Soundscaper Strawberry Hospital Reclaims an Outcast Genre and Herself

Rate Your Music-faved producer plays Chess Club this Friday

"...Gomez had the misfortune of growing up outside the dartboard. Twenty-four today, the current Niederwald, Texas, resident still harbors..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Five Live Celebrations of Desire

People who need people make for one helluva compelling show

"...it's the carnal come-hither of sexual attraction or a heartfelt ache for simpatico companionship, desire's relentless pull is the..."

July 22, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"..."If you give me a minute – or like,..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Jurassic Punk: Inside the Tempestuous Career of FX Revolutionary Steve Williams in Spaz

New documentary spotlights the maverick who added CGI to cinema magic

"...the unreal realm of movie special effects, there are artists who redefined what is possible. Lon Chaney Sr. with..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Reveling in Heartless Bastards' New Album and the Return of the Fall Arts Season

LISTEN: The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP FM

"...The fall arts season gets swinging (and COVID throws a few punches..."

Sept. 17, 2021 News Post by Kimberley Jones

We Have an Issue: Two Questions Inspired by BLK ODYSSY

"...earlier, inviting me to Arlyn Studios for a listening party, previewing his BLK ODYSSY project's new album BLK VINTAGE...."

Aug. 13, 2021 Column by Kevin Curtin

New Di$count $inema Series Revs Up at Blue Starlite

Jon Moritsugu heads to Terminal USA

"...28, at the Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In Mueller, part of local garage duo Teenage Cavegirl's guitarist Andy Ray..."

July 23, 2021 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

The 2020/2021 Austin Music Awards Came Bearing a Pandemic Stimulus

Hop in the Winner Wagon and see who we surprised with this year's unique awards

"...honoring, and recognizing individuals and groups who make community-binding art. Probably like us, you've had your fill of "unprecedented"..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Hip-Hop Artist of the Year: Deezie Brown..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem

EXT. RURAL MAINE, POST-COLLAPSE: 3 old pals, one nuclear-powered car

"...and Journeyman were college friends and once inseparable writing partners, then the loquacious Todbaum became the alpha in Hollywood,..."

Nov. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Evan Rodriguez

Other Worlds Looks to the Skylin3s

Alien invasion sequel heads up 2020 virtual lineup

"...movie - making her stand for the survival of Earth by taking the battle to the interstellar invaders that..."

Oct. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Pa’lante Superfónicos

Afro-Latin fusionist weighs in on the whole arepa

"...a home in Austin is pretty much unattainable for artists and musicians these days, but luckily we found a..."

June 23, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Mobley Processes Isolation & Interconnectedness

Tune in Wednesdays, 8pm, to the multimedia maven’s livestream

"...more fully appreciate what an honor it is to participate in the experience of live shows together...."

May 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Nic Patrizi Opens Industry Soup Kitchen in East Austin

Vic and Al’s space is now a community kitchen to address food insecurity

"...looks like locals patronizing their favorite eateries offering to-go, artists streaming their art, and spicy meme content circulating. Those,..."

March 21, 2020 Food Post by Alex Detmar

Austin's House Music Scene Clings to the African-American Community That Birthed It

House music rose to prominence from Chicago’s black music community and hangs on here in its original form

"...A more electronic and minimalist offshoot of the disco revolution preceding it, the genre counts among its late-Eighties pioneers..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Food and Music Strike a Chord With These Austin Chefs

We explore the link between the culinary and musical in anticipation of Hot Luck

"...Franklin's life in a big way. Last year, he partnered with Guerilla Suit founder James Moody and Feast Portland..."

May 25, 2018 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Feels Like the First Time

The 36th annual Austin Music Awards mark a number of debuts

"...Third Root flows an urgent vision of the woke revolution. Bavu Blakes, Riders Against the Storm, Vocab, Reggie Coby,..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Film Goes to A Quiet Place

Over 100 films and 43 world premieres fill a noisy nine days

"...its originality, suspense, and amazing cast, we love seeing artists stretch and explore."..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

My Friend Coffin Joe

Brazilian iconoclast unleashed at Death By Fest

"...Maniac. Pioneer. Debaser. Maverick. Monster. Hero. Part shaman, part provocateur, part surrealist nightmare, Coffin Joe is..."

Oct. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Gaming Award Nominees and Hosts

WWE star Xavier Woods to co-host ceremony in March

"...Software Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall 2 – Electronic Arts / Respawn Entertainment Uncharted 4: A Thief's End –..."

Jan. 25, 2017 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Playback – AAN Convention: Worth the Ink?

Checking the pulse of print media and music journalism

"...Moonpies, circle pit for Annihilation Time, and a warehouse party with Sailor Poon. For official AAN festivities, your homegrown..."

July 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Black Metal, Gray Skies, Red-Hot Love

Sex, love, and nostalgia – recapping Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015

"...surreal sight considering that she'd spent several years unceremoniously bartending at the Eastside haunt...."

Nov. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Frizzi 2 Fulci Haunts Austin

Fabio Frizzi on melody and mayhem with Lucio Fulci

"...the afterlife,” emailed the composer. “Music is a big part of life, and I think that even in a..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Cathe Dailey

Ambitious restaurateur established casual fine dining mecca

"...May 2, one of Austin's seminal restaurants will become part of local culinary history. Cofounder Cathe Dailey won't be..."

May 1, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Record Review

East Cameron Folkcore's Kingdom of Fear

"...on Chomsky, while the best sublimate social unrest into art that's personal and poetic. It's the difference between Anti-Flag..."

April 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Counterculture Time Capsule

Forty years later, Les Blank's Leon Russell rock doc sees the light of day

"...In 1972, the hyper-talented, hard-partying former session musician and highly touted rock star Leon..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Lars Nilsen

One in a Crowd: The Honor Farm

Austin documentary expert Karen Skloss takes us back to school

"...Part teen crush drama, part psychedelic psycho thriller: Director Karen..."

Dec. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Back to Life

Sandor Katz and fermentation's new culture

"...York City, he grew his first garden and immediately started learning from the land. "I had all sorts of..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

A Song in His Heart

'The Essential Jacques Demy' anthologizes the French New Wave's chief romantic

"...unto a cinematic renaissance that today parallels another national pop-art trademark, Impressionism. In European black-and-white alternately searing and crème..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

How We Watch – and Who's Watching Us

Writer Kyle Killen and TV critics talk ratings and recap culture

"...After his presentation, Killen segued into moderator-mode, introducing what..."

June 7, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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