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SXSW 2012 Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

Kydd 9pm, 1100 Warehouse Recalling when Kanye West was still just a college dropout, 20-year-old Kydd possesses a sharp wit, smooth flow, and a strong visual appeal – a trifecta that’s resulted in a string of successful YouTube videos. Overdue mixtape The Sounds in My Head II should be his breakout moment, featuring lead single,…

by Chronicle Staff

John Carter

Old-school “Gosh, wow!” sense-of-wonder filmmaking is in short supply these days, but now John Carter has arrived to fill the void.

by Marc Savlov

SXSW 2012 Tuesday Showcases

City of Austin 8pm, The Parish If there’s one thing the city of Austin does particularly well it’s branding. This local showcase spotlights some of the most remarkable – and marketable – talent in town. Relative newcomer Click-Clack sounds like a Texas alternative to Sage Francis’ Strange Famous hip-hop collective on his free, downloadable debut,…

by Chronicle Staff

Gay Place: Hey, Sailor!

You here for a conference? That’s our theme this season and the name of the free party Gay Place is throwing this Sunday, 7pm-midnight at Bernadette’s. AB IMO PECTORE This we know in our hearts re: South by Southwest, but have never clearly articulated it. Every year, in different pockets around town, family reunions are…

by Kate X Messer

Oka!

This drama is based on the experiences of Louis Sarno, an American-born ethnomusicologist who went to Central Africa to record the music of the Bayaka Pygmies and remained there ever since.

by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Redistricting: A Timeline

When did the current redistricting fight start? Arguably during the 2011 legislative session, when Republicans rammed through House, Senate, and Congressional maps that were bound to fail legal tests under the Voting Rights Act and the 14th Amendment. Or it could have been last November, when a federal three-judge panel threw out those maps and…

by Richard Whittaker

Silent House

Silent House gives the game away too easily but it does have some effective shocks along the way.

by Marc Savlov

The Go-To Source on Redistricting

One truly unexpected consequence of the redistricting farrago has been the rise of Michael Li. A year ago, he was a campaign finance lawyer in Dallas – hardly the most headline-grabbing of careers. Now, courtesy of his blog www.txredistricting.org, Li is arguably the most trusted name in the battle over election boundaries. The initial drive…

by Richard Whittaker

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

We won’t tell your bosses, but admit it: You came to town as much for the food as for professional networking. Here are a few spots not to be missed, but if none of them suit your needs and you want something away from the relentless foot traffic of South by Southwest, dial up the…

by Chronicle Staff

Mark Your Calendar

Barring further legal appeals, May 29 will be the date of the long-awaited, long-delayed 2012 Texas primaries. On March 1, the San Antonio federal court issued an order setting the new date. The order also reopened campaign filings and established a new election calendar. However, with the run-off scheduled for July 31, some candidates may…

by Chronicle Staff

The Hightower Report: The Keystone XL Flim Flam

For Rep. Allen West, the skyrocketing price of gasoline is a personal pocketbook issue. The Florida tea party Republican (who blames President Obama for the price increase) recently wailed on Facebook that it’s now costing him $70 to fill his Hummer. It’s hard to feel the pain of a whining, $174,000-a-year, Hummer-driving Congress critter, but…

by Jim Hightower

The Young and Restless

Not in the Face Tuesday, March 13, 1am, the Main “Last time we got pulled over on tour, the cop asked what kind of band we were,” says Not in the Face’s singer/guitarist Jonathan Terrell from behind the wheel of the duo’s diesel van. “We said, ‘We’re a country band’ and he let us go.”…

by Kevin Curtin

The Young and Restless

Marmalakes Tuesday, March 13, 10pm, Parish Amid the nascent pop scene emerging in Austin over the past few years, Marmalakes has found its music at an ideal intersection, balancing exuberant live shows and contemplative, intelligent songwriting. The local trio of Chase Weinacht, Josh Halpern, and Max Colonna, all in their early 20s, delivers folk pop…

by Doug Freeman

Arts Review

Most of Mamet’s gritty look inside salesmen’s souls gets lost in surface performances

