From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...In Austin, music is politics. It's the action. It's gossip. It's history. Love stories and tragedies..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...does sound become music? USA/Mexico, apparently: first Laredo (2017), then Matamoros (2019), and now Del Rio (2021). Three songs..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...BEST OF THE YEAR..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...South by Southwest, you’d probably guess Harry. More exciting, the conference rolls out the red carpet for the Prince..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Boycott the Pumpkin Spice Latte With Alternative Spices

Five types of non-pumpkin autumnal beverages around town

"...In all of the hullabaloo that surrounded the dawn and demise of the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...Close-up on two musicians side by side. That they're musicians you have to take on faith – all..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

You Puts a New Lens on Toxic Masculinity

Lifetime screens pilot of its newest stalker drama

"...Tales of obsession are in steady rotation on the Lifetime network; yet upcoming miniseries You, which screened its..."

June 11, 2018 Screens Post by Danielle White

Coffee With a Conscience

Local roasters give consumers a taste of culture and community

"...has foregone ethics. When it comes to cutting through the fog, it can be difficult to care if your..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Playback: David Ramirez’s Lost Art

David Ramirez’s America, HAAM Benefit Day, and the reverend of Austin music

"...found me one night standing in front of Lamberts, the door guy having just checked one more time and..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Margaret Moser 1954-2017

Austin’s patron saint of music passes

"...reports of her death spread virally on social media, the news marks the end of Moser’s four-year struggle with..."

Aug. 26, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Lege Lines: Off the Rails Already

Lege opens with sparring chambers, questions about Dukes' future

"...The 85th Texas Legislature has arrived – not with a..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Giving Hoppy Beers a Second Chance

While IPAs remain craft beer’s most popular style, it is also its most polarizing

"...way that disrupts 87 fajillion years of self-preservation for the pure enjoyment of beer. And yet, despite the imminent..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Readers and fans of the literary, you might want to grab a napkin before..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Day Fest: Willie Nelson's Luck Reunion

Shelter from the storm in Luck, Texas

"...When the official word came to shut down all performances and..."

March 19, 2016 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...top 10 lists. Some are relatively easy: Who has the best cheese sandwich, who wrote the best law? It's..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Bound to Vengeance

Female protagonists tested in home invasion and revenge flicks

"...leads? It seems like we should be well past the era of the damsel in distress, but the genre..."

Nov. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

VOX Table

Dining for Austin's next generation

"...If I were to venture to define the epochs of Austin dining, I'd stake a marker at..."

July 31, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

2014-15 Austin Music Awards

"...Rose Reyes inducts Conjunto Los Pinkys into the Austin Music Hall of Fame...."

March 19, 2015 Photo Gallery

Texas Me

New Doug Sahm documentary and SXSW all-star concert resurrects Austin's cosmic groover

"...Writer Joe Nick Patoski marvels at the end result of his..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Nick Drake

A new tome sheds light on the mythic UK folkie

"...Everything Nick Drake left behind lingers with Romanticism, the big R Romanticism that speaks to something transcendent, pastoral,..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Point Austin: Welcome Back!

When the Lege is in town, we've learned to expect the worst

"...The 84th Legislature has barely begun, and we've already got..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Under Construction

As the session begins, continuity and inexperience are the major questions

"...under Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the 84th Legislature enters uncertain territory, with new leadership and..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Nick Damici Sees Late Phases

Werewolves, contact lenses, and the Hap and Leonard series

"...Ambrose, the surly, blind, widower/werewolf killer of Late Phases, doesn't get..."

Nov. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

You’re Probably Not Watching AMC’s ‘Halt and Catch Fire’

Here are five reasons why you should

"...AMC needs another hit. Breaking Bad finally broke, Mad Men is winding..."

July 9, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Playback: Tip Jar Etiquette

See that tip jar? Give.

"...live music venues around town have a receptacle near the stage where patrons can drop bills for the benefit..."

July 4, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Rock Lobster

How do you eat healthy on tour?

"...fill up at diners, drive-throughs, grocery stores, and backstage, then burn it up onstage...."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...The Sundance Film Festival released its first programming wave this..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: What's Your Point of View?

For Halloween, some beastly releases of the haunting month

"...There's a golden rule in the run-up to Halloween. If..."

Oct. 20, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Alamo's Action Man

Programmer Greg MacLennan on the world's most ridiculous job

"...If you're a regular at the Alamo Drafthouse, you've probably seen one man's work more..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: In a New York State of Mind

Mother Falcon hits Gotham, Not in the Face sears Vancouver, and Black Joe Lewis comes home

"...When you're local indie-pop orchestra Mother Falcon, and your band's the size of a soccer..."

June 21, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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