Rodolfo Borrell’s Austin FC Renovation Puts Josh Wolff in a Tricky Spot

The rebuild is going slowly

"...Since leaving Manchester City for Austin in June of last year, Borrell..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Features Feature by Eric Goodman

The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins Top Latest SXSW Music Announcement

Plus Angélica Garcia, Dende, Snõõper

"...lineup: California singer-songwriter Angélica Garcia, who taped an Austin City Limits performance with Adrian Quesada in support of his..."

Jan. 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Verde Report: Top 10 Reasons for Austin FC Optimism in 2024

In a league as fickle as MLS, a club’s fortunes are never more than one offseason away from pulling a full 180

"...only Seattle's Brian Schmetzer, Philadelphia's Jim Curtin, and Kansas City's Peter Vermes. That's good company. Wolff will certainly have..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

SXSW Adds Ho99o9, Kikuo, Sofia Kourtesis to 2024 Music Lineup

243 artists make up the festival’s second artist announcement

"...(Montreal CANADA) Akira Galaxy (Los Angeles CA) Ako（a子） (Himeji City JAPAN) Alexander Biggs (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Alex Nicol (Montreal CANADA)..."

Dec. 6, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Austin FC Head Coach Josh Wolff Is Staying Put

Borrell makes case for coach’s return after disastrous season

"...dedicated, very knowledgeable, and very much committed to the city and to the club,” Borrell said of Wolff. “I..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...filmmaker Cliff Twemlow and the industry he built in Manchester, UK...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Verde Report: New Sporting Director Rodolfo Borrell Sets His Goals for Austin FC Success

Rodo gets down to business

"...who most recently served as the right-hand man to Manchester City's revered coaching guru, Pep Guardiola...."

July 14, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

The Verde Report: Rodolfo Borrell Joins Austin FC as New Sporting Director

Club swings for the fences – and hits – with international hire

"...Most recently, Borrell spent the last nine seasons with Manchester City, where he served as an assistant coach to..."

July 7, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...at the wrong place. It’s hard to imagine Mexico City’s buzziest and most mischievous quintet playing amid a sea..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

Electro-Pop Pioneers New Order’s “Blue Monday” Kicks Off SXSW Music

ACL Live show brought in former clubgoers and curious newbies alike

"...at the Festival’s Monday commencement – around which the Manchester group built a short tour of Texas and New..."

March 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...time capsules for twentysomething angst. The deceptively sultry “Kiss City” probes at the anxieties underlying intimacy, while “Olympus” provides..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Trouble in Paradise: Austin FC Humbled By Haitian Club in Champions League Opener

B-squad belly flops, loses 3-0 to Violette AC

"...II, the club’s work-in-progress minor league squad, look like Manchester City. Violette had not played a competitive match in..."

March 8, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...the biggest shows of their career to date, headlining Manchester’s Heaton Park and London’s O2 in 2021 and a..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Adds New Order, Killer Mike, Protomartyr, and Isabella Lovestory

Along with over 300 more artists headed to the Austin festival

"...(San Francisco CA) AJ Smith (Nashville TN) Alexandra Whittingham (Manchester UK-ENGLAND) Alexia Bomtempo (Brooklyn NY) Al Lover (Los Angeles..."

Jan. 25, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Lemon Twigs, Obongjayar, the Zombies, and Ambré Added in SXSW 2023’s Second Lineup Drop

With a whopping 301 musical artists

"...(Auckland NEW ZEALAND) Font (Austin TX) Fonteyn (Salt Lake City UT) The Foreign Resort (Copenhagen DENMARK) Fotocrime (Louisville KY)..."

Dec. 7, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

World Cup Watch: And So It Begins ...

The World Cup kicks off in what organizers promise won't be the Fyre Festival of sporting events

"...million visitors are pouring into this midsized Middle Eastern city/state – which itself has a population of 2.4 million,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

SXSW 2023 Announces Thao, Armani White, Blondshell, and Otoboke Beaver

Among 191 acts on the festival’s first artist list

"...(Toronto CANADA) Knifeplay (Philadelphia PA) Krooked Kings (Salt Lake City UT) Kym Register (Loamlands) (Durham NC) Ladaniva (Lille FRANCE)..."

Oct. 19, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Oasis Knebworth 1996

Brilliant documentary on the gigs that defined Britpop

"...Oasis made people want to claim they were from Manchester, a city that had spent decades synonymous with crime,..."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...Rizzo snarl was but one pulsating node in overwhelming city-grid soundscapes. But a decade of increasingly poetic solo work..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...across subjects, telling a story but doing it in multiplicity. Frequently working with collaborators, Siifu builds tracks that are..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

The Verde Report: Austin FC’s xVERDE Competes in eMLS Cup at SXSW

John Bitsoe Garcia enters esports arena as the 11th seed

"...men's World Cup qualifier. On Sunday, March 13, the city welcomes a new dimension of footy as the battleground..."

March 11, 2022 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

… along with 302 other acts from around the world

"...(Milwaukee WI) Eyelid Kid (Austin TX) Fabiola Roudha (Guatemala City GUATEMALA) Fake Fruit (San Francisco CA) Fake Gentle (Chengdu..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...bunch of bullshit ever," says Warner Bros. Director of Publicity Bob Merlis. "I was on the other side of..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Second SXSW Lineup Installment Adds Over 300 Acts

KT Tunstall, Shamir, Sunflower Bean, and Circuit Des Yeux highlight

"...(London UK-ENGLAND) Broadside Hacks (London UK-ENGLAND) Brother. (Salt Lake City UT) Brown Penny (London UK-ENGLAND) Buenos Diaz (Austin TX)..."

Dec. 8, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

With the Music Lineup Rolling Out, South by Southwest 2022 Finally Feels Real

Maxo Kream, Monaleo, W.I.T.C.H., and Vitreous Humor highlight drop

"...(Toronto CANADA) Adam Ostrar (Austin TX) Aeon Station (Ocean City NJ) Aertex (Washington DC) Alex Dupree (Austin TX) Alien..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin FC Falls Flat in SoCal as Chicharito Scores Seventh Goal

RECAP: Back-to-back losses have ATXFC feeling growing pains

"...well-struck Chicharito penalty, which the former Real Madrid and Manchester United forward earned by drawing ATX defender Jhohan Romaña..."

May 15, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...gone big, with a recreation of many of the city's recognizable landmarks and favorite venues, including the Paramount Theatre,..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Adds the Chats, Boyo, Babeheaven, and Bongeziwe Mabandla

Artists broadcasting from “unusual, as well as iconic, settings”

"...Berlin cellist Sebastian Plano. Transmitting from South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, will be Bongeziwe Mabandla, who owns a melodic..."

Feb. 23, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Releases V-I-R-T-U-A-L 2021 Music Roster

Sorry, Didirri, Connie Constance highlight global drop

"...melodic rock with noisy guitars and strong songwriting, Mexico City garage favorites Los Blenders, Korean indie surf outfit Say..."

Jan. 26, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...to a reappraisal of the blockbusting Gibb brothers from Manchester, The Bee Gees: How Do You Mend a Broken..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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