The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Wednesday

The buzzy, the brave, the thrash-able twee-pop

"...so big at Half Step that there were as many waiting outside the venue as there were inside...."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

SXSW Announces Gaming Award Nominees and Hosts

WWE star Xavier Woods to co-host ceremony in March

"...with their brand spankin’ new system. If you didn’t manage to get a Switch on its release date a..."

Jan. 25, 2017 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Gazing Back at Other Worlds Austin

Time Lapse dominates Cthulhie awards, plus festival highlights

"...Design: The Well Short Awards Best short: "One-Minute Time Machine" Emerging Script: "Martian American" Emerging Director: Steven Ayromlooi, "The..."

Dec. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Emmy Rossum, Paul Wesley, Ron Perlman, Richard Schiff (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...Cast: Brittany Snow, Evan Ross, Christian Serratos, J. Michael Trautmann, and David Oyelowo (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Channel

Record review

"...Tales From the Two Hill Heart/Sibylline Machine (C-Side)..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

TCB

Nineteen days on the road with Moonlight Towers later, TCB arrives in Austin a bitter, broken man but with plenty to report.

"...at Beerland with Brothers and Sisters, John Schooley's One Man Band, and John Wesley Coleman. Happy birthday, Billy! While..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

14th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The winners, the judges, and the reasons why

"...Dorst, for instance, wondered whether it was unfair to demand that each effort conform to a false dichotomy of..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...when the Cartoon Network launches new episodes of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. Originally included in Adult Swim, the..."

July 5, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

How to escape turkey afterburn and family overkill

"...Tailgaters Show airs at 10am followed by the Texas vs. Texas A&M game. The Nebraska-Colorado game follows, all on..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Chapter 5: An Ongoing Odyssey

Twenty years of The Austin Chronicle: the final chapter and coda

"...Chronicle as something wild and free and bordering on adamantly and permanently "unprofessional." But here's the thing: Twenty years..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...tree. But the hideous structures made of them for human dwellings are unforgivable. The poorest nation in Europe, Spain,..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column

Playing Kissyface

Profile of eclecto-rockers Adult Rodeo

"...contradictions inherent to these bill-mates -- lone tragic figure vs. clowning collective; purity vs. artifice -- provided the perfect..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

DVDanger: Death Race 2050

Plus jungle Sacrifice! and street punk Parasites

"...Another year, another Death Race movie with Roger Corman's name attached. Don't worry, if you lost track, Death..."

Feb. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

"...most stunning track records of any producer, there are many who have produced a lot less of interest with..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Feature by Louis Black

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

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

"...up, folks turned their attention to Board Chair Marc Winkelman, new Executive Director Lois Kim, and new Literary Director..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Record Reviews

"...funky, low-down, and nasty as last year's House of GVSB . All 14 songs drip with more testosterone than..."

March 7, 1997 Music Review

Our Recommended Events Include Broods, Books, and Barking Buddies

The weekdays are filled with events worth leaving the house

"...like if they made a Signs sequel today. Ol’ Norman Bates, once again played chillingly by Anthony Perkins, is..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...cultural revolution of the Sixties gunned down by a megalomaniac at the dawn of these culturally empty modern times...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

Whither Buttholes?

"...the band's back catalogue, which includes Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac, Cream Corn From the Socket of Davis, Rembrandt..."

April 24, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...Community hip-hop and R&B cultivators proffer beatmaker/composer/Black Pumas keyman JaRon Marshall; the wise, aggressive, impassioned raps of J..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...got a transcript of a recent interview with the man, during which we peppered him with questions cribbed from..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Falling in Love

Mac people are annoyingly fond of their computers

"...Google Maps lady. Every time she mispronounces Koenig or Manchaca in her sexy robot voice I get a semi...."

March 7, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...Hawkins, Pere Ubu, Tiny Bradshaw, Nine Inch Nails, Henry Mancini, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony didn't yield baseball favors from the..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Spanked All Over

Top Ten Environmental Stories of 1995

"...And politicians continued playing football with the Barton Springs Salamander. Yes, it was quite a year for environmental stories,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Your Weekend Events Shopping Already Done for You!

Recommended arts and music events for your perusal

"...to kids. It’s not an easy task (Street and Animaniacs might be the only ones to thread that needle),..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Lucky Seven for Sci-Fi Film Fest Other Worlds

Interstellar picks for the festival's seventh year

"...comes her debut, a vampiric tale of a young woman (Lee Marshall) whose weekend away with friends becomes a..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Sees Its First Hemp Harvest in 80 Years

Entrepreneurial farmers navigate state regulations and unsteady market, but still sees a bright future

"...flower, which will be sold to CBD users, gets manicured by hand, while the B-grade growths will end up..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin

Cracking Open The Devil's Doorway

Horror director Aislinn Clarke on Ireland's dirty secret

"...Many horror films are drawn from personal nightmares. For Aislinn..."

July 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Officer Downe

Slipknot's Clown turns director, plus more home releases

"...Image, Marvel, Wildstorm) and under his nom de guerre Man of Action, he has been a guiding force in..."

April 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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