30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...Any Austin-based or Austin-headed music fan worth their salt starts encountering the same line of questioning come March: Anyone..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement

Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced

"...State Rep. James Talarico, and ACLU’s Nationwide Director of Artist & Entertainment Engagement Jessica Weitz entitled State of Being:..."

Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

Occupied City

A portrait of Amsterdam now and under Nazi occupation

"...In 1968, German artist Anselm Kiefer perpetrated his provocative art terrorism campaign "Occupations"..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the Austin-shot..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: "Holiday Show: Favorite Pieces"

Internationally flavored group show at Unchained.Art makes the artists the curators

"...Christina Hiltscher, the director and founder of Unchained.Art, developed the concept of "Holiday Show: Favorite Pieces" to..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Arts Feature by Meher Qazilbash

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 22-28

"...Discovery Channel and watch bear-attack survivors recount their horror." Martial arts master Morihei Ueshiba had a different perspective. "Mountains,..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Pharcyde and Brownout’s Special Fest Collaboration and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Find Nineties alt-hip-hop pioneers and Caroline Rose at two separate benefits

"...In 2021, Been There launched as a private party among supporters and residents of the Esperanza Community, a..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The 2023 Austin Food & Wine Festival

"...Salsa Macha from chefs Liz Everett and Stephanie Everett Martin of Ensenada ATX..."

Nov. 7, 2023 Photo Gallery

999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow Invites You to Step Inside an American Tradition

The beauty of the bizarre

"...top for the next evolution of this great American art form and its celebration of the unique and beautifully..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...Lone Star. You know what doesn’t give you debilitating heartburn and back payments to Tesla? Modelo Oro...."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

First Look: Unicorniverse

New European bakery and cafe turns plants into magic

"...There’s nothing restrained about Unicorniverse, the newly opened plant-based, European-inspired bakery and cafe in Round Rock. While the strip-mall..."

July 27, 2023 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...but hard-won over years as a steadfast, true-blue rambling artist. Alongside the wealth of LP recommendations, her Texas tales..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Review: Solero Flamenco's “A Journey Through Spain”

From Andalusia to Austin, flamenco emanates expressive energy

"...and vocalist, Irma La Paloma, called flamenco a “living art,” a rich blend of cultures that continues to adapt,..."

June 7, 2023 Arts Post by Annie Prafcke

Five Arty Reasons to Visit the Blanton

As the art museum gets an exterior makeover, don't miss the beauty inside

"...The two halves of the Blanton Museum of Art have always divided, but the refurbishment of the connecting..."

May 12, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Fearless Texas Singer-Songwriter and Playwright Jo Carol Pierce Has Died

Known for honky-tonk manifesto Bad Girls Upset by the Truth

"...Among her many impressive achievements as an artist, Pierce may have pulled off her most unlikely one..."

Dec. 5, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

This Thanksgiving, Consider Native American-Inspired Dishes

Cooking with Indigenous ingredients

"...ingredient must be thoroughly researched or native to this particular land, but it is possible to highlight more First..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Faster Than Sound: Unpacking Harry Styles' Austin Run With the Professor Teaching a Class on Him

Texas State's Dr. Louie Dean Valencia offers a crash course in the Harry-verse

"...2017 at the Moody Theater], so I think that's part of the intrigue. Houston, San Antonio, Dallas – they've..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

ATX Queer Music Fest, Ovey Fest, New Candys, Bryan Carter, and more local shows worth seeing

"...two stages of live entertainment, there will be an art market brought to you by women- and LGBTQ+-focused Frida..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Austin’s Best Free Summer Events

From museums to live music to yoga to bats, Austin has it all

"...free live music and events in the worlds of art, yoga, and theatre have something for everyone...."

July 15, 2022 Events Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

Scratch Acid Makes Rare Appearance in Austin on Saturday… to Recount Escapades Past

Bradford, Sims, and Washam pop up at David Yow’s interview show

"...writer/director revealed that Yow’s scenes have been the highest-rating parts at test screenings and that his father was so..."

July 10, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blues on the Green, Puscifer, Brennen Leigh, Ghost Wolves, and more recommended shows

"...Keenan following a week of jet-lag recovery from Tool's European tour. The frontman joins rehearsal for Puscifer's long-awaited Existential..."

June 10, 2022 Music Column by Maya Wray

Two New Music Documentaries About New Orleans Merge Genres and Generations

A river runs through it

"...legendary New Orleans musicians performing with and mentoring younger artists – in the words of filmmaker Martin Shore, "breaking..."

May 20, 2022 Screens Feature by Michael King

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Spirit Adrift, Austin Reggae Fest, Nilüfer Yanya, Amyl & the Sniffers, and more recommended shows

"...touches off the astral doom trio’s 25 dates in European backwaters including Glasgow, London, Paris, Oslo, Gothenburg, Eindhoven, and..."

April 22, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...like Eleanor Friedberger and Lola Kirke, the New York-based artist supports ambient folk with atmospheric chamber-pop arrangements and soft,..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...by the Trail of Dead, was on its first European tour. As far as the 28-year-old was concerned, it..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Qmmunity: Leave Them Kids Alone

Time to support trans kids, plus Frida Friday ATX's birthday!

"...a letter of guidance to those reporting to the Department of Family and Protective Services. The letter's message? Tattle..."

March 4, 2022 Column by James Scott

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...especially native and honorary Austinites - plays a big part in the list. Sandra Bullock brings her big-screen comedy..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What We're Listening to Right Now

Nakia, Sun June, Norman BA$E, Good Looks, 8½ Souvenirs, and more local sounds worth seeking out

"...wants at any cost. It's shocking to see the sweethearted local intimidate as a hostile, domineering sugar daddy, but..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

East Austin's Rocheli Patisserie Brings Haute Couture to French Pastry

The Garcia family weathers multiple storms to open their paean to luxury

"...a pastry display case that is itself an oeuvre d'art...."

Dec. 10, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

"The Blessings of the Mystery" Questions the Notion of Preservation and Ownership

A different West Texas at UT's Visual Arts Center

"...Research, when presented as art, mines from the didactic to form the poetic, the..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Arts Feature by Vivie Behrens

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