SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...Fire back before Win Butler and company learned to dance. Austin Powell The Mastersons..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Talkin' the Walk

Hip-hop theatre artist Zell Miller III speaks truth about radio, race, and fatherhood

"...of gesture and tableaux, from abstract movement to African dance, from children's games to yoga poses, all the while..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Poppin' and Lockin' Ain't Stoppin'

Boogaloo Shrimp on life two decades after 'Breakin'

"...the until-then rigid idea of the fluid physicality of dance was deconstructed into a stuttery, robotic series of near-spastic..."

April 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...roof, no mural, just a gravel pit for a dance floor and a few dozen hippie-types strewn about. Not..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Your Weekend Events Shopping Already Done for You!

Recommended arts and music events for your perusal

"...the giant feet, who loves his bear and can dance to a beat? Big Bird! Oh yeah. And now,..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Croy & the Boys’ Golden Rule of Honky-Tonks

Local outlaws convert country haters in new video

"...rowdy, outlaw country outpost when they sneak in a gang of Austin dancers, most notably ubiquitous local two-steppin’ presence..."

Oct. 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend: Sept. 28-Oct. 1

The Austin Chronicle – proudly exacerbating your FOMO since 1981!

"...friends, then take a left turn and get your gang to Live Oak Brewery, where you can grab a..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...power-pop for a generation that specializes in fake biker gang jackets, facial hair, Pork magazine subscriptions, and chronically bad..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Gay Place: Diva Dish

Just another "average" week in sparkly, spangly Gay Town in the A-town.

"...LATIN NIGHTS Latin dance lessons, and all the salsa/merengue/bachata rump-shakers on the decks..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Column

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Empire Control Room Chilean producer Matias Aguayo makes biological dance music. Hand claps, whispers, giggles; his best album, 2009's..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...Yes, and I want to tell you about fire-dancers twirling balls of flames in swift choreography with eerily..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Sofia’s latest graffiti masterpiece is buffed by a rival gang, these two determined Bronx teens must hustle, steal, and..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Your Name Here

Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr put Austin punk on the map, then spent the next quarter century painting on it

"...an anomaly in hardcore history: punk rock you could dance to, a combination tagged on countless show posters with..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen gang against an invasion of alien monsters. It turns a..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

We Are Normal, Cha Cha Chaaa

The dance 'We Are Normal, Cha Cha Chaaa' is such a whirl of motion, bursting with youthful exhilaration, that it suggests nothing so much as five girls hard at play on a long summer's day

"...we see in children. Indeed, for this viewer, the dance suggests nothing so much as five kids hard at..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...infectious, horn-driven blend of salsa, Latin jazz, and Afro-Cuban dance sounds. Come out early and kick-start the weekend. –..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...BELAIRE7:30pm, Emo's IV Everyone loves to dance and smile. Austin fourpiece Belaire is a collaboration between..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

2005 Kids Summer Camps

An annotated list of several places where kids could be going this summer to enjoy physically and mentally invigorating activities

"...11-13, June 13-17, 9am–12:30pm. 605 Robert E. Lee, 445-5582. www.umlaufsculpture.org.Theatre/Dance CampsDOUGHERTY ARTS SCHOOL is offering an awe-inspiring number of..."

April 29, 2005 Features Feature

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...CaligiuriRADIO 49pm, Stubb's Brooklyn's Radio 4 is all bright, dancey beats, driving catchy lyrics, and chunky riffs. And, yes,..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

New Year's Eve Events

"...to help you decide where you're going to 1) dance, 2) imbibe, 3) dine, 4) generally celebrate, 5) get..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Features Feature by Wells Dunbar

Articulations

Tapestry wants you to see its show .com for free, and Scott Swanson wants you to find the arts on your TV, through his show Scene After Dark.

"...This weekend, Tapestry Dance Company remounts .com, its delightful peep inside the life..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

.com

You know the way Dilbert can sometimes get the whole office / cyber scene down perfectly? That's what Tapestry Dance Company does in their new show .com, and just as cleverly -- but with dance. And with some real depth and beauty worked in there, too. It was like the best of Dilbert, but with Dilbert as drawn by one of the Wyeths.

"...the other night, called .com! It was this big tap-and-modern-dance thing, all about the Internet and the effect of..."

June 8, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Drinking and Shrieking

This local Web site is dragging Austin clubs online and into the spotlight.

"...Carousel Lounge, from punk rock stalwart Emo's to breakout dance 'n' DJ club Twist. The plan is to spread..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Future Gladiators and Fantastical Stories Mark the Literary Year in Review

Pulled from the shelves

"...of late, here's one that really hits the mark. Chain-Gang All-Stars (Vintage, 432 pp., $18), the debut novel from..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Music Hall of Famer’s hard-driving accordion and traditional Louisiana dance hall sound. Austin icon and armadillo purveyor Jim Franklin..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"

Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers

"...sewer pipe that covered one entire wall along the dance floor, and people who weren't dressed like British punk,..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Carrie Rodriguez's Laboratorio, itchy-O, Fontaines D.C., Ash Lauryn, Nas & Wu-Tang, and more

"...Salmon, and, of course, the man himself, with whatever gang of wackjobs and ne'er-do-wells he rounds up as sidekicks. –..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

SXSW Music List No. 3

Dead Meadow, Sad13, Cindy Wilson, Lizzo, Boogarins, and 494 others

"...Ballzy’s Mason James. Also descending locally: Birmingham boogie garage gang Banditos, evil hip-hop crew Ho99o9, L.A. rockers Warbly Jets,..."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place Top 10s: IIIII-dentity!

Ring it in gaily!

"...NEW YEAR'S EVE @ OCH Larry and the gang do it up right with this free fandango to..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Column by Kate X Messer

National Top 10s

Best non-local albums of 2015 – by genre

"...5) Lindi Ortega, Faded Gloryville (Last Gang)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

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