35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...rugged, guitar-led avant-garde mood contrasts 2021 debut album The Beach's synth-soaked, hazy club ether.   – Catalina Perez Anycia..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...and awe before reuniting the departed on a metaphorical beach of forgiveness. When the film won the Palme d'Or..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus

"...Lead Actor Adam Rodriguez, Cthulhu Beach Party..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gay Place

Know what queers know!

"...queer, total resort takeover! Thu.-Sun., Sept. 27-30. Isla Grand Beach Resort, South Padre Island. $99-250...."

June 29, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

Are you having fun yet, citizen?

"...classically inflected madcaps, going all non-Euclidean with their Cthulhu Beach Party and bringing the late-night Lovecraft zaniness to a..."

June 1, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Queer Events to Come

A guide to Austin's poppin' parties, fests, and art shows

"...Lesbian Wedding: SXSW Edition (March 18, Sahara Lounge, 2-10pm). Beth Schindler, the co-creator of Lez Wedding, isn't spilling any..."

Feb. 12, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...one way or another. Cast: Allison Tolman, Sophie Reid, JoBeth Williams, Luis Bordonada, Larry Jack Dotson, Butch Hancock, Bob..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

But Take Great Care, for Maybe She’s a Sort of Basilisk

Author Ottessa Moshfegh at BookPeople on Tuesday night

"...an author photo on the jacket,” the Penguin publicist Elisabeth Calamari tells me. “Not because she’s vain, but she..."

Jan. 30, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place: We're Expecting Guests

Gird up, ATX! The city's expecting 150,000 revelers in a rainbow sea next weekend.

"...Creative Creatures So much yes! Visual artists: ColorMe Roshi, Beth Consetta Rubel, Hakeem Adewumi, TAYM, and Candy Kuo; DJs..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Letters at 3AM: Musicians of Behavior

Actors are musicians of behavior

"...ailing. As a boy of 21, Durning hit the beach at Normandy on D-Day. In the next months he..."

May 2, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Psych Fest Blurbs

"...led to a full-fledged reunion of principals Brad Laner, Beth Thompson, and Jim Goodall. To the Happy Few proves..."

May 2, 2014 Music Feature

Peached Tortilla Pops Up in Driftwood

Trailer food and craft beer invade tiny Driftwood, blow town away

"...been re-imagined into an event venue by owners George, Beth, and son Chris Beach, of Decorum Home + Design...."

Oct. 9, 2013 Food Post by Mick Vann

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, May 19-26

"...various beautification projects and a food drive at Festival Beach Community Garden (Waller & Clermont, 11am-2pm). Texas Capitol, 1100..."

May 20, 2011 News Column

Page Two: Ringing True

The Constitution and the films of Joan Micklin Silver stand above the noise as the alt-weekly series concludes

"...on Ann Beattie's novel, it stars John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, (a truly brilliant) Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, and..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Column by Louis Black

The Teeners

"...Matthews' vocals were sexy and clear, radiating nuances of Beth Gibbons and Chrissie Hynde from her perch behind the..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Music Review by Francesca Camillo

Page Two: A Personal Journey, Part 1

Smelling the jasmine with Vince Martin and Fred Neil

"...Tim Buckley, Tim Hardin, Jimmy Buffett, Billy Bragg, and Beth Orton...."

May 18, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Pissyourpantstastic

They're still streaming into SXSW from the land down under

"...sisters of the bygone Elephant Six days drop post-acid Beach Boys into splashy, Seventies AM pop. If that doesn't..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Music DVDs

"...Kiss Army brats on MTV. A decade earlier, Long Beach 1974, San Francisco's Winterland '75, and "Detroit Rock City"..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Israel for the deaths of Palestinians at a Gaza beach on June 9 (www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/Gaza_Beach_Libel.asp)?..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...been fronting a full-fledged rock band featuring the beguiling Beth Garner on lead guitar. – Christopher GrayBELL x111pm, Soho..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Andy LangerFIELDING12mid, Lava Lounge Patio Fielding is a Long Beach quintet led by husband/wife Eric and Beth Balmer, who..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...2003: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (Dimension Films) P: Elizabeth Avellán; D/S: Robert Rodriguez; with Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega,..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

TV Eye

Jack Kerouac is turning over in his grave while middle-class kids "following their bliss" in The Open Road mangle his vision.

"...the burden of growing up middle class in Laguna Beach, Calif., the lifelong friends found themselves at a crossroads...."

Nov. 7, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TCB

Punk rock synchronized swimming and eating ribs with Snoop Dogg: What do people in other cities do for fun?

"...drummer Darin Murano, the clip has members of OK Beth and the Cave Dwellers rocking out for the cameras...."

Aug. 22, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Kimmie Rhodes

Texas Platters

"...journey of acceptance that left its footprints on the beach rather than out in the country. On the very..."

June 7, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Music in the 1990s

"...my review of Ed Hall's hilarious deconstruction of Kiss' "Beth" was the first thing the Chronicle published with my..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...lil' girls like Britney Spears, Fiona Apple, and Jewel. Beth Orton's steady, mature Central Reservation also helped the cause..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

Hankering for millennium specials? Got 27 hours to kill? Find out what's in store this holiday season on the boob tube.

"...viewers to concerts by The Gipsy Kings in Miami Beach, Allen Toussaint in New Orleans, a Native American Pow..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Blame It on the Bossa Nova

"...world, which isn't surprising given that the South American beach paradise has an enormous, culturally diverse population. But what..."

July 2, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Y Ask X and Y?

"...The X and Y Trilogy is Einstein on the Beach, the experimental classic by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson...."

Jan. 1, 1999 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

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