Ravyn Lenae, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music with a little help from these recommendations

"...costumes as they tackle The Composer Is Dead. Actor André Martin joins to help discover the guilty suspect among..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Andy Langer and Carrie Rodriguez Are Now UT Employees

University Live Music Initiative snags industry heavyweights

"...wrote Wednesday, adding that the day before, he welcomed André 3000 to the Butler School of Music to do..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Line Dancin', Terminatin', and Writin' in This Week's Recommended Events

Lots to do, and it's not even the weekend

"...a gallery context. Usually the artists, Brianna McIntyre and André Fuqua, transform vacant lots into neighborhood-specific installations “that contemplate..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Trains, Dance, and Lesbionage in This Week’s Recommended Events

Find some art and community this weekend

"...stillness and movement. Consider his acknowledged muses, Divine and André Leon Talley, both of whom were striking in still..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Thelma, Louise, Musketeers, and More Queer Films Headline Our Week in Events

Get your weekdays squared away

"...Free, screening for its Southwest premiere; directed by Fernando Andrés, this Austin-set dramedy follows best friends Ben and Jordan..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin’s Crucial Concerts for the Week

Jackie Venson, Grace Sorensen, Monte Warden, and many more

"...and though project collaborators such as George Clinton and André 3000 won’t be there to help the groove (at..."

May 17, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

ATX TV Festival Adds Apple TV+ Miniseries The Big Cigar, Plus Panels on an Industry in Flux

Conversations planned about the strikes and their aftermath

"...plan to ferret Black Panthers founder Huey P. Newton (André Holland) out of the country to Cuba under the..."

May 10, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Exclusive: Watch This Clip From Austin-Made Rap Road Trip Lost Soulz

First glimpse ahead of this weekend's theatrical release

"...followed by a Q&A with director Katherine Propper, producers Andrés Figueredo Thomson and Juan Carlos Figueredo, and the cast,..."

May 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Presidential Candidate Cornel West Hosts Music Industry Roundtable at Carver Museum

Sentimental talk invites Bill Callahan and Alphabet Workers Union

"...collaborated with the likes of Bootsy Collins, Prince, and André 3000. In his opening remarks, he spoke more like..."

April 17, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Chronicle’s Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Party Brings Breezy Grooves to Hotel Vegas

Feat. Grace Sorensen, Nemegata, Cactus Lee, Font on the patio

"...Up next, Víctor-Andrés Cruz and César Valencia kicked off Nemegata’s set with..."

March 16, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

SXSW Interview: Bestie Rap Duo Flyana Boss Remain Students of the Form

Bobbi and Folayan talk Dallas influences before first headlining tour

"...now. I met other people, like Petey Pablo and André 3000 and Common.”..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Cactus Lee, Nemegata, Font, Grace Sorensen Set for the Chronicle’s Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Party

Freebie springtime standby returns to Hotel Vegas March 15

"...nature and ourselves matches its furious, clattering crescendo, [Victor Andrés] Cruz's call to arms against soulless capitulation to modern..."

Feb. 29, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Sundance Review: Frida Expresses Frida Kahlo's Inner Life

Documentary gives a new perspective on her well-known story

"...and why exactly are the words of French poet André Breton and Belgain surrealist René Magritte presented in thickly-accented..."

Jan. 31, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: sleep well., It’s Getting Brighter

Barrel-aged indie folk makes early-adulthood existentialism sound sublime

"...but don't you dare figure me out," lead vocalist Andrés Garcia croons on the record's jazz-steeped title track, like..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Feature by Elizabeth Braaten

Paper Cuts: Alejandro Escovedo’s Deconstructed “Bury Me” and Five More Songs

New Austin music picks from Geranium Drive, Soupmakesitbetter

"...features new songs and music videos from Austin artists. Alejandro Escovedo, “Bury Me”..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

"Finally I Sang": Progressive Cumbia Fires Up Como Las Movies’ Full-Length Debut

Como Las Singles finds Nelson Valente Aguilar in the driver’s seat

"...Cumbia futurist from the genre's Colombian crucible, Víctor-Andrés Cruz of Austin act Nemegata concurs:..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Quin NFN, corook, ​​and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest

From viral “If I Were a Fish” to M83’s essential “Midnight City”

"...of Austin big band Grupo Fantasma met Nemegata dyad Víctor-Andrés Cruz (vocals/percussion) and bass constant César Valencia halfway, and..."

Oct. 16, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

17 Texas Artists to See at ACL Fest

Lone Star acts to catch at Zilker, from Houston breakout d4vd to Austin’s Die Spitz

"...howl of Lou Lewis and hypnotically bending guitar of Andrew Chavez, spinning an intoxicating oasis for lost souls and..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...stand as César Valencia picks up the bass and Víctor-Andrés Cruz stokes melody out of his Telecaster. The drummer..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Abya Yala: The Story Behind the Photos

"...Musician Víctor-Andrés Cruz explains, "Here identity, ethnicity, diversity, and ancestral symbolism..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Kimberley Jones

Being Dead’s Wild Western Chase and Five More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Nemegata, EXOTIC FRUITICA, Quiet Light, and more

"...piercing riffs and Latinx percussion over lyrical brujería from Víctor-Andrés Cruz, the local Colombian post-punk trio's first tease of..."

June 23, 2023 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Review: Solero Flamenco's “A Journey Through Spain”

From Andalusia to Austin, flamenco emanates expressive energy

"...found my body swaying along too. The two dancers, Andrea González and Solangel Lali Calix, made expressive use of..."

June 7, 2023 Arts Post by Annie Prafcke

Blues, Funk, and La Bamba: Antone’s Austin Blues Festival Returns to Waterloo Park

Home of the Blues revives its genre mosh nearly a quarter-century later

"...percussion, and Jurassic riffing from co-leader and ax maniac Alejandro Rios grooved the quintet deeply. Meanwhile, the vocal spellcasting..."

April 30, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Showing Up

Kelly Reichardt and Michelle Williams reunite for this tale of middling artists

"...Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Maryann Plunkett, John Magaro and André Benjamin...."

April 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Panel Recap: Urban Air Mobility: What's Next?

Like winter, personal air transport is coming. But for who?

"...André Stein, co-CEO of Eve Air Mobility; former FAA administrator..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Get Your Tickets for the 41st Annual Austin Music Awards

"...Deepak Chopra, Tilda Swinton, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and José Andrés are all headed to Austin to take part in..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Gibbs, Manny Jacinto, Ayden Mayeri, Thomas Mann, Chrissie Fit, Andrew Hyland, Chelsea Peretti, Margaret Cho, Darrell Hammond (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Linda Lindas, Momma, Caramelo Haze, JaRon Marshall, and more highlight our recommended shows

"...sledgehammers and crystalline reverb from last year's sophomore Possessions. – Alejandra Ramirez Caramelo Haze, El Combo Oscuro3ten ACL Live, Friday..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Music Column by Alejandra Ramirez

SXSW Brings the Cosmos to Austin

Keynote brings unseen images from the James Webb telescope

"...President and Chief Media Analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform Andrew Wallenstein..."

Jan. 10, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Chef Charles Zhuo Innovates the Menu at Apt 115

Cooking small, cooking fierce

"..."I went to D.C. to work at José Andrés' Minibar. It was an opportunity to work as a..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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