by Dan Solomon

The Young and Restless

Little Lo Tuesday, March 13, 9pm, Trinity Hall “I just told my mom that we’re official showcasing artists at South by Southwest for the first time,” says Stephanie Groudle, violinist of Little Lo. “She was so proud, and reminisced about dropping me off to volunteer at the Festival just a few years ago. I was…

by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Attack of the Cybermen

WikiLeaks. Anonymous. Occupy. Exactly when did real life slipstream over into some bizarre yet highly entertaining mash-up of V for Vendetta, Transmetropolitan, and 2000 AD’s Judge Dredd? Seriously, have you seen the hypermilitarized riot gear the long truncheon of the law is wielding these days? Or the inescapable presence of the entirely incongruous – to…

by Marc Savlov

The Young and Restless

Sons of Fathers Wednesday, March 14, 8pm, Saxon Pub While David Beck and Paul Cauthen had run in the same musical circles down the road in San Marcos and here in Austin, it wasn’t until a weeklong sojourn in Brooklyn in December 2010 that they decided to join forces. They haven’t looked back. “I’ve tried…

by Melanie Haupt

The Young and Restless

The Young Wednesday, March 14, 10pm, Bar 96 Sometimes Hans Zimmerman wakes up in a cold sweat, gasping for air. In his recurring dream, he’s struggling against some unknown force – suffocating. “I can’t really explain it,” says the 27-year-old singer/guitarist, who believes the episodes are a form of sleep apnea. “It’s been happening these…

by Austin Powell

The Young and Restless

Crooks Thursday, March 15, 12am, the White Horse Josh Mazour’s having a Bloody Mary Sunday morning. The Crooks frontman is hungover from playing a private party the previous night, and now the bass player’s gone missing. With long brown hair, big bushy beard, aviator glasses, and a wide-brimmed cowboy hat, Mazour looks like a Seventies…

by Jim Caligiuri

The Young and Restless

East Cameron Folkcore Sat., March 17, 1am, the White Horse East Cameron Folkcore played the bulk of Sound & Fury: Songs in the Key of Love and Death only once, at the Hole in the Wall last spring on the night of the album’s release. “We basically evolved past those songs as soon as we…

by Chase Hoffberger

Quote of the Week

“My mother was an English teacher, and in Erma Jean’s house, you either read a book or you got hit in the head with one.” – SXSWedu keynote speaker LeVar Burton on the impact of literature on his life

by Chronicle Staff

The Luv Doc: TechNERDphilia

Here’s a quick rundown of dope shit at this year’s South by Southwest Interactive festival. If you ain’t got a badge, you’re broke and you ain’t got no business being up in there anyway. FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Smokey Bear Tweetup 5pm, Assembly Room, InterContinetal Stephen F. Austin Expect a rapt roomful of hirsute gay men…

by The Luv Doc

Civics 101

Thursday 08 EXPLORING TEXAS’ HIGH-STAKES TESTING The Texas Center for Educational Policy hosts a presentation on the new State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness as well as new high school graduation requirements. The two sessions will cover the same material. March 8, noon & 5pm. Sanchez Building, Rm. 238, UT campus. www.thirdcoastactivist.org. ARNE DUNCAN…

by Chronicle Staff

Deadline

Two newspaper reporters solve the cold case of a civil-rights murder in this movie inspired by a true story.

by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW 2012 Tuesday Interview

Peanut Butter Wolf 11:15pm, Elysium Stones Throw founder Chris Manak, aka Peanut Butter Wolf, has been putting out albums he thought sounded cool since 1996. That’s a feat. His label’s presence at South by Southwest reflects its consistent, refined taste. “There was one time during South by where I was basically marooned with a stack…

by Luke Winkie

Headlines

› City Council meets today (Thursday, March 8), and electric rates aren’t on the agenda! (It’s considering those in a formidable series of work sessions.) Instead, council will take up the usual brace of zoning cases and a South-by-Southwest-related “temporary designated smoking area” on Auditorium Shores, after the morning briefing (10:30am) on the formal report…

by Chronicle Staff

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