Shinyribs; “Tell the Devil I’m Gettin’ There as Fast as I Can,” Ray Wylie Hubbard; “Back to Good,” Love & Chaos; “Living in a Box,” Cilantro…
Miscellaneous Instrument
2. Jeff Johnston (saw) 3. Oliver Steck (accordion) 4. Greg Izor (harmonica) 5. Jan Flemming (accordion) RUNNERS-UP: Frank Almendra (cavaquinho), Yvonne Lambert (theremin), Patricia Vonne (castanets), Duane Barry (slide flute), Guy Forsyth (saw)
Music Writer
2. Kevin Curtin 3. Deborah Sengupta Stith 4. Doug Freeman 5. Peter Blackstock RUNNERS-UP: David Brendan Hall, Raoul Hernandez, Andy Langer
Hip-Hop/Rap
2. Riders Against the Storm 3. Third Root 4. Zeale 5. Kydd Jones RUNNERS-UP: Maneikis, MC Overlord, The Bishops, …&More…, Super Smash Bros.
Avant-Garde/Experimental
2. Golden Dawn Arkestra 3. Thor & Friends 4. Dallas Acid 5. Toxic Water RUNNERS-UP: Calliope Musicals, A Is Red, Signy, Mother Falcon, Ponytrap
Songwriter
2. David Ramirez 3. Kevin Russell 4. Walker Lukens 5. Miles Zuniga RUNNERS-UP: Jaimee Harris, Miles Zuniga, Gina Chavez, Barbara Nesbitt, Shelley King
New Club
2. Come & Take It Live 3. Lemon Lounge 4. Monks Jazz Club 5. Mosaic Sound Collective
Jazz
2. Sarah Sharp 3. Elias Haslanger’s Church on Monday 4. Atlas Maior 5. Brian Kremer RUNNERS-UP: White Ghost Shivers, Blue Moon Jazz Quartet, Red Young, Jitterbug Vipers, Beto y Los Fairlanes
Half Magic
Heather Graham turns director in empowerment comedy
Blues/Soul/Funk
2. Peterson Brothers 3. Jackie Venson 4. Greyhounds 5. Tomar & the FCs RUNNERS-UP: Shinyribs, Johnny Nicholas, Moonlight Boulevard, Guy Forsyth, Roxy Roca
Strings
2. Tosca String Quartet 3. Will Taylor 4. Noah Jeffries 5. Eddie Dickerson RUNNERS-UP: Lauren Rochelle, Danny Levin, Haydn Vitera, Curtis Thomas, David Perales
Ongoing Music Residency
2. Sarah Sharp, Elephant Room 3. Lonelyland, Saxon Pub 4. Body Rock ATX, Empire Control Room & Garage 5. Church on Monday, Continental Club Gallery RUNNERS-UP: Seu Jacinto, Sahara Lounge; the Resentments, Saxon Pub; Peterson Brothers, Continental Club
Latin
2. Gina Chavez 3. Vallejo 4. Superfónicos 5. El Tule RUNNERS-UP: Brownout, Samba Bamba, Patricia Vonne, Del Castillo, Como Las Movies
Have a Nice Day
Mid-Nineties-style crime stories refreshed by Chinese cartoons.
Country/Bluegrass
2. Dale Watson 3. Wood & Wire 4. Croy & the Boys 5. Carson McHone RUNNERS-UP: Them Duqaines, Willie Nelson, Barbara Nesbitt, Warren Hood, Asleep at the Wheel
Album Art
2. Black Angels, Death Song (Christian Bland) 3. Bourgeois Mystics, Eureka! (Ellie Hammack) 4. Big Bill, Stand by Your Bill (Brian Blomerth) 5. Protextor & Brother Bear, American Neon (Matt Furie)
Poster Artist
2. Billie Buck 3. Dan Grissom 4. Jaime Zuverza 5. Fez Moreno RUNNERS-UP: El Duarte, Kerry Awn, Enzo Loechel
Metal
2. Eagle Claw 3. Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol 4. Greenbeard 5. Blood Royale RUNNERS-UP: Anthem of the Sun, Immortal Guardian, Broken Teeth, American Sharks, Ignitor
Soccer Watch
There’s a crazy amount of international football on TV these days: European Champions League takes next week off, but the CONCACAF Champions League is in full swing, with the first leg of the round of 16 ending tonight, Feb. 22, and the second-leg games being played next Tue.-Thu., Feb. 27-March 1. Univision Deportes has picked…
Ballet Austin’s Masters of Dance
This triple bill of abstract works was a tribute to the piano and its range, excellently performed
What Are the Birds Telling Us About Climate Change?
