Stick Around, Say Damn: Inside the Cactus Cafe’s Tuesday Open Mic

Songwriters connect under Jake Farr’s ground rules

"...like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ It really is churning and burning,” McLaughlin says. “But the butterflies can’t get me down...."

April 17, 2024 Music Post by Dina Barrish

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

"...In the lyrics, Aldean condemned cussing out cops and flag-burning, warning that small towns “take care of our own.”..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

"...comedy sketch show is a fresh flow of bright burning comic talent sure to scorch expectations with "fun, loose,..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...Special Jury Award for Technical Wizardry: Joe Nicolosi, The Burning Hell: “All I Need”..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Teezo Touchdown, Arny Margret, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Standout sets to kick off the big music week

"...the other side of the cookie rack is churning, burning, heaving – the songs aren’t slow so much as..."

March 13, 2024 Music Post by Derek Udensi

The Tangled Web of Birdeater

Writer/directors Jack Clark and Jim Weir explain how rain nearly stopped play

"...With those extra costs burning through the budget, half the cast and crew sick,..."

March 15, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...so LAIR steps hot as an urban night – burning funk and steaming soul – and equally sleepless. Check..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Review: Y2K

Stoner disaster-comedy banks on 90s nostalgia

"...Ah, the good ol’ days. Burning mixtapes on CDs, recording freestyle rap battles on camcorders,..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...an evening that’s sure to leave a stretch of burning rubber along one of your mind’s darker roads.  ..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 16-22

"...a drowning person, or rescue a child from a burning building, or administer successful CPR to a stranger who..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...ever estimate the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from burning fossil fuels...."

Feb. 9, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...clients hiring sex workers, a psychedelic security guard for Burning Man. New memoir Subculture Vulture takes readers on a..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Origin

Ava DuVernay's plainly spoken look at the underpinnings of bigotry

"...window in the ceiling that memorializes a catastrophic book burning rally in the plaza just above (Micah Ullman’s “The..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SpaceX May Get Chunk of Boca Chica State Park From Texas Parks and Wildlife

Swapping 43 acres of public beach for 477 of wildlife refuge

"...to be a bad neighbor, causing a small earthquake, burning acres of wildlife refuge land, and launching rockets that..."

Jan. 18, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Tips for Freezing Temperatures in Austin and Where to Go to Stay Warm

It’s gonna be cold! Here’s what you should do.

"...with an oven, grill, or any gasoline-, propane-, or charcoal-burning device because they generate deadly carbon monoxide gas...."

Jan. 12, 2024 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Earl Turner - 'Headspace/Bent' / Director: Abteen Bagheri-Fard The Burning Hell - 'All I Need' / Director: Joe Nicolosi..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Belief Is Magic

Nobody comes to Jesus because of the rigorous scientific scrutiny of the Christian religion

"...but at least you don't have to stress about burning for all eternity in a lake of fire, even..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

The Austin Chronic: Christmas in Texas

A holiday miracle for the weedless traveler

"..."Those old-fashioned fools think stoners are burning in hell..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Column by Kevin Curtin

The Chronicle’s Favorite Austin Albums of 2023

Ten music writers reflect on the records they loved this year

"...tackling Doug Sahm, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Sir Woman burning Khruangbin and Leon Bridges' "Texas Sun," plus Adrian Quesada..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Napoleon

Ridley Scott's superficial biopic is all strategy, no tactics

"...1805, his defeat by equally cunning plans in the burning of Moscow, and his final vanquishing at Waterloo in..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Alex Maas’ Captivating 13th Floor Lineup and More Crucial Concerts This Week

From sunn O))) to Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King, Marcia Ball’s holiday show

"...kick off the holiday season than with Austin legends burning through some seasonal tunes. Carolyn Wonderland and Shelley King..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Black Pumas’ Eric Burton Bets on Himself

After an abrupt break, Chronicles of a Diamond completely reinvents the band dynamic

"...never gotten to make this album if we kept burning ourselves out. I was thinking about longevity."..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Mr. Texas

Lawrence Wright’s newest novel isn’t just Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

"...TV rescuing a child and her horse from a burning barn. He immediately decides Lamb would make a perfect..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Priscilla

Measured journey behind closed doors of rock & roll's most famous marriage

"...he’s onscreen. (That the actor is a hunk of burning love doesn’t hurt.) While Spaeny and Elordi both do..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Radical

True story of a miracle-working teacher busts misery porn cliches

"...there’s been a few attempts to keep the fire burning since then (e.g., The School of Rock), the kinds..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Learn something new and explore what's out there this fall

"...1960s. The elevated fire danger resulted in 1,148 wildfires burning 129,133 acres. The unnamed author quoted John Nielsen-Gammon, director..."

Nov. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 20-26

"...outrageousness. "Outlandish" is one of my middle names. My Burning Man moniker is "Friendly Shocker," and in my pagan..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Quin NFN, corook, ​​and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest

From viral “If I Were a Fish” to M83’s essential “Midnight City”

"...2013’s Old Soul along with the dark drift and burning guitar of “Setting the Hills on Fire.” The steel-swept..."

Oct. 16, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grace Sorensen, and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest

From The Breeders’ sustaining cool to GloRilla’s unfazed flow

"...instrumental interlude for hair-flipping, hip-swaying choreo breakdowns. After a slow-burning cover of Fleetwood Mac classic “Dreams,” Sorensen invited Megz..."

Oct. 9, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

10 Essential Acts to See at ACL Fest

Must-see visiting acts at Zilker Park, from Kendrick Lamar to Rina Sawayama

"...climate-induced anxieties: "This hell is better with you/ We're burning up together, baby, that makes two."  – Genevieve Wood..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

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