Mo' Music: Top 5 Albums of 2013

Here are our music mo's five fave records of the year

"...These are my picks for the best LPs of the year. Scroll down to see what made it..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining musical moment,..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Other Worlds Boards the Flight of the Navigator

Beloved '80s sci fi adventure picked as Defender of the Universe

"...Other Worlds Film Festival, Austin's celebration of science fiction cinema and bleeding edge horror, breaks back..."

Dec. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Field of Dreams

Confessions of a Sensitive Jock

"...join a team next year. But underneath my voice of consolation lurked a quiet inner jealousy. I was filled..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...When you look at the vitality of the arts and culture in Austin, it isn't just..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ACL Review: Bonobo

UK spinner’s live band aesthetic turns epic

"...Cradled by swashes of warm yellow and orange lights from the Tito’s tent..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Buoyed Up by A Life in Waves

A life in electronic music captured this weekend at AFS

"...Brett Whitcomb dabbles with keyboards, but Suzanne Ciani, subject of A Life in Waves,..."

July 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Autechre Melts IDM

UK duo spans from pirate radio to the dark side of the Internet

"...The foundry of Autechre melts decades of dance and experimental music into..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Music Post by Conor Walker

Ether Ore

Meta-machine music from Boards of Canada, Fog, Pan American, Fridge, ST 37 and more ...

"...after Music Has the Right to Children, Scottish duo Boards of Canada has unleashed one of the most anticipated..."

April 19, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Sour Notes Tour Diary

Local indie troupe cruises NXNE and all points between

"...Despite being one of the most popular hardcore bands at the time, Black..."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Jared Paul Boulanger

Survive Record Review

RR7349 (Relapse)

"...Half of local foursome Survive fresh off soundtracking the phenomenon that's..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Ether Ore

Ether Ore

"...tracks tacked on to eight remixes by the likes of Brad Laner's Electric Company and Iceland's Múm, plus a..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The Celts

The Irish, Scottish, and Welsh stick it to Union Jack

"...have in common? The Celts. When the brisk islands off continental Europe are discussed, the English typically get the..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

Pan sonic

In box

"...and power electronics first collided in the demolition laboratories of industrial pioneers Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, and Whitehouse, there..."

June 25, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Slanted & Enchanted

Matador Records magnate Gerard Cosloy turns the 'live music capital' into a Casual Victim Pile

"...the tractors used to haul out the debris. Scraps of countless vinyl records – irreplaceable rock & roll relics..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Saturday Picks

"..."A friend of mine was in Jamaica," starts a confident David Banner,..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...weekend is usually cause for joy, but for thousands of filmmakers, it's the annual time of frayed nerves and..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Zupan on Impact

'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity

"...it heals all wounds – but for now, one of the world's greatest sportswriters had better watch (or listen?)..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

SXSW Announces Lee Daniels as Film Keynote

Featured speakers, a panel, and some music acts drop

"...is the news that filmmaker Lee Daniels, executive producer of the Fox TV hit Empire and the upcoming (and..."

Sept. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

The Daily Hustle: 3/30/10

Bats, Bueller, and B&C Bingo

"...The Hustle's hitting you with a guano-laced potpourri of city business today …..."

March 30, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Other Worlds Austin Goes to an Alien Nation

Sci-fi and horror fest releases full, final lineup

"...always been dedicated to science fiction being the genre of ideas. With the announcement today of the complete roster..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Meet the Cheesemaker Series Kicks Off at Antonelli's

Intimate setting offers hospitality, flavor, and information

"...and appreciate at his business. Antonelli’s Cheese Shop kicked off their Cheese 201: Meet the Cheesemaker series on Friday,..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

Farewell to the Future at the Final Other Worlds Film Festival

Founder Bears Rebecca Fonté looks back and forward

"...this year's Other Worlds Film Festival, it's the lineup of a festival on top, packed with world and U.S...."

Dec. 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Together Again

Reuniting the team behind Teatro, Willie Nelson and Daniel Lanois

"...In music journalism, setup is 90% of the battle. That said, getting outlaw/icon Willie Nelson and..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Luv Doc: Mittens and Muscleboy

Is it wrong to secretly hope that Romney wins the election?

"...LuvDoc, My roommate is threatening to move to Canada if Romney is elected. That would be super cool..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Column

Abandoning the Nest

Hurt by the state's inadequate incentives program, Texas film crews take flight

"...Filming of There Will Be Blood near Marfa was in its..."

May 23, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...phone at T-minus seven days and counting. The note of sheer hysteric excitement that informed our earlier conversations has..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Hey, who put a vegetarian in my aquifer?

"...In the sudden flurry of excitement about film studio and production uses at Mueller,..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Column

Good Art Hunting

'Cracks in the Pavement' is back, giving Austinites another chance to discover art left on sidewalks, under bridges, beside freeways, in park bushes, and in other unlikely corners of the cityscape

"...creator near a picnic area in Seider Springs Park, off 34th Street around Seton Medical Center, to be found..."

June 24, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Schwarzenegger Terminates Hemp-Farming Hopes in California

Guv's hemp-farming bill veto a "letdown" for farmers

"...After months of work by a bipartisan group of California legislators to..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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