35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...had its genesis as a solo project by frontman Jack Whitescarver in 2018. Since then, it's metamorphosed into different..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Cheap Eats for Austin Students

From Huston-Tillotson to St. Ed's to UT and even Texas State

"...the usual fast-food suspects like Short Stop and Flyrite Chicken nearby, and a solid Tex-Mex breakfast plate is just..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall..."

May 14, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Beyond the Latke

Five alternatives to everyone’s favorite Hanukkah dish

"...my friend who once bought a half pound of Jack in the Box curly fries to our family celebration..."

Dec. 6, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...wrong time. Cast: Joey King, Andrea Savage, Paul Scheer, Jack Kilmer, Erin Darke, Stephen Ruffin, Kelly Lamor Wilson, Logan..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Self-Care for Queers, by Queers

A queer's guide to gifting and weathering the next three years

"...food truck slings out some of the tastiest fried chicken and chick’n in town with items like their “no..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Playback – Lukas Nelson: Real as Promised

Lukas Nelson is a chip off the ol' Willie

"...Zeppelin and Beatles on the way. She's a rock chick. She loves music and she sings her ass off...."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria

"...Corupe's enlightening piece on how Christian comic book legend Jack Chick was drawn – no pun intended – into..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Vanish

Bryan Bockbrader takes the sealed-bottle drama on the road

"...a tiny crew went on an insane road trip. Jack (Austin Abke), Shane (Adam Guthrie) and Max (Bockbrader) are..."

Feb. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Five Drinks That Changed My Life

The safest policy when drinking is to make drinking your sole activity

"...Schlitz Malt Liquor – When I was ten, my..."

July 5, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

The AggreGAYtor: October 18

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Jacksonville councilman prays that god will show the “truthes [sic]..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: August 8

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...• Amway is the new Chick-fil-A...."

Aug. 8, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...the web recently), and the world premiere of Austin Chick’s revenge thriller Girls Against Boys. Of the Midnighters selections,..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Mi Ranchito Taqueria

This could become your go-to Mexican restaurant

"...wide acclaim and are available in pork, beef, or chicken. The porky masa is light and fluffy, and the..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Food Review by Mick Vann

Miles Davis

Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary

"...vanguard fusionists – saxophonist Wayne Shorter (Weather Report), pianist Chick Corea (Return to Forever), and guitarist John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Black Wedding Tonight!

Bride of Frankentstein at the Alamo Ritz

"...ever-influential lightning-bolt coiffure, courtesy of Universal's famed make-up artist Jack Pierce...."

March 28, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...a specific constellation: Motown, Stax, Atlantic R&B. Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Sly Stone, Al Green, Prince. Bill..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

12 More Days of ECM

12 More Days of vintage ECM jazz Touchstones

"...vibrating against Dave Holland's earthquake double-bass and drum physicist Jack DeJohnette. At least that’s the opening “Backwoods Song,” after..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fun Fun Fun Fest Sunday Picks

Blurbing Fun Fun Fun Fest one act at a time

"...For the record, Jack Davey's the chick, and Brook D'Leau's the dude. As..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature

Infinity and Beyond

Return to Forever captain Chick Corea takes his Millennium Falcon out of mothballs

"...Chick Corea isn't just a pianist, composer, and 14-time Grammy..."

May 23, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Miles Davis

"...musicians, featuring cast members from 1969's seminal Bitches Brew (Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, and Mahavishnu Orchestra's John McLaughlin), Herbie..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell

Luv Doc Recommends: Karaoke Apocalypse

Hole in the Wall, Friday, June 29, 2007

"...just a man thing either. Think of all the chick singers who have become famous simply because of their..."

June 29, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

TCB

Fun Fun Fun doesn't disappoint, the Dixie Chicks leave Bush for Britney, and a Red tide sweeps through club land this week.

"...this month. The label, also home to chart-topping Austinite Jack Ingram, will re-release it – untouched – in March...."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Chest Cavities, Empty Kneecaps, and Elbows

A week at Austin's all-ages live music venue Redrum and the 'School of Rock' lessons learned

"...In the film School of Rock, Jack Black's character, Dewey Finn, whips privileged, well-mannered high school..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

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

"...Bruce Robison's written plenty of 'em, from the Dixie Chick's "Travelin' Soldier" to Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's "Angry..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

In Print

Scott Von Doviak's 'Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema'

"...the ultraviolent evangelical exploitation of The Burning Hell, "a Jack Chick comic come to life." Hick Flicks not only..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Big Books

Gift guide

"...investigated, and exhaustively covered comic book notables Dan Clowes, Jack Chick, and – yes – Chris Ware. You could..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...blunders and some guy named Tom DeLay, state Rep. Jack Stick has fired his political consultant and replaced him..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

Stitching Up a Storm

Textile art is alive and well in the Camp Fig exhibition "Pins & Needles"

"...uses fashion as a means for describing culture. Her jackets are too funny to secrete away in a closet;..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Did You Say Love?

A chick and a dude productions pays tribute to love in their original production Did You Say Love?, but unfortunately, the show creates little stir and minimal interest

"...emotion, too vast to condense into a dictionary. A chick and a dude productions does not attempt to explain..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

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