Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend One

For you to rewind this weekend at Zilker Park

"...of the Kendrick Lamar and Shania Twain reviews, at austinchronicle.com/acl. Kendrick Lamar’s Perfect ACL Decade Snags..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Enduring Emo of Paramore Connects Past and Future at Moody Center

Hayley Williams' “dream we didn’t even know we were allowed to dream”

"...Never enough for Austin, apparently...."

July 10, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Art-Punks Transy Warhol Carve the "Space to Figure Everything Out"

Quartet seeks Control in transphobic Texas on gushy, unabashed debut

"...In a time when Texas lawmakers find House Bill..."

May 12, 2023 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

What We're Listening to This Week

Otis Wilkins, Fuck Money, Cash Grab, Jake Lloyd, and more notable sounds

"...freshly released video truly captures the delicious glow of Austin's late-summer slacker vibe. Wilkins plays his best Lebowski as..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Column by Doug Freeman

What We're Listening to Right Now

Sir Woman, whookilledkenny, Buffalo Hunt, Aaron McDonnell, Startographers, and more local sounds

"...unleashing their infectiously danceable dosage locally since capturing the Austin Music Award for Best New Act two years ago...."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Crucial Concert Countdown: New Year’s Eve Edition

"...Jungle NYE paints a wonderfully complete picture of prominent Austin music in 2021. Extravagant indie-soul project Nané rode falsetto-fueled..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Column by Greg Stitt

Qmmunity: The Queer Adoration of Robyn

Plus Halloween-inspired drag and QTAPI storytelling

"...the universal queer adoration of Robyn and her epic anthem "Dancing on My Own" – hands down one of..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Lady Gaga’s Love-In

Electro-dance validation brings Austin to its knees

"...“You’ve given me so much over the years, Austin. Thank you so much for believing in me –..."

Dec. 6, 2017 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

The Rise of Radio

"...article on the solar-powered radio stations being broadcast in Austin and nearby Central Texas cities [“Anthem of the Sun,”..."

Jan. 25, 2016 Postmarks

Arctic Monkeys Give Cedar Park Center the F Sharp

UK rockers remain twisted and deranged

"...A quarter after 9pm, the crowd surged forward, greeting..."

Oct. 29, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

ACL Music Fest 2014 Sunday Listings – Second Weekend

Blurbing a final day of ACL 2014

"...Emily Wolfe11:15am, Austin Ventures stage..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Feature

ACL Music Fest 2014 Sunday Listings

Blurbing Sunday ACL

"...their career, single "17 Crimes" being their best punk anthem yet. – Tim Stegall Kongos..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Optimus Prime finds a new pal in franchise addition Mark Wahlberg.

"...characters. (Even Linkin Park had to hand off angsty anthem duties to Imagine Dragons.) With screaming Shia LaBeouf and..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...on the cusp of the group's meteoric ascent. In Austin, after the show, he conducted a congenial meet and..."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...8pm, Austin Music Hall If you still haven't heard the name,..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Dan Dietz: The exit interview

As local playwright Dan Dietz prepares to leave Austin for a teaching gig at Florida State, he talks about his experience here and what he sees happening down the road

"...One of Austin's most celebrated playwrights, Dan Dietz is leaving soon to..."

May 25, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...disuse may explain why the mastermind behind this scrappy Austin label remains amiably stuck in reverse. The robotic retro-sounds..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Lear Jaunt

Matthew Radford explains how a professional British actor wound up playing Lear in a Central Texas barn

"...in the UK for 15 years. He came to Austin to get a graduate degree in the English department,..."

July 28, 2006 Arts Feature by Clayton Maxwell

Just an Old-Fashioned Cat

Eartha Kitt is one funny dame

"...spent time on a sitting president's enemies list. And Austin Cabaret Theatre is bringing her to town for a..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Hey, Hey, Woody Guthrie, I Made You a Film

The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: 'Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home'

"...Is Your Land," are more familiar than the national anthem. For leftie Baby Boomer fans of Guthrie's folk music..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Power, Forward

Dave Zirin on 'What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States'

"...The book that brings Zirin to Austin next week, What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

TCB

Going yard with a litany of baseball songs, a hot-rod show, and Trail of Dead

"...Cub Fan's Last Request": Goodman, who famously wrote redneck anthem "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" for..."

April 1, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Articulations

Playwright Dan Dietz gets his second play staged at the Humana Festival in Louisville, Johnson / Long Dance Company heads to Hamburg, and Zach shuffles its season

"...Plays. Last year, the playwright and artistic director of Austin Script Works had his play "Trash Anthem" staged at..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Nine current and former Austin playwrights storm the finals for the 2003 Hedieman Award, while playwright Lisa D'Amour storms New York.

"...enough news to spur the City Council to rename Austin the "Live Playwright Capital of the World," but it's..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...NARAS PRESENTS: … the Austin Music Awards' new Super Bowl champs, Del Castillo, Austin's..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Mourning Becomes Electric

"...night as he sadly wailed a Jimi Hendrix-style national anthem on his plugged-in acoustic guitar. Then, Sunday night, following..."

April 16, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...when I dipped in on Wednesday night following the Austin Music Awards. The place was packed with buoyant spirits..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

The Daytime TV Diaries

TV Eye

"...is a star in KLRU's programming crown. Then there's Austin City Limits.... Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Grateful Dead, Loreena..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

“Music America” Exhibition Makes National Debut at LBJ Library

Exhibit details American music history through memorabilia and sound

"...Gonna Come,” which, amid its 1964 release, became an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement. Flash forward to 1977..."

Feb. 14, 2024 Music Post by Miranda Garza

Kendrick Lamar’s Perfect Decade at ACL Fest Snags With Delayed, Cut-Off Performance

“I heard y’all have a curfew… I told them they’d have to shut off my mic”

"...“Fuck ACL,” they eventually sang along loudly to the anthem’s refrain: “We gon’ be alright! We gon’ be alright!..."

Oct. 7, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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