SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!

"...emerged as one to watch at last fall's CMJ festival. Considered at the front lines of the current "tropicalia"..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Ice Cream Man Presents!

"...I was in Vancouver slinging cream at a Virgin Festival that Muse was supposed to play at. Muse ended..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Matt Allen

Off the Record

Throwing the first stone for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...5) Beach House, Teen Dream (Sub Pop)..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...sevenpiece band of Honeybears spent last year bum-rushing the festival circuit, barnstorming Europe, playing late-night talk shows, and shouting..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

It Is What It Is

The year in books

"...Ian McEwan's slim meditation on sexual repression, On Chesil Beach (Nan A. Talese), was elegantly crafted but felt like..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Rockabye Baby

Rockabye baby, on the treetops, when the bow breaks, the cradle will rawk!

"...titles every three weeks, totaling 20 releases, including the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, the Cure, Nirvana, Eagles, U2, the..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...true believers left in punk rock, including one Huntington Beach, Calif., label with deep Texas ties. Founded a decade..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...11pm, Soho Lounge A Postal Service-Beach Boys hybrid, Architecture in Helsinki puts their own touch..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Day Trips

"...the only two parks on the lake with swimming beaches. At Fox Park the beach is separated from the..."

July 27, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...while co-founding Star Tickets and staging hundreds of large-scale festivals and benefits, from No Nukes concerts to Farm Aid...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Day Trips

"...bait, boat rentals, gasoline, sand volleyball, and a sandy beach. Cabins will be ready to rent by the end..."

July 14, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

By the Hand of the Father

Previewing Alejandro Escovedo's new autobiographical play, By the Hand of the Father.

"...I assimilated into the culture pretty heavily, the California beach culture. I was always Mexican, because that's what my..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

TV Eye

Now that the February sweeps are over, take a look what the networks are dragging in for March.

"...times): Scantily clad, affluent young people party on the beach...."

March 3, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two

Cities can manage their destinies.

"...go out of your way to catch The Palm Beach Story (February 7), Hail the Conquering Hero (February 15),..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Column by Louis Black

Unmitigated Mercies

"...parents were intellectuals who went to the Newport Jazz Festival every year. ... They were fifties Cheever people, with..."

March 26, 1999 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...beer ranch, you know you’re gonna have a chillass festivallike weekend full of delicious terroir beers, fancy-tasting burgers, and..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

SXSW Online Offered Lots to Look Forward To

Virtual festival forecasts incoming local debuts and tentative fall touring.

"...looped back to yearning for shows. Virtually maintaining the festival's longtime focus on discovery and international acts, SXSW Online..."

March 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: October Travel Updates

A true beer cave softens the blow of pandemic cancellations

"...April come rain or shine. This year the annual festival was postponed from April until October. In late September..."

Oct. 1, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: August Travel Updates

The latest on safe travel during the pandemic

"...to a museum are a four, going to the beach is a five, swimming in a public pool is..."

Aug. 6, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...and awe before reuniting the departed on a metaphorical beach of forgiveness. When the film won the Palme d'Or..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Owen Egerton In Blood Fest, fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Alongside Summer Film Series constants like the ongoing family festival and the celebration of foreign cinema, there are as..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Macon Blair Wins Sundance 2017

Grand Jury prize-winner tops the list of locals done good – and bad – at Park City

"...of the camera. He was awarded the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize for his feature..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Playback – Still Standing: Savannah Welch

Austin songbird Savannah Welch rehabs serenely after losing her right leg

"...to build a unique event in an increasingly homogenized festival market. November rains (and nearby lightning strikes) caused the..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Welcome to Terrordome: Sixth Street During SXSW

Appraising APD's solution to Sixth Street during SXSW

"...Assistant Chief Chris McIlvain calls Sixth Street during the Festival a "challenging environment for public safety."..."

April 8, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Travel

A trip planner for the month of March

"...Galveston’s five beach parks officially open on March 12 and will remain..."

March 9, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Gay Place

Do you know BoyMonroe?

"...fundraiser to benefit the first ever Austin International Drag Festival (see Sunday). ON OUR GAYDAR..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Column

Twinkies, Twerking, & Paraplegic Crowd Surfing

Fun Fun Fun Fest 8 – wrapped

"...Red River District, an obvious starting line for a festival created by Red River booking sage Graham Williams and..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Critics Poll

"...Randy Newman, Austin City Limits Music Festival, Zilker Park (Jim Caligiuri)..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...find themselves handcuffed together at the world renowned music festival, T in the Park, where they are both scheduled..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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