Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...7:20pm, Central Presbyterian Church; Sat., Elysium, 11:30pm Erika M. Anderson's 2011 debut..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Exhumed’s Necrocracy

San Jose gore/grind outfit gets political – for free

"...Toxic Holocaust, Richmond-via-Boston metal punks Ramming Speed, and local death/grind heroes Mammoth Grinder. Show’s free, so crusties have no..."

Jan. 29, 2014 Music Post by Andy O’Connor

True Norwegian Black Metal

"...That musical avalanche struck fast and hard, guitarist and bassist doing..."

April 22, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Albert

"...Bleached by the sun And scorched by the moon If I..."

Feb. 19, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Arts String

"...lad or lass just learning the lay of the musical landscape, as it were. You'll find no better guides..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Music Review

Blame Canada

A sampling of musical poutines

"...driven into extended bouts of creative hibernation and rebellion by the fact that it's winter nine months a year...."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Beetlejuice

There's a lot of life in this show about death

"...Musical versions of successful films are often less like gilding..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: The City Theatre's The Fantasticks

Reverential and sharp production of the classic musical

"...Brooks Atkinson in The New York Times, "[it] is by nature the sort of thing that loses magic the..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Top 10 Festival Films of 2017 You Haven't Seen Yet

From zombie musicals to political scandals, a bumper year

"..."Scottish Christmas zombie musical" may sound like the elevator pitch from hell, but..."

Jan. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Live: Big Thief

Day party robbed by Masterpiece maker Adrianne Lenker!

"...Up Charlies. The Lost Weekend day parties, pulled together by BrooklynVegan and the local Sound on Sound Fest –..."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Libby Webster

Playback: Smiling Your Way to Heaven

Supernatural advice by West Texas sage Tommy Hancock, tears from Billy Gibbons, and Casual Strangers coupling

"...Sunday, 2pm, at the Marchesa Theatre. Using footage shot by Charles Harp around the millennium, local filmmaker Dwight Adair..."

July 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Postmarks

Death Penalty Violates Constitution

"...informative article on the Board of Pardons and Paroles ["Death Row Dilemma," Vol.18, No.21]. I have long held that..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Column

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The best showcases are usually those you stumble onto by sheer, dumb luck, and when they leave your mouth..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Hamilton Lottery Coming for Austin Performances

You can't say no to this!

"...(and touring off) Broadway. So, with Lin-Manuel Miranda's revolutionary musical returning to Austin, it's bringing the lottery back with..."

Nov. 16, 2021 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Second Big SXSW Music List

Nile Rodgers, Modern English, Cool Kids, and 204 more added

"...and technology conference now just 115 days away, South by Southwest unloads another big batch of programming – headlined..."

Nov. 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

"Stop Hitting Yourself" Again!

Rudes' workshop for 2014 Lincoln Center premiere sells out

"...New York City this winter or folks just mesmerized by that queso fountain onstage, the entire six-performance run is..."

Sept. 19, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Off the Radar, On the Gaydar Shows

‘Gay Place Xtra’ reviews of Dreadful Sorry, Zoe Lewis, the Gossip, and the Eagles of Death Metal

"...performance of true musical eclecticism on Friday. Lewis was onstage..."

March 17, 2006 Features Feature

New Wave Schtick of the `90s

Just Can't Enough

"...of cheeky brats, whose instruments and melodies, somewhat obscured by the shrieking of overbearing keyboards and Matik's onstage antics,..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...Think that you had your South by Southwest schedule set? Well, throw that draft calendar out,..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Draylen Mason Is Still Being Remembered, and How Matters

A year after his death, we should do as Draylen did

"...in the year since young Draylen Mason was killed by a bomb planted at his home by Mark Anthony..."

March 22, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW 2013 Round Two: More Bands Announced

Big year for Bogota bands with a heavy playlist from Colombia

"...is ticking before Downtown becomes one single party, South by Southwest just announced its second round of musical acts..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Superstar

In an excerpt from Bobby Whitlock: A Rock 'n' Roll Autobiography, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends sow the seeds of Eric Clapton's Derek & the Dominos

"...Pub booker David Cotton. "Which one?" Duane Allman, 24, death by motorcycle in Macon, Ga., 1971; bassist Carl Radle,..."

July 15, 2011 Music Feature by Bobby Whitlock

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...morning feeling when the complete lineup for the South by Southwest Film Festival popped up in our in-box. Sure,..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Audio Snapshots

America's premiere archival roots label celebrates the big 4-0.

"...E. Mainer's Mountaineers to a more modern bluegrass spearheaded by Del McCoury...."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Mike Quinn

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

Choose your fest: Psych, Death, or Blues

"...and wrote jingles in her native Japan, was mentored by the late jazz genius Ahmad Jamal at Berklee College..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Review: The Lure

This all-singing, all-dancing Polish mermaid film has teeth

"...A gloriously genre-defying mashup of melodrama, romance, musical, and cultural subtext masquerading as a horror film, The..."

Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'Ida,' Ho!

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'Princess Ida' makes her Austin debut

"...Gilbert & Sullivan Hit Parade. Indeed, this eighth collaboration by the musical team has never been produced by the..."

June 13, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Once a Believer, Always a Believer

Alejandro Escovedo reflects on a triumphant 2012

"...who followed up Bruce Springsteen guest spots during South by Southwest with an acclaimed third collaboration with famed producer..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

'Mojo' Recommends

Mojo showcasers prog the rock

"...Tomassi sits somewhere between the post-prog complexities offered up by the Mars Volta and battering the grindcore invective of..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...about film is an innately subjective endeavor: one person's Death Race 2000 is another, lesser person's Death Race. And..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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