Friday SXSW Sleepers

"...bobbing rhythm section of neo-psych-pop wizards from Jacco Gardner. – Sam Jacobson..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Thursday SXSW Sleepers

"...Sam Outlaw 9pm, the GatsbyAn overly obvious stage name, Sam..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Playback: And the Award Goes To ...

The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup

"...Are Ü Now." That musical trespass narrowly beat out Sam Hunt and Carrie Underwood's mushy pop country duet and..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Austin Loses Its Voice: Paul Ray 1942–2016

Paul Ray 1942–2016, and now, a time without twine

"...Twine Time was an "oldies" show in the same sense that a Stradivarius is a violin – a..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hideaway

A descendant of the father of our country in the Antone's House Band? For three decades now, believe it!

"...their 30s, the former a part owner of this same venue, and the latter a co-owner of Antone's Records...."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Feature by Sarah Brown

Blues Lessons with Eve Monsees

Guitarist starts at Jimmy Reed and ends up in New Orleans

"...Magic Sam remains her first blues idol, someone the guitarist..."

Dec. 3, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Burnt

Bradley Cooper is a "bad boy" chef; Sienna Miller and others are garnish

"...Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl, Riccardo Scamarcio, Omar Sy, Sam Keeley, Matthew Rhys, Stephen Campbell Moore, Emma Thompson, Uma..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Summer Blockbuster Film Playlist

Movies come and go, but the songs remain – sometimes

"...mellow and ponder love with Alice Boman. Dance with Sam Bruno, whose “Search Party” is destined to be a..."

July 1, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Tall Tales and Texas Rising

Fact battles fiction in new History Channel miniseries

"...Rising features a sprawling cast including Bill Paxton as Sam Houston, Olivier Martinez as Santa Anna, and Kris Kristofferson..."

May 22, 2015 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Muse of Mediocrity

When someone else's art isn't that good, it just inspires Jena Friedman to take a chance herself

"...... [But] I did my first real piece with Samantha Bee: It was on women in the military. Not..."

April 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...A. Sinclair, Shane Smith & the Saints, Soul Man Sam, Starlings, TN, T Bird & the Breaks, Think No..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Poughkeepsie Kid

Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona

"..."Thanks, Terry," says the group's frontman Samuel T. Herring...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

BFFs: Lady Bromance or Romance?

Exploring the gray area between friends and girlfriends at aGLIFF

"...of aGLIFF – it was an attempt at movie magic. Luckily for them, it was a successful attempt that..."

Sept. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

Pickathon Polishes Off No. 16

Oregon fest boasts IPAs, ATXs, camping, and sustainability

"...Singer Sam France would be the type of cult leader that..."

Aug. 4, 2014 Music Post by Austin Powell

LipSchtick Traces

When Cindy Wood scores the big laughs at Esther's Follies, she's channeling comedy's funniest femmes

"...like to slam and bam" in the Seussian parody "Sam I Am," and make each distinctly different and distinctly..."

April 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...never met in person, has been living in the same city the whole time and sets out to find..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Band Invites, Part II

Only 112 days remaining until the Music conference begins

"...Magic Man (Boston, Mass.)..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Music Fest 2013 Sunday Listings

Blurbing Sunday ACL

"...Noon, Samsung Galaxy stage..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Charles Manson Chad Hammett, Two Prospectors: The Letters of Sam Shepard and Jonny Dark Stephen Harrigan, The Eye of..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

LoneStarCon 3: The George R. R. Martin Interview

'Game of Thrones' creator discusses how he writes and why

"...and having it happen to my characters in the same way, just change the names? To my mind that's..."

Aug. 29, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...timed to oscillate across my brain's surface at the same frequency as my own unique alpha wavelength of 10..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

Where Did All Those Kids Go?

From summer 1968 to ‘One Night with Janis Joplin’ in 2013

"...in the chorus, “Take it!,” the long, straight-haired guitarist (Sam Andrew) slid his finger up the fret board of..."

July 31, 2013 Music Post by Charles Beard

DVDanger: 'American Mary'/'Ninja III: The Domination'

The changing POV of the female revenge flick

"...and Yoram Globus, masters of mid-budget mayhem. As hack-for-hire Sam Firstenberg explains in the commentary, they knew how to..."

June 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Frances Ha

There's a tour de force performance by Greta Gerwig and no small amount of magic in this winning movie by Noah Baumbach about a generation in flux.

"...Leos Carax’s delirious tracking-shot trot in 1986‘s Mauvais Sang, same-tuned to Bowie’s “Modern Love,” and there’s an obvious and..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Foxygen

"...FoxygenWe Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...Daniel, ex-Handsome Furs Dan Boeckner, and New Bomb Turk Sam Brown, kicks in at 6pm with namesake tics and..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Trailer Park: SXSW Film Day 1

Three picks (and clips) from today's screenings

"...Faced with intense competition from bigger, better stars, two magicians seem to have lost their spark. Now they have..."

March 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

Oz the Great and Powerful

Neither a besmirching nor a instant classic, this sometimes clunky prequel in which James Franco plays the Wizard when he was a mere, young huckster also has Sam Raimi's ravishing visuals.

"...Directed by: Sam Raimi. Starring: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW: Foxygen

"The Kinks on Acid?"

"...Sam France and Jonathan Rado formed Foxygen in junior high..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Events Post by Derek Van Wagner

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...far and away? Well, joining previously announced Headliners like magic comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, there’s Hawking, Stephen Finnigan’s..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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