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The Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival

“Cinematic virtual reality” isn’t something most of us have had the chance to become acquainted with yet, and that’s what the Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival hopes to change. Over the last few weeks this immersive event has toured through nine different cities, and the final installment of the series will be held in Austin on…

by Caitlin Moore

ACL Fest 2015 Late-Night – Second Weekend

Thursday, 10/8 Disclosure (DJ set), Claude VonStroke, Jonas Rathsman, Pomo, Austin Music Hall Sylvan Esso, Flock of Dimes, Emo’s Holychild, Keeper, Lamberts Avers, Heavenly States, Stubb’s Friday, 10/9 Con Brio, KP & the Boom Boom, Lamberts Band of Horses, Bee Caves, Stubb’s Milo Greene, Stubb’s Kali Uchis, DJ Mel, Franco V, Vulcan Gas Company Saturday,…

by Chronicle Staff

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Around 1835, ketchup was sold in pill form to cure diarrhea, jaundice, and indigestion. Well, here’s one thing Denton and Austin have in common: home delivery of corn dogs. A low resting heart rate in late-adolescent men is associated with increased risk for violent criminality later in life, according to a recent study at Karolinska…

by Mr. Smarty Pants

Soccer Watch

Sad news for local soccer fans this week, as the Austin Aztex announced that they will not play the 2016 season, but try to regroup to re-enter the USL in 2017 in a new, purpose-built venue. Majority owner Rene van de Zande confirmed this week that no existing stadium in the Austin area would fit…

by Nick Barbaro

ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Record Reviews – Second Weekend

True to Fidlar’s acro-name – Fuck It Dog, Life’s a Risk – life in the aftermath of the L.A. skate punks’ eponymous 2013 debut remains perilous. Too thus takes a harder look at the carnage of hard living. Twitchy, creeping addict’s lament, “Overdose” mirrors leader Zac Carper’s experience kicking heroin and crack, which fueled the…

by Abby Johnston

Oops!

Last week’s “Death Watch” (Oct. 2) listed Christopher Wilkins among the inmates set for execution in the next month. In fact, the Tarrant County District Attorney requested and was granted a stay on Wilkins’ execution in late September. A photo that appeared with News story “(Not) for Rent” on Sept. 4 misidentified the subject as…

by Chronicle Staff

ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Record Reviews – Second Weekend

Eight long years since their last album, the Washington State collective’s sixth LP reveals limited departure from their hard-set macabre rock. Like 2004 commercial breakthrough Good News, March’s 15-track Strangers to Ourselves commences dainty, frontman Isaac Brock’s telltale lisp the gentle opener’s sole MM feature. Next, “Lampshades on Fire” reroutes manic in buoyant, jangled glory,…

by Neph Basedow

ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Listings – Second Weekend

Mandolin Orange 12:45pm, BMI stage The fourth release from this North Carolina duo, 2015’s Such Jubilee, found Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz tilling the same soil of their previous work, an earnest assemblage of stark Americana following close on the heels of Gillian Welch. Sepia-toned even when pleading for gun control (“Blue Ruin”), Mandolin Orange…

by Chronicle Staff

ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Record Reviews – Second Weekend

Every few years, a string band sneaks out of NYC, and occasionally even rises above the level of novelty. Spirit Family Reunion’s sophomore offering sometimes still smacks of schtick (see “Fill My Heart With Love”), but the sextet plies an authentic energy with an eye toward Appalachia. “Wake Up, Rounder!” opens amid racing banjos and…

by Doug Freeman

ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Record Reviews – Second Weekend

We’ve seen the optimistic Florence Welch. The UK drama queen’s need-no-man approach is documented on singles “Kiss With a Fist” and “Dog Days Are Over,” focusing positivity on the aftermath of heartbreak. Third LP How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful dispenses with that ethos, embracing the raging/wallowing period that’s delivered through biblical and Greek mythological…

by Abby Johnston

Extended Stay

Generally speaking, hotel restaurants aren’t meant to be singular dining experiences. They are meant to fill a need in travelers’ lives as they move from Point A to Point B and beyond, fueling the body in the liminal space that is not-home. But a hotel smack-dab in the middle of a booming downtown of a…

by Melanie Haupt

ACL Fest 2015 Weekend Two Only

The London Souls Fri., 2pm, BMI stage NYC duo avoids turning Keys or painting Stripes by cranking up melody over machismo. Wolf Alice Fri., 3pm, Austin Ventures stageBritish quartet brings American alt-rock back to its country of origin via debut My Love Is Cool. DeRobert & the Half-Truths Fri., 6pm, BMI stage Nashville soul troop…

by Michael Toland

Extended Stay

While the JW’s Corner restaurant bubbles with Downtown energy, its fine-dining Italian cousin might be better suited for the name. Largely forgotten in its wing off the lobby, Osteria Pronto’s beiges and grays reach for a certain type of tastefulness – the deshabille slouch of an Armani suit – without seeming to think much about…

by Brandon Watson

ACL Music Fest 2015 Friday Interviews – Second Weekend

Perth-based quintet Tame Impala last played ACL Fest in 2013, while promoting sophomore LP Lonerism. Its follow-up, July’s superb Currents, awes with psych-funk soul. A danceable cross between Pink Floyd, Prince, and Supertramp, the album was written, performed, recorded, produced, and mixed by the fivesome’s frontman, 29-year-old whiz kid Kevin Parker. Austin Chronicle: Where am…

by Neph Basedow

Extended Stay

You’d think that any restaurant that has a line a half-dozen people deep five minutes after opening at 11am is doing something special. Maybe not Franklin Barbecue levels of special, but exciting enough to warrant an early line on a weekday. Burger Bar, the fast-casual concept at the JW Marriott, isn’t reinventing the burger, but…

by Melanie Haupt

Headlines

City Council meets today (Oct. 8) with primarily zoning work at hand, though a few other persistent matters are on the agenda: the proposed sobriety center, base zoning for the Grove PUD, the central booking facility, and perhaps short-term rental regulations. See ” Council: Welcome to Solar City.” In apparent reverberation of the latest school…

by Chronicle Staff

ACL Music Fest 2015 Friday Interviews – Second Weekend

UK brother duo Disclosure returns to Austin a little higher up on the marquee, armed with a cohesive live show and new material. We spoke with younger half, Howard Lawrence, on their soulful new direction. Austin Chronicle: Where would you say the differences are between your debut Settle and this year’s Caracal? Howard Lawrence: I…

by Kahron Spearman

ACL Music Fest 2015 Friday Record Reviews – Second Weekend

Hail the king of the Internet! Behold his throne of malted club bangers and legit emotional availability. He’s the only storm trooper in Atlanta’s camp willing to open up like, “I wanna tell the world about you just so they can get jealous/ If you see her before I do, tell her I wish that…

by Luke Winkie

Quote of the Week

“Stuff happens.” – Jeb Bush, displaying his family’s signature eloquence while discussing the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College, which left 10 people dead

by Chronicle Staff

ACL Fest 2015 Local List – Second Weekend

Tameca Jones Fri., 11:15am, Austin Ventures stageR&B, pop, rock, jazz – all turned to gold by the prodigious pipes of the enchanting Miss Jones. The Nightowls Fri., noon, Austin Ventures Slick soul dozen with penchants for heavy horns, silky vocals, and Motown sugar. Asleep at the Wheel Fri., 12:15pm, Honda stage Ray Benson’s charismatic Western…

by Kevin Curtin

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