Inaugural Austin Theatre Critics Awards Drop 2024-2025 Nominees

Delicious drama of awards anticipation

"...Michelle Ney, Bob & Jean: A Love Story and Jersey Boys, ZACH Theatre Cody Arn, Trash Planet, Bottle Alley..."

May 21, 2025 Arts Post by Cat McCarrey

Metal, Hip-Hop, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

BodyRock ATX, Escuela Grind, Grace Bowers, and more

"...been heard before.   – Lina Fisher Los Lonely Boys..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Fusebox Facts, Sullivan’s Travels, and More Recommended Events

Some recommendations for the week ahead

"...celebration of her cinematic works.   – James Scott Jersey Boys..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Alejandro Puyana Explores the Humanity and Hardship of Venezuela With His Debut Novel

You can’t go home again

"...across Venezuela. Four men – not much more than boys, really – had planned to burst into the house..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Doug Freeman

Family Classic and Timely New Productions for Zach’s 2024-25 Season

List includes latest from Austin’s Tony winner Robert Schenkkan

"...a new production of rock & roll history lesson Jersey Boys. But don't worry, lovers of drama: Mid-season, there’s..."

May 8, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Challengers

Luca Guadagnino’s silly romance may turn you off sex and tennis both

"...(Faist) slumming it at a low-level tournament in New Jersey, facing off against burnout Patrick Zweig (O’Connor). In the..."

April 26, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Earth Day, Record Store Day, and More Recommended Events

Go green in a number of ways this week

"...from last year, into a live album. From New Jersey, the Roches’ 1979 debut receives its first US reissue..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Adds Ho99o9, Kikuo, Sofia Kourtesis to 2024 Music Lineup

243 artists make up the festival’s second artist announcement

"...in 2024. Among the bigger acts are cult New Jersey punk-rap group Ho99o9 (pronounced “Horror”), Berlin DJ Sofia Kourtesis,..."

Dec. 6, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Adaptation of Judy Blume's classic is just as perfectly poignant as the book

"...New York City to the quaint suburbs of New Jersey, essentially moving away from Margaret’s entire childhood, including her..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Austin's Best New Pizza Places

Fresh pies? Save us a slice!

"...probably, is the style. There's New York style, New Jersey style, Chicago, Detroit, New Haven, Neapolitan, Sicilian … the..."

March 17, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...City rock & roll. Local standard-bearers Duel and New Jersey’s preeminent power trio the Atomic Bitchwax, both of whom..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

On the Nightshift: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Keep Running

At Moody "with the white-hot light of the oncoming train”

"...Last night, the boys in the band did NOT dust off “Growin’ Up”..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Adds New Order, Killer Mike, Protomartyr, and Isabella Lovestory

Along with over 300 more artists headed to the Austin festival

"...Ramon Chicharron (Montreal CANADA) RANJ x Clifr (Bangalore INDIA) Ratboys (Chicago IL) Redbud (Austin TX) Rich Aucoin (Halifax CANADA)..."

Jan. 25, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...real outsiders. People hated punk music, especially the Cosmic Cowboys. We took a lotta shit from them. I've got..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Review: The Stage Austin's Hedwig and the Angry Inch

An audacious but underwhelming walk on the wild side

"...In mainstream musicals about musicians, like Jersey Boys (The Four Seasons), Beautiful (Carole King), and On..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Bowie and Elvis tributes, Kelly Willis, Kool & the Gang, Unsane, and more live local shows

"...tracks by artists like Diddy, Madonna, or the Beastie Boys. The Jersey City-born, platinum album-bred R&B funk group have..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

With the Music Lineup Rolling Out, South by Southwest 2022 Finally Feels Real

Maxo Kream, Monaleo, W.I.T.C.H., and Vitreous Humor highlight drop

"...(Austin TX) Greyhounds (Austin TX) Guapo (Houston TX) Gully Boys (Minneapolis MN) Gustaf (New York NY) HAEPAARY (Seoul SOUTH..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Tim Kerr Sets His Own New Colors

Austin "Self-expressionist" paints visionary artists, photographs their environments, accompanies with old time music duo Up Around the Sun

"...in the early Eighties with hometown punk heroes Big Boys, but that band's corrosive-yet-playful art funk hardly resembled the..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Table Ed Ward Built

Pioneering music journalist (1948-2021) wrote rock & roll history

"...High. So he’d be sizing up all these young boys as they got out of school at 3pm.”..."

May 5, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...Jersey's JFab & Paola Fabre load up on vocal chemistry..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...- and an exploration on how one kid from Jersey completely transformed the cultural landscape. A journey which began..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Sam Houston & Blk Odyssy Adds Chicken and Waffles to Their Message

Serving up some neo-soul food

"...deal, with his mom, a teacher, cooking for five boys and his father, a pro basketball player turned businessman..."

June 12, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...generation alienated by the "real world"? Meet the lost boys who came of age on the internet in places..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Award Winners

Shithouse takes top narrative honors

"...they work with a grief counseling center in New Jersey. And while the resulting film is certainly heartbreaking, thanks..."

March 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...(Denmark) D: Katrine Philp At Good Grief in New Jersey, groups of children meet to understand the passing of..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hummingbird Project

Who knew you could tell a character story about laying fiber-optic cable?

"...story, as captured in Michael Lewis' 2014 exposé Flash Boys, was the fight between Spread Networks, which built an..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book

"We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”

"...By their own accounts, the Beastie Boys never spent much time considering their futures. Now that..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Bombs, Beto, and the Biggest Music Stories of 2018

“Playback” recaps the news, trends, and controversies of the year. Outrage level: high.

"...and Muslims. The "apolitical" Richards then went on Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes' Get Off My Lawn podcast, where..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW 2019 Reveals Initial Artist List

Amanda Palmer, Oh Sees, Laura Jane Grace, Swervedriver and 236 more

"...pop veterans the Chills, Swedish garage -punk ne’er-do-wells Viagra Boys, California mellow upstarts Bane’s World, and Finnish outfit Steve’n’Seagulls,..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Friday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

TGIF picks for Zilker Park

"...legacy of Roy Orbison and Carole King, this Nashville-via-New Jersey song catcher proved her mettle on 2017's Goodnight Rhonda..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature

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