2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...as our city leaves its (20)teens for its (20)20s – about our schools, our police and justice systems, our..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Austin Music Awards Gallery, 2015-2019

"...Mother Falcon + Golden Dawn Arkestra at the 34th annual Austin Music Awards, 2016..."

Nov. 26, 2019 Photo Gallery

Searching for New Heights at Film Fests Reel Rock 14 and Reel Plastic

Two rock-climbing film fest come to Austin

"...fact that some of this decade's biggest climbing feats – Alex Honnold's ascent of Yosemite's El Capitan (Free Solo)..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

People, Not the Place, Make This Festival a Utopia

UtopiaFest's triumvirate of land, music, and people takes shape

"...to the future site of UtopiaFest. It's early October – more than a month out from the 11th annual..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Sexual Assault Survivor Files Temporary Restraining Order Request Against Travis County D.A.

Filing seeks to stop Moore, Montford from discussing survivor’s rape

"...been denied. The friend (and former sister-in-law of Montford), Dawn McCracken, recorded the call, which captures Montford saying Borchardt..."

Nov. 8, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Greener Grass

Something weird in suburbia (again) but this is no Blue Velvet ripoff

"...Directed by: Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe. Starring: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe, Beck Bennet, Mary..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Reveals First 2020 Artist List

Music from all over the map … literally

"...bar rockers Banditos, Chapel Hill alt-country songster Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, plus their Bloodshot Records labelmates the Yawpers,..."

Oct. 16, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Can't-Miss Acts for Sunday at ACL Music Festival

Including three weekend-two-only performers

"...with Rose's self-deprecating sense of humor and swaggering guitar lines. – Libby Webster..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Feature

Boycott the Pumpkin Spice Latte With Alternative Spices

Five types of non-pumpkin autumnal beverages around town

"...In all of the hullabaloo that surrounded the dawn and demise of the pumpkin spice latte – that..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Travis County District Attorney Moore and Her First Assistant Sued

Sexual assault survivor alleges the D.A.'s Office lied to undermine her

"...the public," in an effort to undermine the survivor – Emily Borchardt, one of eight plaintiffs in the class..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Parisian Chanteuse Lou Rebecca Is the Complete Pop Package

Personas, dance, fashion, and Holodeck-ian synth transform into the electro crooner

"...Holodeck Records. Video game warrior, sci-fi princess, genie ballerina – she needs you to meet them all...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Golden Dawn Arkestra

"...the gentle valleys of homegrown psych legacies the Golden Dawn or the exponential heights of astro visionary Sun Ra..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Review by Rick Weaver

Another Lawsuit Filed Against Travis County D.A. and Her First Assistant

The two are accused of attempting to silence a sexual assault survivor

"...a recorded phone call Montford made last September to Dawn McCracken, her former sister-in-law – and a family friend..."

Sept. 11, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Third Man Records Releases Ghost Wolves 7-inch

Austin duo pair up with Jack White’s label

"...of cuts, “Crooked Cop,” “Fist,” and “Day Will Follow Dawn,” were born in trying times, too. Jonny had been..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: The Man of Your Dreams

Either you care how people are dressed, or you don’t

"...– Arm Candy..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Q&A Hole: Music for First Contact

What song would you play for a lost tribe?

"...be important. We explore that theme on this week’s Q&A Hole. I surprised five Austin musicians – Jackie Venson,..."

Aug. 14, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sabrina Ellis Sings National Anthem for Hurting Nation

Mass shootings on the mind at Blues on the Green performance

"...a joyous occasion, with attendees anticipating performances from deep R&B vocalist Soul Man Sam and alt-pop sensation Sweet Spirit...."

Aug. 8, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Dedicated to Beth Westbrook, Ceci Gratias, Tesía Samara, Lauryn Paige Fuller, Steve Thomas, Lisa Davis, and..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators

Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles

"...lineup assembling new personnel around the singer and drummer – but absent Hall, the band's ideological engine – proved..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

New Chronicle Video Series Q&A Hole Blindsides Austin Musicians With Bizarre Hypotheticals

Staff writer Kevin Curtin's late-night musings brought into the light

"...the afterlife, and strange social initiations. It’s called the Q&A Hole...."

July 31, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ATX Black Food Week Supports Black-Owned Restaurants

The celebration, organized by Austin Justice Coalition, continues

"...first week, participating restaurants have already included Mr. Catfish & More, The Gossip Shack and Gossip Shack 2, Big..."

July 26, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Seven Things We Learned From the RWBY Panel at RTX

Behind-the-scenes changes for volume 7, plus game and comic details

"...• Volume 7 arrives November 2, with some big changes..."

July 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

State Board of Education Brings a New Anti-Sex Circus to Town

Anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, and creationism advocates to help revise Texas public schools’ sex education

"...advocate who considers comprehensive sex education a failure. And Dawn Riley heads an crisis pregnancy center in Amarillo that..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Stream the Synth-Pocalypse on Pinkish Black’s Concept Unification

Texan twosome shares new LP and email Q&A

"...On Friday, May 24, headlining atop UK black metalists Dawn Ray’d and Texan post-rockers Dead to a Dying World,..."

June 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Greg Abbott Signs "Beer-to-Go" Bill at Austin Beerworks

Texas becomes final state in the country to allow such sales

"...proud to have led this fight together with Senator Dawn Buckingham and the Texas Craft Brewers Guild. Many argued..."

June 17, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Concrete Mix Plant Vexes Southwest Neighbors

Residents concerned over safety, noise, and pollution

"...100 feet from the plant and said its operations – which begin before dawn on some days and go..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

In Austin, Bushwick Bill Found his Musical Playground

Late Geto Boys rapper’s penchant for stage crashing was legendary

"...recordings boiled down to an 11-track album called Checks & Balances that was completed and scarcely disseminated. The Chronicle..."

June 10, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

"Likesness" at Northern-Southern

In this group exhibition, people who depict people are the luckiest people in the world

"...Niemeyer's Northern-Southern, a show of nothing but figurative work – evocations of the human form and features – will..."

June 7, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Veronica Mars, All Grown Up at the ATX Television Fest

Series creator Rob Thomas explains why the cult show has to change

"...from life's gritty realities. Unlike many millennial teen melodramas – which glossed over everything from eating disorders to binge..."

June 7, 2019 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

How the Revenue Cap "Reform" Will Affect Austin and Travis County

Senate Bill 2, explained

"...Since the dawn of 2019, we here at your local Chronicle, along..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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