Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...evidenced by their live shows, Rios worships at the altar of guitar gods like Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page...."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Ghost Stories Take Flight With The Night Owl

Exploring Austin's dark history with podcaster Stephen Belyeu and his team

"...as well." Growing up deeply religious ("I was an altar boy for 11 years of my life," he laughed)..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Naomi Brady

How to Spend Halloween as Safely as Possible This Year

Treats, no tricks

"...– Build an ofrenda, a traditional altar commemorating those you have lost...."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Our favorite albums, videos, and performances

"..."Hell Bastards" sends Holy Wave hurtling back toward the altar of Stereolab, with New Wave-y "Buddhist Pete" and ruminating..."

July 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: You Can’t Press Pause on Life

A musician’s life: laid off, livestreaming, and … giving birth?

"...basketball design picture disc; the relentless, drum-machine post-punk of Altar of Eden’s April EP The Grotto Screams on the..."

April 24, 2020 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home

What we’re spending our time with

"...return with a top-form eponymous platter. Vested at the altar of first-wave reverb vessels 4AD and Creation Records, 21st..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Century and invites users in to worship at the altar of Dataism with the gods of Silicon Valley. Acquire..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Christmas Carol

Zach Theatre's musical version abounds in great voices, but it may drown out Dickens with songs

"...Franklin and the unsinkable Molly Brown. There's the ethereal altar boy tenor of Paul Sanchez (Bob Cratchit) and his..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Faster Than Sound – Sex Bomb to Sister Ray: Recapping Levitation’s Second Downtown Go-Round

Scenes from Austin’s marquee independent music fest

"...met the dark, cavernous locale, with Wolfe at the altar in a ring of branches and candles. The California..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...that they thought a large, ornate vessel on the altar looked a lot like Chad's penis...."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Shura

"...Can Lay Your Hands on Me)" worships at the altar of lust for a distant match, while "Bklynldn" connects..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Local Exhibitions Point to Ways People of Color Were Freed but Still Aren't Free

The Carver Museum asks: Freedom when?

"...In the center of the room is a bloodred altar on which are jars full of dirt collected from..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

16 Punk Rock Bands to Slam Into at SXSW

"...Those who still light a candle at their destructo-punk altar for late Memphis legends the Reatards, commence rejoicing. New..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Day Trips: Mission, Texas

Border wall to cut off sacred ground

"...the chapel. The faithful still come to the small altar to light candles for loved ones...."

Feb. 22, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Catholic Diocese Discloses Alleged Abusers

Bishop names 22 clergy "credibly accused" of sexual offenses with minors

"...regarding alleged abuse in the Seventies of a teen altar boy at St. Louis King of France Catholic Church..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Qmmunity

Celebrate Intersex Awareness Day all year

"...Austin's QPOC communities are invited to build a community altar to honor the holiday. Fri., Nov. 2, 6:30-8:30pm. allgo,..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

La Vida de los Muertos

"...Aaron Saenz kneels before a Dia de los Muertos altar set on the edge of the stage...."

Oct. 10, 2018 Photo Gallery

ACL Live Review: Father John Misty

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Tillman

"...“You’re bent over the altar, and the neighbors are complaining/ That the misanthropes next..."

Oct. 6, 2018 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Playback – Lords of the Dance: TC Superstar

TC Superstar promotes body movement, Dallas Acid get blissed with Laraaji, a black metal binge, and Trouble in the Streets breaks rules

"...black metal quartet, whose vocalist roars from a candlelit altar, notorious for pissing on the Westboro Baptist Church...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Aztlan Dance Company's The Enchilada Western: Texas Deep Fried

In the troupe's latest choreodramas, dancing desperados persisted and partied

"...heat index was still (still) around 100 degrees. An altar of sorts – bebidas, plantas – was set up..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Spectrum Theatre Company's Juneteenth Chronicles

With this play, Crystal Bird Caviel honors ancestors who were slaves and her colleague, the late Dr. Billy F. Harden

"...was gonna keep it going. He's on my ancestor altar, so I pass his smiling face every day and..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...The German-Ghanaian singer bows at the Gen X R&B altar, specifically the holy trinity of TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, and Aaliyah,..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: D.H. Lawrence in New Mexico

D.H. Lawrence’s banned art finds a home in Taos hotel

"...Frieda mixed his ashes with the cement of the altar in the small memorial on the steep mountainside. She..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Southwest Theatre Productions' The Understudy

Southwest Theatre's focused cast overcomes the oddities in the script to serve up a snarky, funny look at the theatre business

"...– who, it turns out, was left at the altar by Harry some six years prior. What follows is..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Playback: You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

But you can still put your arms around Margaret Moser

"...generations of musicians, writers, and friends worshipping at the altar of Moser. Accompanied by her rock, husband Steve Chaney,..."

June 16, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

2017: glass-half-full version

"...Orlando Vigil & Altar Visitation UT remembers the Pulse nightclub victims with a..."

June 9, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Carrie Elkin’s Life-and-Death Folk

Her father's death and daughter's birth upped the stakes of the singer's finest work

"...since I'd lost my dad. We had this little altar in there, so I was thinking about life –..."

April 14, 2017 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Faces of Death

"...formed in D.C. nearly 20 years ago at the altar of Sabbath and Floyd. Five studio LPs have ensued...."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Top 10 National Albums of 2016

Our favorite picks from across the country

"...8) Inquisition, Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith (Season of Mist)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

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