Nordic Noise

Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland – 26 inches of SXSW over four days and nights

"...Wave into high-energy emo catharsis. The quartet's second CD, First Aid Kit (Fullsteam), is a parade of radio-ready hooks...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Mom's Travel Advisories

Guerrillas, drug lords, landmines, limb loss, organ malfunction … According to my mother, these are just a few of the terrors that await me when I arrive in South America.

"...all of my immunizations, and I'll carry a small first aid kit for emergencies," I hold up my hand..."

June 15, 2001 Features Feature by Karla Zimmerman

Last Week in Live Music: Nine Inch Nails, Primus, Stone Temple Pilots, and More

"...First Aid Kit at ACL Live on September 18, 2018..."

Sept. 26, 2018 Photo Gallery

ACL 2017: Artists Behind the Scenes

"...First Aid Kit..."

Oct. 16, 2017 Photo Gallery

The Wild Reeds

The World We Built (Dualtone)

"...front trio's harmonies define the whole, however, from the First Aid Kit swell of "Everything Looks Better (in Hindsight)"..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Summer Fun: Road Show Picks

Bruise through this year's stadium tour

"...things stick: That year Def Leppard was a mere kitten; in August, the grizzled British rockers bring Pyromania to..."

May 15, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

The Great Gig in the Sky

The best albums of our lives – and the afterlife

"...10) First Aid Kit, Stay Gold (Columbia) Top 10 Austin (Boyz)..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014, Saturday

"...First Aid Kit..."

Nov. 9, 2014 Photo Gallery

Pleasure of the Paynes 2014

The 'Fix' was in at the 40th theatre awards ceremony

"...was sick backstage, trooping down with a bucket and first-aid kit, asking where the ailing actor was, and having..."

Nov. 4, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

I Could’ve Been Your Girl

She & Him’s Father’s Day set might’ve made some future fathers

"...pitch-perfect sonics like Scandinavian contemporaries and fellow sibling duo, First Aid Kit...."

June 17, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Austin City Limits Music Festival 2012, Friday

"...First Aid Kit at Austin City Limits Music Festival, October..."

Oct. 13, 2012 Photo Gallery

ACL Grrrl Power

More female headliners, please, but we like these four acts

"...FIRST AID KIT (Fri., 1:15pm, Honda stage)..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

The Musician's Guide to the Road: A Survival Handbook & All-Access Backstage Pass to Touring

Sheet Music

"...taking three pages to list the contents of a first aid kit, but she spices things up with anecdotes..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Safety Net

Chillin' with a trio of Austin's hippest emergency-services personnel

"...helped open the door for the likes of Limp Bizkit and P.O.D., maybe one in 10 raise their hands...."

Nov. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Hurricane Harvey Resources

Sites, social media, and emergency resources to help weather the storm

"...• Assemble a family emergency supplies kit, which should include first aid materials, batteries, and plenty..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Emergency Post by Katarina Brown

Off the Record

Ashes to ashes: drying off and winding down after Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Sunday morning, Bankrupt & the Borrowers paid an emotionally unnerving final tribute to the band's founder,..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

After a Fashion

The photo in this week's column isn't NSFW, especially if you work at Anchovies or Midtowne Spa

"...unknown reason I was online looking at emergency survival kits. They had some terrific ones with no-batteries-needed radios, flashlights,..."

April 9, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Off the Record

Austin's Monster of Folk strolls down Mermaid Avenue, inside Woxy's DJ booth, and beating the drum for HAAM Benefit Day

"...played live," says Johnson, who last gigged behind the kit with Jandek in July 2007. His return coincides with..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXQ&A: TMS Ruge

Project Diaspora co-founder and SXSW speaker talks African tech

"...BOSCO, and WOUGNET in Uganda, you get to see first hand how effectively connected technologies are helping marginalized communities..."

March 13, 2010 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Raped Twice?

Virginia Glore asked the APD for a rape test -- instead they're prosecuting her for DWI.

"...got in the car with Charlotte," Glore remembers, "the first thing she says is, 'Girl, we were drugged.' When..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Xenophobia?

International Acts at SXSW

"...(Prague, Czech Republic): It's pronounced Stow Zvee-rhot and their first U.S release is called Druha Brada (it means Double..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Postmarks

Righteous readers respond to recent rape reportage, and our Best of Austin issue garners a kudo or two.

"...2. Despite his claim to the contrary, Oden explicitly said he "tends to believe" that Glore is fabricating the..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...nerves. "We got as far as right there," Sampson said, pointing to a spot about a block west of..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...smoke alarms to the people who need them most," said Mayor Will Wynn in a press release. – J.S...."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...a heart-stopping balloon ride over the Russian landscape, the first of many visionary tropes in Tarkovsky's epic. Rublev was..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...his weekly KCRW Le Show filled with song parodies, skits, and real estate listings to town for a live..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Meet Austin’s Funk Prodigy D-Madness

Blind purveyor of soul, hip-hop, and reggae takes us behind the curtain

"..."At first, [doctors] said he wasn't blind," she explains. "They said..."

July 28, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...into an unpredictable run-off – it wouldn't be the first surprise in Travis County politics. County Judge (and Moore..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Rocketman

A biopic of Elton John be as spectacular and catty as the man himself

"...Richard Madden, Gemma Jones, Bryce Dallas Howard, Matthew Illesley, Kit Connor, Tate Donovan, Charlie Rowe, Stephen Graham and Celinde..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...In comparison to AZT – the first HIV antiviral medication approved by the FDA in 1987..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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