Three Music Writers Descend Into the NFT Craze at SXSW

One NFT-fatigued, one NFT-Curious, and NFT-skeptical

"...Hardly a night has passed in the last two months in which..."

March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Live: The Roots & Friends

“This is the best shit of the whole South By!”

"...On a stacked SXSW Saturday night billed as the Roots & Friends, a seemingly endless..."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Moontower 6: More Headliners

Jay Pharaoh, Chris Hardwick, Morgan Murphy join 2017 lineup

"...be: • quintuple-threat host Chris Hardwick, of Comedy Central's @midnight, AMC’s Talking Dead and Talking Saul, NBC's The Wall,..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Let's Look for the Purple Banana With Princess

Judging by their tribute band, Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum would die 4 U, Prince

"...a comedy festival – and the star – Saturday Night Live alumna Maya Rudolph – there's nothing intentionally funny..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Moontower 5 Draws a Princess

Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum's purple reign hits Austin

"...since the two college pals launched the act on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon back in September 2012, the..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Film Flam

Mondo plants its flag in Toyland, and 'Manglehorn' heads to Toronto

"...wave of programming, including Austin filmmaker David Gordon Green’s latest, Manglehorn, which stars Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, and Chris..."

July 22, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Pete Principle

The star of TBS' 'The Pete Holmes Show' is a poster boy for SXSW Comedy's impact on a comic's career

"...long ago that the local comedy landscape scraped by without the embarrassment of riches it enjoys today. But with..."

March 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

SXSW Comedy: 2014 Panels Announced

Inside 'Portlandia,' Seth Meyers' 'Late Night,' and more

"...to give an insider's peek at his take on Late Night. Fellow SNL alum Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove

Roots drummer digs deep into his LP crate

"...grownup version of the kid who wallpapered his room with illustrations from Rolling Stone record reviews. His every memory..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Playback: Later Chumps!

Chumps say, 'So long, sucker,' while Trent Reznor says hello to Explosions in the sky.

"...Sean McGowan on the Chumps' titular tune, which, along with other lovably deranged mini-anthems like "Mopac Rapist," "I Got..."

June 14, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Funniest Person in Austin 2013

Cap City Comedy Club launches its biggest joke-slinging competition yet on the funniest day of the year

"...1 through May 7. The top comics from those nights will advance to the three semifinal rounds May 13-15,..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moontower Adds She Bang!

Christina Pazsitzky, Morgan Murphy, six more women join fest

"...You can now look forward to appearances by Chelsea Lately writer and co-host of Your Mom's House podcast Christina..."

Feb. 5, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gary Clark Jr.

Local bluesman gone stratospheric escapes all that onstage

"...stand next to giants: He held his own, performing with ecstatic youth and veteran poise...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Roots

"...Late-night TV's most famous house band rarely goes short on..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Meme Weavers

Did two Austin Web designers tap into our unconscious desire to replicate stock photos? Nah – they're just having a laugh.

"...article in Gizmodo," Van Huffel says via conference call with the two creators, who work for projekt202, an Austin-based..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Off the Record

Gary Clark Jr. and the Cactus Cafe go under the lens

"...at the Cactus Cafe and hosted by Jody Denberg with producer David Brown of Texas Music Matters. The one-hour..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

TV Eye

How to innovate TV? Maybe lose the TV.

"...year. My SXSW notebook is filled cover to cover with TV-related items that I'm sure to revisit throughout the..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSWi: It's Not TV, It's Social TV

TV is dead. Long live TV!

"...The Travel Channel; Lila King, CNN iReport; Gavin Purcell, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon; Chloe Sladden, Twitter; Tim Shey,..."

March 13, 2011 SXSW Post by Belinda Acosta

Wednesday Rewind

Trail of Dead hits Fallon, Filth covers Miles Davis

"...Tutu, into a seductive bitches brew of orbital funk with plenty of room to maneuver...."

Feb. 9, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Courtney Love vs. Boudoir Queen, Jason Reece vs. Conrad Keely, Border Patrol vs. Texas Tornados, and other dream matchups

"...better – via dating-game-style quizzing in a conference call with both. They distinctly remembered their first meeting (November 1987,..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Film Flam

The Austin Studios campus expands, SXSW Film adds venues and a tribute to Ain't It Cool News, and more

"...missed spokesperson Faith Hill on the Today Show and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon talking up "Espwa," a short..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Column by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Snapshots from Free Week on Red River

"...Smiths. Call it Neo-Romanticism. The Gary closed down Beerland with blue-collar anthems of suppressed intensity, threatening but never quite..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wednesday Rewind

Okkervil River, Sahara Smith, Centro-matic

"...Austin Music Hall of Fame, Okkervil River appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Monday to premiere the..."

Jan. 12, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010

From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'

"...a dancing fiend and making up for lost time with family is paramount for a decorated ex-NFL QB with..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Off the Record

Decking the halls with Kickstarter, a new holiday sampler, and Michael Nesmith's Videoranch

"...offering incremental pledge packages akin to an old-fashioned telethon, with the catch that fans are only charged if/when the..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Good vibrations courtesy of the Roots, Distant Lights, and the Sword

"...the Sword departs for an Australian and Japanese tour with Metallica. At Waterloo Records' temporary heavy metal parking lot..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Live Shots

The Montreal Jazz Festival skronks Zornumental

"...Clyde, Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson – in trio with Zorn. Polish trumpet behemoth Tomasz Stanko won't be crisping..."

July 9, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Better Than the Van finds a place to crash in Austin, as does Ola Podrida's David Wingo, while Leeann Atherton goes big in Japan and Martín Perna stays up late with the Roots

"...Forget about the transitional, late-night television battle brewing between David Letterman and Conan O'Brien...."

July 10, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Get Busy, Y'all

Q&A with ?uestlove

"...geared up for their role as house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, which gets rolling on March..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...Juno" slot; Largo, a doc about the famous L.A. nightclub that regularly hosts comics like Zach Galifianakis and musicians..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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