Elvira, the Crypt Keeper, and Garfield Headline Our Weekday Recommendations

Find an event for you, spooky or otherwise

"...world on film a better version of our own. Austin Public Library helps keep those analog skills alive through..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW blurbing

"...8pm, 512 Rooftop A hit at the 2013 Austin City Limits Music Festival, the Peter­son Brothers play the..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

Rock Lobster

How do you eat healthy on tour?

"...so professionals always have a program. A handful of Austin musicians who live by the highway offer a glimpse..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Orbiting SXSW

Return of the Secaucus 7? Try the arrival of a SXSW septet: Dana Falconberry, Shakey Graves, The Eastern Sea, My Jerusalem, Black Pistol Fire, The Preservation, and The Boxing Lesson.

"..."I can't really be in Austin for January or February because my allergies are so..."

March 1, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...the main stage of the Doll House, one of Austin's sleaziest titty bars. Straddling me is a 6-foot-5-inch man..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Viva Belize!

You may have to fly to Belize to see Jerry Jeff Walker perform these days; just don't call out any requests

"...chance to spend a few nights listening to legendary Austin singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker...."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Feature by Kevin Brass

Public Notice

From race riots in South Florida to the MLK Day March in Austin, "Public Notice" reflects on how far we've come and how far we've yet to go.

"...the Name of Love) Mrs. Byrd used to walk Blackie every night. We could set our spanky new Christmas..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

A Cultural Hero

"...photograph by Kenny Braun..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bruce Hughes

"...Bruce Hughes may play in two ofAustin's most popular bands, the Ugly Americans and the Scabs,..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bob Schneider

"...Bob Schneider may front two of Austin's most popular bands, the Ugly Americans and the Scabs,..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Flip the Switch

"...in a hotel, and then fly me back to Austin?..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

KhushFest, Kung Fu, and Clueless in Our Recommended Events

You pretty much can't avoid culture this weekend

"...hell. Drag star Juno Birch spins on over to Austin in her space-age saucer, carrying with her tales from..."

May 30, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Jon Muq Album Release, Hole in the Wall Anniversary, and More Crucial Concerts

All manner of sounds for every ear

"...The hype is very real, Reader: Austin’s very own cinema-for-the-people Hyperreal Film Club has secured brick-and-mortar..."

May 31, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Bloody Brides, Creepy Cats, and More Arts Events for the Week

Valentine's (and anti-Valentine) fun, soundtracking a rock, etc.

"...masterpieces at this Eastside outpost of your friendly neighborhood Austin Public Library. Local comics creator Adam Kobetich (of The..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Molly Burch, Arooj Aftab, and Mobley lead our recommended shows

"...her music. Percussionist/polymath Thor Harris subs in for another Austin expat, Christelle Bofale, who misses the first shows of..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Column by Laiken Neumann

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Vel Nine, Sam Dimov Quintet, Rococo Disco, and more recommended shows

"...Austin's Ben Buck first invited Southern California's Vel Nine for..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Live Music to See This Weekend

For the next three days, live a little.

"...that ever was.” How preposterous, then, that in the Austin quartet’s decade of existence (1986-1990 and 2011-present) they’ve never..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Playback

Ian McLagan died Wednesday

"...Rock & Roll Hall of Fame keyboardist and 20-year Austin resident Ian McLagan suffered a stroke on Monday and..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Music Fest Friday Listings

"...11:20am, Austin Ventures stage..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Saturday blurbs rally!

"...Shores By the time the Cult stalked off the Austin Music Hall stage in 1995 and broke up weeks..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"...was a week away, the final music festival of Austin's yearly marathon, but Saturday night, Oct. 30, settled springlike..."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Cult of Personality

Insect Records head and Attack Formation commander Ben Webster has never been photographed with Red River mascot-to-be Butcher Bear

"...Beneath the black mesh between the Bear's pointed teeth, the shadowy face..."

June 25, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Checking out of South by Southwest 2010 and paying final respects to Big Star's Alex Chilton

"...spilling over into every hour and square inch of Austin. Broken Bells, the debut collaboration of the Shins' James..."

March 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

There Will Be Blood

... And bloodsuckers and zombies and ghosts and murderers all over our stages this week

"...who made it his personal mission to mount the Austin premiere of Evil Dead: The Musical, a show that..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Putting on the gloves for round three of Fun Fun Fun Fest, Dangerous Toys go platinum, and Okkervil River stands for a fire demon

"...million fests now and a lot going on in Austin, and with the economy and the like, people are..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...From 1982 to 1987, Austin's Scratch Acid roared with unrestrained ferocity while landing their..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...times subject to changeEPHRAIM OWENS8pm, Elephant Room One of Austin's young jazz lions for going on a decade, Ephraim..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Sick, is an angry scrum of crack snares and black melodies. Maserati is yet another Athens fourpiece with post-punk..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Tosca are no Slackers, Pong bounces back, the Dicks still hate the police, and Ken Lieck finds a new journalist pal in this week's "Dancing."

"...up by Fox Searchlight with hopes of a New York/L.A./Austin release sometime this fall. Tosca's Leigh Mahoney says she..."

July 6, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Meow Mix

Texans Are Wild About Exotic Cats, but at What Cost?

"...Ramirez, a chatty man with a mane of curly black hair and a short bushy mustache, has brighter memories..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

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