New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

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"...title fulfills its promise of more to come. – Michael Toland EP01 by the grassy knoll Spirits Burning &..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...dog ascended the astral pyramid. A metallic wake followed: Michael Schenker landing a UFO outside Empire Control Room, Ft...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Dallas Acid blows some bubbles, KUTX remembers the Armadillo, and more music for the moment

"...Austin's ambient synth trio of Linda Beecroft, Michael Gerner, and Christian Havins captured 35 minutes of subtle..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Music we’re playing

"...between the earbuds some days. Loulou Ghelichkhani and John Michael Schoepf – in collaboration with A-list local musicians and..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Hidden Life

Malick's Nazi-era drama sees the heart and soul overriding the State

"...Terrence Malick. Starring: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Bruno Ganz, Michael Nyqvist, Matthias Schoenaerts and Jürgen Prochnow...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Judas Priest Co-Founder Ian Hill Wields Firepower

UK metal gods near the half-century mark

"...loud and clear in a lightning round phoner. Judas Priest avails the same back-to-back nights tactic at ACL Live..."

May 23, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s

Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known

"...4) Michael Mordecai..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature

The Devil and William Friedkin

The director's journey from The Exorcist to a real exorcism

"..."It's like anything else. There's basketball players, and there's Michael Jordan and LeBron James. (Amorth) was in a class..."

Jan. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Best Live Music Performances of 2018

The bands and venues that kept our critics on their feet

"...Michael Toland: Broken Shadows, North Door..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Top 10 Local Seasonal Brews

Austin's best rotating beers that ditched the beer shelves and our ventilated livers far too soon

"...of ABW's enrapturing Sputnik R.I.C.O. – a blend between Michael Bublé, Judas Priest, and Big Freedia's "Rudy, the Big..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Don't Leave Home

A strange trip to the Emerald Isle

"...Directed by: Michael Tully. Starring: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Lalor Roddy, Helena Bereen,..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...ravaged and burnt shelter, once home to a psychoanalyst priest who used it to look after savage children, trying..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Reformed

Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke burn in the divine for this meditation on faith.

"...Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Victoria Hill, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Van Hansis, Michael Metta, Gary Lee Mahmoud and..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...infamous as the birthplace of Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. What’s your experience of Birmingham?..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Nahid ground the band's 2016 sophomore LP Manara. – Michael Toland Avelino..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Anna Margaret Hollyman's Directorial Debut at SXSW

Austin's own on her films, Don't Leave Home, Cleansed, and "Maude"

"...projects: a feature film, Don't Leave Home by writer/director Michael Tully, and an episodic series, Cleansed by co-writers/directors Flora..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"..."We Win" D: Michael Stahl-David A happy couple’s relationship unravels during a game..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...The Gospel of Eureka D: Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher Faith, love, and civil rights collide..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Music Awards Gallery, 1986-2000

"...Poster triumvirate Guy Juke, Kerry Awn, Micael Priest, 1986..."

March 2, 2017 Photo Gallery

Other Worlds Austin Adds Owen Egerton's Latest

Plus sci-fi fest's closing night title, and shorts

"...Ghost Rockets D: Michael Cavanagh and Kerstin Ubelacker, Sweden, 70 min. (Texas Premiere)..."

Nov. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."Micael Priest was the leader of the pack, but the other..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Revolution

Watch the status quo crumble to pieces in these cinematic gems

"...political prisoner in Northern Ireland’s Maze prison, and the priest is trying to talk him out of his hunger..."

July 1, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Darby Stanchfield, Larry Fessenden, Graham Skipper, James Landry Hebert, Michael Villar..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...year of enragement cinema: the conspiracy to conceal rampant priest pedophilia (Spotlight) and the rampant fraud triggering last decade's..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Friends of SIMS Wanna Be Your Dog

Locals cover classics for musicians healthcare provider

"...dog-in-heat declarations over the heavy pounding of bassist John Michael, Schatzi drummer Kyle Schneider, and ex-Pariah guitarist Kyle Ellison...."

Dec. 14, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Pawn Sacrifice

Fictionalized tale of famed chess bout between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky

"...Starring: Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard, Lily Rabe, Michael Stuhlbarg, Robin Weigert and Evelyne Brochu...."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Dramatization of the famous psychology experiment

"...by: Kyle Patrick Alvarez. Starring: Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, Michael Angarano, Olivia Thirlby, Thomas Mann, James Wolk and Tye..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

aGLIFF Announces Lineup

Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest drops next month

"...The Surface / U.S.A. (Dir. Michael Saul) - Southwest Premiere..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967-1982

The formative years of Austin's vaunted live music scene spawned a visual soundtrack

"...armadillos set the foundation, but Gilbert Shelton's psychedelics, Micael Priest and Kerry Awn's detailed caricatures, Ken Featherston and Danny..."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Little Boy

Can the power of faith change the course of history?

"...Salvati, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, David Henrie, Michael Rapaport, Kevin James, Ted Levine, Ben Chaplin and Ali..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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