Reading the signs from our friends up in the sky
Austin Shakespeare’s The Seagull
This new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s beloved classic takes wing well enough but doesn’t quite soar
Peach Fuzz: A Nudie Mag Stripped
In their magazine, Kelly Dugan and Laura McNairy deliver all of the skin and none of the grossness
“Gail Chovan: No Trace of Now Will Remain” at Women & Their Work
The fashion designer-artist appropriates mourning rituals and their materials to make statements in this beautifully morbid show
Telecaster Sovereign Sue Foley Lands Back in Austin
The Ice Queen is on fire
AFS Presents SXSW Film @ 25
Festival favorites and winners return
Handcuffed
Is this what the African-American Achievement Plan looks like at AISD?
Oops!
The introduction to last week’s Endorsements incorrectly listed the date Early Voting begins. It was Feb. 20, as noted in the Early Voting info, not Feb. 22. There were two errors in last week’s News feature. The preview of the House District 47 race got the chronology wrong on candidate Elaina Fowler’s professional experience. She…
Central Health: “Well-functioning”
Positive reviews for the health care provider
Snapshot: Lunar New Year Celebrations
Year of the Dog means cute puppies ahead
Sick Leave Passes
Austin’s is first such ordinance in the South
The Luv Doc: Dog Poop, Flop Sweat, and Rotting Salmon
The thin ice of environmental irresponsibility
Texas Republicans Vow to Repeal Ordinance
It was mere hours after the Austin City Council voted to pass an ordinance mandating private employees receive compensation when they’re sick, that Texas GOP legislators, on their continued hypocritical crusade against local control, sounded their alarms. Rep. Paul Workman, R-Austin, held a press conference at the Capitol on the day after the vote to…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Elephants are afraid of bees. “Weird Al” Yankovic doesn’t like Dasani water. In 1633, Descartes canceled the publication of his treatise on natural philosophy that supported the Copernican system of planetary motion, because he learned that Galileo had been branded a heretic for supporting it. When drinking with friends in China, it is OK to…
New City Manager Spencer Cronk: “Engagement and Transparency”
New city manager emphasizes community outreach
Christopher Giles’ Death Ruled Suicide
APD gunshots did not kill Avenue G home intruder
AC Date Night: Aviary Wine & Kitchen
Furniture boutique turned restaurant glams up South Lamar
Big Money for Big Roads
Deciding how the Mobility Bond is spent on Austin’s most traveled streets
Auto Worker Unionization Effort Thwarted?
Workers at U.S. Farathane hoped to unionize against harsh conditions
AFS and UT Press Celebrate the Legacy of CinemaTexas
Notes on cinema history
Police: Special Pay Benefits Back, Contract Negotiations Coming Soon
Council charts police union’s path
Death Watch: Life in Prison for Thomas Whitaker?
Death row inmate becomes first to receive commutation recommendation from Board of Pardons and Paroles in 2007
Seen / Soon: Feb. 23
Watching your shadow take on a life of its own through public art, and hearing a portrait of composer Sam Lipman through his music
Champion Tract to Change Hands Already?
Jonathan Coon plans to purchase tract, build senior living facility
Headlines
No regular City Council meeting this week (the next is March 1), but Council resumed budget work sessions on Wed., Feb. 21, with the initial official presentation by new City Manager Spencer Cronk, who was introduced to Austin’s public style at the post-midnight Feb. 15 meeting. “New City Manager Spencer Cronk: “Engagement and Transparency,” Feb.…
Sue Foley Record Review
The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)
2018 Primary Election Notes
The news you need
Point Austin: “Austin Will Still Be Austin”
Adler’s “state of the city” imagines a bulwark against “a giant honking mess”
Review: Yuyo
Manor Road is now home to upscale Peruvian fare
What’cha Watchin’?
Getting crazy with editorial intern Austin Sanders
Quote of the Week: Kent Whitaker
Father pleads to state for mercy on his son
Gay Place
One year later, Queer Dance Party Freakout returns to remove Sen. Cruz from office
Day Trips: Tejas Chocolate Craftory, Tomball
Bean-to-bar chocolate factory excels at barbecue brisket
Playback: A Nomad in Austin
Abhi the Nomad drops anchor, Whip In’s new soul, and Wilson Marks makes his mark
ICE Retaliates Against Hutto Detainee?
Laura Monterrosa says she was sent to solitary confinement
Chronicle Endorsements
Recommendations for the county, state, and country
March 6 Party Primaries
Early Voting Feb. 20-March 2
