Reagan's Record

"...whims of Washington, allowing the destitute to face a daily struggle for self-sufficiency on their own terms, not the..."

June 10, 2004 Postmarks

The Gits

"...named Mia Zapata. Raped and strangled while the band recorded its second full-length, 1994's screaming Enter: The Conquering Chicken,..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Björk Selmasongs (Elektra)

"...of the steel-pressing factory noises that make up her daily grind. It sounds like what the elder Mrs. Björk..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Todd Snider Happy To Be Here (Oh Boy)

"...To Be Here (Oh Boy) 1994's Songs From the Daily Planet, Todd Snider's first release, showed the former San..."

May 5, 2000 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Tall, Dark & Lonesome It Ain't a Party Until Someone Gets a Haircut (Pope Yes)

SXSW Records

"...his own sly and occasionally wacky purposes. This semi-live recording culled from his occasional gigs around town under the..."

March 3, 2000 Music Review by Marc Savlov

The Folk Implosion One Part Lullaby (Interscope)

"...he now opts to "look for magic in the daily routine" (the title track), Barlow's still confronting the "Kingdom..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Record Reviews

Ani Difranco

"...Up Up Up Up Up Up, an album partly recorded right here in Austin, drugs are bad, the homeless..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Review

We Have an Issue: “The Light That’s Leaving”

On Bill Callahan’s likably melancholy new record, and another month of painful closures of Austin fixtures

"...like a neutral face emoji. His newest album, Gold Record, is one of his finest: witty, character-driven, alert to..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...would turn out on Tuesday, possibly setting an all-time record for percentage turnout here. DeBeauvoir said the highest turnout..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

Grooving With Cass McCombs

“I don’t think people really understand that my music is experimental”

"...easily and often on the dime of his new record label Anti-. The L.A. dweller’s eighth LP Mangy Love,..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Getting Outside the Box

Will City Council decide to give job applicants with criminal records a "fair chance"?

"...But for the nearly 12 million Texans with criminal records, there's one question that's not so easily spun: Have..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Alejandro Escovedo – Not Slowing Down

Third annual Moody show on Saturday whips up a hurricane

"...Ten days into 2015, Alejandro Escovedo takes the ACL..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

That’s So Cool: Celebrating Bob Johnston

The late producer’s staggering output somehow excluded his own renown

"...Bob Johnston, who died Aug. 14, was all energy...."

Aug. 20, 2015 Music Post by Louis Black

Trouble the Water

This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.

"...before the storm, capturing the ebb and flow of daily life in her predestruction neighborhood. With two hours of..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

March Primary Election Coverage Live Blog

Travis County awaits Super Tuesday election results

"...November? Who will show up at the polls after record early voting? Who will fail to show up because..."

March 3, 2020 News Post by News Staff

Listen to MondoCon

Your essential guide to this weekend's Mondo vinyl exclusives

"...up this weekend, the team is taking over your record player, too...."

Oct. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holy Hell

A cinematic chronicle of the Buddhafield cult and its participants

"...he became the group’s de facto cinematic chronicler who recorded the Master and his supplicants on a near-daily basis...."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man Bites Dog

"...Boy.” As the film crew acquaint themselves with the daily rituals of this monster (“I like to start off..."

April 2, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nyad

Biopic of controversial record-setting swimmer just skims the surface

"...pick up her decades-old pursuit of a distance swimming record – becoming the first person to swim from Cuba..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

More Mondo Departures as Vinyl Leadership Exits

Austin-based soundtrack label sees more changes under Funko

"...Austin-based Mondo. Now the axe has reached the vinyl records team...."

June 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dr. Van Boven Goes to the State's Highest Court

Beleaguered doctor appeals personally to clear his name

"...On Wednesday morning, Sept. 29, Dr. Robert Van Boven..."

Sept. 29, 2021 News Post by Michael King

Monos

Colombian child-soldier drama is a bleak look into the cruelty of innocents

"...absolutely real, and absolutely treacherous. Landes has gone on record saying that the film shoot was extremely hazardous, with..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jeremy Nail Survives Cancer, Scales Mountain

Austin Music Awards performer previews May LP live

"...people will hear and connect to the songs I record, and these recordings will outlive me. Love and gratitude..."

Feb. 23, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

News Roundup: MLK, Chris Kyle, and the Lege

Get ready to celebrate "Chris Kyle Day"

"...NFL continues to face scrutiny for its domestic violence record; Molly White faces backlash for a Facebook post; the..."

Feb. 2, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

A standout, a gross-out comedy that makes its audience go "awwww" as much as it goes "ewwww."

"...Malil. Surely The 40-Year-Old Virgin has broken some Guinness record: The first boner joke clocks in at under a..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

Can record stores survive the digital age?

"...Until recently, they owned Jupiter Records, a new/used store in Hancock Center that closed Christmas..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Ego Has Landed

Love Supreme frontman Noah Lit shares his interests and disinterests - and talks about his band occasionally.

"...deserves it, the singer picks up the journalist's tape recorder and speaks very distinctly...."

April 28, 2000 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...While for many on our tireless (okay actually very,..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Like the Rest of Us

Atmosphere's Slug isn't dead from tequila poisoning yet

"...warehouse workers, and waitresses he runs into on a daily basis...."

Nov. 5, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Mastodon's 'Blood Mountain' Flows Into Austin

Coming down the mountain with Mastodon

"...and sacrifice to achieve our goals, to the new record, to our new marriage with Warner Brothers, to the..."

March 14, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

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