Hovvdy Stays True to Texas on New Self-Titled Album

ATX-launched duo talks songwriting and special unplugged release shows

"...energy that we tried to capture was of getting closer to the song, and closer to us. We just..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

It's Only Life After All

Moving doc about the folk musical duo Indigo Girls

"...them a start. Their network TV debut performance of “Closer to Fine” on Late Night With David Letterman in..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Kat McNevins

The Chronicle’s Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Party Brings Breezy Grooves to Hotel Vegas

Feat. Grace Sorensen, Nemegata, Cactus Lee, Font on the patio

"...the crowd’s cool kids to loosen up and move closer to the stage in the process...."

March 16, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

SXSW Film Review: Road House

Eighties classic gets a rock ’em, sock ’em remake

"...modern Shane and, if anything, this remake is even closer to that mournful Western – there’s even a book-loving..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Hundreds of Beavers

Loony live-action cartoon about a fur trader who goes to war with rodents

"...into a magnificent Rube Goldberg machine, getting Jean ever closer to his true goal of winning over the Merchant..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started

Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes

"...kids wear are not like prison uniforms. They are closer to street clothes, but they’re still uniforms. Their day..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Anselm

Two postwar German masters: one in front, one behind the camera

"...depiction of the artist's work Wenders comes to a closer understanding of the melding of medium and muse (much..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Maestro

Truly moving biopic of musical leviathan Leonard Bernstein

"...– a worthy conversation – and certainly actors with closer lived experience might have brought something different to the..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Napoleon

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

"...a begrudging respect for the military genius who came closer to conquering the British Isles than any enemy since..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

May December

Portman and Moore captivate in a spiky, funny melodrama of old transgressions

"...can exaggerate and distort reality to drive us not closer to but further from the truth...."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Leviathan live experience transfers from stadiums to cinemas

"...always able to appreciate during a live performance: a closer look at Swift’s immersive sets, a better sense of..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Sudan Archives, Ben Kweller, and More Highlights From Saturday at ACL Fest

Texans Angel White, Blakchyl stood out under an annular eclipse

"...A hilarious teardown of the concert fourth wall preceded closer “Down By the River,” where he asked each side..."

Oct. 15, 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

"...Austin” ahead of “Lovebomb.” When she softly cooed “come closer,” an entranced crowd obliged. Fever to Tell favorite “Y..."

Oct. 9, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Bottoms

The Shiva Baby team reunite for a ridonkulously horny queer comedy

"...predecessors in buddy comedy is its camp, which is closer to But I’m a Cheerleader. It doesn’t bother with..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Lina Fisher

Review: fibril, The Rot

More Eaze/Fuck Money members reassemble nü metal beyond cheap nostalgia

"...nostalgia, more interested in finding a form to stretch. Closer "Wasted" brings Deftones' hushed sleaze to the fore, where..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Andy O’Connor

The Unknown Country

Lily Gladstone takes a road trip through small, meaningful stories

"...Dallas of all places, and connections that guide her closer to her grandmother than she could have ever imagined...."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Austin Chronicle Party Sizzled at the 13th Floor During Hot Summer Nights

Fiery set snapshots of JaRon Marshall, Felt Out, and Jane Leo

"...by invitingly experimental sounds off latest Until I’m Light. “Closer” wrapped, with a joke about the set-closer...."

July 24, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The YouTube Effect

Video killed the radio star. So who's it after next?

"...makes The YouTube Effect a change of pace, and closer to his investigative work in The Panama Papers. This..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Kandahar

Tense exploration of Afghanistan's chaos camouflaged as an action flick

"...clear-eyed look at a seemingly intractable tragedy: But it's closer to a geopolitical version of Shot Caller, his story..."

May 26, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Malum

A rookie cop gets harassed by demons in a remake of Last Shift

"...sense of unease, while Sula seems to sometime hew closer to a more conventional horror heroine, giving the story..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Friday

A Margo Price keynote, Koffee's evolution, & Obongjayar's rising star

"...place once she arrived at breakout track “Toast” as closer. And by that point, a few on the Moody..."

March 18, 2023 SXSW Post by Abby Johnston

Inside

High-concept art heist flick is an arthouse dud

"...central window on the roof. We also get a closer look at the art adorning the walls, made up..."

March 17, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Sundance 2023 Review: The Amazing Maurice

Terry Pratchett's feline fraudster gets above-average adaptation

"...of The Amazing Maurice is because the book is closer to a stand-alone Pratchett than most of his works,..."

Jan. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: A New Council Gets Down to Work

Austin City Council assembles, congrats to Chroniclers, and a new/old Rollo Banks Lunar New Year cover to relish

"...its focus to a legislative body a teensy bit closer to home, to Austin City Council. In his cover..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 16-22

"...feel the cosmic flow – and place yourself in closer and closer alignment with it...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Pleasure Venom's Introspective Punk Road to Rebirth/Return

Revamped and fully realized Austin quartet breaks down debut

"...our bathroom or bedroom," remembers Campbell. "We've been getting closer and closer to how we sound live ... He..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

The Inspection

Powerful and challenging boot camp drama ponders the need to be accepted

"...of the very concept of war. The Inspection is closer to something like A Few Good Men: an internalized..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Something in the Dirt

Benson and Moorhead's pandemic whimsy takes on the perils of conspiracy theory

"...upended in an elegant way that only hews it closer to the underlying themes of deceit and conviction. Their..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

ACL Interview: Party-Making Cimafunk Details Influences, from James Brown to Chano Pozo

"Cuban music is a lot more than they think"

"...our music’s more like Irakere, Chucho [Valdés],” details Rodríguez. “Closer to the mambos of Benny Moré, closer to Arsenio..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Closings and Openings, Hirings and Aspirings, Wining and Dining and Economic Undermining in Austin’s Food Industry

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...and you can make reservations right here… a little closer to home, the Hotel Granduca (where new restaurant Laurel..."

Oct. 5, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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