Geto Gala, Two Step Inn, and a 420 Smokeout Headline Our Crucial Concerts

From country to hip-hop to sludge metal, get some ideas for your week in live music

"...Texas, shredder Ally Venable arrives after last year’s home-state-loving Buddy Guy duet “Texas Louisiana.” A Seventies gospel funk innovator..."

April 19, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Blues Festival Announces Set Times for Jimmie Vaughan, Brittany Howard, Robert Glasper

And warns of a ticket price increase this Friday

"...the stage for a 9pm set from Chicago innovator Buddy Guy, who christened the inaugural Antones’s fest 25 years..."

April 9, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Luv Doc: Middle-Aged, Caucasian, and Cranky

Middle-aged white guys have it tough all over, not just in Texas

"...office to mail some ivermectin to his Discord incel buddy in Idaho. Imagine his consternation when he realizes he’s..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Lunar New Year Parties, OUTsider Fest, and More Recommended Community Events

Get out the vote and more this week

"...Prince, Taylor Swift, and others. There’s a letter from Buddy Holly to his mother sent shortly before he died,..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

From Country to Blues, Check Out These Austin-Area April Music Festival Lineups

Peruse new 2024 plans from Eclipse Utopia, Two Step Inn, and more

"...another year with two full days. Chicago genre innovator Buddy Guy – who performed at the festival way back..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Austin-Made Comedy Home Free Is Taking Homelessness Seriously

How a chance encounter in 1997 keeps changing lives

"...soundtrack their movie? Pretty simple. "Adrian is a college buddy of ours," Barszap said, who first knew him as..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Strays

Talking dog comedy returns with this R-rated riot where the pups get revenge

"...their relationship despite the protests of his new street buddy, an MF-bombing Boston terrier named (natch) Bug (Foxx). (It’s..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Luv Doc: A Personal Problem

The Luv Doc is no Emily Post

"...What can I say to a guy I know is hooking up with my drinking buddy's..."

July 21, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed

"...tanked disastrously at the box office), the big green gamma-guy returns to the screen in a purer, more unadulterated,..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blues, Funk, and La Bamba: Antone’s Austin Blues Festival Returns to Waterloo Park

Home of the Blues revives its genre mosh nearly a quarter-century later

"...the heat with African drone and a Mississippi hum. Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi, and Jimmie Vaughan also starred. Afterward,..."

April 30, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...to ride all over town in a G-string: Thong Guy Bikeway. Go Into Nature..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Review: The Wrath of Becky

The teenage Nazi killer is back for more bloody fun

"...when paths cross. Anthony (Michael Sirow) is the tough guy, while his buddy Sean (Angel) seems out of place...."

March 12, 2023 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

This April, Antone’s Brings Blues (and More) Back to Waterloo Park

Austin Blues Festival invites Los Lobos, Adrian Quesada, and more

"...ran from 1999 to 2001, brought the likes of Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, and Ray Charles onstage at..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Angela Strehli's Comeback Ace of Blues Revives Antone's Records

"At Antone's down in Texas, my friends call me the queen"

"...and vision: Strehli and Waters dancing; Albert Collins and Buddy Guy sandwiching Strehli; gal pals Etta James, Bonnie Raitt,..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Outstanding Performer Guy Forsyth (Vincent Van Gogh, Museum Guide), Sunflower: The Musical,..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

How Art the Clown Became a Horror Icon

Slasher epic Terrifier 2 breaks all the rules, but director Damien Leone is just telling the story he wants to tell

"...one-note. I want him to be unpredictable. Is this guy even a clown, or is this some demonic schtick..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Find fall foliage and festivities all over Texas

"...created to contain the ashes of the late, great Guy Clark. Moderated by author and filmmaker Tamara Saviano, the..."

Sept. 6, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Playhouse Opens New Venue with Lowell Bartholomee’s Previews of Departing Attractions

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll … possibly think of Walter Matthau?

"...Hell, we wrote briefly about this talented guy and his main stage-avatar back in the day...."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

10 of Austin's Best Bars

Looking for a new place to drink, dance, or eat? We got you.

"...but also for its burgers. Indeed, no less than Guy Fieri christened the dive bar as having “the best..."

June 25, 2022 Food Post

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...exploring after hours and found a campground concert, my buddy, the late Conrad Travis, and I stepped carefully through..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Oliver Tree, Christian McBride, Beach House, Daniel Fears, Kydd Jones, and more recommended shows

"..."I cry a lot. I'm a very emotional guy. I don't really cry from being sad as much..."

March 25, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...Look, buddy, I don’t make the rules. It’s frickin’ March and..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Dog

Channing Tatum picks up a canine pal in army vet drama

"...even when he’s playing – as here – a not-so-nice-guy seemingly incapable of good judgment. For that matter, one..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sex Sells: 40 Years of Forbidden Fruit

Terri Lynn Raridon gives Austin over to absolute pleasure

"...of O. Will you go and talk to your buddy who runs Forbidden Fruit and see if he'll do..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

September events around the state are waiting for you to arrive

"...for campers during the week, this year’s festival includes Guy Forsyth, James McMurtry, Beat Revival, and many others in..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Free Guy

Ryan Reynolds levels up for the summer’s most charming and fun blockbuster

"...is to be believed, the first teaser for Free Guy premiered in October 2019 as part of that year’s..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

"Let Dusty Sing One!" ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill (1949-2021) and the Pursuit of the Perfect Note

Legendary Texas bassist died in his sleep Tuesday night

"...broke up. Then I got a call from another buddy from Dallas. [Early ZZ Top bassist] Billy Etheridge was..."

July 29, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

A World Tour of Hot Sauces in Just One Box

Does Clark + Hopkins pack a powerful international punch?

"...when Virginia chef Brandon Clark was challenged by a buddy to create a hot sauce that used the ingredients..."

Feb. 10, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Goodbye, Butterfly

Low-budget revenge thriller makes parents' hands bloody

"...a softy, and so turns to an old boxing buddy and the only ex-con he knows (Wayne) to enact..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five New Burger Spots for a New Austin

Brave businesses offer unique takes on the ubiquitous comfort food

"...the restaurant scene works. "You tell me, but one guy had bad luck, one guy saw economic issues, one..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    21 »