Hot Luck Review: Peter Hook & the Light

A cover band with substance

"...Seeing the innovative four-stringer fronting a cover band for..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Okkervil River

"...Will Sheff, the creative leader and frontman for the Austin-birthed act, endured a tracheotomy as a baby. The bizarre..."

May 25, 2018 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Brandi Carlile’s Cathartic Second Act

Austin City Limits taping prompts waterworks

"...dominated the 36-year-old Washington State native’s third appearance on Austin City Limits, follow up to her 2010 taping and..."

April 11, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Sweethearts

"...Sweethearts are the most upbeat, cheerful punk combo in Austin. Three LPs notched since forming in 1998 Brownsville, their..."

April 6, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

LOLA's La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling

The quality of mercy is never not strained in this new adaptation of Mozart's late opera

"...Her suit was persuasive, given the forceful words that Austin writer Rebecca Whitehurst armed her with and the passion..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Your Plan for Pools

First, let's all chip in $124 million

"...A chorus of stakeholders spoke in favor of the plan, including..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Lost & Found: Terminal Mind

Thirty-seven years after breakup, debut LP hits

"...Instead, the short-lived Austin band (1978-81) has aged to a vintage in which..."

Jan. 8, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Champion Tract Hoax

Developer's attorney falls for fake website

"...That served to fan the flames, generating a chorus of boos from the audience, and Alter insisted that..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Street Corner Arts' Pocatello

Rich performances highlight the pain, hope, and heart in this staging of Samuel D. Hunter's family drama

"...pinpoint accuracy, guides a ridiculously talented cast through each verse-chorus-verse beat. The pacing of the script is important: One..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Gay Place

This holiday season is filled with fun, queer activities

"...senses and raise money for suicide prevention. Boiz of Austin's Alexander the Great hosts. So sparkle all month long...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Broadcasts Vol. 25

"...Smith and Sarah Hickman, CDs were supplanting cassettes and Austin's skyline didn't defy gravity. The local frequency's annual stocking..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Sound on Sound Fest Q&A: Power Trip

Riley Gale talks medieval beheadings, awards, and his bucket list

"...that must come from drummer Chris Ulsh, who’s fronted Austin bands like the Impalers and Mammoth Grinder...."

Nov. 9, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Palo Duro

"...producer/artist Danger Mouse's 30th Century label, Palo Duro – Austin singer-songwriter Michael J. Winningham, formerly of the indie rock..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Hunkered Down in Troxclair’s Lair

City Council’s lone conservative preaches to her choir

"...its taxes, bag bans, composting, and burdensome water restrictions, Austin has quickly become even more of a liberal hellscape..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Swervedriver Cruises Satansville

Two-album re-creation levitates Moody offshoot

"...Stage lit in hues of pink and blue recalling..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Music Post by Greg Stitt

Council: Heating Up the HOT Tax

Mayor moves to defend his solutions to the “Downtown Puzzle”

"...keep Council informed of all immigration enforcement actions the Austin Police Department or other city agencies engage in pursuant..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Listen: Calliope Musicals' "Wasted Space"

New single finds joy and purpose in a childless life

"...“That chorus came from many conversations I’ve had where I casually..."

Aug. 14, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Margaret Moser Tribute: Jesse Sublett

When the Queen calls, you come

"...1978: Some pervert comes out to interview the Violators, Austin's all-girl-but-me punk band. He keeps asking Kathy Valentine and..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Jesse Sublett

Margaret Moser Tribute: Lucinda Williams

The life of the party

"...when I moved to Houston and moved back to Austin with him. He and I, at one point, rented..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

DJ Brimlo & Bavu Blakes

"...Austin rap legend Bavu Blakes takes a break from his..."

June 23, 2017 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

The Phantom of the Opera at Bass Concert Hall

This new touring production makes a grandly restaged, compelling tale of thin source material, with a chandelier drop that still thrills

"...The touring version currently in Austin is a restaging of the original, developed by producer..."

April 28, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Day Trips: Kleb Woods, Tomball

A hermit’s paradise becomes a permanent island thicket among the urban sprawl of Houston

"...the paths that wind through the 133.5-acre preserve. A chorus of bird songs drown out any possibility of hearing..."

April 21, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Take That F***er Back: Ronnie Lane/Texas Tornados/Clifford Antone Tributes 2007

"...in a candy store as he harmonized on the chorus...."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Greg Beets

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Drivin' the blues away

"...at the Nacogdoches Film Festival on the Stephen F. Austin University campus. Along with movies, documentaries, and shorts, the..."

Feb. 1, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"...Gluttony..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

New City Council, New Battles

10-1 version 1.5 stares down the coming year at City Hall

"...There are obvious carry-overs from last year: notably, the Austin Oaks planned unit development (passed on first reading in..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Vallejo

"...Unificados divide by language, not compositions. Which itself clusters Austin's Latin rock siblings with the likes of superstar acts..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: An Immodest Proposal

Preventing the music scene from burdening the city

"...the unfortunate distance between talk ... [and] actually supporting Austin's most vital culture." ("Page Two," Nov. 29, 2002)..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Red Fang Sinks Its Hooks In

Oregonian hard rockers can’t let up

"...Austin Chronicle: Only Ghosts is the follow-up to Whales &..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Giulia Millanta

"...As Austin grows, the musicians it attracts come from farther away...."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

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