The Chronicle’s Favorite Austin Albums of 2023
Ten music writers reflect on the records they loved this year
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Dec. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A couple of mini-festivals, Progger, Blk Ops, Mama Duke, and more live music to see
"...level of musicianship higher than the tip of the Frost Bank Tower. Best of all, it's free. – Michael Toland..."
April 1, 2022 Music Column by Chad Swiatecki
Election Ticker: Don’t Listen to Us!
Midterm coverage, from the folks you love to hate
"...seen projected into the night sky emanating from the Frost Bank tower." He added his theme for the mural:..."
Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
30 Restaurants to Try in Downtown Austin
Eat some good food while you’re in town
"...26) Houndstooth Coffee Find them in the Frost Bank Tower, or at the easy-access special SXSW Interactive..."
March 16, 2018 Food Feature by Acacia Coronado
Public Notice: Your Libraries at Work
Plus parties for the environment, and the Dead
"...community altars, plus family art activities in the neighboring Frost Bank Tower Plaza, a music stage at Brazos Hall,..."
Oct. 28, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Playback: Austin Week in Angers, France
Kevin Curtin runs into more than a handful of musical Austinites on the other side of the globe
"...bridge extending from Angers' St. Maurice Cathedral to Austin's Frost Bank Tower (revisit "The French Connection," Sept. 16). It's..."
Sept. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
The French Connection
Golden moments at Austin Week in Angers, France
"...above extending from Angers’ St. Maurice Cathedral to Austin’s Frost Bank Tower. Old Angers meets new Austin...."
Sept. 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
The Good Eye: Crossing the (180-Degree) Line
Austin actresses go behind the camera
"...Watching these women light up like the Frost Bank Tower as they talk about their mission, it's..."
March 20, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry
Twinkies, Twerking, & Paraplegic Crowd Surfing
Fun Fun Fun Fest 8 – wrapped
"...Death," I noticed that the owl face of the Frost Bank Tower was visible though the upside-down crosses and..."
Nov. 15, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Food-O-File
Austin Bakes for West a winner, plus accolades and openings
"...Houndstooth Coffee (401 Congress) is now open in the Frost Bank Tower with coffee service during the week plus..."
May 10, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Man Falls from Downtown Parking Garage
Police pronounce him dead at the scene
"...falling or jumping from a parking garage near the Frost Bank Tower. The block around the tower's Brazos Street..."
April 26, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
One Man's SXSW ... Times 4
Our intrepid correspondent wanders through all four Festivals – and lives to write about it
"...or indulging in sudden EBM flash mobs at the Frost Bank Tower. Austinites also turn a pretty profit from..."
March 29, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Formula One: Day Zero
November 15, 2012. 11 Photos
"...With the Frost Bank Tower on the skyline, workers prepare one of..."
Nov. 15, 2012 Photo Gallery
Bedside Manner: The October Country
By the pricking of our thumbs, some books wicked this way come
"...away and pinwheel straight into the side of the Frost Bank Tower. I think: Screw you, suckas! Everyone knows..."
Oct. 31, 2011 Books Post by Marc Savlov
Moving Pictures
Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition
"...the Texas state Capitol dome and the Whitman-haunted UT Tower, has gone all jagged with ever-taller condos, ostentatious displays..."
Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
'Play Me, I'm Yours'
Giving 'keys to the city' a whole new meaning
"...at the corner of Fourth and Congress by the Frost Bank Tower, in the gazebo at Wooldridge Square, and..."
April 1, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Can This District Be Saved?
The revival of the Warehouse District is rooted in Austin's history – and its popularity is also its peril
"...Lake|Flato Architects) and Gables Republic Park, a 16-story apartment tower. In addition, Gables obtained a city demolition permit to..."
Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Mothers of Invention
Onetime Austinite Laura Poe delivers a tasty satire about genetically engineered food
"...Before there was a Long Center or a Frost Bank Tower, even before First Street was named for..."
Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo
The Bat
ALO's hometown take on Die Fledermaus with wit, affection, enthusiasm, and style from all parties
"...a painted backdrop of the Capitol, flanked by the Frost Bank building and UT Tower, while costumer Susan Branch..."
June 6, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Re-Re-Re-Re-Reopening Night
The Ritz: Talkie theatre, cowboy hangout, playhouse, comedy and punk club, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
"...Austin fall in all its skyscraping, crystal-blue splendor, the Frost Bank Tower looking truly frosty, the burnt-out ruin of..."
Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage
How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago
"...the recent boom. In 1999, developers envisioned an office tower that would consume all of Block 42 from Fourth..."
Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Landfill Expansion Trashed ... for Now
Opponents of revised contract between Williamson County and Hutto landfill operator Waste Management Industries celebrate county commissioners’ decision to postpone voting on contentious new deal
"...Citizens, could rise twice as high as the UT Tower and about 200 feet higher than the Frost Bank..."
Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland
Before the Flood
In the struggle between local environmentalists and developers, Laura Dunn's documentary reminds us, Barton Springs was only the beginning
"...you've chosen to open with a shot of the Frost Bank Tower under construction...."
March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman
First Night Schedule
"...Park(ing) Lot, Frost Bank Tower, 401 Congress. Take respite in a visual..."
Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Feature
Developing Stories: Where Are They Now?
The latest on this year's big digs
"...Mike Martinez and Betty Dunkerley. The fund would be bankrolled by standard fees that Congress Avenue developers will be..."
Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Bond Booty: Fantasy and Reality
Striking a balance among the various interests wanting a slice of the city bonds pie
"...believe it or not – roughly equivalent to the Frost Bank Tower. Is it really necessary, and will those..."
Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
My Migas, My City
As Downtown development explodes, Las Manitas Avenue Cafe and its neighbors face an uncertain future
"...Congress that potentially could take a full-block project of Frost Bank Tower proportions. According to the commission, under existing..."
July 21, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Downtown's Tall Order
Where can we put 20,000 new residents?
"...startled by the height of the latest downtown residential towers – now shooting up with bamboolike propulsion to 36..."
June 23, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
TCB
Discussing the joys of Meatjoy with Deadwood's John Hawkes, a toast to Beerland's fifth anniversary, and Czeching out faded Western swing great Adolph Hofner
"...also confirmed a Sept. 2 date at Emo's. (The Frost Bank Tower, former site of Club Foot, was unavailable.)..."
June 23, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray
Dwarfing the Frost Tower
Two new skyscrapers coming to Congress
"...The much-vaunted Frost Bank Tower, with its 33 floors, will soon be..."
