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

Express Yourself

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

"...Brand New Bag.” Wilson Pickett (“Mustang Sally”), Sly Stone (“Dance to the Music”), and Jackie Wilson (“Higher and Higher”)..."

July 29, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

'Skate! A Night at the Rink': Heaven on Wheels

Choreographer Allison Orr liked the moves she saw at the rink so much, she invited local skaters to dance

"...would," says the choreographer and artistic director of Forklift Danceworks. "They're like flipping upside down and lifting each other..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bra Boys

Russell Crowe narrates this insider's documentary about Australia's Bra Boys – a family of brawlers whose exploits are legendary.

"...Maroubra, Australia’s impoverished ocean-side housing projects, or a notorious gang of tattooed thugs ruling the beaches through violence and..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Funny Ha-Ha in a Half-Dozen Languages

AFS Essential Cinema presents Making the World Laugh: Global Comedy

"...pretend to be the members of a feared street gang after learning kung fu from a manual. The film's..."

May 30, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...the year's most exceptional achievements in the visual arts, dance, classical music, and theatre. The nominations for the 2008..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zeppelin 3

"...courtesy of Led Zeppelin. Now being accosted by a gang of music thugs in the back of a school..."

March 28, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Clipse, Kid Sister, the Cool Kids

Friday

"...The crowd concurred as scenesters hopped to the next dance party while hip-hop heads, including M1 of Dead Prez,..."

March 21, 2008 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

MSTRKRFT

Saturday

"...the pitch raised. Part remixes, part The Looks (Last Gang), MSTRKRFT rocked the joint, never once stopping for air..."

March 21, 2008 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Reeling in the Years with Ray and Rusty

"...a charter member of Ray’s Cobra Club, the ragtag gang of fans of his old-school big band blues croon..."

Feb. 11, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Make It Work

Music to get down with

"...maybe now is the time to learn to appreciate dance pop...."

Feb. 1, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Wonders of 2007

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recaps 2007 in dance and classical music

"...of trusted designers, and her amazing corps of aerial dancers transformed the massive beams and vast emptiness of the..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The Ultimate Christmas Musical: The Musical!' Saving the season with every Christmas story you've ever heard

The Yellow Tape gang works its high-energy, kitschy, crowd-pleasing magic on the holidays

"...The Musical!, Yellow Tape has been offering kitschy, popular dance and theatrical productions in the Austin area for the..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Murder City Devils

Waterloo Park, Nov. 3 & 4

"...When Leslie Hardy wound up the organ for opener "Dance Hall Music," from 1997's eponymous debut, the black-clad fanatics..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Dolly Would: Here you come again

An encore run for Getalong Gang's dance salute to Tennessee country queen Dolly Parton

"...aerodynamics would seem to ensure that Dolly Parton and dance have precious little to do with each other. But..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes in the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival

"...got all the candy, and they sing. This grrl gang of Austinites performs complete musicals from audience suggestions, accompanied..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Word Up, Showdown

Austin's teen poets unfurl their flag in Silicon Valley

"...The two deliver a particularly powerful piece about gang violence called "Purple." Here they lament the futility of..."

July 13, 2007 Books Feature by Stacy Alexander Evans

Emo's Anniversary Weekend: Another Year, Another Beer (Spilled on Your Shoes)

"...guitarist Mick Barr. Dude can noodle. Later, 'round midnight, Gang Gang Dance cleansed the hippie/hipster masses with cerebral electro/rave/space..."

June 25, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Sweat in Your Crack: The Schadentrack

A sweaty, itchy look at this summer's freaky discs.

"...weirdness. “Ghosted” and “Displacement” get the major sax attack. Gang Gang Dance Retina Riddim (The Social Registry) CD/DVD of..."

May 29, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Kickin' It Old Skool

Jamie Kennedy wakes up after a breakdancing injury put him in a coma 20 years ago. That's when this film's real trauma begins.

"...featuring the early hip-hop classic, “Rapper’s Delight,” by Sugarhill Gang. In Adam Sandler’s Wedding Singer, 80-year-old character actress Ellen..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

NFL Analysis 101: The Gangs of Fear and Evil

"...need linebackers and safeties to make the legendary blitzkrieg dance. I see the Pats invading the state of Florida..."

April 16, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Saturday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...percussive intensity of their live shows. Come ready to dance to one of the best bands you'll hear all..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Hammer of the Gods

Scandinavia brings the lobster tail to SXSW 07

"...equally glacial sounds: The dark throes of Bauhausophiles Bang Gang; the techno march of capital-repping weirdos Reykjavik! (whose influences..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Pissyourpantstastic

They're still streaming into SXSW from the land down under

"...Spod go the other chronological direction with a retro-future dance concoction that's got more than just a little debonair..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Stomp the Yard

Although littered with clichés and shopworn manipulations, this film's intervening dance sequences are so captivating that it’s almost possible to forget you’ve seen this movie a hundred times before.

"...we first meet him, he’s tearing up the underground dance-battle scene in Los Angeles with an array of moves..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

FronteraFest 2007: The lowdown

"..."The Earth Is a Fluid," by Sharon Sparlin. Modern dance, geometry, and Greek gods, all rolled into one.Saturday, Jan...."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature

Planet Funk Meets Planet Punk

Nu beats on famous bleats

"...Television, and yes, even Blondie, to Britpunk godheads like Gang of Four, Wire, and the Buzzcocks. Wasn't that original..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Prom Nite

Bonus Tracks

"...be the house band for KVRX's annual prom. The Gang of Four-derived jangle of "Monastery" and "Gash" screams spiked..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Music Review by Austin Powell

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

Parade

'Parade' is an ambitious musical for a university theatre department, but the entire company presenting it at St. Edward's is impressively in tune with Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's retelling of the Leo Frank case

"...and moves all of a piece, whether executing period dance steps by choreographer Stacey Huston or leaning in intently..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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