Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...& Treaty, and William Beckmann (Saturday) plus William Clark Green, Hailey Whitters, and Tanner Usrey (Sunday). Come and take..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Interview: Scowl Reinvigorates the Hardcore Punk Playbook

Vocalist Kat Moss reflects on their genre-pushing EP and pop influence

"...Often sporting fluorescent green locks and go-go boots, plus a voice entwined with..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Miranda Garza

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...Often sporting fluorescent green locks and go-go boots, plus a voice entwined with..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Hundreds of Beavers

Loony live-action cartoon about a fur trader who goes to war with rodents

"...true love winning in the end, the formation of Green Bay, and hundreds and hundreds of beavers...."

Feb. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Strip Club: Lake Creek Festival Shopping Center

Sampling noodles, shoes, salsa, and silencers at the Northwest Austin strip mall

"...Special Noodle, a new-to-Austin Northern Chinese mini-chain from the Bay Area. Tinfoil Duck Blood, Griddle Pig Intestines, Pork Blood..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Holland

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Ferreira, John Leguizamo, French Stewart, Lauren "Lolo" Spencer, Rachel Bay Jones (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...“AC Power Rankings Trend” moves from oldest to newest. GREEN indicates a brewery moved up in the rankings; RED..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...at Chili John's, which was opened in 1913 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, by Lithuanian immigrant John Isaac. Before opening..."

March 31, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Day Trips: Luther Hotel, Palacios

Historic Gulf Coast hotel is under threat of demolition

"...to save the 120-year-old wooden structure overlooking Tres Palacios Bay, the new owners will probably replace the historic building..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Recipes to Reimagine Your Holiday Feast

It’s time to revamp your end-of-year celebration menus

"...Appetizers (and snacks) help. To keep the hangries at bay, why not hang 'round the grill and whip up..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Melissa Carper, Taméca Jones, the Hide Outs, Alex Coke, and more local shows to see

"...Nashville musicians fills out the compositions: Chris Scruggs, Lloyd Green, Billy Contreras, and Jeff Taylor. Despite her wallflower tendencies,..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Faster Than Sound: Every Artist From Pitchfork Festival Headed to Austin This Year

My trip to Chicago is your summer-to-fall ticket-shopping opportunity

"...personal insight on the enigmatic Cain than before. Magdalena Bay Sunday, Oct. 9 & 16, ACL Fest RIYL: a..."

July 22, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin FC Erases 0-2 Deficit for “Entertaining” Draw Against FC Dallas

Late goals from Driussi, Hoesen yield 2-2 finish

"...Bears just can’t seem to figure out Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers. The New York Jets were hopeless against..."

June 26, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Cine Las Americas Returns

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

"...pressure of financial success is heightened because it facilitates green card processing and family reunification...."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chefs, Researchers, and Activists Write the Climate Change Cookbook

Redefining what sustainable really means at SXSW

"...system causes more than 17 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year, composing 35% of worldwide emissions...."

March 11, 2022 Features Feature by Melanie Haupt

Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Awards Rise Again

Tickets on sale now for the 40-year tradition, March 8 at Emo's

"...Passing of Curtin's ancient green plastic bong, which unfortunately became clogged during Sagebrush's receipt..."

March 4, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...was assigned to defend a man held at Guantanamo Bay. Believing Guantanamo held ‘the worst of the worst’, her..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"..."I HATE PINK FLOYD" T-shirt, spiky vomit-orange hair, and green teeth inspired Jones to rename him "Johnny Rotten." His..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

American Underdog

Kurt Warner biopic is too winsome to win big

"...only two days during his pre-season try-out for the Green Bay Packers a year later; and ended up helming..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...you think of? Halloween, pumpkin spice, trees transitioning from green to autumnal orange? All that – yes – but..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...fidgeted in silence deep in the bowels of the green rooms...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Adventures abound all the way up to Albuquerque

"...Blue-green warning. You might want to think twice about taking..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.

"...fused us through life and death. Fresh off a Bay Area refugee boat and crashing with abuelita in San..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Pho on the coast, statuesque women in Dallas; June is time to hit the road

"...it to the park across the street overlooking the bay. The Point: Beer-Ice-Bait-Tackle-Grocery-Lottery (& Good Food), 608 First St.,..."

June 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Restaurants and Seafood Suppliers Work Toward Sustainability

Staying afloat with Minamoto Foods' SeaChange program

"...have what's available," says Stark. "Could I buy frozen green-lipped mussels and put them in the case? Yeah, but..."

April 30, 2021 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...roughly like "oh," "eh," and "uuh." Gothenburg showcaser Mimi Bay sounds like a diary set to ukulele and Stockholm's..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Adds the Chats, Boyo, Babeheaven, and Bongeziwe Mabandla

Artists broadcasting from “unusual, as well as iconic, settings”

"...Magdalena Bay (Los Angeles, CA.)..."

Feb. 23, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: And Now for Something ...

Puppies are cuter than real estate statistics

"...a live tailgate trivia contest, followed by the Tampa Bay Barkaneers facing off against the Kansas City Canines, live..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Holiday Dinners, Holiday Treats

And this list will grow as the year grows toward its end …

"...Spread, Crispy Short Rib Hummus with House Bread, Local Greens Salad with tahini vinaigrette, Harissa Shrimp Cocktail, Roasted Chicken..."

Dec. 17, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 13-19

"...each of its 32 teams. So the team in Green Bay, Wisconsin, population 105,000, receives the same payout as..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

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