How Austin Transformed Danny Brown

The Detroit wild card on getting his shit together (and finding H-E-B)

"...“They just hit me up randomly, like 'Danny, can you slide in and play?’ So I was able..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

A Freight Train Ride Through Lucinda Williams’ Artistry at ACL Live

Former Austinite stands tall on the blues in soundtracked read-along

"...Given Lucinda Williams’ spring 2023 memoir Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You, the singer’s reception..."

Jan. 20, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Austin R&B Cool Girl Grace Sorensen Prioritizes Good Energy

BLK ODYSSY and Magna Carda collabs hype the singer/dancer’s Zilker debut

"...a waning romance: “Highlights of us on replay/ Baby, tell me it’s OK/ We’re changing.”..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

The State Claims No One Is Dying From 120+° F Heat in Prisons

Part 2: The state’s response to the prison heat crisis

"...on this big industrial fan, with two of the girls holding it, and rolled back the tape. And it..."

Aug. 18, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Qmmunity: Transing Pride

ATX Trans Pride puts the spotlight on the transgender community during Austin Pride

"..."I texted or called Ezra and was like, 'Um, can I get involved with this?'" With p1nkstar now on..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by James Scott

Solid Roots Support the Tiarras' Indie Chicana Sound

No longer Tiarra Girls, the outspoken sister trio still puts family first

"...blood, the Tiarras always attribute their success to family. Girls, Once..."

July 28, 2023 Music Feature by Wayne Lim

"My Energy, How I Move": Blakchyl's Evolving Hip-Hop Embodies Austin's Eastside

The 78702 rapper on exploring beyond her comfort zone

"...every day, all day. It's really in me. You can tell when it's really in somebody."..."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...just isn’t a walk in the park — you can go shopping for new partners on dating apps, you..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Jim Eno Send-Off Promises Secret Lineup of “Public Hi-Fi All Stars” on June 5

Spoon drummer’s relocation to Rhode Island earns Antone’s salute

"...“Sadly, Austin just can’t compete with Jim’s insatiable thirst for clams,” commented the..."

May 9, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Kate the Chemist Says, "Anybody Can Be a Scientist"

Kate the Chemist is on a mission to take over the world

"...spreading a singular message for all of y’all: “Anybody can be a scientist.” [inset-1-right]..."

March 10, 2023 Features Feature by Katherine McNevins

Qmmunity: South by So Gay

Squeeze all the juice from these fruity events, both SXSW-adjacent and beyond

"...is making SXSW the great, fulfilling time it obvi can be. That there's a juicy lemon of a Conference,..."

March 10, 2023 Column by James Scott

Crimes of Passion and Desperation in Love & Death

In HBO Max's Love & Death, director Lesli Linka Glatter and star Patrick Fugit revisit one of Texas' most infamous murders

"...in London and Paris (“this is back when the American government sponsored the arts”) before working five years in..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cyrus Gray Hasn’t Been Convicted of a Crime, but He Spent Years in Jail

Now he is an advocate for the rights of the accused

"...had killed Wright. "Garcia is quick to deal with African Americans very aggressively," Gray said...."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Summers of Youth: Director Atsuko Ishizuka Says Goodbye, Don Glees!

The anime artist creates a new tale of adolescence and loss

"...built-in fanbase, it's heartwarming that directors like Atsuko Ishizuka can still find space for a story truly new and..."

Feb. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Careful What You Wish For

The Council meeting that couldn’t wait until Thursday

"...much space Austin Sanders was going to need to tell it. What was planned as a 600-word News short..."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

All-Woman Western Swing Trio Tells Texas Republicans It’s OK to Vote for Beto

O sister, where art thou?

"...brings her mom onstage to introduce the song "Don't Tell Daddy" (as in, "don't tell him who I'll be..."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Feature by Jen Hamilton Hernandez

Millennial Mayhem in V/H/S/99

The fifth installment in the found footage horror anthology series gets the Y2K jitters

"...Goldbloom about making a multidirector anthology movie, and he'll tell you it's "kind of like Ocean's 11. You're going..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

All the Dirty Little Secrets: Halina Reijn Digs Up Bodies Bodies Bodies

The director of the Gen Z Clue on why she won't direct on stage

"...While American audiences may know her from from films like Paul..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...by veteran writer and punk musician Tim Stegall. You can read past installments of the “Austin Punk Chronicles” here...."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Vengeance

B.J. Novak tells a touching tale of truth, myths, and Texas

"...rooftop parties with John Mayer talking about all the girls they have in their phone that they can’t commit..."

July 29, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Front Steps Slips and Falls

As the nonprofit that runs the ARCH falls apart, the city's rush to replace it frustrates providers

"...2004 – learned that the city of Austin would cancel all contracts with the nonprofit in a number of..."

July 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Fast-Tracks Move to Decriminalize Abortion in Austin

A moment of GRACE

"...on a Council with 10 Democrats and just one Republican...."

July 1, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...likewise resurrected Austin's annual poster-palooza, Flatstock. When the city canceled its flagship conference March 6, 2020, in the face..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...from as far afield as Uruguay, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Canada, and, yes, the U.S. Executive Director Gabriel Ornelas said,..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Archives: Organizing Outside the System – Deborah Shaffer and The Wobblies

Our 1981 interview with the filmmaker behind the classic doc

"...Little and the IWW: The Blood That Stained an American Family in attendance...."

May 3, 2022 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS Cinema Programmer Jazmyne Moreno Wants to Challenge How We Watch Movies

Shades of gray on the silver screen

"...dedicated to what AFS calls "the new cult film canon," draws in younger cinephiles curious to delve into cinema's..."

April 29, 2022 Screens Feature by Ella Martin-Gachot

Opinion: Future of STEM Needs Collaboration and Diverse Voices

Why it's important to empower all girls to innovate through media and technology

"...society." However, we must ask ourselves the following: What can Texans do to ensure that we are truly tapping..."

March 25, 2022 Column by Laura Donnelly

Texas Democrats and Republicans Disagree on Cause of Sex Trafficking Scandal

Twisted priorities at DFPS-contracted Bastrop facility

"...Family and Protective Services-contracted home for formerly sex trafficked girls, the Texas Department of Public Safety pivoted to say..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...day party at Hotel Vegas and witnessing Dolly Parton tell stories and sing timeless songs, we actually caught a..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Condesa (400 W. Second), that Downtown bastion of interior Mexican culinary goodness, on reaching their 13th anniversary – and..."

March 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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