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Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
Arepa Dealers Sling Venezuelan Snacks and Coffee at Cuatro Gato
At Coconut Club's all-day cafe the heart is an arepa
"...snacks to pair with fine coffee and a friendly DIY spirit to the Downtown area at Cuatro Gato Cafe...."
Dec. 25, 2020 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar
Faster Than Sound: Growing Up Margin Walker
I've only ever experienced Texas music under the independent reigns of Graham Williams. I didn't know how lucky I was.
"...without oversight by a tasteful regional promotions company with DIY ethics at heart. Happily, recent inclusion of the Save..."
Dec. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
We’ve Wrangled Up Some More Coffee For You
Five jolts of java you probably don’t want to miss
"...the two java entrepreneurs are the crafty epitome of DIY, we’ve never seen any, like, roasting equipment or giant..."
Dec. 14, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Qmmunity: Gifting Here to Keep Austin Queer
Plus, Bulimianne Rhapsody's Holiday Horror and more queer cheer
"...Planning Meeting The QB queerdos plan for the next DIY, queerer alternative to Pride. Mon., Dec. 7, 7-9pm. Online...."
Dec. 4, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan
Checking In: Little Mazarn’s Lindsey Verrill Bought a Kayak with Her Stimulus Check
How to stay afloat when there is no Plan B
"...is serious. Friends were texting me about setting up DIY shows for bands that were en route to Austin...."
Dec. 1, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
"...tertiary Trashdog bow Sittin on My Head as his DIY label Digital Hotdogs crests into year seven of home-dubbed..."
Nov. 20, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland
Checking In: Nina Diaz Ponders Playing As the Titanic Sinks
“I thought to myself, ‘Would I play ’til the ship sank?’”
"...I recorded them all from home using Garageband, super DIY acoustic covers special for them...."
Nov. 18, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Checking In: Matthew Logan Vasquez Lives In Parallel Universes
Delta Spirit frontman experiences ‘other 2020’ at home and virtually
"...Spirit’s fifth LP What Is There leans hi-fi, lo-fi, DIY. “The song cycle seeks to make sense of the..."
Oct. 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Getting Out Austin’s LGBTQIA Vote With Pride at the Polls
We're here, we're queer, and we vote
"...From the Stonewall riots to today's alternative DIY iterations like QueerBomb, celebrating Pride has meant making a..."
Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan
Checking In: Kana Harris Reveals Her Vulcan Side
Live wire wax healer wants to sell you a record for your health
"...releases take months of planning and as a completely DIY and self-managed band, that meant that hundreds of hours..."
Oct. 21, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Queens of Pain Shows Commitment to the Sport
For the love of Roller Derby
"...that the sports establishment started taking this scrappy, all-amateur, DIY endeavor seriously. However, they expanded to look at three..."
Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
"...Pianist, drummer, composer, Austin Music commissioner, DIY conceptualist, and Rick Linklater film scorer, Graham Reynolds adds..."
Oct. 9, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila
Giving praise before the altar of the turntable
"...abundance in and around the foothills of Nineties Austin. DIY pressings of Butch Hancock populated Antone's Records, while a..."
Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez
How Digital Media Professionals Manage Stress in a Chaotic Online Environment
Don't let doomscrolling become a way of life
"...require a screen, so I like to do hands-on DIY projects." A'nysha AileenDigital marketing strategist at a local nonprofit..."
Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Sydney Greene
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
"...Vol. 1, previewing Sells' upcoming EP with the Virginian DIY label. – Rachel Rascoe Ghostboy Jaysee's "Lust"..."
Oct. 2, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Qmmunity: Lessons From the Past for the Present
Plus, Gender Unbound and Austin Asian American Film Festival kick off virtual programming
"...Queerbomb Qmmunity forum and a planning sesh with ATX's DIY alt-Pride. Mon., Sept. 7, 7-9pm. Online. www.fb.com/queerbomb...."
Sept. 4, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
"...a honky-tonk, Big Cedar Fever invites you to a DIY dance floor for debut LP Tumbleweeds. Georgia Parker on..."
Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Taste of Ethiopia’s Owner Woinee Mariam Shares Her Story
And her recipe for red lentil stew
"...taste, or if you're sensitive to heat you could DIY a blend of the other components – there's a..."
Aug. 14, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape
Qmmunity: The Best Little Gay Shop in Austin
Sometimes you want to shop where everything’s made by queers
"...Planning Meeting The QB queerdos plan for the next DIY, queerer alternative to Pride. Mon., Aug. 3, 7-9pm. Online...."
July 31, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan
John Mulvany’s “Pattern Days” Is Haunting Your Google Docs
Austin-based painter isn’t letting the pandemic slow him down
"...JM: Well, and the DIY digital punk-rock-mixtape quality of just finding a way to..."
July 29, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re playing
"...turn, delayed finding True Fire a label, but a DIY release only further inflames ace cuts like "Four Walls"..."
July 17, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
Live-Tweet Hell on Wheels With Us
The astonishing true story of the birth of Roller Derby
"...with an all-time homegrown best, an intersection of everything DIY that makes Austin so great: Bob Ray's blood-and-guts tale..."
July 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Looking at the Hard-to-Handicap Race for a Texas Senate Seat
Who will take Kirk Watson's Texas Senate District 14 seat?
"...voters, and physician Jeff Ridgeway, while running an extremely DIY independent campaign, might pick up support from protest voters...."
July 10, 2020 News Feature by Michael King
The Other Four Candidates for Senate District 14
More and merry candidates join the fun
"...should we feed a tapeworm?") He's running an entirely DIY campaign (not accepting contributions, no online presence). Of his..."
July 10, 2020 News Feature by Michael King
Faster Than Sound: Clarence James Finds Clarity Post-Breakup on Debut
Following high school breakout, 20-year-old Georgetown crooner sticks a jazzy bedroom pop debut
"...teen. There, his friend Xavier Ruffin introduced him to DIY crooners like King Krule and Alex G, which inspired..."
June 26, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Chronicle Endorsements
July 14 Primary Run-off Election and Senate District 14 Special Election
"...We endorsed Siegel in 2018, when he ran a DIY grassroots campaign that made competitive a GOP-drawn district written..."
June 26, 2020 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board
Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Venues Are Out of Money
Following last week’s Barracuda closure, a domino effect will continue without emergency city funding
"...Unit 108, a consistent DIY home for punk, hardcore, electronic, and more, announced permanent..."
June 19, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
The Multifarious Mike Wiebe
Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman
"...musculoskeletal ailments often generated from catapulting himself from precarious DIY perches (revisit "Rattle Me Bones," April 21, 2006). In..."
June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Qmmunity: Honoring Black Trans Lives
This Pride Month and always
"...QueerBomb 2020 Austin's DIY, anti-corporate alt-Pride is bringing the glitter bombs from IRL..."
