Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Finish up the summer with some adventure

"...The museum of burial traditions from around the world, strange coffins, stylish hearses, and mortuary tools now offers a..."

Aug. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...atop gently growling atmospherics over 64 minutes. In a strange juxtaposition against the drowsy, droning riff of penultimate song..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

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

Along with over 300 more artists headed to the Austin festival

"...(New York NY) Blaketheman1000 (New York NY) Blvck Hippie (Memphis TN) Bodywash (Montreal CANADA) BÖNDBREAKR (Austin TX) The Boneshakers..."

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

"...NY) Cimarron615 (Nashville TN) CIVIC (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Cloudland Canyon (Memphis TN) CODY JON (Sydney AUSTRALIA) The Color Brown (Carolina..."

Dec. 7, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Melissa Carper, Taméca Jones, the Hide Outs, Alex Coke, and more local shows to see

"...The last time Memphis-to-NYC transplant Bernell Jones II hit Monks, it was in..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Die Spitz, Red Axes, Fiddlehead, Albert Lee, Elsa Cross, and more recommended shows

"...Thursday, her heavyweight quartet pairs with two solo charmers. Memphis-built songwriter Alicia Gail possesses a voice like Norah Jones..."

July 8, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: Editor Beth Sullivan's Queer Goodbye

Closing the chapter with OUTsider Fest and more queer events

"...ago. The next chapter of our life is in Memphis, Tennessee, which we'll soon call home alongside our snaggletooth..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Column by Beth Sullivan

An Excerpt From Omar Dykes: The Life & Times of a Poor and Almost Famous Bluesman

Hard truths about the music business by Kent “Omar” Dykes and spouse Issa Medrano as they revisit Glory Days (for Bruce Springsteen).

"...and to be looking for him. I noticed a strange man following me around, mumbling, and I thought he..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature

The Kingcast Finds the Personal Stories of Stephen King Fans

Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler make for the podcast's skeleton crew

"...its extraordinary guest list, including Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange), April Wolfe (Black Christmas), and Kumail Nanjiani (The Big..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...from the outset, Meat Belt's sophomore offering passes the Memphis garage punk smell test and would make departed revivalist..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Valley Drive (2018) then motored its sublime ride to Memphis per its storied sponsor Argent Records, "WMD" (weapons of..."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Adds 105 Acts

Whoop-Szo, Blood, Fennesz, and La Meme Gang join the fest

"...Dirty Streets (Memphis, TN.)..."

Jan. 30, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Parveen Bilal A Muslim policeman goes undercover at his estranged father's mosque while his daughter hides her passion for..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

The singer’s long road to Austin

"...a sense of wonder and inevitability, as if the strange circumstances leading to his diagnosis happened to someone else...."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Memphis Strange

"...rockers like "Smile" and groovers on the order of "Strange Boogie." "French Disconnection" could be a Gram Parsons B-side...."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...JC: Liberty Lunch, Continental Club, Momo’s, Backyard, Strange Brew, Cactus Cafe, ACL Live. Paul Oveisi (of Momo’s)..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...La Barracuda D: Julia Halperin, Jason Cortlund A strange woman comes to Texas to meet her half-sister and..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Golden Boys, Strange Boys (11/9/07)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria

"...sides of the Eighties resulted in one of the strangest cultural uprisings of the 20th century, the so-called "Satanic..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov

Dead Man's Curse

Simon Rumley mines horror from a real-life death row case

"...I think I may have just watched West of Memphis at the time, and of course this is very..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...Baby Strange (Glasgow, Scotland)..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Soul Searching with Jim Lauderdale

Nashville song whisperer needs a deadline

"...Late afternoon, that’s when Jim Lauderdale calls. Appearing at Strange Brew on Thursday, he’s out promoting new LP Soul..."

Jan. 6, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Let the Music

Garage punk Orville Bateman Neeley III crosses over

"...the Pumpers, the Best, Bleach Boys, and recorded the Strange Boys, Zoltars, Sweet Talk, and Jonly Bonly, and too..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

B.B. King Saved My Life

He played blues so we can find a way through ours

"...when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, a lot of racial doors closed. For awhile, the..."

May 15, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Memphis, Texas Performing Arts..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower Comedy: Jen Kober

Hairy lesbian tales on the comedy trail from the Louisiana comic

"...your typical comedy fest interview, because I have a strange and wonderful fascination for Lake Charles, Louisiana, your hometown...."

April 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

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"...solo move, this one from local rock outfit the Memphis Strange into the calmer roots of his follow-up to..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Alejandro Escovedo Hosts Matt McCormack Benefit

‘I looked at the windows to see water coming through them’

"...On Thursday at Strange Brew, Alejandro Escovedo hosts a benefit for his daughter..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his 11-year-old niece,..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia (Memphis, Tenn.)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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