Lust for Life

The 2015/16 Austin Music Awards' bedrock mania

"...Return to Austin High might have been the most important set at..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: And the Award Goes To ...

The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup

"...television, cross-eyed and drooling, as the three horsemen of music's apocalypse – Bieber, Skrillex, and Diplo – unsuccessfully impersonated..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback – SXSW 2016: FOMO

Fear of Missing Out at SXSW Music 2016? Best pack it in now.

"...discover the one genuine, unspoiled corner of old weird Austin where your end of the industry's power brokers are..."

March 18, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

We Can't Make It Here Anymore

As the city's Economic Development Department readies its recommendations to City Council on Mayor Adler's Austin Music & Creative Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, is it already too late for local artists in terms of local affordability?

"...limbo of the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, unincorporated land near the Austin city limits. Short drive, but a world away...."

May 27, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Calliope Musicals

"...While 2016 breakout Time Owes You Nothing flourished jangled psych, Calliope..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Review by Reid Jowers

Twine Time Host Paul Ray Dead at 73

Deejay, singer, and soul scholar had been hospitalized since November

"...Saturday night in Austin will never be the same. Paul Ray, who shared..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

2016 Arts Hall of Famers Announced

Bay, Mills, and Ruiz to be inducted at Critics Table Awards

"...The Austin Critics Table has named the 15th group of individuals..."

April 19, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gay Place: Confidential

Welcome to queer heaven, SXSWers

"...Pssst! You know Austin is a queer haven, where boys who like boys..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Playback: Dale Watson's Ameripolitan Dream

Outlaws wanted (for Awards), God calls back Gean West, and SXSW wristbands back on sale!

"...Country music's a crazy, gold-diggin' whore, and Dale Watson wants a..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

System Is a Sham

"...I was grossly dismayed by the results of the Austin Music Awards ["2015-16 AMAs," Music, March 18], a wonderful..."

March 22, 2016 Postmarks

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...through swagger-happy takedowns like "Too Little Too Late" from 2015's Wild Nights. Despite a stylized appearance and keen ear..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

SXSW Film Pro Tips

What to see, where to be, and how to relax

"...We’ve eyeballed a lot of SXSW films leading up..."

March 4, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...Austin Chronicle: Greetings from Austin, Texas...."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Pleasure of the Paynes 2016

Annual theatre awards think Terminus is the living end

"...Sometimes at a ceremony where awards are being handed out, there's one show that just..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Arts Post

Roky Erickson Ascends to the 13th Floor (1947-2019)

Psychedelic pioneer clocked 71 Earth years

"...Roky Erickson, Austin's homegrown pioneer of psychedelia, garage, punk, and horror rock,..."

May 31, 2019 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Jeremy Nail Survives Cancer, Scales Mountain

Austin Music Awards performer previews May LP live

"...“There wasn’t a lot of music in the house, so all I knew was what..."

Feb. 23, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...Continental Club Canada has a long history of country music makers, but it's never produced anything like Lindi Ortega...."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Film Flam

Malick's latest goes to Berlin, fests beckon other locals

"...year almost over, that means just one thing: The 2015 festival season is almost upon us, and the cavalcade..."

Dec. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Food-o-File: Weekend Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...Sometimes there is too much Austin food news to squeeze into the print edition of..."

Feb. 28, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...the artists to be on the move. And in Austin, they certainly are, pirouetting, lunging, stomping, leaping in scores..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Crypta, Cherubs, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Must-see shows for the weekend and beyond

"...Thursday 15 – Friday 16, Hotel Vegas..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: Schools and Environment

Big Saturday events for education and environment

"...Question: Is Austin truly a progressive city or just a pricey hipster..."

April 17, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Playback: And the Armadillos Went Wild

Threadgill’s World Headquarters goes the way of its predecessor, the Armadillo World Headquarters, plus Black Fret offers more than just money

"...chicken-fried pork chops and vegetable plates. The restaurant and music venue's owner, who previously oversaw the three-ring circus known..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Willie Nelson Unites America

A guitar-strumming Beto O’Rourke tries too

"...Although Willie Nelson, 85, remains an outspoken troubadour of..."

July 5, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

OUTsider Fest heads into the woods and will "emerge ready to fight"

"...than queer survival, it's also about queer life. (See austinchronicle.com for more coverage.) GAYDAR..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Taps ConsenSys Founder Joseph Lubin for 2019 Keynote

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency track programming comes into focus

"...joins previously announced Keynotes Shirley Manson and Lauren Mayberry (Music), Marti Noxon (Film), and Kevin Systrom with Josh Constine..."

Oct. 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Bonny Chu

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Today's lineup additions also include some of the first Austin-linked films for SXSW Film 2020 (March 13-21), starting with..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...by Chicago police. For a local report, see "New Austin 'Spokes' Speak Out Against Tasers."Headlines • The Austin Toll..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"..."Well, to quote the great Simpsons – 'Haa-ha!'" – Austin singer Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, channeling Nelson..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature

Gay Place: 'Mo-tivator

Erica Nix wants to PUMP. YOU. UP!

"...photo: the redhead, not the gray-head) has been moving Austin's LGBTQIA since she first began her Richard Simmons-inspired, unicorn-fueled..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

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