SXSW Conference Taps Issa Rae, Signal and Colossal Leads for Keynotes

Lineup drop also adds Kevin Bacon, Hideo Kojima, Last of Us cast & crew

"...announcement about Colossal’s progress while showcasing groundbreaking technologies like gene editing, cloning, and artificial wombs that are restoring extinct..."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...2 Director: Gavin O'Connor, Producers: Ben Affleck, Lynette Howell Taylor, Mark Williams, Screenwriter: Bill Dubuque Christian Wolff is brought..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Surreal Party, a Dead Parade, and More Recommended Events

Liven up your weekend with these undead events

"...the sleepover staple for you... The Craft hit the general populace in 1996 and has yet to stop influencing..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Here Are Your Winners for the 42nd Annual Austin Music Awards

Austin’s favorite albums, artists, and instrumentalists of 2023

"...Gene Centeno..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by The Music Team

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...missing. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Stephanie Hsu. (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...explores the dreams, doubts and fears of an annihilated generation, and the struggle to carry on making cinema. (U.S...."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Her Own, Bottle Alley Theatre Company & Just Friends Taylor Flanagan (everyone), Judith, Hyde Park Theatre Melody Fullylove (Dotty),..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: The 13th Floor Moves to Red River, Taking Over the Green Jay Space

The former Beerland building continues to evolve, and more music news

"...Sebastian, and the Brian Jonestown Massacre. The small space generally only accommodated stripped-down performances, like Gus Baldwin's Mondays bookings,..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Headlines From a Year in Limbo

A year-in-review of Austin music news

"...quote provided by ACL Live at the Moody Theater General Manager Colleen Fischer in March, speaking of rescheduled tours:..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

True to the Blues: Eastside Kings Festival Returns

"It's not three chords, it's the heart and soul of a nation!" – Birdlegg

"...country blues, Jontavious Willis has come on as a next-generation talent in America's purest art form. The 25-year-old from..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Only in Austin: The 2020-2021 Austin Music Award Sweepstakes

Austin Music Poll's 40th anniversary inspires mobile sweepstakes and emotional write-ins

"...Gene Taylor died Feb. 20 at age 68. According to..."

March 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...killings of Black citizens like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor coincided in the span of a few months. Bleacher..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Faster Than Sound – Austin Radio: “We Never Stopped or Went Off the Air”

Austin radio stations stay on-air and spirited during COVID-19

"...off her first show back in the station with Gene Autry's "Back in the Saddle Again." After seven weeks..."

May 8, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Willie and a Movie

The Red Headed Stranger rides again at Luck Cinema's kickoff, thriving Austin rapper Ladi Earth can't be categorized, and more music news

"...I'd react a lot," "I grew up singing with Gene Autry and Roy Rogers and all those guys –..."

July 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Boyz In The Wood is an anarchic cocktail of generational politics, hip-hop loving farmers, and hallucinogenic rabbit shite. Cast:..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...on making laughs, with a behind-the-scenes look at the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in It Started as a Joke,..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Best Live Music Performances of 2018

The bands and venues that kept our critics on their feet

"...Hosea Hargrove, Roy Hargrove, Brian Henry Hooper, Scott Hutchison, Gene "El Gusano" Jaimez, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Spencer P. Jones, Mike..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Gospel According to Lee Fields

Soul man tells it all ahead of Saturday’s ice cream social

"...Franklin and James Brown and King Floyd and Johnnie Taylor. It was hittin’ off, especially in Brooklyn...."

June 22, 2018 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Film Awards Announced

Grand jury and special awards given out tonight

"...for Best Cast: This One's For The Ladies (D: Gene Graham)..."

March 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...the girl runs away to be a juggalo. Cast: Taylor Schilling, Bryn Vale, Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis, Blair..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Adult Nonfiction Geneva Abdo – The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...111min/color, 35mm) Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and Gene Wilder. Directed by Arthur..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, and many more

"...George Trent Grogan/Mountain Trout Photography 8) Dave Prewitt 9) Gene Chavez 10) Daniel Cavazos..."

March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

Never before published list of all Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees

"...Gene Ramey (85)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...bringing the first episode of their adaptation of his multi-generational Texas epic The Son to town...."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

At the Statue of Venus/Three Decembers

The Butler Opera Center's pairing of these Jake Heggie chamber operas opened up small concerns to an enduring sense of love

"...chill from their self-involved, spotlight-loving mama. Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer – the composer's collaborator on Moby-Dick – track..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Michael Rivkin, Amir Arison, Kerri Safran, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Gene Serritella, Kristin Slaysman, Eric Fillipkowski (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Playback: Dale Watson's Ameripolitan Dream

Outlaws wanted (for Awards), God calls back Gean West, and SXSW wristbands back on sale!

"...later became increasingly diluted with pop stars à la Taylor Swift...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...eventually for sale to the public. Chef and owner Taylor Hall will be joined in the kitchen by chef..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

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