Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 5-11

"...despair – inspire a deeper and more durable experience of the sacred than contentment does.” I disagree. I know..."

April 5, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"..."Did an angel whisper in your ear?/ And hold you close and..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Quiet Light Celebrates Debut Album Fourth of July With a Heartfelt Homecoming Show

Independence Day arrives July 1 for folk-minded pop artist Riya Mahesh

"...to the West Campus venue after her first year of medical school in Massachusetts to launch the folk-minded pop..."

June 27, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Smoking Causes Coughing

Rubber director's sentai spoof is weird, discursive magic

"...for magic, and we define magic as a kind of manipulative sleight of hand, then French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 3-9

"...(Feb. 19-March 20): Before going to sleep, I asked my subconscious mind to bring a dream that would be..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...eagerly-anticipated horror sequel Evil Dead Rise is also part of this year's headliners...."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 28 - November 3

"...because I think you will benefit from embodying the mythic attributes of a snake. As you know, the creature..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

“It’s Like a Family Business, Except Rock Stars”: The Kindred Bond of We Don’t Ride Llamas

Afro rock sibling band is defiantly unconventional on new EP The Oracle

"...For most zoomers and younger millennials, the entrance of the video game Rock Band into our childhood homes..."

April 29, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...for this year's film festival, but the complete list of all the movies at this year's hybrid event. The..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What We're Listening to Right Now

Aaron Stephens, Paul Cauthen, Drakulas, Glasshealer, Pretty Little Thieves, and more local sounds

"...the sense that I'm trying to leave the world of Soul/R&B music, but not entirely," Stephens emailed. "I'd like..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Music Column by Clara Wang

Powell St. John Brought Us the Message, 1940-2021

Psychedelic visionary and Janis Joplin bandmate – a "man for the ages"

"...an Austin Chronicle feature as, not just a man of his time, but a “man for the ages.”..."

Aug. 23, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

TC Superstar, Swass Night, Tune-Yards, and more recommended shows

"...both nights by a band with an integral roster of postmodern dancers jumping, voguing, and kneading stiffness out of..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...Tara Bhattacharya: I’ve had to move around a number of times, since my separation and divorce late last year...."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 10-16

"...ARIES (March 21-April 19): Moses did 40 years’ worth of hard work on behalf of his people, delivering them..."

April 10, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and titles Now it's time to get dark,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...exception as the festival has just announced The King of Staten Island as one of its Headliner titles...."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Music, Spirituality, and Social Justice Meet at New Story Festival

Three-day mash-up offers holistic approach to change

"...theory behind the New Story Festival, a three-day mash-up of music, spirituality, art, and environmental and social justice activism..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Experimental Response Cinema’s Scott Stark Bids Farewell to Austin

Our interview with the filmmaker and programmer

"...Notes on the Cinematographer, but it's his binary delineation of cinema that has always stayed with me. There are..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced its first wave..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one day during..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

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

"...Townsend, 10pm Ecuadorian synth-pop duo 1982 sounds straight out of a tropical John Hughes movie. Debut LP Nuevas Ondas..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Artist Jim Rugg Brings His New Street Angel to Austin

He’s the man with the golden pen; she’s the deadliest girl alive

"...– then you probably haven’t seen anything like Street Angel before...."

July 25, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cinema, Vehicular

Green Screen Film Series returns to the Laguna Gloria Amphitheater

"...'55 Chevy. A vicious 18-wheeler hellbent on running yuppies off the road. Steve McQueen in a desperate rush for..."

July 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

I Love You, Jimmy

Nearly four-hour LaFave convergence petitions a greater good

"...As midnight neared Thursday at the every-last-seat-sold Paramount Theatre, Jimmy LaFave’s 10 minutes onstage turned the show’s refrain back..."

May 19, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Angel Olsen Entrances Mohawk

Her other shoe drops tonight at the Red River favorite

"...Despite a sea of bodies staring at Mohawk’s outdoor stage, it was quiet..."

Feb. 7, 2017 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Locals Los Coast Break Out at ACL Fest

Singer Trey Privott on the band's origins and influences

"...the opposite – the Los Coast frontman occasionally lifts off terra firma when he's at full throat. During a..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"..."If my feet could fit a railroad track..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

DVDanger: Advice to Young Journalists

What cinema tells us about what we expect from the news

"...to home release this week that tackle the role of journalists: two based on true stories, one documentary, and..."

Feb. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2014

It was a year in which the personal shone through in dance and classical works small and large

"...MAGNIFICENT (Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company) This dance's celebration of small virtues and little kindnesses added up to a..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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