Faye Webster, Swamp Dogg, and More Reviews From Friday of SXSW

Memorable performances to close out the week

"...Brandon Tucker, Shifting Sounds has spent the last decade-plus releasing the finest in old school alternative rock records from..."

March 16, 2024 Music Post by Julian Towers

17 Texas Artists to See at ACL Fest

Lone Star acts to catch at Zilker, from Houston breakout d4vd to Austin’s Die Spitz

"...bacchanal for the first time in its now 21-year-old legacy, Nemegata released full-length bow Hycha Wy. Blistering amplified, electrified,..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Gap Band at Juneteenth, Feels So Gay, and more recommended shows

"...Dontizl (7:15), and DJ Cysum (6:15). Saturday, Tulsa funk legacy the Gap Band ("You Dropped a Bomb on Me")..."

June 16, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

65

Adam Driver takes on dinosaurs as a space traveler in the wrong era

"...Plagued by months of delays from distributor Sony Pictures Releasing, 65 struggles to find its footing. At once science..."

March 17, 2023 Movie Review by Dex Wesley Parra

Crosstalk: Plains Brings Out Hoyt Van Tanner, DIA on Día Centers Live Music Funds, and Black Pumas' Eric Burton Teases His "Own Work"

Austin music news headlines of the week

"...the process … I hope that we can start releasing some more music very soon as we wrap up..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Burning World: Into The Territory With Alex Pritz

Documentary explores the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe's fight for the Amazon

"...perceive this administration, and enter that conversation about their legacy to the Amazon and their treatment of Indigenous people...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stubborn With My Goals: Impassioned MC J Soulja Stays Focused on Creating Opportunities in Austin Rap

"There ain't no trophies for that kind of shit"

"...Square, an organization working to preserve the Eastside's cultural legacy, made him its director of cultural and artistic liberation..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

The LBJ Presidential Library at 50

For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history

"...of Economic Opportunity. In a nutshell, LBJ's White House legacy was still very much in question...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Capyac, Marquis Hill, and Willie headline our recommended shows for the week

"...Singer/multi-instrumentalist Eric Pena says the album's title reflects "the legacy of music outliving our human forms, but also the..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020

It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings

"...Bullcrap United. In their possession is a future Austin legacy beer in Ol' Gil Euro Pils, but demand is..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Another Sea Change Year at the Austin Music Awards

So much so that even we don't know what to expect!

"...Patty Griffin, Los Lonely Boys, and the Bodeans, while releasing solo albums where cultural genres and eras collided (revisit..."

March 6, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Watch The First Trailer For Raise Hell, The Story of Molly Ivins

SXSW smash documentary about the Texas original blazing onto screens

"...favorite. Now it's being released in October by Magnolia Releasing, who have just released the first trailer...."

Aug. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Sophisticated Giant

The long-awaited bio of sax legend Dexter Gordon is here

"...life. She agreed, and this fall, Maxine Gordon is releasing the result. Since she's in Austin this week to..."

Oct. 23, 2018 Arts Post by Jay Trachtenberg

AFS and UT Press Celebrate the Legacy of CinemaTexas

Notes on cinema history

"...the camera pointed always forward, Lewis denies us the tension-releasing effect of being able to look backward to check..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Why Does Everyone Hate CodeNEXT?

Can a polarized Austin reach consensus on land use by next spring?

"...couple of hours grilling the consultants – for not releasing enough information, and for releasing too much bad information...."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

DVDanger: Let's Get Weird

Getting stranger with Kino Lorber, plus slime mold!

"...It's a bittersweet concoction of deferred adolescence, and the legacy it leaves on kids of all ages is made..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two – BFI: Blaze Foley Inside

11 verses in search of a song

"...and stunning performer, his consistent bad luck recording and releasing his music was of such tragic proportions as to..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Column by Louis Black

We Need to Talk About Maxwell

“I make records because I live, not because I live to make records”

"...keep that foundation, but we’ve sort of built this legacy that’s managed to keep things fresh and never gimmicky...."

July 13, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Friday SXSW Sleepers

"...Ancient Warfare8:45pm, Soho Lounge Lexington, Kentucky's modern musical legacy is mostly bluegrass and black metal. Ancient Warfare's dreamy..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Gay Place

Some weeks are for the birds, others for the bears

"...Julie Nolen's CD Release Party! Releasing a record is a BFD, which is why release..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Playback: Hip-Hop at Home With the Armadillo

Weird City Hip-Hop takes another strike, but Austin City Limits hits a home run in landing Kendrick Lamar taping

"...Erwin Center, particularly since he hasn't hit Austin since releasing To Pimp a Butterfly, a landmark LP that infiltrated..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...heart of a reclusive animal activist and incest survivor, releasing her demons and forming an unlikely 'family' in the..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...done and gone. But we'll be living with the legacy of its film festivals for months to come. Here's..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Flying Lotus

L.A. producer rockets to the stars

"...reached cruising altitude. With 2008 breakout Los Angeles and legacy-securing Cosmogramma now firmly in the rearview mirror, he’s embracing..."

Nov. 10, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Respectable Enemy: Curtis McMurtry

Lone star scion on Nashville, mom/dad/granddad, and Otto von Bismarck

"...Jenni Finlay Promotions, both based in Austin. The label releasing the album is based in Texas. More of my..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

DVDanger: Of Flesh, Blood and Boners

"The Final Member" gets phallic, plus "Dracula" and "Ravenous" bite

"...contribution displayed, Siggi contends with his own mortality, his legacy, and his own commitment to finish the collection. As..."

June 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

HD 50: Dems Fire Away

As early voting rolls on, Dems exchange hard shots

"...is simply not,” he said. “She’s being endorsed by legacy Democratic groups because they think HD 50 is like..."

Oct. 27, 2013 News Post by Christopher Hooks

ACL Interview: Jimmy Eat World

2:30pm, Samsung Galaxy stage

"...have realized it, but Jimmy Eat World are veterans. Releasing albums since 1994, they've built a legacy out of..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

What Happens Next?

As D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg serves her sentence, the county attorney takes on the civil lawsuit and the next steps

"...will happen next – and whether Lehmberg's career and legacy will survive the bruising public debate...."

May 3, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...Nashville scene, debuted this project at Bonnaroo in 2012, releasing debut LP Youth in the process. The perky percussion..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

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