India Ink

Reality meets fantasy in three new novels set in India.

"...over who will call an ambulance for Vishnu, the dead man begins his passage into the afterlife. He attempts..."

March 30, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

India Ink

Reality meets fantasy in three new novels set in India.

"...over who will call an ambulance for Vishnu, the dead man begins his passage into the afterlife. He attempts..."

March 16, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

Everywhere Is War

A beginner's discography to Rock en Español

"...peoples of North and South America, la revolución has not ceased for one single day. From Mexico to Brazil,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...join a list of previously announced titles that includes keynote speaker Olivia Wilde's first feature as a director, Booksmart;..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...works commissioned by professionals. What I'm talking about may not have been made by anyone claiming to be an..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...she accidentally called it America and I didn't even notice. Yup, it had a vast, scrolling scope fit for..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...seems familiar, perhaps it's because he wrote it with another notable local tunesmith, Bruce Robison. And, oh yeah, last..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...LATINO ROCK ALLIANCE PRESENTS: Another SXSW Rock en Español showcase, another Grammy fest. Two..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Another Pro-Heckler Heckle..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Greil Marcus and the Mad Parade

In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, Greil Marcus explained punk to the world and created a bible for that music's true believers. As Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals opens its stage adaptation of Marcus' book, the author talks about the Stones, the Sex Pistols, and the "mad parade" of history.

"...college courses, and its discourses on music theory made not just rock & roll but rock criticism a force..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Platters

"...DEAD END CRUISERS..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...Your Illusion. The rest you know: Punk kills metal dead again, and then pulls its own Sid Vicious when..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...civilization and bringing laughter and good cheer, hoping not to be lynched by a militia if the NRA..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Faster Than Sound: Captain Quackenbush’s and Outer Heaven Disco Club Make COVID-Delayed Debuts

New musical hubs launch in former Strange Brew and Dozen Street spaces

"...want people to come in and feel like they're not cool enough to be there, which is what a..."

July 2, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin FC Fans, Assemble

MLS’s 27th franchise hits the pitch with multiple supporters’ groups backing them

"...But there were false starts. Dead ends. Setbacks. Mostly, there was waiting. Multiple iterations of..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Arts Feature by Eric Goodman

Austin Makes Moviemaker's List of Best Places for Filmmakers

But where in the rankings did it land?

"...to Live and Work as a Moviemaker. This would not be possible without the talented crew base here in..."

Jan. 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Doom Rockers Duel Conjure a Masterwork of Otherworldly Omnipresence

Locals work their black magic on new album Valley of Shadows

"...Well-received predecessors Fears of the Dead (2016) and Witch­banger (2017) oscillate between short-circuiting guitar sorcery..."

May 17, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Wizard World Austin 2017

The traveling comic con materializes here again Nov. 17-19

"...(Star Trek), and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). And that's not all...."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW List 8

Peanut Butter Wolf, Kasey Chambers, White Denim and 147 more

"...from the very recent retirement of vocalist/producer Bret Mazur (not the alarmingly musclular one). Also of note are Detroit..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2016

"...Lion, The Brand New Testament, Loving, Moonlight, Deadpool Most Overrated..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...when anarchist punks reckoned themselves transgressive, they shelved the Dead Kennedys' Frankenchrist (1985) with the surrealist nightmare monger's phallus-filled..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Untapped Austin Releases Full Beer List

Forget about 2016 with 334 brews

"...BrainDead Gritz – Cream Ale – 4.4% Rye IPA –..."

April 28, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Houses of the Unholy

Housecore Horror by the blurb

"...Hailing from unlikely metal mecca Salt Lake City, there's nothing conservative about Subrosa. The quintet's art-damaged doom incorporates gothic..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Feature

Playback: Cherubs Flit Back

The unlikely return of Nineties noisemakers Cherubs.

"...to the locals' enduring appeal, a Cherubs tribute, Everyone's Dead Before They Leave (see "Texas Platters," Feb. 14), came..."

July 25, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Announces Gaming Awards Nominees

In its debut, the awards honor big and small games alike

"...there’s little doubt they’ll draw a crowd young enough not to remember a web-video-less world...."

Feb. 11, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Elementals: Earth

Vortex Repertory Company's ritualistic celebration of earth may make you want to dig your toes into the dirt

"...Not having seen the previous works in Vortex Repertory Company's..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Cure

"...fire still burns here, only in hook up ("Sirensong") not break down. Musically, the languid phosphorescence of opener "Underneath..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

My Clone Sleeps Alone

"...Ray Bradbury’s bonfire of inanities notwithstanding – Fahrenheit 451 being required high school inoculation –..."

July 25, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

SXSW unveils the full band list. What more could you ask for?

"...Youth­works in honor of the late Clifford Antone. The deadline for submission is Feb. 18, two days after the..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Led Zeppelin Hoot

Live Shots

"...strapped on Jimmy Page's trademark double-neck guitar for a dead-on "The Song Remains the Same." While the concert document..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell

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