Album Review: Fastball’s Sonic Ranch

With their latest, the trio creates what they call their best album yet

"...guitar strings that imitate the crest of an ocean wave (Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, the Rivieras)...."

June 28, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Consigned to History: The Last Days of the Austin Antique Mall

When two iconic Austin businesses share an address, someday one was going to lose out

"...It’s a balmy, blue-skyed early April day, and yet there’s a pall over..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...off the 17th edition with a night of Austin blues under singer-songwriter Woot Talley’s band and the horn-fueled Rhythm..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

No Beyoncé, Lots of Jelly Roll, and More Takeaways From the CMT Music Awards

Best and worst moments from the ceremony’s uneven Moody Center return

"...If Wilson’s star power represents a country wave that the industry is trying to catch, Jason Aldean’s..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Meat Joy Reunion Shows and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Ways to celebrate the annular eclipse, fundraise for Sarah Brown, and avoid ACL

"...reunion shows. Formed as punk splintered into its second wave in the early Eighties, the ever-evolving ensemble (Gretchen Phillips,..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Music Column by Genevieve Wood

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...the wall, a laptop open to Ableton blasting lo-fi waves of pre-recorded drums, and a sensitive soul in pajama..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 25 - December 1

".../ What a bright tweak at the vanishing point, blue on blue."..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Seven Essential ACL Fest 2022 Recommendations

Heavyweight hand-picks from the Chronicle Music team

"...it's just one era. In truth, UK's neon New Wave traveled over in two phases. There's the stuff that..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Andrew Zimmern Talks Everything From Experimentation to Fake Chicken

We chat with the celebrity chef to discuss how food ties us together

"...This year he's especially interested in a concept called blue foods, an initiative that looks to drive sustainable practices..."

March 18, 2022 Food Post by Rod Machen

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday

Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more

"...sports jackets and played like it, pivoting from precise blue-eyed soul to stomping Memphis blues...."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

SXSW, Oscilloscope, and Mailchimp Come Together to #SupportTheShorts

South by selections available online from today

"...options for some titles, setting in motion the current wave of virtual festivals. A few features went briefly to..."

March 25, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ginny Kalmbach Shared A Honky-Tonk Legacy with the World at Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon

ATX country maverick Roger Wallace remembers Burnet Road bar “boss”

"...was fortunate to be part of the original first wave of musicians to make Ginny’s our home during the..."

Jan. 11, 2021 Music Post by Roger Wallace

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...employed her voice to curate an all-Black bill for Blues on the Screen in July and followed that up..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

Dave Not Coming Back, Golden Arm this year's headliners

"...The fest, which runs online Oct. 22-29, gave a..."

Oct. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Can Architecture Provide a Blueprint for Our Post-COVID Existence?

Forge Craft Architecture's COVID Companion is a field guide to the world of the Aftertimes

"...been involved in several impressive projects – Foundation Communities' Bluebonnet Studios and Waterloo Terrace, the award-winning Walmart Technologies space..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Summer Break Theatre's COVID-Era Comedy

Area educators deliver a timely lesson in their original work Going the Distance

"...and burnout that have overwhelmed them since the COVID-19 wave hit. But – and this is a major but..."

July 24, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...a new version, eventually all copies of BATB were blue...."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

Local Merch to Shop on Bandcamp Today

Let these 15 selects kick off your shopping spree

"...The Oakland-based platform normally collects 15% of revenue from..."

March 20, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Oscar nomination for American Factory with another examination of blue collar life in America: this time, the changing role..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tyler, the Creator Blooms at the Erwin Center

Odd Future MC hasn’t forgotten inciting a SXSW riot

"...an audience predominantly around drinking age into doing the wave and brandishing their phone lights to stay engaged...."

Oct. 23, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

TribFest Panels Debate if the Texas House Is in Play

Looking at suburban battlegrounds and urban firestorms

"...the emerging narrative that the wind is at the Blue Team's backs. "There's not a single poll that shows..."

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

What If the Marx Brothers Got Around to Making That Movie With Salvador Dalí?

Josh Frank brings the legendary unproduced movie to printed life

"...of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of New Wave Theatre, the local mover and shaker behind Austin's own..."

March 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Women Empowered: Five SXSW Panel Picks

"...3:30pm, Hilton Downtown Salon A Call it the "pink wave" or call it about damn time. Last year, more..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...Heading up this second round of announcements (find the..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Beer for the World Cup

Let your favorite local brew determine who you’ll bet on to win

"...undying patriotism. (It’s not even a country, it’s a blue drink. And they aren’t in the Cup even though..."

June 13, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

ColdTowne’s Missed Connections ATX

The show improvised from actual Craigslist ads is as hilarious as it is oddly cathartic to the singles in the crowd

"...("I could almost see your pussy lips through your blue thong" is a sentence I never thought I'd write..."

March 16, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Pleasantville, returns to the TBF with a new novel, Bluebird, Bluebird, set in East Texas. Min Jin Lee's epic..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

RTX: Austin Animation Update

New Rooster Teeth show, Castlevania, and more

"...their anime-inspired breakout success. Aside from a whole new wave of merch, including Toys"R"Us, FYE, and Hot Topic vinyl..."

July 17, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live Music to See This Weekend

Your handbook for a happy Friday and Saturday

"...Lazy Lester’s residency cores Antone’s 42nd anniversary. Swamp blues harp cat, 84, anchors Friday’s Louisiana riot with Clifford..."

July 7, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...to stoke the fires of hard rock and heavy blues, taking a louder and dirtier approach to the radio-ready..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

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