Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...deep cuts and “Dragula” alike – as well as nu-metal, club classics, and so on. Your vinyl vamps for..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Everything Evil: How Longlegs Is Osgood Perkins’ Popcorn Movie

Channeling Silence of the Lambs for his horror club sandwich

"...evil about Judas Priest. There’s nothing evil about death metal bands. They’re not doing anything evil – the one..."

July 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dinos, Sharks, Muppets, and Lots of Fireworks Lead Our Recommended Events

Get ready for the Fourth or the weekend in general

"...crossed my desk in the shape of a rapping metal-cased butterfly (#IYKYK). What I do know is that when..."

July 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: The Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells

There’s something in the water: The Baker Hotel rises again

"...is where they sandblast layers of old paint off metal fixtures. Rejuvenation Begins..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...In Alberta, Canada, the metal bar cattle guard used on a road's surface is..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Recipes to Reimagine Your Holiday Feast

It’s time to revamp your end-of-year celebration menus

"...or beef and of different cuts (including offal or pig's ear). Serve the stew with white rice for a..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Down With the King

Freddie Gibbs scorches the earth as a rapper in touch with the land

"...feature Bob and the Trees) butcher and dress a pig in the barn. And he's into it...."

July 1, 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

"...songwriting vehicle, he's an unpredictable cosmonaut. From psychotic, frostbitten metalcore to their stint cosplaying as space rock Foo Fighters..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Festival Review: Down With the King

Freddie Gibbs finds a new flow as a rapper in the country

"...feature Bob and the Trees) butcher and dress a pig in the barn. And he's into it...."

Oct. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Buddha Throws a Party

One version of the origin story of the zodiac

"...Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Oxen, please note that you should have been first,..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by S. Emerson Moffat

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...pulling cable over miles of terrain to connect large, metal cubes that link together the new quantum trading market...."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sex Toys for Solo Summer Fun

Because your safest pandemic sex partner is you

"...thrills and chills for your ménage à moi, like metal toys. Because of metal's rigidity and heavier weight, these..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Beth Sullivan

How the Red River Cultural District Was Made

Decades of off-kilter activity and music activism culminate in our current concert hub

"...merchants associations, and the RRCD proved the first guinea pig to cross the finish line. Souly Project Manager Nicole..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Austin Terror Fest Crosses Over

Two birthdays and a dark christening

"...First staged during South by Southwest 2017, then a metal festival last year headquartered mostly at the Lost Well,..."

June 14, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Terror Fest Review: Integrity, Pig Destroyer

First night of ATF opens the pit and nods to Roky Erickson

"...third staging. The long-held judgement that “Austin isn’t a metal town” proved a fallacy...."

June 8, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Terror Fest Album Reviews

Seven platters spanning the spectrum of extremity

"...Genocide PactOrder of Torment (Relapse) D.C. death metal trio Genocide Pact throws bolts, rolls thunder, and growls..."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Film Review: I'm Just F*cking With You

A race to the bottom in different flavors of toxic masculinity

"...2007 in him creatively vomiting up the extreme nerve-grinder Pig which he unleashed for a rare screening at SXSW..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Terror Fest Drops the Big One

Third year comer triples down at Empire & Barracuda June 7-9

"...the 32 names on the poster, the bundling of metal, punk, industrial, experimental, noise – local, national, international –..."

Jan. 23, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Terror Fest Interview: Agoraphobic Nosebleed

"...East Coast grindcore project sprung from the cranium of bedroom-metal-Beethoven Scott Hull in 1994 and existed as a fascinating..."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Florence’s Comfort House: Love’s in Need of Love Today

Montopolis refuge kicks off fall donation drive for goods, toys

"...the kids' Christmas wish lists: Ninja Turtles figures, Peppa Pig figures, Calico Critters, metal hand bells, Guardians of the..."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Death By Festival Brings the Horror and Metal for a Good Cause

13 hours of ghoulish cinematic creations

"...run a small fest fusing extreme films and extreme metal: He would call it Housecore Horror, and it would..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Death By Festival Counts Down to 10/31

New horror/metal fest finalizes films with anthology premiere

"...Halloween is nearly here, and new hybrid heavy metal/horror film gathering Death By Festival is getting in the..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Over 70 Texas fairs, fests, fetes, and more

"...was an internationally recognized collection of concrete, rock, and metal art that still stands today. In honor of the..."

Oct. 4, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Horror Fans for Harvey Relief

First Death By Festival becomes hurricane fundraiser

"...up to hold Hurricane Harvey fundraisers. Now it's the metal and horror community's turn, as the organizers of the..."

Sept. 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...panache, it must be a Stanley Kubrick film. Full Metal Jacket..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music: Must-See Metal

11 headbangers

"...but Denver hardcore trio Muscle Beach flirts with the metal underbelly on 2015's eponymous debut, exploding with hooks on..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Bryan Rolli

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Last year's unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list

"...Devil's Candy: The long wait for Sean Byrne's Austin-shot horror-metal opus is nearly over, with IFC planning a March..."

Jan. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

"...lamb, 1 horse, 1 bulldog with skirt, 1 pink pig, 1 mother rabbit with 1 baby rabbit, 1 brown..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...Metal movies have a horrible habit of being hit or..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Where to Eat During EAST

"...it's pretty difficult not to be a pig at Salty Sow. With dishes like candied pork belly..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Photo Gallery

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