SXSW Tuesday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Tuesday night SXSW showcase

"...a post-"Gangnam Style" world. Since the foreign-language dance craze hit our shores harder than a musical tsunami, it stands..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

Who Says You're Drunk?

Bars and bartenders may help you tie one on – but they're also expected to cut you off just this side of 'intoxication'

"...two miles east in the westbound lane of Ben White Boulevard before crashing her four-door sedan into a Tombstone..."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...acclaimed An Appointment with Mr. Yeats, but bet on some oldies, too. – Dan Oko WILD BELLE..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...of energy covered the Sugarhill Gang, Public Enemy, Michael Jackson, and Bob Marley. Bajofondo of Buenos Aires follows with..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...Like the city it depicts, Richard Linklater's Slacker sees no need for a traditional beginning,..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Old Soul

Bill Maddox died violently under bizarre circumstances – and left a legacy of music, love, and friendship

"...an accomplished and respected musician – whom friends and associates describe as a true musical genius. Maddox started with..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...to Toy Horses, whose elegant mix of pop-centric love songs and abrasive wit keep the sordid little world –..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Dumping the Water Pump

Should Austin's conservation success forestall WTP 4?

"...Somehow Austin just can't stop fighting over Water Treatment Plant..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...touring not just to Houston, Dallas, and Louisiana but also to New York, San Francisco, Canada, and Europe. And..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Habana Calle 6 The original Hill Country Chicken Ranch (also known as the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) is..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Friday Sleepers

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...definition of a "sleeper" act. The Dallas-area veteran blues-rocker hit in 1959 with the righteous regional rocker "Linda Lu"..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...I Ain't Gonna Be Yo' Dog No Mo', is reason enough to check out one of the few remaining..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Justice or Vengeance?

A tale of tragedy and punishment in Williamson County

"...girlfriend attended a party in his suburban neighborhood of Anderson Mill, a reunion of recent graduates of Westwood High..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"...Michael Fracasso's SXSW 04 showcase took place 1am Friday morning at..."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Dancing About Architecture

The Return of the Butthole Surfers and the christening of Beerland

"...(aka Kid Rock). They even sent an advance, which sounds a lot like the unreleased follow-up to 1996's Electric..."

June 22, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Uncle Blubbafink

Keith Graves, the author of seriously ridiculous stories like Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance, is garnering Hollywood’s attention, but did he ever want it?

"...the ABCs, 123s, and Dr. Seuss, Max Graves stands sole sentry to a small-scale amphitheatre and its absent audience...."

June 8, 2001 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Miracle Man

When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.

"...his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. After all, that's quite a load of..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Hectic but Good

Profile of country / bluegrass singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale

"...It's almost as if Jim Lauderdale is a hitchhiker, standing on the shoulder of the musical highway, one..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...performances from Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee, the collection also includes a 4-CD box set that features Mel Tillis,..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...gondola, and "Hip-Notica" is a shuffle funk, roadhouse blues soundtrack for an end-of-the-universe outpost. Fans of straight ahead blues-rock,..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

Live Shots

Beastie Boys, Rancid, Asiandubfoundation

"...a frenzy. Thousands of fans on the polished basketball hardwood floor pushed towards the stage, and the aisles leading..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...Summer Film Classics features mostly double bills throughout the season. Grouped in thematic pairs, screenings are devoted to such..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Texas Platters

"...difference between merely playing music and loving it - so much that if they couldn't play they would probably..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Review

At Large in the Hills

Ray Wylie Hubbard's Dangerous Spirits

"...Hubbard's favorite words. It captures the many shadowy and sometimes shadowless figures that line his songs -- hobos, preachers,..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Feature

Flashback, Cash Back

The Trickle Down Economics of Eighties Music

"...radio programmers and clubowners are saying this town's prevailing sound has become "Oh Wow" -- as in "Oh wow,..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Live Shots

"...Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson at the Broken Spoke, May 23 photograph by Jana..."

May 30, 1997 Music Feature

Here Comes the Judge

Beavis and Butt-head's Hollywood Score

"...at all. This pair of animated 14-year-old dimbulbs were hardly the fare that corporate mega-hitter MTV seemed to be..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fiddles, Not Violins

The Secret to Ray Price and San Antonio Rose

"...("going on 71 with a bullet") of Perryville, Texas, son of Walter and Clara Bradley Price, has just looked..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Callum Rennie, Donald Fong. Multiculturalism as a concept is something to which most of us pay lip service, but..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

No Beyoncé, Lots of Jelly Roll, and More Takeaways From the CMT Music Awards

Best and worst moments from the ceremony’s uneven Moody Center return

"...Red Solo cups were raised in memory of Toby Keith. A..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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