SXSW Music's Hip-Hop Hierarchy

From up-and-comers to rap royalty, 20 key sets to see

"...and Saba, Joey Davis fits the bill with nimble flow and heady wordplay. On 2016's iiiDrops, he spits filthy..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Priority Pop at SXSW Music

If you've gotta pick and choose, you can't go wrong with these 11 breakouts

"...Tue. 13, Blackheart, 9pm; Thu. 15, Maggie Mae's, 11pm; Sat. 17, International Day Stage, Austin Convention..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...its attendant Eastside Kings Festival this weekend (see schedule below), Stout always begins a project with a wholly realized..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Lissie

"...surges in spiraling anxiety and "Hero" burns behind her low dusky vocals. If Lissie's still searching for her best..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Saturday Showcases

"...Tropical offers a more refined approach than breakout LP Blow Up, but their fiery sound remains an explosion of..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Playback

Austin Music People wants to meet up

"...can register fans, a novel attempt to remedy Austin's low and unbalanced voter turnout. The organization will have voter..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Orbiting SXSW

Return of the Secaucus 7? Try the arrival of a SXSW septet: Dana Falconberry, Shakey Graves, The Eastern Sea, My Jerusalem, Black Pistol Fire, The Preservation, and The Boxing Lesson.

"...electric bard packs for an upcoming tour. The old, off-yellow suitcase sitting in the middle of his living room..."

March 1, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Giant Giant Sand

"...guest singers, a string section, and pedal steel ace Maggie Björklund. Unsurprisingly, given its creator's disinterest in structural confinement,..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Tesla vs. Edison? Live And With Sparks A-Flying?

Yes: It's the Showdown at Unobtainium, coming soon

"...You wanna hear Sam Tyler and Maggie Duval give you the low-down on the Showdown while..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Saturday International Bands

Plenty of exotic headliners left for Saturday

"...Maggie Björklund (Sat., 8:20pm, Red Eyed Fly)..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday blurbs are down from Thursday's, but how are you holding up at this point?

"...her interpretive skills, and upcoming sophomore LP Way Down Low shines amid pop flourishes and a breathy coyness while..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...his most recent being Classic Night in el Chuco. Fellow Grammy-winning Tejano stars Ruben Ramos & the Texas Revolution..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...your window, and if they are, they probably brought flowers. Back in Brooklyn, the Honey Brothers have rediscovered the..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Deerhoof

"...DeerhoofOffend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Voting Booth

AFS Documentary Tour presents Election Day

"...registration printouts. Beyond the amazing sight of all those fellow Americans – from the country's metropolises to its American..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Saturday Picks

"...Once due out in April on Quannum. Meanwhile, Jay-Z flowed it best when he rapped, "If skills sold, then..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Yuppie Pricks, who recorded for Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles following their Ranch debut. Austin's Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Veggie Heaven

A visit to Angel Valley Organic Farm

"...they purchased their property on the banks of Bloody Hollow Creek. Jo cheerfully explains that farms traditionally are named..."

March 24, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

Heaven up Here

27 reason to further investigate the UK roster of bands at SXSW 2006

"...is a ravenous, sinewy thing of beauty, all pounding low-ends and skyrocketing guitars. Genius...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Momentum and the Mountainside Sound

Dylan's bottler of magic, Bob Johnston, on the nicest guy ever, plus Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Michael Martin Murphey, and more

"...might get in his way. ... Johnston lived on low country barbecue, and he was all charm."..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Feature by Louis Black

TIFF Notes

What I took away from the Toronto International Film Festival

"...love story between two cowboys living on the down low in the American West of the Sixties and Seventies...."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...response to pleas from local and state officials, the Lower Colorado River Authority board of directors voted Wednesday to..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...alt.country band, having just delivered to the label a follow-up to 2003's Decoration Day, which made Top 10 lists..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...many album-of-the-year citations from those enamored by his energetic rhyme-flow. Atlanta's Micranots, who specialize in the rawest cultural warfare,..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...beloved Canadian documentary filmmaker and community leader. The film follows Woody Harrelson's West Coast pro-environment and Earth-friendly lifestyle campus..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Return of the Secaucus 7

Included among this fall's syllabus of Sayles releases, like Casa de los Babys and other new DVD issues of Sayles' earliest films, this first flick gives great opportunity to survey the professional development of the maverick lone star director known for playing Hollywood against itself.

"...DVD is complete with commentary by Sayles and actress/producer/partner Maggie Renzi, making it fine introductory material for "Sayles 101,"..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Screens Review by Courtney Fitzgerald

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Local Arts Reviews

"...the other, and beneath his pinched brow comes a glower that could wither a rose at 50 paces. When..."

June 7, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Car Stereo Wars

Music Showcase

"...Car Stereo WarsMaggie Mae's, Thursday 14 It must suck hard to cross..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Hi Mom, I'm Home

On the heels of threatened industry strikes and life-changing world events, this year's Sundance Film Festival in Utah featured more deals, more attendees, and more stars.

"...in quite some time. Acquisitions activity has been markedly low over the past couple of years, and going into..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

The Michael Richards Show fizzles, Billy Crystal can't host the Oscars, and other odds and ends from our harried television columnist.

"...see Sally Field finish her stint on ER as Maggie, Abby Lockhart's (Maura Tierney) manic-depressive mother. I wasn't sure..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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