October Previews

"...Creek). With these elements in play, the box office youth can't hardly wait for this one. (Oct. 1)..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Candy Store Rock

Ten Years Gone

"...broken up or dissolved into stasis. Groups like Sonic Youth, R.E.M., and the Butthole Surfers are still around, but..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Feature by Jason Cohen

Wilde Life

"...the festival all but fell into their laps. The Austin Lyric Opera folk, who already had Salome slotted for..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Record Reviews

"...environment, too. Unlike blues, which is dead among black youth, young Creoles still pack the zydeco dance halls in..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Review

Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts

Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events

"...capturing Reeves and Phoenix in full, luscious bloom of youth. The campfire scene will gut you.  – Kimberley Jones..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

… along with 302 other acts from around the world

"...on deck for the festival, running March 11-20 in Austin: the in-your-head avant-garde musings of Sloppy Jane, striking Polyvinyl-signed..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.

"...Fortune hunters the Vaughan brothers paved the streets of Austin blue, so I quested to Texas July 1992 in..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"...viral in January among twenty- and thirtysomething workaholics. Former Austin writer Anne Helen Petersen described a condition where innocuous..."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Free Week 2019 Is in the Rearview Mirror, but These Homegrown Standouts Aren't

10 local showcases that got us excited for what’s to come this year

"...Thursday night inside at Stubb's delivered a clear confirmation: Austin has caught on to Abhi the Nomad. Before rapper..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Will Johnson’s Eternal Newness

"Playback" challenges Will Johnson to a home run derby and uncovers seven things you didn't know about A Giant Dog

"...An appropriate gauntlet given that the Austin songwriter, best known in the Lone Star State for..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW List No. 4

Dan Auerbach’s father and 118 other acts

"...From Austin mainstays – psych pioneers Bubble Puppy, Brit-pop doppelgängers Cotton..."

Jan. 18, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Public Notice: Bikes, Toll Roads, TNCs

A miscellany of mostly transportation

"...CapMetro buses carrying banners to inform the public of Austin's Hands Free ordinance, the Safe Passing ordinance, and encourage..."

May 1, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Playback: Margaret Moser Retires

'Chronicle' Senior Music writer Margaret Moser retires after 33 years on the beat

"...singer for rock scoundrel Dino Lee, organizer of the Austin Music Awards, and scribe for the Austin Sun and..."

May 16, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

By the People, for the People

It started on a mountain, and now it's over the hill: channelAustin is turning 40

"...But 40 years ago was also the beginning of Austin's community access television (ACTV), the one place where "viewers..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Screens Feature

SXSW Thursday Showcases

"...Soul of Arizona Dranes, whose notes where penned by Austin's Michael Corcoran. Opening and performing between sets will be..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...8pm, Townhouse Native Dubliner BP Fallon, currently inhabiting Austin, dwells in rock & roll's heart, beginning with his..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Playback

Austin's version of 'Bad Santa' at a bar near you

"...Swervin Irven. Disenfranchised by the Lone Star State's Jesus-loving youth and their lack of belief in him, Santa enters..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro

Club turnover has come due – embrace it

"...the Seventies. As a teenager, before I arrived in Austin, I couldn't wait for the time when I could..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Coming Down Fast

Barreling toward SXSW 2011

"...Our SXSW website (austinchronicle.com/sxsw) features news updates, blog posts, related stories, and an..."

March 4, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Wish List

Give 'Til It Helps, Part 2

"...Dear Austin,..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Features Feature

Wish List

Give 'til it helps: Part 1

"...Dear Austin,..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Features Feature

Off the Record

Scaling the Wall of Sound Festival in Fort Worth, paying respect to late blues great Gary Primich, and readying for the second annual HAAM Benefit Day

"...Fort Worth presented itself as an alternative to the Austin City Limits Music Festival. With 40 bands on three..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Keeping Cesar Alive

Actor Ed Begley Jr. explains how he was inspired to write a musical honoring his friend Cesar Chavez

"...play came to be, and how it came to Austin...."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Friday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...guitar pedals. Last year's second LP, Solace, brought this Austin bedroom project into the light with post-classical moodscapes that..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...praises of former foes in support of the Central Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan. See " Central Austin Plan: Love..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Articulations

Georgetown High's annual musical needs your help, Ballet Austin's foundation passes the cool million mark, and there's new art at the convention center

"...designing the costumes, and performing as actors, dancers, and orchestra members. But that tradition may be coming to an..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Christmas Carol

The Austin Playhouse-McCallum Fine Arts Academy co-production of Dickens' seasonal fable A Christmas Carol may be wafer-thin in substance, but the abundant goodwill of the entire company, from youngest to least-young, gives the show the warm, sweetness of a traditional holiday brew.

"...fable A Christmas Carol, and the joint production by Austin Playhouse and the McCallum Fine Arts Academy provides a..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

1999-2000 Award Winners

"...5. Nash Hernandez Orchestra..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...OUTDOORS IN AUSTIN: On a good day, Austin really can be the..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...come off looking as good as Beck at the Austin Music Hall or the Beastie Boys at the Alamadome...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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