New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...to take a break from playing the game, the big music industry game," Matthew Logan Vasquez told the Chronicle..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Lights, Camera, Safety: Film and TV Production Is Coming Back to Texas

Now producers and unions are making sure no one gets sick

"...on March 12. Locally, that was when all the biggest productions – Fear the Walking Dead, and Amazon's upcoming..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Keeping Life Queer in 2020

A Guide to Gifting Queerly for the coming decade

"...we’re not much interested in lining the pockets of big corporations sniffing out those pink dollars. Our goal is..."

Dec. 5, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...out their signs before the police vans and the big gravel trucks from the highway department block the streets..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Live Music Recommendations: April 13-19

Texas Independence Fest grinds, Ibeyi smooths it out, and more

"...specifically for short attention spans. – Christina Garcia SATURDAY Big K.R.I.T...."

April 12, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Big Bounce America Springs Into Austin

10,000-square-foot bounce house for kids and adults alike

"...redeem yourself at Carson Creek Ranch this weekend where Big Bounce America will be visiting Austin on its nationwide..."

April 11, 2018 Chron Events Post by Tinu Thomas

Blaze Foley's Lost Muscle Shoals Recordings

Cult songman keeps thwarting his own success – even posthumously

"...Next year, Foley ascends to the big screen in Austin native Ethan Hawke's biopic, based on..."

May 5, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Morrow vs. Trump vs. the GOP

Travis County GOP rudderless, broke after ousting chair

"...new county hierarchy had found a legal out to bounce Morrow from his elected position...."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Parker's Song for Bat / Man

For this year's Fusebox, composer Steve Parker flies a batty Austin concert with live echolocation

"...and structure. Not a single flying varmint of North America's largest colony of Mexican free-tailed bats, happily ensconced beneath..."

April 8, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free for All

There's something for every taste and age in the 50 titles for Free Comic Book Day 2015

"...up for the cinematic reteaming of Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, Hawkeye, and the irrepressible Hulk (Oh,..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Eastward Expansion

Surfing the wave of gentrification on the Eastside

"...for illicit activity – had an unsavory undertone of bigotry...."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Friday Showcases

Korea, Japan, Spain, Africa – see the world from single showcases

"...plugs in with 8-bit gaming enthusiasts Mahousyoujo-ni-naritai fusing J-pop bounce with screamo breakdowns. Swordfishtrombones-era Tom Waits devotees Samurai Dynamites..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...Eric Wagner, this Chicago outfit throws back to the American doom metal pioneered by his former outfit. The band's..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...sketch of the idea, and it went into this big three-ring binder with all these other ideas I had..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Big news this year: The feature narrative and documentary competition..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Friday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Make like a shrub and plant yourself for Friday night SXSW showcases

"...rock trio Arizona Baby plays its first show in America following the release of Hailing From Northern Spain. Longtime..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Mad Beat Hip & Gone

Playwright Steven Dietz takes Austin on the road with Kerouac and Cassady – sort of

"...means that come the fall, Dietz will have to bounce from Olney, Md., to Watertown, Mass., to Indianapolis to..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The NFL Beat': Week Five

Inspirational fantasy football thoughts

"...past, it is the Ravens defense that presents Baltimore's biggest liability. I don't trust Chiefs QB Matt Cassel or..."

Oct. 6, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Week Four

Live from Studio 6A in haiku form

"...Seahawks at Rams Marshawn Lynch goes big. Sam Bradford is in trouble. Don't start any Rams...."

Sept. 29, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Week Three

Survive and advance

"...like to congratulate you. Your fantasy team had a big win last week. Even though you may have lost,..."

Sept. 22, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Week Two

Back to the grind

"...leagues, it will probably be because he dropped a big pass, which Jones has been known to do...."

Sept. 15, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...pal. In the early days when I used to bounce through there, we’d go play golf, then do the..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Saturday blurbs rally!

"...Ali's Us, but expect the forthcoming LP Mourning in America, Dreaming in Color. – Thomas Fawcett Escort..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones returned to numerous big screens up and down Austin's I-35 corridor. Groupies were..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'No No: A Dockumentary' Benefit

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dock Ellis' LSD no-hitter

"...of it even comes close to what an eccentric African-American baseball player did 40 years ago. My proudest sport..."

June 9, 2010 Sports Post by Will Eidam

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...to May 2, 2010, were assembled by the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes (arts), Claire Canavan (theatre), Clare Croft (dance),..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...Alison Fensterstock have documented the musical phenomenon known as "bounce," a hyper-regional form of New Orleans hip-hop from the..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sales & Bargains: Hit the Racks!

Memorial Day Sales

"...The Great American Retail Blow-Out otherwise known as Memorial Day is here..."

May 20, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

ACL Fest Friday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...heads with her 2006 debut, Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame (Big Machine), twanging through classic country heartache with a jolt..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

The Method Gun

The Rude Mechs' latest pays at times comic, at times touching tribute to the strange craft of acting and its practitioners

"...She lit out for some godforsaken corner of South America, and they're afraid she's never coming back. Which means..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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