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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp, Lumi Pollack, John Ortiz, Julie Bowen, Shailene Woodley (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Girls Like Us Occupy Hotel Free TV

P1nkstar celebrates trans Texan artists on Hotel Vegas' virtual platform and Music Lab closes final location to make way for Tesla

"...Lolita Lynne, and Longriver. February promises unadorned folkies Will Johnson and Little Mazarn, buzzy album previews from Katy Kirby..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Coming Out of the Ashes

After Election 2020, it’s not right, but it’s OK

"...here soon enough: the 87th Texas Legislature, a prospective Biden/Harris administration, and, before we know it, 2024, when Trump..."

Nov. 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Election Ticker: Are We There Yet?

The latest – and last! – news from the campaign trail before Election Day

"...Democratic Texas House candidates on Thursday, Oct. 29. Kamala Harris will traverse a large part of the state, visiting..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...Butch Hancock populated Antone's Records, while a future $400 Johnny Hodges box set sold for $40 at Sound Exchange..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

As Council Campaigns Begin, the Cash Rolls In

Off to the races!

"...list includes criminal justice advocates Chas Moore and Chris Harris, various attorneys, city and Council staffers, and even Dallas..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Tales From Early Voting and More Before the July 14 Election

Last-minute jostling before election day

"...picked up the nod of musician and justice activist John Legend. Such support is reflected in the finances of..."

July 10, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re spending time with

"...Wednesday. Past shows took on Hazel Dickens and Emmylou Harris, with Lucinda Williams (5/13) and Wanda Jackson (5/20) on..."

May 8, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth

What we’re spending time with

"...My Darling Vivian unearths the largely misunderstood story of Johnny Cash's first wife Vivian Liberto, whom he met at..."

May 1, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Adam Schiff Headed to SXSW

Conversations About America’s Future gathers movers & shakers

"...Galen, national political strategist Steve Schmidt, national political strategist John Weaver, and long-time Republican media consultant and author Rick..."

March 2, 2020 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Hug

"...existence. Curated by local percussionist and experimental stalwart Thor Harris for Joyful Noise's White Label Series (he joins fellow..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Music Review by Greg Stitt

Other Worlds SF Festival Is in The Honeymoon Phase

Project Greenlight title will be closing night film

"...his suicide just won’t keep. Cast: Heston Horwin, Jillian Harris, Matt Keye The Old Dark House World premiere of..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Multidimensional Production Team Musically Reimagines Fantastic Planet

Lifted Traces rescores classic films, Harlem re-emerges locally with Oh Boy, and more

"..."I mean, there's no 'Smell-O-Vision' like John Waters used to do," concedes Kaye, "but maybe the..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music Reveals Surpass Halfway Mark

ATX shines on list No. 7 alongside Karol Conká, Crumb & Pedro the Lion

"...Jason Hawk Harris (Los Angeles, CA.)..."

Feb. 7, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Adding to Pile: SXSW’s Fifth Artist List

Kirin J. Callinan, Heart Bones, Texas Gentlemen, and 97 more

"...John Jacob Magistery (Montréal, Canada)..."

Jan. 24, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Legerdemain Man Ray Anderson

The fact that magicians around the world revere the magic man of Esther’s Follies is no illusion

"...West Fifth Street]. He made suits for Lyndon B. Johnson and John Connally. He made stage costumes, too. He..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Unplugged: Lowering the Volume of the Live Music Capital

Ley Line, Aaron Stephens, Team Goodtimes, Uncle Pie Hole, and more grounded sounds

"...he labels himself a soul singer, Stephens harbors a John Mayer acoustic aesthetic. That silky pop leaning highlights the..."

May 18, 2018 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

Levitation Review: Slowdive, Survive, Mien

Shoegaze, synth wave, and a supergroup debut

"...Horrors keyboardist Tom Furse, and Earlies/Old Fire electronics guru John Mark Lapham. Joined by local multi-instrumentalist Thor Harris and..."

April 29, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Playback: Next Big Buzzes at SXSW 2018

Forecasting this year’s breakout acts

"...Dallas rapper – and trained opera singer – Tye Harris mixes hood shit with intense examinations of being bipolar...."

March 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Must-See Country Acts at SXSW Music

This 12-pack of artists is rewriting the rules of C&W

"...Possum debut May Your Kindness Remain matches powerful Emmylou Harris vox with Mark Howard's fuller production and songs wringing..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Club Endorsements

Who's backing whom in the March primary?

"...Matt Harris mattharrisfortx10.com ENDORSEMENTS: N/A..."

Feb. 15, 2018 News Post

Questions Linger for Anthony Shore, Larry Swearingen

Shore to be first Texan executed in 2018

"...execution in October, but that got halted by the Harris County District Attorney's Office amid rumors he was planning..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Playback: Revamping the Austin Music Poll

Here's how Playback's voting

"...From today until Dec. 11, John and Jane Q. Public can write in their favorite..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Death by David Vincent

Hanging with Morbid Angel singer-turned-country outlaw David Vincent and other dark tales of the live music capital

"..."It wasn't put on. Hell, I've always loved Johnny Cash, David Allen Coe, Waylon [Jennings], Willie [Nelson], and..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Five Significant Super Secret Records

"...Ralph White & Thor Harris Tossing Pebbles on the Sleeping Beast(2016) A modern protest..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Music Feature by Richard Lynn

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...AFS jury included author, film programmer and critic Brandon Harris, documentary filmmaker Penny Lane, and narrative feature filmmaker and..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Hot Shivers

New Whiskey Shivers, Butthole Surfers, Casualties, murals, and takes on American literary classics

"...End" with a crack about them being a Daniel Johnston cover band named How High Are You? Fiddler Bobby..."

July 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Future of Health Care?

Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care

"...Koenig, his team, Dell Medical School Dean Clay Johnston, and the entire Medical School faculty and staff insist..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

DVDanger: Death Race 2050

Plus jungle Sacrifice! and street punk Parasites

"...Italian horror regular Ivan Rassimov is the cut-price Richard Harris playing John Bradley, a posh (and very dubbed) British..."

Feb. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Deep in the Heart of Texas Political Scandals

Crimes, carousing, and contravention from the Capitol grounds

"...Borris Miles earned quite the reputation for himself. The Harris County Dem is best known for removing art from..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

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