Playback: Altered States

Three Austin artists that are changing their tune

"...Monte Warden branching out from country to classic pop begins with an ill-advised sled run...."

April 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: 2015/16 Austin Music Awards

Robert Plant crowns magnum opus roots pull

"...weird to the extreme. Local composer and post-punk Peter Stopschinski and the show’s first violinist Jenavieve Varga torqued groundbreaking..."

March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

Lust for Life

The 2015/16 Austin Music Awards' bedrock mania

"...Sixth Street. Surface-wise, their counterpart punks represented a spontaneous, anti-mainstream alternative to such musical patriarchy, only their hardcore funk..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Critics Poll

"...Caligiuri: Golden Dawn Arkestra, Happen-Ins, Cheer Up Charlies..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Playback: ACL Fest Then & Now

What's changed and remained the same for ACL Fest over its 13 years

"...program. The event's organizers weren't yet named C3 Presents, instead referred to as "Lance Armstrong's management company."..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over

Our interview with the Houston-based author

"...have sort of an in into the larger white mainstream are going to get more attention. Now, sometimes those..."

June 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Happen-Ins

"...Gifted a silver touch and legitimate swagger, the Happen-Ins build on their derivation of R&B-fueled rock & roll..."

May 22, 2015 Music Review by Michael Toland

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties - Amy Simmons

Ice cream entrepreneur wants to make your day

"...be there and always left the store happy," Simmons explains. "That made quite an impression on me.” Steve's was..."

Jan. 12, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

APD Brass Shifts Up, Down, Across

Musical chairs at Downtown HQ

"...outstanding work – but has also had two not insignificant run-ins with Internal Affairs. Eighteen months after joining the..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Brass Shuffle at APD

Up, Down, and Sideways Among Police Commanders

"...for outstanding work, but has also had two not insignificant run-ins with Internal Affairs...."

May 2, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Measured Edge

Weige Knives crafts custom blades for local chefs

"...teach, and all charge about the same for private instruction; they make videos on different techniques and teach larger..."

April 18, 2014 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Drinking Buddies

Mumblecore pro Joe Swanberg successfully ups his game by using professional actors in this observational drama.

"...not a single memorable line of dialogue. What lingers, instead, is the body language, which is apropos: Swanberg's body..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Darkness in the Heart of Town

Will Sheff, one step forward, two steps back

"...and drinks, a routine that the songwriter, who was painstakingly drawing his lyrics from a more subconscious place than..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Nothing Mini About It

Blue Starlight Mini Urban Drive-In breaks in its big new digs this weekend

"...industry moves to eliminate the 35mm film that most drive-ins use in favor of digital projections. The conversion process..."

April 26, 2013 Screens Feature by Aleksander Chan

Rumors Confirmed: Stevie Nicks at SXSW

Fleetwood Mac frontwoman stars in two SX Film docs and more

"...The Fest’s “24 Beats Per Second” music series revealed inside looks at Austin’s Gourds (All the Labor), New Oreleans..."

March 1, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Neo-hippie aerialists have Your Style Avatar beside himself

"...to watch ... naturally. This time, amid all the tinsel and glitter of the event, I had eight gowns..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Royal Affair

Palace intrigue, bodice-ripping, and revolutionary thought: If only this costume drama about Danish monarchs behaving badly delivered on its promise.

"...from the film’s bookends – but the royal match begins with rosy enthusiasm as the British-born Princess Caroline Mathilde..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'The NFL Beat': Bye Week Bros

Fantasy fill-in friends

"...no further than this matchup for possible waiver wire fill-ins...."

Nov. 3, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Week 7

Fantasy notes for all the lucky people, and their shoes

"...versatility, getting put in strategic spots to make plays against the opponent's weakness...."

Oct. 19, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Arcade Fire

Pastime becomes passion project becomes Pinballz

"...with motion sensors. But the heart of the business remains the pinball machine. Put them in chronological order and..."

April 6, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

At the Drive-In

An East Austin art compound reviews the magic of outdoor screening

"...Back at their peak in the 1950s, some 400 drive-ins could be found in the Lone Star State, but..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Middle Men

Middle Men journeys backward in Internet history to 1995 when two coked-up ne'er-do-wells created the first dial-up, porn-on-demand website.

"...porn site. Regardless of your stance on pornography, Dolby's brainstorm was a revolutionary act in every sense of the..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett's Hill

Hollywood is an electric dragon

"...Heavy rains that winter knocked over a couple of "O"s on..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Back in wax

Back in wax

"...To borrow a line from Jack White's Raconteurs, the Happen-Ins are consolers of the lonely. The local quartet's self-titled..."

March 5, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

ACL Fest Sunday Reviews

"...Okkervil RiverThe Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Food-o-File

Central Texas food and wine get national attention

"...charmed Food Network host Guy Fieri during a Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives segment on fresh fast food at Taco..."

June 27, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Hightower Report

God and Oil Prices; Autocracy in Action

"...of church folks have been holding a series of "pray-ins" at gas stations across the country. They gather in..."

May 23, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

TV Eye

Squeezing our state onto the small screen in ways old and new

"...Xpress, is featured in an upcoming episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. The series features Guy Fieri traveling off..."

May 16, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Nathan and David and 'Goliath'

After years of making shorts, the Zellner Brothers go big

"...AC: Did you have any celebrity run-ins at Sundance?..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

Every generation gets the George A. Romero socio-political zombie opus they deserve. We must be living right, because this new film cuts right to the heart.

"...it pays to remember that that film arrived in drive-ins a scant eight months after the revelations of American..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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