Lost in Austin Chronicles the City’s Rapid Rise

Journalist and former Austinite Alex Hannaford takes a hard look at unaffordability and a disappearing culture

"...transformed the city. The cultural oasis had become a mirage that obscured the realities happening over the past 20..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...| DJ Cassanova | FLOMOB | Tee Double | Mirage the Gr8 | NOOK Turner | Hip Hop Mecca..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Residential Address: The College of Hip-Hop Knowledge Schools Austin on Homegrown and National Talent

Organized Konfusion's Prince Po joins Fresh Fridaze on July 14

"...and camaraderie appears in the distance. Like a desert mirage, but with a booming breakbeat. You have to rely..."

July 7, 2023 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

The Autobots get wild as their animal counterparts join the fight

"...of Pete Davidson for some reason and is actually Mirage, part of the crew of Autobots led by Optimus..."

June 9, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Otis Wilkins & Jake Lloyd’s Rock Star Collab and Four More Songs from Austin Artists

New music picks from More Eaze, promqueen, Being Dead, and RF Shannon

"...pull of mellow after-hours camaraderie, sinking into a dreamy mirage somewhere between Iron & Wine and Beck's "The Golden..."

April 21, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Greatness Beyond Genre at This Is Austin, Not That Great Festival

The hardcore-and-more convergence returns next weekend

"...assembled riff warriors. Silva recommends hardcore acts Sociedad Bastarda, Mirage, and the Passing, as well as locals Flower City...."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Vel Nine, Sam Dimov Quintet, Rococo Disco, and more recommended shows

"...Angren jet in from the Netherlands. Gaerea's third LP, Mirage, grinds BM misanthropy originating from Portugal. Don't let that..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Down the Rabbit Hole With Something in the Dirt

Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson explain their favorite conspiracies

"...been promoted before, as portrayed in the 2013 documentary Mirage Men. Benson explained, "[Kirtland Airforce Base] had aircraft that..."

Nov. 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Here-and-Now Picks to See at Levitation

Genre-blending show assembly runs next Thursday through Sunday

"...blues traditionalism will quickly reveal itself as a desert mirage. For an additional, somewhat sorrowful psychedelic effect: Find call-and-response..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"..."Fata Morgana" is an Italian nickname for a mirage best known for making objects appear to levitate in..."

July 23, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Live and Recorded Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more

"...pedal steel, while "Ah Wilderness" wields a subtle Western mirage of Morricone. Only "Real Life Satyr" surges with Harrison's..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...bells and meditative synth swells. Progressive and charging, "Unseen Mirage" suggests an unmitigated boundlessness – finding stability in life's..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Hip-Hop Pioneer Tee Double Perseveres

Holding the vision through institutional racism, isolation, and a double transplant

"...Lounge." Johnson sharpened his skills there alongside Bavu Blakes, Mirage the Gr8 (Dana Thompson), and Traygod (Tray Frazier)...."

Feb. 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

People Who "Don't Care"

"...many have already realized: The promise was just a mirage. I'll end with a sad, painfully true allegory: Witness..."

Aug. 15, 2020 Postmarks

First Look: Rooster Teeth's Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy

Trailer for Austin studio's version of the robots in disguise

"...Isabella (Arcee) • Brook Chalmers (Impactor) • Shawn Hawkins (Mirage) • Kaiser Johnson (Ironhide) • Miles Luna (Teletraan I,..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: A Bittersweet Goodbye From Q Editor Sarah Marloff

Sending it off with Mahogany Project and QueerBomb fundraiser

"...Paradise Mirage Dance dance with some vinyl DJ babes. Fri., Feb...."

Feb. 7, 2020 Column by Sarah Marloff

Carol Channing (1921-2019)

After eight decades in show biz, it’s finally “Goodbye, Dolly”

"...as are Seattle (where Channing was born) and Rancho Mirage, Calif. (where she died), but Channing had her Texas..."

Jan. 16, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

"The Indigo Show" at Recspec Gallery

This group show is appealing for the ways in which it showcases this most intense, moody, serene, and opulent of all the blues

"...thick and stifling and time stretches like a heat mirage, I can think of little more appealing than a..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Garrett T. Capps

"...Right Now" rolls out like a West Texas road mirage in Capps' low drawl. The backside's "Baby Please" delivers..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Texas: An Abortion Desert

Women in 10 Texas cities must travel more than 100 miles for an abortion

"...to feel like their constitutional right is just a mirage...."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Quit Your Day Job: Sam Baker

Song whisperer once picked cotton

"...moves in waves and starts to hit that silver mirage across the fields...."

Jan. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

“Island Oasis Mirage” at Big Medium

The exhibit by Michael Krueger, Kathleen McShane, and Barbara Weissberger seems a planned mess, but one that echoes a greater scheme

"...Michael Krueger's, Kathleen McShane's, and Barbara Weissberger's "Island Oasis Mirage" is in Weissberger's Slant and Bent Pencil. It is..."

June 30, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

RF Shannon

"...a narrator who sounds like he's unable to tell mirage from reality, sunburned and sweat-soaked and unloading all of..."

May 19, 2017 Music Review by Libby Webster

Fleetwood Mac

Mirage Deluxe (Rhino)

"...Mirage pools the procedural sound of drug-addled and otherwise preoccupied..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

EMS Restructures Work Week for Medics

Shifting shifts

"...hours, though even that reduction is somewhat of a mirage until the department does something about its vacancy issues..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Fun Fun Fun Fest: Grifters

The acrobatics of a drunk in God’s grace

"...There were brief, mirage-like flashes of Marquee Moon and Muscle Shoals-era Stones in..."

Nov. 9, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest Rewind

Before the deluge, a 2014 flashback

"...Ernesto Díaz Espinoza for a fourth time with his Mirage Man/Mandrill/Kiltro star Marko Zaror in a tale of revenge,..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot August Nights

Fire and ice for summer commiseration

"...walk home last month summoned it as an aural mirage, the sultry dog days of summer having run off...."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Getting Political With The Tree Play and Robin Hood: An Elegy

Two new Austin plays tackle timely subjects

"...Damn Yankees and Dreamgirls and Cats are no mere mirage. This season has seen a full 20 musicals open..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: April 10

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Apparently letting Texas' county clerks issue marriage licenses is..."

April 10, 2015 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

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