Sunflower Bean, Holy Fuck, Jack’s Mannequin, and Hundreds More Added to SXSW

The third 2025 music festival announcement has landed

"...Sunflower Bean, Toronto electronica band Holy Fuck, and Something Corporate frontman Andrew McMahon’s freshly reunited Jack’s Mannequin all return..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Big Freedia, Eurovision Contestant Aiko, and the Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn Are Coming to SXSW 2025

The music festival lineup just got bigger

"...South by Southwest’s second music lineup announcement adds over 150 acts to the..."

Dec. 11, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Horror of Found Things in Oddity

Writer/director Damian McCarthy builds a cinematic cabinet of curiosities

"...If you’ve ever browsed a vintage shop or secondhand emporium, you’ll feel the items carry their history with..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins Top Latest SXSW Music Announcement

Plus Angélica Garcia, Dende, Snõõper

"...rock duo the Black Keys and Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins...."

Jan. 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

SXSW Adds Ho99o9, Kikuo, Sofia Kourtesis to 2024 Music Lineup

243 artists make up the festival’s second artist announcement

"...South by Southwest has announced the second wave artists confirmed to perform at the music portion..."

Dec. 6, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Day Trips: Santa Anna’s Leg, Illinois State Military Museum

Mexican general’s prosthesis is a bit of Texas history in the North

"...Santa Anna's leg resides in the Illinois State Military..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: Shearwater’s The Great Awakening (Polyborus)

Austin indie institution’s latest feels like a far-off summer lightning storm: all low rumbles punctuated by occasional flashes of grandeur

"...so urgent it practically demanded to be scrawled in Technicolor blood on highway overpasses throughout every exurban hellscape in..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Cold Wind Blowing

Chilling horror with friends trapped in a storm

"...Directed by: Dionne Copland. Starring: Nalani Wakita, Griffin Cork, M.J. Kehler, Alexander Lowe..."

March 11, 2022 Movie Review

La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions

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

"...Yes, it’s your Food News Buffet for the second week of March, as the years-long pandemic situation continues..."

March 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Posh Options for Your Favorite Liquor Cabinet

You do, after all, deserve the best

"...when they’re of the worthiest qualities. And we’ve even become rather chummy – thanks, pandemic! – with the recent..."

Nov. 24, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tacodeli Gets Boozy Dinners, Hopdoddy Marries Beyond Meat, Sweetens Cove Bogeys at the Alamo Drafthouse, 2 Dine 4 Flaunts the Ocean, and More

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

"...Welcome to the ATX, once again in the midst of..."

Aug. 11, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin FC’s First Home Game Delivered All the Feels, Just None of the Goals

RECAP: A goalless draw for the Oaks' in home opener

"...was perfect. The weather was (relatively speaking) perfect. Matthew McConaughey beating his djembe drum in front of a living..."

June 20, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

St. Patrick’s Day Could Chase the Snakes of Your Blues Away

Annual celebration of all things Irish brings new shenanigans

"...Sorry, but we can’t even begin writing this post..."

March 8, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Failure to Communicate: Signs Austin Chronicle Employees Have Left Around the Office

"...Operations Coordinator Trace Thurman is not interested in doing your job..."

Jan. 30, 2020 Photo Gallery

Weekend Wine: Countdown to the Holidays

New Year’s floats in on a cloud of bubbles!

"...the least expensive sparkling wine that I can whole-heartedly recommend. It is a Spanish Cava with fine bubbles and..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Second SXSW 2019 Band List

Black Midi, Jealous of the Birds, Deerhunter, and 247 others

"...capital city. As such, they epitomize South by Southwest’s second band list, which is notably light on star power,..."

Nov. 28, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Coming Correct

It's a wonder Jesus didn't crucify himself

"...me, but he has one very annoying trait. He corrects everything I say – or at least it feels..."

June 8, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Music Review: Superorganism

Bubbly London ensemble debuts splashy “as fuck”

"...night debut at Stubb’s looked and sounded like a Technicolor cartoon spaceship, with teen vocalist Orono Noguchi at the..."

March 15, 2018 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Problem With K2, Downtown Austin’s Most Dangerous Drug

APD cannot depend on big busts alone to solve the problem

"...the city's public safety entities began to notice a disconcerting surge in bad reactions to the drug K2. That..."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Day Trips: The Goose’s Acre Pub, The Woodlands

Bar and restaurant transported to Texas retains its Irish brogue

"...thirst of many locals on Main Street in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland, for nearly a century. Across the road..."

March 16, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Last week, SXSW announced that high-concept horror A Quiet Place is this year's opening night..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW’s Sixth Artist List

Bully, White Reaper, Wye Oak, and 99 more luftballons

"...six weeks away, their massive mosaic of music programming coming into focus incrementally. Today’s announcement adds another 102 artists,..."

Feb. 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Point Austin: A Turning Point?

Flake, Corker, and Straus ... does the new GOP have room for decency?

"...A couple more Republican dominoes have fallen. This week provided the..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Decoding the Sound on Sound Leak

Medieval music convergence reveals lineup tease in video

"...Fest returns to Sherwood Forest Nov. 10-12 for its second year of music, comedy, and medieval vibes. The lineup..."

June 12, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Review: The Young Offenders

Gleeful Irish coke comedy is a sidesplitter

"...has been synonymous with horror. Yet for a good couple of decades, the Emerald Isle was the go-to destination..."

Sept. 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fukumoto

Can Fukumoto cure Austin's dining malaise?

"...eponymous new eatery from former Musashino chef Kazu Fukumoto, comes at a time of ennui for the Austin restaurant..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Glorious Renewal

The Contemporary Austin gives new life to the place where it all began, Laguna Gloria

"...keep pace in their fading steps. One studies the Contemporary Austin's newly acquired Paul McCarthy piece, a bronze sculpture..."

March 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

The Good Eye: Oh Buoyancy

... like Sandra Bullock in the Shenzhou capsule, hours after George Clooney's dimples have drifted into the fathomless beyond

"...Our bathtub is comically small, and the hot water supply could be better,..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Eye: Trendhopping

If a "Rare Trend" is defined as quality fabrics, expert stitching, and an exacting eye, call us trendy

"...of Pleasant Valley and East 12th, far from the Second Street shopping district or even the boutiques on East..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

2014 Austin Food & Wine Festival Recap

Only one thing missing from the best fest yet

"...bitching long line at will-call. Instead, everything was under control and it took us about 90 seconds to get..."

May 1, 2014 Food Post by Wes Marshall

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