SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...Steve Earle's Dukes and Duchesses. Following up 2012 debut Birds Fly South, the native Texans release Good Luck Charm..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Day Party: Sub Pop Licensing Show

North Door hosts bluegrass, punk, Kelley Deal, and more

"...Taking the stage before a polite smattering of early birds, the Haden Triplets filled the air with captivating sisterly..."

March 12, 2014 Music Post by Greg Beets

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Black Milk. A few other at-a-glance notables include the Dead Boys’ Cheetah Chrome, Liverpudlian Julian Lennon, Swamp pop legend..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Band Invites, Part II

Only 112 days remaining until the Music conference begins

"...Dead C (Dunedin, New Zealand)..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Beware 'The Visitor'

Drafthouse Films brings space oddity to screens tonight

"...room full of Avatar Aang imitators. Exploding basketballs. Creepy birds. Drunk Sam Peckinpah. Demon kids doing gymnastics. And it's..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Art of Death

Kate Heyhoe weaves Dreams of the Dead via sugar skulls

"...by the festive, colorful traditions of Day of the Dead, Heyhoe came up with the idea of making her..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Headlines

"...website, even though search engines still reliably turn up dead links on the site, and its brown-on-brown color scheme..."

Sept. 13, 2013 News Feature

You're Next

What begins on a familiar slasher/home-invasion note quickly escalates into a hellishly suspenseful, take-zero-prisoners affair.

"...Die, and Barrett penned the grossly overlooked 2004 creep-out Dead Birds. They know their stuff, and while You’re Next..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Listing Chaos

"...Left for Dead (Sat., 12mid, Red 7; Sun., 9pm, 1100 Warehouse) Reunited..."

May 31, 2013 Music Feature

The Unknown Soldier

Bill Carter steps out from under the shadow of Captain Jack Sparrow

"...Ray Vaughan and "Why Get Up" for the Fabulous Thunderbirds with his wife Ruth Ellsworth, should be knocked on..."

May 3, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Chaos in Tejas Gets Mobb Deep

Havok and Prodigy to perform "The Infamous" and more bands added

"...Harris, who has covered 'Demona' by Cole's other-other-other band Dead Moon, makes her Austin debut. Hardcore crew Left for..."

Feb. 25, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

'Better This Way'

The first-place story

"...lot for the normal people to leave with their birds in cages and cats in brown boxes. Hooch tries..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Evil Dead Director/Screenwriter: Fede Alvarez, Screenwriter: Rodo Sayagues Five friends, holed..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'The Voice in My Head': A Super Bowl for the Birds?

The birdbrains of Maryland and Georgia are an obscure nondescript folk

"...The 49ers would bring a revivalist, back-from-the-dead mystique to New Orleans that would conjure the team’s..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Letters at 3AM: Winter Reveries

No matter the season, no matter the climate, when I write I write in winter

"...could only be kissed on a rooftop in the dead of winter...."

Dec. 28, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Street Lighter

Andy Coolquitt gives urban waste a second life as art

"...but we're still left with a staggering excess of dead goods, countless corpses of once-useful objects...."

Nov. 23, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How I Got Hitched

Marjorie Baumgarten on the trouble with Hitchcock

"...he showed toward her during the filming of The Birds. Yet why does it shock us that misogyny was..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stars

Zilker Park, Oct. 14

"...felt Morrissey-like. Light, upbeat tunes kept afternoon ACL early birds swaying happily, although popular single "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead"..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Music Feature by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Clarence Birdseye, Culinary Pioneer (1886-1956)

October 7 was the anniversary of inventor's death.

"...Birdseye was an amateur naturalist and taxidermist who worked many..."

Oct. 10, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

Clash of the Titans

Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Saturday, 8pm, Bud Light stage) vs. Jack White (Saturday, 8pm, AMD stage)

"...Other Bands: The Squires, the Mynah Birds, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

'Tamed Territory'

Three artists take on the Animal Kingdom and document wildlife with great creativity

"...and civilization: an armadillo and a rabbit. (Poor dear dead and bloodied bunny, realistically rendered and already sold.)..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

This Week

Your one-stop weekly source for capital city events and nightlife

"...Austin’s favorite fabulous drag personality Rebecca Havemeyer. Calling all T-Birds, Pink Ladies, and Beauty School dropouts: Come sing your..."

July 18, 2012 Chron Events Post by Chrontourage

The Here & the Now: Best of 2012 (So Far)

Sampler mixtape for the first half of the year

"...found the Illinois-based Giving Tree Band thanks to the Dead Covers Project, a competition of sorts where acts show..."

July 11, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Horns Look To Fend Off Bears

Forty-four slots separate UT and Baylor in the national rankings

"...a three-game wake-up call; the Bears were for the birds, losing 1-0 in 10 innings, 2-1, and 12-6...."

May 17, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

SXSW 2012 Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

"...past decade, notably Matt Pond PA and the Wooden Birds. With last year's contrarily titled Harmony, the Brooklyn/Austin songstress..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...In the evenings I have started bringing the birds inside to keep their balding necks from the dogs,..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...roll madman junkie drummer superstar who everyone thought was dead but somehow survived 50+ years of heroin abuse, disastrous..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

We P.2ed

Art that surprises, delights, disturbs and, yes, bores.

"...period rooms themselves (a dress on every bed, a dead cat in the living room, a TV in the..."

Jan. 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Melancholia

Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier brings his vision of human annihilation to the screen in this visually stunning and thematically rich film.

"...Kirsten Dunst stands alone in a field, unmoving, as birds fall down around her and the haunting music of..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wednesday Rewind

In the junkyard with Scott H. Biram and Kydd

"...Black Books “The Big Idea” Local indie pop outfit..."

Oct. 19, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

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