Off the Record

Austin celebrates 20 years as the live music capital of the world; OTR bristles

"...the lists celebrating the Chronicle's 30th anniversary, the proofing department compiled 30 Overused and Abused Words (see austinchronicle.com/year30). No...."

Aug. 26, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, April 14-21

"...LULAC FUNDRAISER The League of United Latin American Citizens attempts to get out the vote while..."

April 15, 2011 News Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...fire alarm and a couple of still-burning issues: the Wal-Mart at Northcross Mall (still pending for at least 60..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature

Strictly Ballroom

"...to win the Pan Pacific Grand Prix Amateur 5 Latin American Dance Championship. He tongue-in-cheekily jabs at the participants,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Book Reviews

"...it's hard to get from there to dead. Daddy started leaving home in the year that I was born...."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

Those Who Can, Teach

AISD Music Directors William Dick & Elizabeth Brady

"...in Winfield, Kansas, which curiously gave them a head start in their musical education. The town had the first..."

July 26, 1996 Arts Feature by Ken Hunt

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...African word meaning "the King's daughters," this female Kingston quartet plies a retro-futurist synthesis of the deepest, dreadest Seventies..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...Free Latinate..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...in every year. If you have time for day parties and in-stores, add four days to those five nights...."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...The rest is up to you. On second thought, start panicking.... -- Raoul Hernandez THURSDAY PICKS..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites over 1,400 artists to play on more than 75 stages throughout the..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Un Dios

"...in 1947. Having helped fuse traditional Cuban music with American bebop as musical director of Havana's famed Tropicana Night..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...chugging, lo-fi melodics with pop hooks. – Libby Webster American Sharks..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Castleman-Bull House ["This Old House," Dec. 24] told only part of the story. The 1868 Italianate villa is one..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...has gone from a side event to a major part of the fest's programming, and this year is no..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...like Eleanor Friedberger and Lola Kirke, the New York-based artist supports ambient folk with atmospheric chamber-pop arrangements and soft,..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...then traversed the Atlantic Ocean and touched off another American revolution. Spreading like smallpox brought to the New World..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...Age, although its Melody Calling the following year topped charts in Australia and Mexico and brought a year-end U.S...."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Tuesday SXSW 2015 Showcases

"...off road dust from an ongoing international tour. Pop smarts Marmalakes and electro prodigies Speak round off the Austinites,..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...samples. I think of jazz as being a sampleable art form. – Jay Trachtenberg DEVIN THE DUDE12:30am, Back Room..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

After a Fashion

Only the bad aspects of the Seventies are being retro-ized.

"...I hate the word "lifestyle." It's too modern, too Martha Stewart-ish. It used to refer to the way a..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Siempre Selena

Game changer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez prompts Corpus Christi's inaugural "Selena Fest"

"...of Los Dinos and a young fixture on the Tejano/Latin music charts, recorded a crossover album that had fans..."

April 10, 2015 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...campfire with Thin Lizzy. As for Deer Tick, the quartet left SXSW last year with Rolling Stone's David Fricke..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Lipstick Traces

Pretenders

"...girl of new wave and punk, neither as self-consciously arty as Patti Smith nor as endearingly slutty as Debbie..."

July 16, 1999 Music Review

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...while eagerly-anticipated horror sequel Evil Dead Rise is also part of this year's headliners...."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Thursday Showcases

International hip-hop, or domestic, Modern Outsider sounds?

"...punch as last year's whirlwind that brought Hyuna to American shores, but it's no slouch either. Headliner Choi Jin-woo..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...mainstream pop romp, though it's hard to blame Texas artists who did. The veteran choir director dealt with adolescent..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim A young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...LATINO ROCK ALLIANCE PRESENTS: Another SXSW Rock en Español showcase,..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

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