SXSW Announces Film Lineup

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

"...relationship with with an unexpected housesitter when they accidentally trap themselves in a house they just broke into. Cast:..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Rap

Beats and rhymes at SOS

"...Eccentric Atlanta rapper reimagines the hazy parameters of mumble rap/trap on latest commercial mixtape Jeffery...."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Magna Carda’s Golden-Era Rap Realization

The homegrown rhyme syndicate just went from "emerging" status to "fully realized"

"...a strange brew of dive-bar blues rock and pre-Future proto-trap...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Gay Place

You can't help but notice that adult proms are all the rage

"...floor, and some of us who were flag-less didn't mind. But not everyone lived the high school prom of..."

May 27, 2016 Column

Mopping Up the Red in Green Room

Austinite Macon Blair on neo-Nazis and Patrick Stewart

"...sees something they shouldn't have, it becomes a death trap for them, and a moral test for unlikely fascist..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

"Carlos Donjuan & Marilyn Jolly: Akin"

In this two-person exhibition at grayDUCK Gallery, some of these things are not like any others

"...engage the eyes, as note Jolly's pocket-enhanced Soft Steel Trap...."

March 4, 2016 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: Spotify Gifts Kealing Middle School

After the SXSW carnival leaves town, Kealing Middle School will have something to show for it – thanks to Spotify

"...motion in December after Spotify and local educational nonprofit Mindpop approached the Rosewood Avenue school. "There are always grant..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

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

"...Extraperlo (Barcelona, Spain)..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Five Nights on Dirty Sixth

Is Dirty Sixth Street the wasteland the music scene makes it out to be? Five straight nights answer loud and clear.

"...three hours ago and went straight to Sixth, notices filthy-minded street musician G.O.A.T. walking by with dollar bills hanging..."

July 17, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Experiencing a Broadened Euphoria

EDM breaks out, Agony Column returns

"...Pretty Lights (Sat.), dubstep duo Adventure Club (Fri.), and trap king RL Grime (Sun.). But Euphoria also fleshes out..."

April 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Kazuo Ishiguro Slays a Dragon

Acclaimed author returns with a fine novel of fantasy and foreboding

"...okay, his character Wistan’s descriptions – of the cunning trap of a tower in the midst of the Saxon-fort-turned-monastery,..."

March 7, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lupe Fiasco: Tetsuo & Youth

Chicago MC delivers a meta-religious tome

"...position of a prison guard, stuck in his own “trap” of using power to corrupt. “Body of Work” delves..."

Jan. 28, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Strong and Talented and Young

Austin's Raw Paw collective inhales life, exhales art

"...And now he's in charge of the Mind Maze series of poetry chapbooks that Raw Paw produces..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Your Public Scent

The Luv Doc finally recommends moderation

"...hermit, it’s really your public scent. Keep that in mind. Listen to the people – or at least a..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Moontower 2014, Day 4: Fred Armisen

Less comedy show than meet-and-greet, but oh, Armisen charmed

"...to be totally hardcore. But with a perfectly good trap kit sitting empty behind him, Armisen (who is really..."

April 28, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...down a rabbit hole of happily pretentious, dizzily genre-defying mindwarp in which black metal, experimental classical music, avant-garde jazz,..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

The Luv Doc: An Unhappy Spirit

It's not easy to get a hippie in-law to stay at a hotel

"...that her son has been lured into the spiritual trap of materialistic excess. That’s a dark thought, isn’t it?..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

Sour Notes Tour Diary

Local indie troupe cruises NXNE and all points between

"...to have air-conditioning and live in a community where like-minded people can help us along the way...."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Jared Paul Boulanger

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...see it. I can smell the place in my mind’s nose...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Best Aggie Football Moments 2012-2013

Johnny Manziel and Deshazor Everett lead the way

"...of person who locks sports stats away in my mind; my brain is more fine sieve than steel trap...."

Jan. 17, 2013 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

Letters at 3AM: The Lincolns of Hollywood

It is dangerous to view history through the eyes of sentimentality

"...but, like the others, this production falls into the trap of inevitability: Lincoln is called to greatness and must..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

This Is PiL

Sex Pistol and PiL frontman John Lydon, by God.

"...each other, the way the band won't lay booby traps for the singer, and the way the singer won't..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Football Prophecies

Dick Cheney, Butch Vig, and chicken wings all play a role in Week 7

"...diplomatic grace: “While I appreciate your generous bestowal of mind-altering substances and the face-licking that it entails, I simply..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

All Over Creation: My Kind of Town

A trip to see theatre in Chicago brings one writer closer to home

"...the irony – became this netherworld of lost souls trapped for eternity. Brian Dennehy, as disillusioned anarchist Larry Slade,..."

June 22, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...like "Monster Pussy" and "Alien Girl" it's more Never Mind the Bullocks than Exile on Main Street. – Dan..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Off the Record

Ian McLagan snubs the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while Suzanna Choffel uproots to New York

"...Barnes' new cassette tape label. "Nostalgia is a dangerous trap," says Rubin, "but working with old friends is another..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!

"...(9:15pm) buzzes with long-awaited debut Shed, while fellow Northeasterners Trap Them (7:45pm) pulverize bones. Inside, Dead End Path (11:15pm)..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

Cult of Personality

Insect Records head and Attack Formation commander Ben Webster has never been photographed with Red River mascot-to-be Butcher Bear

"...is barely visible. A beat mechanic with a mathematical mind and big band vision, Webster has been a ubiquitous..."

June 25, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Insider's Outsider Guide to Texas

Remembering Bud Shrake

"...respectful expression, like that of a weasel facing a trap."..."

May 15, 2009 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...trust in Darby, had led them into a police trap. Who Is Brandon Darby?..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

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