Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...thoroughly original and resourceful rhymer. From the faux-No Limit artwork on down, Dr. Doom brutally slays both the hip-hop..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten and Jessica Reisman..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

The Texas Gamut

Titles From Texas

"...be found in Road Kill. Swearing is a folk art in Texas and The Kinkster is a formidable practitioner...."

May 15, 1998 Books Feature

SXSW Conference Taps Issa Rae, Signal and Colossal Leads for Keynotes

Lineup drop also adds Kevin Bacon, Hideo Kojima, Last of Us cast & crew

"...firms like local bioscience outfit Colossal, which wants to “jumpstart nature’s ancestral heartbeat” by bringing extinct species back to..."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips & Beyond: May Travel Roundup

Flowers, birds, and more to spy on spring road trips

"...Of the six subspecies of the sandhill cranes the Cuban, Florida, and Mississippi stay in one place year-round. The..."

May 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Food News Buffet

"...(with 45 volunteer bakers!) as a fundraiser for Black Art Matters ATX. This yeasty celebration started on Monday, with..."

July 10, 2020 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...down SXSW Film. As the festival enters its second quarter-century, A Quiet Place – the high-concept horror from John..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

'Young Latina Artists 19: Y, Qué?'

San Antonio's Más Rudas Chicana Collective fills Mexic-Arte's summer showcase with work by women

"...in the title of the annual summer exhibit at Mexic-Arte Museum signals a first in that institution's longtime support..."

June 13, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lovey and Lovey: Tippling twosome toasts the town (but no titillation, please)

The gin-soaked alter egos of comedians Tami Nelson and Michael Jastroch dish on Austin, alcohol, and their new show

"...swill enough hooch to make Albee's boozehounds George and Martha seem like members of the Temperance Society. Concocted when..."

July 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Friday Picks

"...a combination of traditional Afro-pop, Trinidadian calypso, and slick art-punk, leaning heavily on the lush orchestration of Paul Simon's..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

State Representative: Let's Hang the Artist!

Borris Miles decides he is the arbiter of taste and free speech at the Capitol.

"...two young children when he saw two works of art in a public corridor he didn't like. He liked..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...nostalgia, better parenting, fun fiction, and offbeat museums, for starters. Cheers, jeers, fears, and tears. It's summertime and the..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Eve About All

The Stunning Images of Photographer Eve Arnold

"...UT's senior photography curator, and April Rapier, a Houston art critic and photojournalist, curated the touring exhibit, which has..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Arts Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...whole raft of special events, from Q&As to dance parties. Films will be released online (seven each day, in..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more

"...than a Zoom or FaceTime, so I couldn't really participate in the whole livestreaming thing," he admits. "At the..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Singer Dorian Wood Channels This Year’s OUTsider Festival Legacy Award Winner Chavela Vargas

Award and performance honor the legendary queer ranchera singer

"...ambiguous as they are provocative, describing the beauty of Cuban prostitute Maria Calvo Nodarse, aka “La Macorina,” as well..."

Feb. 19, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Diane Zaragoza

Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour

Klezmer in context

"...“The more we experienced, the more it started to feel like our music,” relates founding member Samantha..."

Nov. 27, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Film Flam: Linklater, Krisha, and Slackerwood

Awards all around, and a sad farewell to the popular film blog

"...some Austin filmmakers this week, but we've got to start with some great news to grapple with, and a..."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...Age, although its Melody Calling the following year topped charts in Australia and Mexico and brought a year-end U.S...."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Playback: The Beautiful Old

Gabriel Rhodes makes Grammy bait

"...The Beautiful Old: Turn-of-the-Century Songs with its elegant album art and scholarly liner notes, I pegged it as hifalutin..."

May 24, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...backbone. – Belinda Acosta Todo Austin/The Austin Tejano Music Coalition/DiverseArts..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...MoserDRESSY BESSY7:30pm, Habana Calle 6 Patio Ultra-vivid Denver pop quartet Dressy Bessy curbs the twee and ups the sass..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

His Films, His Way

Jim Jarmusch Is Still Figuring Out How to Do It

"...I guess. But, you know, they used to have cartoons as well. I think it's really just that there's..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Stories

From Hollywood to Austin and beyond: the rise and rise of short film online

"...guards entered a Miami home to seize the six-year-old Cuban boy. By the time one particular AP photo was..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Live Shots

"...Rice on Mingus' "The Haitian Fight Song." Even the Cuban-born, Jamaican/U.K.-bred Laurel Aitken, the septuagenarian king of the form,..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...and sumptuously produced. Where Falkner strays from the old party line is in his insistence that his work --..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.) Some stories just write themselves. This..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.) Some stories just write themselves. This..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Horror Abounds in Our Weekday Event Recommendations

But it's more than just scares

"...of my and my co-workers’ livelihoods depend on. Local artist Ellen Crofts takes the material to new levels of..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Hiromi Uehara, Caroline Rose, and Fests Galore in Our Crucial Concerts

Choose your fest: Psych, Death, or Blues

"...scoring a No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart with 2016’s Spark. Uehara’s most recent album, Sonicwonderland, finds..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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