The Most Memorable Moments of Levitation’s Saturday and Sunday

Die Spitz, L7, and the Pinky Rings as Fembots

"...team ventured across downtown venues to wrap the Black Angels’ homegrown musical convocation. Find our most memorable Halloweekend-closing sets..."

Oct. 31, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Sorcery and Special K: The Neuroplastic Visions of Zoë Shulman

How ketamine therapy helped the Austin artist transmute her psychedelic insights into gallery gold

"...compartmentalized and difficult to verbalize without going into, like, fight-or-flight. But when I did the ketamine, I was able..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Things That Are Worthy of Your Generous Support

Local arts organizations need your help when it comes to end-of-year giving

"...crowds since 2005, the harnessed dancers suspended like daredevil angels of terpsichore from the upper reaches of bridges, buildings,..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Through New Eyes: Black Angels Frontman Alex Maas Raises Luca

The glow of parenthood and a golden voice shine through on solo debut

"...He isn't so much the "voice" of the Black Angels as their set of spinning pinwheel eyes, transmitting hypnosis..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Highway Angels... Full Moon Rain..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TEMP's Mystic, Scientist, Scholar, Nun: Music of Hildegard von Bingen

The 12th century polymath's deep appreciation for creation came forth in a constant stream of praise that TEMP made uplifting

"...living fountains of the clearest water, fragrances of virtues, angels of living light, and charity and mercy toward all,..."

May 17, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

DC Swoops Into SXSW to Kick Off Batman's 80th Anniversary

To the Bat-Bridge, Robin!

"...a spot where a million bats make a choreographed flight into the night every sunset? So thought Batman publisher..."

March 15, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Crime Month: Down Those Mean Streams

Nordic noir and other criminal pleasures worth streaming

"...Elsewhere, we enjoyed the Angels Flight metaphors in the latest Bosch series (Amazon), and..."

July 20, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

Savannah Welch a Year Later

After losing her leg, the Trishas singer revisits the accident and her blessings

"..."When she came to after the life flight and surgery, Jeff and I were by the bed,"..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

My Gear: Bob Mustachio

An annotated look at the equipment behind the A/V experimentalist

"...Texas psychedelia. You've beheld his creations backdropping the Black Angels, Levitation, and the recent Doom Side of the Moon..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...On the return flight home, Johnston threw the airplane’s ignition key out the..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback – SXSW 2016: FOMO

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

"...tribute, plus performance spots by the latter's fellow Arc Angels co-frontman/guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, his mentor Jimmie Vaughan, sultry..."

March 18, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Blue Lapis Light's Edge of Grace

Blue Lapis Light leaves its epic aerial work for an intimate and uniquely compelling dance on scaffolding

"...spectacular ways. In those works, the performers never achieve flight; they may climb above the earth, but they're not..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...that we'd all been waiting for Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords to do a feature-length riff on..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

HBO Gets in Bed With Amazon Prime

Hey, no more stealing your parents' HBO GO password!

"...Rome, Six Feet Under, Eastbound & Down, Enlightened, and Flight of the Conchords, as well as the miniseries Angels..."

April 23, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

99th Floor

Austin Psych Fest boldly goes where no local music trip's gone before.

"...By the time the Black Angels closed out Psych Fest 2011 at the now gentrifying..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rush’s Grand Design

New Hall of Fame inductees open tour at Erwin Center

"...into an FM anthem) – Rush opened its Clockwork Angels tour in Austin. Two years since the Time Machine..."

April 24, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Tim McCanlies (Dancer, Texas Pop. 81) will debut When Angels Sing, scripted by novelist Lou Berney (Gutshot Straight) and..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Biff Parker (1962-2011)

The Reivers' John Croslin remembers Biff Parker

"...last show of our tour with a band called Flight of Mavis...."

Nov. 8, 2011 Music Post by John Croslin

Austin Psych Fest 4

"...doing this for the city of Austin," proclaimed Black Angels frontman Alex Maas toward midnight on Sunday inside Austin's..."

May 6, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Scouting reports on Austin Psych Fest and Reckless Kelly's Celebrity Softball Jam

"...The Black Angels started Austin Psych Fest to link the original psychedelic..."

April 29, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday night blurbage of SXSW

"...singles) and the hard psychic edge of Austin's Black Angels. Love Will Have Her Revenge, its 2010 Tee Pee..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

TV Eye: Zeroing in on a ZIP Code

Filmmaking brothers turn a camera on their hometown in 45365

"...No, there aren't any sleigh bells ringing or angels visiting the small town of Sidney, Ohio, the Ross..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...two floors, housing fuselage wreckage from Otis Redding's last flight and a telegram from comedian Redd Foxx to Jackie..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

For those about to rock (we salute you)

"...Singing Grandfather. Likewise, Erickson's brief collaboration with Austin's Black Angels on the 13th Floor Elevators' "Roller Coaster" finally sees..."

April 23, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Arc Angels

"...Arc AngelsLiving in a Dream (Light Press/Ultimate Vision)..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

Gentlemen Broncos

With this new film, Jared Hess elicits none of the naive charm or flagrant silliness of his earlier movies, Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.

"...Bronco Years purloined by Dr. Ronald Chevalier (Clement of Flight of the Conchords, whose pompous performance is the sole..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Merry Gentleman

Michael Keaton directed and stars in this glum story about a suicidal hit man and the woman who may save him or prove to be his undoing.

"...and soul (Keaton) and an angelic receptionist (Macdonald) in flight from her physically abusive husband (Cannavale) is destined to..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moon

A man (Sam Rockwell) and his computer (voiced pitch-perfectly by Kevin Spacey) – alone on a moon-based work station of the future – plumb the depths of identity and inner space.

"...to anger and Tom Cruise-cool in aviator shades and flight suit – is a startling throwback for original Sam:..."

July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Blaze's blues strike a chord with the SXSW Film 09 and dropping out for the Black Angels' Psych Fest 2

"...• Iron Maiden: Flight 666 is going to rule: The doc screens Wednesday,..."

March 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

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