Record Reviews

"...it's a mournful or giddy singer. People expect Dewey's ghost from this band, now they get it...."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Review

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

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

"...Ghost Boy Director: Rodney Ascher, Producers: Elika Portnoy, Ryan Bartecki,..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Portraits of Austin Musicians With Their Pets During Stay-at-Home

"...David Cortinas (the Sun Machine) with Rita..."

May 7, 2020 Photo Gallery

Wednesday Picks

The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts now

"...Octopus Project and Kent Lambert. – Melanie HauptTammany Hall Machine..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Shudder for Charity at Scare for a Cure

Austin's biggest fundraising haunt returns with safety in mind

"...Located at the J. Lorraine Ghost Town in Manor, the experience is fully immersive, complete..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Arts Feature by Cody Song

Hot Takes

What to drink with the fieriest salsas at the AC Hot Sauce Festival

"...try my best to avoid the break room Coke machine. So maybe it was with a little bit of..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Some Like It Hot

25th Hot Sauce Festival brings the crowds

"...if the results this year confirm anything, it's that ghost peppers are here to stay. We say keep bringing..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Black Angels Reviewed

"...The Black AngelsDirections to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic)..."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Gary KentHonoring the Grey GhostDear Editor,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column

Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge

Horror-comedy anthology has a mild case of sequelitis

"..."Special Edition," a playfully dry swipe at the J-horror ghost-in-the-machine trope. It's very much of the moment, but that..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Coffey's drums bludgeoning from some far off dimension, and specters-in-the-machine "vocals" hiss through a sonic portal located at the..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"Shawn Camp & Darcie Book: Comity of Ghosts" at ICOSA Gallery

New ICOSA show unites the spirits within via the surfaces without

"...and stunning musical achievement – but the song's title, "Ghost Nation," haunts redundancy when vocalized in the mix as..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cam

Online sex worker drama massages authenticity into techno-thriller

"...within a scene can ever have. But when a ghost in the machine starts imitating Lola, and picking up..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

What's Fantastic at Fantasia

Highlights from the Canadian genre fest, plus films you may see soon

"...the states. But this very modern take on the ghost story is unmissable in any format. It begins with..."

Aug. 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live Music This Weekend, Sept. 1-4

An extra day of delights for your weekend music-going

"...single “Modafinil Blues,” plus a set of classics off Ghostly International, the Detroit label he co-founded. Add in deep..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...from the classics, the toe-tapping travels upward, irresistibly, to ghost-animate every limb. It’s almost criminal to have to stay..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

25th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners

The people and critics have chosen the best of the fest

"...3rd Place: Texas Triangle Grove – Evil Cowboy Smokin' Ghost Pepper Sauce 1st Place: Aztexan – Habanero Supreme 2nd..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Food Feature

SXSW Music: List No. 6

Music conference adds 92 acts

"...Other locals showcasing include the Columnist, DJ Grip, the Ghost Wolves, J-Nice the Kingdom Builder, Calvin Martyr, Pompeii, and..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bhoothnath Returns

This Hindi ghost returns in a sequel to settle some scores on Earth.

"...In this sequel to the Hindi hit, the titular ghost tries to reverse his shame by returning to Earth..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Art for Days

Can you handle two weeks' worth of the East Austin Studio Tour?

"...10 days. Learn how to make an analog drum machine and blow glass into a flower and make art..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Underworld

Kate Beckinsale bares her fangs as a vampire assassin in in a shaggy werewolf story.

"...Beckinsale cuts a mighty peevish figure, part unstoppable killing machine and part Bauhaus fanatic. She strides through Len Wiseman’s..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Princess and the Warrior

"...Sissi appears as mousy and distant as a white-smocked ghost. On the streets outside she passes like a phantom,..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

"...societal infrastructure. There's precious little difference between a life-support machine in an ICU, he notes, and his own, self-made..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sxsw

"...these Los Angeles-based road warriors simply rage against the machine. Yet, with last year's Do We Speak a Dead..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Gary Clark Jr.’s Free Longhorn City Limits Show and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Recommended shows for Halloween night, from Genesis Owusu to Full of Hell

"...Austin's own certified electric six-string machine, who kicked off the year with a sold-out Antone's..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Hidden Room Theatre Is Working With a Presidential Assassin

Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, we reckon you’ll really enjoy the show

"...see if we could make our own little time machine as best we can, to crank it up and..."

June 12, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gizmometry

Riding the circuit with Austin's mutant noisemakers

"...in October 2009, part of Church of the Friendly Ghost's monthly programming, made a similar drone, generated by folks..."

July 9, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Anime, Activism, and Aerodynamics in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture abound!

"...Ghost in the Shell..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...The promotion machine known as Live Nation celebrates the Latino acts under..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

It Is What It Is

The year in books

"...(every new book feels like another adieu) with Exit Ghost (Houghton Mifflin), bookend to 1979's The Ghost Writer (see..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

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