Austin at Large: Lowrider Knows Every Street

Digging deeper on the Eastside car club story reveals both our past and our future

"...plates and spinnies and mag bars throwing sparks, the metal-flake paint and "Olde English" vinyl letters on the rear..."

April 2, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Savage Grow Plus Reviews: Male Enhancement Pill Scam or Does It Work?

Does Savage Grow Plus work or a male enhancement pill scam?

"...risking potential health risks like liver toxicity or heavy metal buildup in your body), there is a lot to..."

March 26, 2021 Chron Events Post

SXSW Online Offered Lots to Look Forward To

Virtual festival forecasts incoming local debuts and tentative fall touring.

"...Love? On Tuesday, KUTX hip-hop pillar The Breaks reminded Black Pumas fans to check out the solo stylings of..."

March 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Minari Tops Austin Film Critics Association Awards

Nomadland, Promising Young Woman win big

"...Special Honorary Texas Spirit prize to SXSW 2020 Louis Black "Lone Star" award winner Miss Juneteenth "for exemplifying the..."

March 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...ceremony unfolds with classical artist Dasom Baek, looper of metal bowls, dripping water, and bamboo flutes. Later, Seoul's Jambinai..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Albuquerque's Desert Records with cover art from Indonesian stoner metal artist Steven Yoyada.  – Greg StittChasing Daylight by Cortége..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...last week's most homebound stretch of the year, the Black Live Music Fund and Six Square's Thankful finally finds..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...Kirsch knows his story will bring attention to the Black Lives Matter movement, to the violence against Black and..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Life Is Terrible ... and Triumphant for Portrayal of Guilt

Metallic punk trio drop a sophomore rager of pandemic frustration and societal grievances

"...The new unit's first three tracks, a set of blackened metallic punk redolent with morose tones and atypical musical..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The black metal tail hummingbird lives in the Peruvian Andes and..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Band of the Year: Black Pumas..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Day Trips: Blind Lemon Memorial Cemetery, Wortham

Visiting the father of Texas blues

"...well-kept spot along the back fence honored with a metal state historic marker...."

Jan. 22, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: Music Venues React to Stage 5

New city recommendations halt shows at many venues ahead of New Year's Eve

"...risk a $1,000 fine. Ben Davis, co-owner at Riverside metal hub Come & Take It Live, participated in a..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?

What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general

"...invest­ment/development/management empire are easy to spot. They brandish big black vinyl banners with pithy slogans, often the (trademarked) "Another..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Eberly Reopens, Ready for a Whole New Year

The elegant dining venue (and chef Jo Chan) returns with the heartiest food

"...to 14 hours, and so to go from absolutely pedal-to-the-metal to just nothing ... was a little bit maddening...."

Jan. 1, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Eberly Reopens After … Damn, It’s Been a While, Hasn’t It?

The elegant venue (and Chef Jo Chan) returns with the heartiest food

"...to 14 hours, and so to go from absolutely pedal-to-the-metal to just nothing … was a little bit maddening...."

Dec. 11, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Austin native impactfully employed her voice to curate an all-Black bill for Blues on the Screen in July and..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Art Gets Its Seasonal Shopping Day: Artists Sunday

Imagine if all that money spent on Black Friday went to purchase art. It could happen: Artists Sunday is here!

"...Black Friday. Small Business Saturday. Cyber Monday...."

Nov. 27, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Watch: Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol Die in Space

Groove metal cosmonauts animate new video

"...bloated mass in mere seconds. And when encountering a black hole, prepare to be stretched into human linguini. Still,..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...smooth, slow, and sweet as juxtaposed to the six-string metallic shuffle and outburst of percussion on opener "This I..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...alongside the latest from Canadian horror and thriller experts Black Fawn, The Oak Room, identity-warping mindbender Minor Premise, and..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020

It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings

"...packaging solutions (boxed 1.5-liter beers! mini-kegs!). Shout out to Black Star Co-op for creating ChronicAle, "a new hazy IPA..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Faster Than Sound: Fat Tony Tales

Houston rapper plays sole release show in Austin

"...a full-length together since my 2013 album Smart Ass Black Boy, so in many senses, Exotica is a long..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...to end. Inside a steamy Hotel Vegas, Austin death metal trio Skeleton blows a blackened Nordic gale...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Other Worlds Looks to the Skylin3s

Alien invasion sequel heads up 2020 virtual lineup

"...Oak Room (read our review here) from OW regulars Black Fawn; and mindbending SF psychodrama Minor Premise (read our..."

Oct. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The U.S. Open and that Grey Goose Honey Deuce

Wetting your vodka whistle when it’s forty-forty again

"...cocktail that also features lemonade and, oh my, Chambord black raspberry liqueur. And that’s what this so-called Honey Deuce..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Eastciders Expands Its Compass to Barton Springs Road

Chef Page Pressley leads new restaurant with cider-studded menu

"...8g freshly ground black pepper..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Food Feature by Selome Hailu

Creem: America’s Only Rock & Roll Magazine

The true story of the underdog music rag that lived (and died) rock

"...settlers named Marsh, Uhelszki, Kramer, and Bangs utilized movable metal type, ink, and paper to create sharp images in..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Shut Up and Drum: Thor Harris Talks Politics and Humanity

We spent election day with local percussive rebel

"...began constructing in the late Nineties, exists in the Blackland Community Development, a six-by-four block, largely African American neighborhood..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Skeleton Releases Best Death Metal in Recent History

20 Buck Spin debut puts blackened ATX death metal on the map

"...with like Herschel Walker. Alongside its Lone star predecessors, blackened Austin trio Skeleton stacks a tidy heap of hardcore..."

July 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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