OUTsider Begins

Hold on to your manties, Austin's premier queer fest is here

"...This first-ever OUTsider boasts collaborative roots, a gang of artists on a mission to showcase queer artists..."

Feb. 18, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

Gay Place: Big Blue Body

GIAC's Nina Diaz is her own dang thang

"...The Boys of Austin Dance Still Dirty. Still Filthy. Supastar DJ Filthy Rich spins..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

The Gay Place: HelloDolly!

Two doors down (or so), they're thowing a party for Dolly

"...The Boys of Austin Dance Still Dirty. Still Filthy. Supastar DJ Filthy Rich spins..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Live from Austin – Free Week!

Saturday night at Holy Mountain and Swan Dive

"...of the strongest Free Week lineups and saw solid attendance all weekend, was shoulder-to-shoulder when Not In the Face..."

Jan. 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...let's just say that he throws Japanese hip-hop street gangs, the yakuza, mystical mob bosses, long tracking shots, urban..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – 2014: Keeping the Dream Alive

Reviewing ATX music 2014

"...Legendary White Swan closed in June due to inconsistent attendance...."

Dec. 26, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Crazed for Christmas

Grammy nominations, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions, and eight days of Christmas

"...metal Christmas concerts, hip-hop toy drives, and ugly sweater dance parties. The "Playback" advent calendar now counts down the..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fight the Power

The deafening silence of rap in times of need

"...Power,” “Self Destruction,” or “We’re All in the Same Gang,” a trio of tunes released 1989/1990. The latter two..."

Dec. 1, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

ACL Music Fest 2014 Saturday Reviews

"...The Chain Gang of 1974Daydream Forever (Warner Bros.)..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback

Stop complaining there's no hip-hop scene here because now it has its own festival

"...Over a quarter-century after the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash introduced our city to hip-hop with..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Arcade: Day 1

As the airhorns sounded, the indie game onslaught commenced

"...their enticements running from the Benny Hill brawling of Gang Beasts to the subtle complexities of locally developed Spider:..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Playback: DaveTV's Cable Access Comeback

DaveTV returns to cable access!

"...the Minor Mishap Marching Band. Between their cosmic go-go dancers mincing through the crowd and a costumed fan base,..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: NSFW

The return of Eurosex with 'Nymphomaniac' and 'Under the Skin'

"...the bones of AI: Artificial Intelligence and made them dance like Pinocchio. Von Trier instead takes on the putative..."

July 19, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cold Sweat

Where have all our black clubs gone?

"...hangs above the venue's stage. Everyone gets up and dances, hugs, then sits back down in different seating arrangements...."

June 13, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club

Hooky follows up Joy Division with money-hemorrhaging Madchester club

"...transition of its grimy hometown into loved-up Madchester, then gang-violence Gunchester, all set to rave beats. He revels in..."

May 30, 2014 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Margaret Moser Retires

'Chronicle' Senior Music writer Margaret Moser retires after 33 years on the beat

"...at her final AMAs, where she enjoyed a last dance with the Texas Tornados, Jimmie Vaughan, and an entire..."

May 16, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

'Church of the Passionate Cat'

Underbelly Theatre takes you down some delightfully mean streets in its immersive noir adventure

"...being led up a winding staircase into a magical dance party. This thrillingly theatrical odyssey, titled Slip River, was..."

May 9, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Old Settler’s Music Festival: Thursday

Camping, pickin’, and carrying on at the Fest’s first day

"...Janeway, who then ushered in some Sam & Dave-quality dance moves and, later, dropped to his knees and banged..."

April 11, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Live Shot: Lou Reed Tribute

‘Real Good Time Together’

"...moldiness. Jesse Malin raved up funk pastiche “Sally Can’t Dance.” Steve Wynn, after acknowledging the Dream Syndicate getting constant..."

March 15, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

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

Gay Place

Where my queers at? SXSW, b'duh.

"...CARPE NOCTEM Monthly QTPOC dancesplosion, aka a "niplash, circle twerk, and death drop escapade."..."

March 7, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Playback

SXSW begins giving up her secrets.

"...That mentality's reflected with paint splattered Venezuelan dance punks La Vida Bohème, Mexican MC Niña Dioz, Brooklyn's..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...boring-ass hometown, 17-year-old Crystal relies on her passion for dance to escape the mundane life of rural Ontario and..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dearly Beloved

'Sherlock' takes us inside the hearts and minds of its cast

"...Lestrade's year and a half chase of the Waters gang of bank robbers. He's finally closing in on the..."

Jan. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Review: American Idiot

Green Day's rock opera is gorgeously gritty, if not truly punk

"...the DIY ethic of self-sufficiency, so to see a gang of people onstage head-banging and fist-pumping in perfect unison..."

Jan. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Stacy Alexander Evans

Archer Five Is Alive

Recapping the live tour stop and looking ahead to tonight's premiere

"...In the script, the Isis gang takes Pam to Austin for her bachelorette party. She’s..."

Jan. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Gay Place

This week it's all about the Tops and the Bottoms, loves. How do you like your 2013?

"...out your new skills, 8-10pm. First Sundays, 6-10pm. Uptown Dance Studio, 8868 Research #706, 512/459-5678. $5-15, cash only. www.austinuptowndance.com...."

Jan. 3, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Cheer Up Charlie's Out, La Corsha In

East Sixth game-changer faces a new owner and lease non-renewal

"...Christmas came early for the gang at Cheer Up Charlie's, taking the distinct form of..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Playback: Still Weary

Weary Boys reunite, Red River vies for cultural district designation, and MusicMania to close

"...Scott H. Biram remembers when the gang, who he knew from touring in California, first hit..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Connecting to the Cosmos at Utopia Fest

I got in the van, the psych beehive, and Silent Disco

"...“Austin Chronicle van!,” hollered a familiar gang. “We pushed you out of the mud last year!”..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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