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Eastwood’s film tells the story of the “miracle on the Hudson”

by Marc Savlov

Texas Platters

A handful of tracks into local trio Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes’ debut, you can’t help but wonder, “Who fucked with these guys?” On opener “(1),” guitarist/singer Steve Pike shouts, “I’ll write you a love song,” then circles back, promising, “I’ll bury you in the desert, with a mouth full of sand.” Atop fuzzy, post-punk/hardcore, Pike’s…

by Libby Webster

Texas Platters

Elements of folk, pop, and world music animate Nori, but at heart, this Austin quintet grooves ever so gently with the unmistakable spirit of jazz. They come by this distinction honestly with singer Akina Adderley, granddaughter and grand niece of jazz royalists Nat and Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, respectively. Trumpeter Erik Telford, meanwhile, has been a…

by Jay Trachtenberg

This Next Number Is About Lockhart

Austinites moving to Lockhart are trading in big-city convenience for a cheaper cost of living. Rents in Lockhart cost significantly less a month, and a house can go for half of what you’d find in the less expensive parts of Austin. On the flip side, people who work in Lockhart make nearly $7,500 less on…

by Annamarya Scaccia

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

As a tribute to The Day the Earth Stood Still, George Lucas named three minor characters in Return of the Jedi Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto. U.S. census data shows that 2 million dads are single. In Texas, if you are being tested for a venipuncture performance exam, you must palpate the vein with your fingertips…

by Mr. Smarty Pants

Soccer Watch

Hard to say what was the better result for the UT Longhorns this past weekend: Friday’s 7-0 pasting of hapless Sam Houston State was a confidence-builder that coach Angela Kelly compared to “every day in training,” but a fairly evenly played 1-0 loss to 12th-ranked California showed that the Horns can go toe-to-toe with some…

by Nick Barbaro

“This Is a Statement of Hard Facts”

Mark Norwood is currently serving a life sentence for the 1986 murder of Christine Morton, for which he was convicted in 2013 after the exoneration of Morton’s husband, Michael. On Monday, Sept. 12, jury selection will begin in a second trial, this time for the 1988 murder of Debra Baker. The following is a letter…

by Mark Alan Norwood

Texas Platters

In the early part of this new century, Adam Torres became a cornerstone to the small university town of Athens, Ohio, first as a collegiate member of burgeoning indie folk-rock act Southeast Engine, then for his 2006 solo debut Nostra Nova, a haunted slice of Appalachia reissued just last year. Relocating to Austin in 2011…

by Alejandra Ramirez

Headlines

No regular City Council meeting today (Sept. 8), but budget work sessions are scheduled today and (if necessary) tomorrow, with formal budget “readings” Monday and (as necessary) Tuesday and Wednesday. How necessary we should know by Friday – see “If We Had Budget Enough, and Time.” Last Thursday’s Council meeting featured another public hearing on…

by Chronicle Staff

Texas Platters

Four years after his ambitious multimedia project Macro/Micro, essentially an hourlong music video, Beaver Nelson returns with a collection of songs that brings him back to the simple yet uncompromising style for which he’s best remembered. Together with longtime co-conspirator/guitarist Scrappy Jud Newcomb, who’s given producer credit this time out, Nelson offers compositions of recent…

by Jim Caligiuri

Quote of the Week

“It never ceases to amaze me over 30 years – we always lose the best. Always. And that’s because the best are always working.” – Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, commenting on the Sept. 1 crash that killed Officer Amir Abdul-Khaliq as he escorted a funeral procession

by Chronicle Staff

Texas Platters

Golden Bear’s fourth LP, their first platter in five years, arts a silhouetted fetus in interstellar utero. Given the locals’ rebirth in sound, it’s the perfect art brand. Whereas the quartet previously boiled with big guitar hooks, they now slide into a synth-swathed groove accented by the addition of Kate Daniel to balance Chris Gregory…

by Doug Freeman

Texas Platters

Austin punk sextet Sharks in the Deep End wears its New Wave influences proudly on debut full-length Killin’ Machine, mixing the punchy pop of the Cars and David Bowie with modern-day arena rock heroes Kings of Leon and the Killers. Lead single “Shadows in the Sunset” explodes with synths and percussive guitar slabs, a post-punk…

by Bryan Rolli

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