Chronicle Critics Choose Their Top 10 Local Albums

10 lists by 10 of our music writers

"...4) Grupo Fantasma, American Music Vol. VII (Blue Corn Music)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Page Two: A Cheating Top 10

An introduction, then a list of lots of cool things, shoved into 10 slots, that are not necessarily related to 2008

"...I don't do Top 10 lists. I don't have a favorite film; I don't..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Holiday Wish Lists 2005

Give 'til it helps: part one

"...end-of-the-year tax-write-off rush, and to submit their holiday wish lists. We have edited these lists as space dictates, and..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Features Feature by Anne Harris

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Our music writers recommend the best day parties and unofficial bonanzas..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...Reviews by: Jim Hightower | D. Marion Wilkinson | Jan Grape..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

The Austin Chronicle Top 10 Films of 2018

Our favorite films from our least favorite year

"...a local view, Austin may sell itself as a music town, but it's also a filmmaking town. From Oscar..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Music Books

"...by David Kamp and Steven Daly..."

May 27, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Community Access

The groundbreaking Austin Past and Present archive projects means free museums, movies, music, and more all over town

"...AHC, and often they found their favorite material merely by accident or through extreme sedulousness. "One example of a..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...was All, punk rock has remained merely a minority musical taste. Hence, the above-named may find themselves puzzled by..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...1982-83 Chronicle History: By August of 1982, Sarah Whistler had moved out of..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

The story is similar to the popular original – but its Borscht Belt setting has been relocated to pre-revolutionary Cuba in 1958.

"...Directed by: Guy Ferland. Starring: Romola Garai, Diego Luna, Sela Ward,..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

New in Nonfiction

Two new nonfiction books work their mouths around the English language

"...and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savoryby Roy Blount Jr. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 384 pp.,..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Books Review by Tim Warden

Dance Friends

"...the Chronicle for two pieces featured in the Top 10s issue [Arts, Jan. 3]. This past year, I had..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Postmarks

The Year That Slipped Away

The 6,000 Albums of 1995

"...by Raoul Hernandez..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Music Feature

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...In Courtney Love: The Real Story by Poppy Z. Brite (Simon & Schuster, $25 hard), the..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Page Two

It has never been a secret that the magic ingredient that makes SXSW work is Austin

"...South by Southwest Film 2005 passes went on sale this past..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...soul-crushing, "Uhhhh, what was it you needed again?" followed by the frantic, last-minute shoving of said object, elegantly unwrapped,..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Being Dead, Kydd Jones, Rattlesnake Milk, and Urban Heat Set to Play the Chronicle’s Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Day Party

The ultimate townie hang at SXSW, totally free at Hotel Vegas

"...noble creatures in the Austin Chronicle office – including writers, editors, production staff, ad sales representatives, and a turtle..."

March 8, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dancing About Architecture

Grab the End of the Poll

"...last chance to vote in the 1997/98 Austin Chronicle Music Poll. Find it on p.15 of this issue or..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Column

Page Two

Our Top 10s give you another chance to laugh, and rail, at us; Republican dominance and a state budget crisis bode ill for government services, and for Austin; we bid a fond farewell to "Dancing About Architecture" and chart a new course, a bit.

"...new year. As is tradition, this is our Top 10 issue, where we offer lists of the highlights and..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Louis Black

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...the Chronicle has left its mark on the many writers who've filled its pages over the years. – K.J...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...Myra Breckinridge Video stores killed the revival houses. Video..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...were completely oblivious to the burgeoning fortunes of our musicians, our filmmakers, our writers and artists, or our multimedia..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Writes of Winter

"...The KGB Bar Reader edited by Ken Foster William Morrow & Co., $14 paper Some..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Books Review

A Little Game Called Go Insane

Letters at 3 AM

"...illustration by Jason Stout We played "Light My Fire" too damn..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Column

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...Poet Rocker/Wacko: Wesley Willis My list of top ten..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Page Two: R.I.P.

Edwin 'Bud' Shrake and Stephen Bruton

"...May 8, only to be followed a day later by Stephen Bruton. Bud and I were never tight, but..."

May 15, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...areas to attract tax-generating business, the acceleration of plans by developers to building more resident units downtown, etc. I..."

June 11, 2004 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...requirements before demolition commenced. The ravaged site was red-tagged by the city the next day (a pathetic $50 fine)...."

May 7, 2004 Column

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (Blue Note)..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

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