Mad Scientist on Wheels

Brian Beattie

"...mass of electronic equipment and wires that is his recording console. He's begun to play a rough mix of..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Eric's World

The Many Fanastic Colors of

"...into the walk-in shower. Closing that door, Johnson leans across and opens the one to his bedroom. It, too,..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Momma Are Officially Rock Stars

Indie rockers’ second headline tour lands at Mohawk Sunday

"...“It is hilarious to look at that record and be like, rock & roll, oh yeah!,” Friedman..."

April 30, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

On Fire

Stock footage saves uninspiring faith-tinged disaster drama from tedium.

"...Over the past few years, a record number of Californians have come to call Austin home...."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Vandoliers, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Mvtant, Florist, and more local shows worth your time

"...Audio in Miami, including vintage Klipschorn speakers with custom crossovers and a Sixties McIntosh tube amplifier. With Mohawk and..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Column by Kahron Spearman

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...latter a year away from becoming the Dead Boys. Across the Atlantic, the Sex Pistols gate-crashed their first London..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Nowhere Inn

Layered St. Vincent mockumentary warps reality and opens a window to artist's heart

"...as footage of her wailing on her guitar flashes across the screen, strobe lights dancing around her as a..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Becoming Leslie

The complicated real life behind Austin's weird icon

"...Even his chosen non-gendered name Leslie fit with his cross-dressing getups. His fans were legion. To young rebels, Leslie..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gangster Squad

Despite uneven filmmaking and questionable facts, an extraordinary cast brings this story about mobster Mickey Cohen's attempted takeover of L.A. and the handful of honest cops who thwarted him.

"...O’Mara recruits a cross section of familiar stereotypes. The wise-cracking Sgt. Jerry Wooters..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Tire Slasher Convicts Himself

Determined to defend himself, the Hyde Park tire slasher gets 10 years

"...saga about an angry man with a long criminal record and a history of drunken violence, the neighbors he..."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...de la Vega Two childhood friends from Midland, Texas cross a line that changes their lives forever. The result:..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Stranger Than Paradise

Tucked up in the Catskill Mountains, All Tomorrow's Parties stages a music festival for its own

"...tastes as opposed to whoever has put a new record out in the last six months. I felt like..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...bounce, bounce, bounce. Then there's Katey Red, the 6-foot-2-inch cross-dressing pioneer of sissy bounce, and in the opposite corner,..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Juke Joint Blues

Blues Boy Hubbard strolls down Eastside Austin's Chitlin' Circuit memory lane

"...professionally that same year at his own cousin's Out Cross the Creek club on Highway 71...."

July 13, 2007 Music Feature by Jonny Meyers

Writing the Climate

Flannery and Kolbert on the accelerating pace of global warming

"...poorer. And all this could happen perhaps in my lifetime."Crossing the Rubicon..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the Austin Convention Center by city officials, the Red Cross, and other volunteer organizations. For more on the week's..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature

Sahara

Based on the popular Clive Cussler book, Sahara may be asinine, but it’s also goofy, good fun.

"...of a deadly contagion that could, if left unchecked, cross the Atlantic and obliterate McDonald’s supply of whitefish filets..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Sonleitner's Besmirched Voting Record..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column

Holy Smoke!

"...Robertson-esque take on what a cult implies. For the record, joining an ashram in India and finding spiritual enlightenment..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Make Your Mama Proud

Profile of local rapper MC Overlord.

"..."I have never said anything on record or onstage that I didn't believe in," says Overlord...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Three Seasons

"...a mysterious poet/landowner with leprosy, who chooses her to record his pent-up poems. Woody (Duoc), a street urchin in..."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...Last month was one of the driest Mays on record. The only cure for the relentless heat sure to..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Texas Platters

"...As you might expect, this is a live recording of Daniel Johnston solo, accompanying himself on guitar and..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

Girls With Guitars

The New Generation

"..."It was always important to me that my music cross the Red River," she says. "I knew that I..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Hovvdy Stays True to Texas on New Self-Titled Album

ATX-launched duo talks songwriting and special unplugged release shows

"...Austin Chronicle: A lot has changed since y’all last..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...away from becoming Grammy-winning, chart-­topping, yacht rock icon Christopher Cross...."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...felt things were a little bit weird, with various record companies trying to point him in one direction or..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Black Friday? End of an Ear!

End of an Ear's new digs thrive just in time for Black Friday

"...Consider dropping some coin at one of Austin's 10 record stores. Many will be stocking exclusive releases from Record..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Slanted & Enchanted

Matador Records magnate Gerard Cosloy turns the 'live music capital' into a Casual Victim Pile

"...from the neighboring fence post: Fire Line Do Not Cross. What's left in the barren South Austin lot resembles..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...1980 and put up a poster at Inner Sanctum Records saying "guitarist looking for band." There was this guy..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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