Sound on Sound Review: Descendents

Milo Aukerman and the punks for president!

"...Milo Aukerman polled the audience at Sound on Sound’s tree-lined Forest stage just before midnight Friday. “I just want..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Friday Fun Fun Fun Fest Blurbs

Friday's top FFF picks

"...Nothing 1:20pm, Black Stage Any line betwixt metal and shoegaze..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Best Bets for the Badgeless

You, too, can sample SXSW's wares

"...If you're an Austinite without any kind of badge or film pass, you'll..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

If You Have Ghosts

Erickson acolytes sound off on ‘True Love Cast Out All Evil’

"...There are countless unsung heroes in the resurrection saga of Roky Erickson. The Chronicle polled..."

April 16, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

No Smoking Now!

"...read with some detachment the past exchanges on the no-smoking ordinance. I was for banning smoking, but never offered..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Postmarks

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...chutzpah and pop culture savvy of the Rude Mechanicals operating on all eight cylinders...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Top Ten Dance Events of 19991. DANCEfest (Chris Valentine) Austin's first annual local dance festival featured the work..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

Slamdance 2023 Review: Silent Love

Polish docu-drama explores family ties against anti-LGBT backdrop

"...In the world of documentary Silent Love, priests denounce same-sex..."

Jan. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Lucky McKee Heads to Paper Street for Old Man

Texas horror crew team up for new Stephen Lang thriller

"...Two big names of Texas indie horror are teaming up for a new collaboration: According..."

Nov. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Shape-shifting

A pause and perhaps a change in direction

"...weirdest aspects of this column is that I've been writing it for more than 25 years. It is very..."

March 30, 2012 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Announces Films

Miike, mumblecore faves and more than your screen can hold

"...Cineastes, breathe a sigh of relief: The lineup for SXSW..."

Feb. 2, 2011 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Westway to the World

Momo's celebrates a decade on Sixth

"...Among hundreds of music venues in Austin, only a couple have risen in popularity and..."

Aug. 25, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Live to Tell

Madonna Live Shot, Houston's Minute Maid Park, 11.16.2008

"...I were any closer, cracks Groucho Marx, I’d be in back of you…...."

Nov. 17, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Mister Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to one source, Christopher Columbus was known for smoking..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Love Lies Bleeding Is a Blood-Soaked Romance for the Ages

Rose Glass’ Saint Maud followup revels in '80s pulp

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Jan. 31, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Hi How Are You Day Connects Young Audiences With Daniel Johnston’s Work

UMI and DannyLux lead fifth annual concert and fundraiser

"...Commemorating the birthday of late Austin musician Daniel Johnston, the..."

Jan. 23, 2023 Music Post by Mars Salazar

Fantastic Fest Review: The Queen of Black Magic

Indonesian horror is stomach-churning and gut-wrenching

"...If there are two signatures to Indonesian horror, they would be an overwhelming sense of relentless..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: Bleed With Me

Blood binds friendships in this remote chiller

"...Horror doesn't need explaining. It hides in shadows, striking though implication, and Canadian..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Harry Edohoukwa Climbs His Mountain

Personal and creative growth manifest on debut LP

"...over me. Who that commands such stage presence and original vocal delivery isn’t already a marquee name?..."

Dec. 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Vince Staples Pays Tribute to Mac Miller at Emo’s

Compton rapper prompts smiles and bouncing off walls

"...Known to convey entire worlds in just a few words, Vince Staples kept his sold-out..."

Feb. 11, 2019 Music Post by Marilee Bodden

DVDanger: Halloween Picks, Part I

Low-budget horrors for the scary season

"...If Halloween is about anything, it's homemade scares. Nothing beats yelling "boo" from behind..."

Oct. 29, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Canine Soldiers

The U.S. Army's bomb sniffer program explained but not explored

"...A working dog can expect to put up with a hell..."

Oct. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wish List: Kiss & Def Leppard

No bands have ever sounded better at Circuit of the Americas

"...I wish I was in Def Leppard. I also wish I wasn’t caught up..."

July 14, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Join the Big Leagues

Alamo Drafthouse CEO seeks an apprentice

"...Do you eat, breathe, and dream in Alamo Drafthouse? Do you pledge your..."

Aug. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Ginger & Rosa

The personal becomes political in Sally Potter's story about a girl who comes of age in England during the early Sixties.

"...Directed by: Sally Potter. Starring: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Timothy..."

April 12, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What You See Is What You Hear

The joy that Conspirare takes in singing is visible in the choir's PBS special

"...Oh, and if you have something on for then, reschedule. This is sweeter...."

Feb. 27, 2009 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow, Part II

Jazz patron Bill Cosby's cutting contest

"...Cackling over church ladies with Al Green and musing theological..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Smoking Ban

Supporters breathe easy, opponents smolder

"...quite what to expect when the ballot results began filtering in Saturday night, but the most common predictions for..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Amused That Club Owners Are Worried

"...Put this in your pipe, I find it amusing to see some..."

April 18, 2005 Postmarks

SXSW Film Review: Together

Real spouses Brie and Franco are magnificent in adult horror

"...Everyone who has been in a long-term relationship has gone through that moment when..."

March 16, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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