Fantastic Fest Wave Three Crashes Down

Music and madness fill festival lineup

"...Drew Goddard USA 2018, Texas Premiere, runtime TBA Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Supremes Reject Ballot Lawsuits

Court denies requests that Council rewrite proposition language

"...the efficiency audit proposition, three Justices – Eva Guzman, Jeff Brown, and Jimmy Blacklock – would have “conditionally” granted..."

Aug. 28, 2018 News Post by Michael King

ELO Times Out

Synth-pop perfectionists turn to stone

"...the mid-Eighties during the rise of hair metal, CEO Jeff Lynne became Otis Wilbury...."

Aug. 15, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...sonic painting awash in color. – Libby Webster Casual Strangers..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

The Luv Doc: An Embarrassment of Riches

The whole clingy aspect of physical affection

"...It sounds to me like your man may be..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

ELO Calling America

Playlist to mark UK prog-pop legends’ two summer Texas shows

"...Jeff Lynne’s English rock & roll symphony exploded onto the..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...it's massive: 295 names, among them such luminaries as Jeffrey Eugenides, Jennifer Egan, Dan Rather, and Min Jin Lee...."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Luv Doc: Equal Time

Good friends are going to cost you

"...In the words of the late, great Townes Van..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...Evan Goldberg, Sam Catlin, and Garth Ennis; Time Editor Jeffrey Kluger; film critic Leonard Maltin; Nobody Speak director Brian..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...appearances in work for grownups: Fabarjet, Your Dad's Friends, Strange Worlds, Fakespeare, and two Improv Marathons...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: The Future of Austin Recording Studios

Studio owners look at different solutions to surviving in an increasingly expensive city

"...raising $100,000 via GoFundMe, with celebrity donations coming from Jeff Tweedy, Mojo Nixon, and his Court Yard Hounds bandmate..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: The Club

Home release roundup time

"...activists like Nicolás López (Aftershock), Guillermo Amoedo Schultze (The Stranger) and Ernesto Díaz Espinosa (Redeemer, Mandrill.) Yet Larraín’s work..."

May 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Mary Moody Northen Theatre The Norwegians, Austin Playhouse The Strangerer, Capital T Theatre Year of the Rooster, Capital T..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Making VR Look Good

Local personalities show you how to rock those awkward headsets

"...Konsept DJ/Producer Opened for Drake, LCD Soundsystem, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and many others 4,000-strong record collection Playing Indian Roller..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Warnock Shannon cooks dinner whilst speaking to a perverted stranger online. Andrew takes a bath wrapped in seared Christmas..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Antone's Resurrected

The return of Antone's, Free Week, and the Austin Music Poll Ballot

"...Empire, and Milezo's experimental guitar pop love-in at Mohawk. Strangest band: a trio called Auntie, consisting of doom metal..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Other Worlds Austin Goes Intergalactic, Intercontinental

Steampunk, time travel, and zombie comedy join the fest

"...local debut of Vintage Tomorrow, a documentary examining the strange and burgeoning cultural movement of steampunk, and what it..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Paramount Theatre Turns 100

As the grande dame of Austin theatres turns 100, it matters more than ever

"...reclaiming its past grandeur, as when Bernardoni released a strange backstage cable and down from the flies came the..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place: Diva Dish

Just another "average" week in sparkly, spangly Gay Town in the A-town.

"...from NYC. Hannah Cottrell opens. Thu., Oct. 8, 7:30pm. Strange Brew Lounge Side, 5326 Manchaca Rd. $12. www.antigonerising.com...."

Oct. 9, 2015 Column

Strawberry Letter 23

Cult soulman/guitarist Shuggie Otis returns from decades of mystery

"...blues guitarists out of Britain," says Otis. "I like Jeff Beck too, Eric Clapton. You can't deny them. They're..."

July 10, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Grateful Dead

Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif., June 27 & 28

"...filled in. Bay Area pianist Bruce Hornsby and organist Jeff Chimenti also augmented. A tribute to the earliest days..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...her two young children are tormented by an increasingly strange and intense presence, the mother turns to her science..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Great Gig in the Sky

The best albums of our lives – and the afterlife

"...its bawdy lyricist embarked on that route directly thereafter. Jeff Buckley, J Dilla, Amy Winehouse – take your pick...."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: Horror in 150 Words or Less

Putting a stake through some recent terror releases

"...she blames the unquiet spirits that lurk in the strange catacombs beneath. Returning under house arrest, her fragile mind..."

Dec. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: A Long Goodbye

In the first of four parting columns, Michael Ventura announces his decision to end his bieweekly column

"...Because, strange as it may seem, and no matter how personal..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Playback: Headcrusher's Heavy Metal Colombian Offense

Headcrusher's Heavy Metal Colombian Offense, Joe Ely's Lost Electro Album, A New Home for Refugeed Bluegrass

"...and iTunes on Monday, two days after Ely graces Strange Brew for two sets. New Home for Refugeed Bluegrass..."

June 27, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place: Oonce like you mean it

Best get back, back, back to the Boathouse

"...GINGER LEIGH Ginger, Nina, Stewart, and Jeff shall rawk you. Fri., June 13, 10pm. Strange Brew..."

June 13, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Jeff Mills, Three, or The Sound of the Great Existential..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Margaret Moser’s Retirement Party

Christopher Cross crowns the Continental’s all-star love-in

"...Jeff Smith of the Hickoids set the tone, though. By..."

May 6, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...Austin's My Jerusalem became a real band. Led by Jeff Klein, who previously released three albums as a solo..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

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