Modernform, Chat Pile, and More Crucial Concerts

Metal, punk, Mary J, and more worth seeing

"...metal band was no joke, blending literary references, sinister mystique, and a wry sense of humor – something few..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Texas welcomes 40th historic site, Balmorhea news, and more

"...has helped us delve deeper into understanding the Texan mystique. One of his most far-reaching accomplishments has been turning..."

Dec. 28, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Kneecap

An accurate-ish biopic of the real-life Irish rappers, as played by themselves

"...Ó Dochartaigh as he falls in love with the mystique of donning DJ Próvaí’s signature Irish flag balaclava and..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Peggy Drexler, Bess Kargman Diane Warren: Relentless unveils the mystique and defiant personality behind one of the hardest-working and..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

10 Essential Acts to See at ACL Fest

Must-see visiting acts at Zilker Park, from Kendrick Lamar to Rina Sawayama

"...dick pic album art fueled Death Grips' harsh viral mystique over the last decade. Aged up with the digital..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 8-14

"...In 1963, Aquarian author Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, a groundbreaking book that became a bestseller crucial in..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jordan Moser's August residency, a pair of Millers, and more recommended Austin shows

"...Hayden Pedigo carries a West Texas absurdist mystique, a line drawn explicitly in the Amarillo native's support..."

July 28, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Year Two of Oblivion Access Festival Fills the Experimental Gap in Austin

How the music festival co-founders keep up the mystique June 15-18

"...the Flenser shows are rare, irreplaceable events. Chief in mystique are headliners: the gloom-ridden shoegazers Have a Nice Life,..."

June 9, 2023 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)

The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week

"...a difference between legendary and simple fame – a mystique, a danger. Whatever it was, Austin stunt performer and..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

BlackBerry

Rise and fall of the original smartphone as hilarious tech satire

"...of unsold modems to multibillion-dollar stock value and must-have mystique, and finally into electronic obscurity across 17 volatile, fascinating,..."

May 12, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nine Essential Albums From Willie Nelson’s 90 Years

Wishing the Texas outlaw icon a Willie nice birthday

"...aunts in other states, who loved his gun-slinging cowboy mystique. Despite growing up in Texas, I never knew much..."

April 28, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Review: BlackBerry

The rise and fall of the original smartphone as a tragic satire

"...of unsold modems to multi-billion-dollar stock value and must-have mystique, and finally into electronic obscurity across 17 volatile, fascinating,..."

March 13, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...clever arrangements, feels marquee compared to their raucous live mystique.  – Kevin Curtin Stasseny..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Vicky Krieps Liberates an Empress in Corsage

The actress finds the truth of Sissi, and the other actors who have played her, in the new biopic

"...outside of daily life, royalty become figures of deliberate mystique. Study the case of Empress Elisabeth Eugenie of Austria,..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Power of the Dog

Benedict Cumberbatch is malevolent and magnetic in this High Plains tragedy

"...dead for decades. But his shadow, his legend, his mystique and brutish masculinity hangs over the Montana ranch that..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Yves Tumor and Its Band Invokes a Fever Dream on Devil’s Night

Dark experimental grandeur highlights Levitation’s Halloweekend

"...masculinity, Iggy Pop’s freakazoid mania, and Grace Jones’ magnetic mystique. Meanwhile, shirtless guitarist Chris Greatti manifests Eighties hair metal..."

Oct. 31, 2021 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Bergman Island

The eternal story: filmmakers making films about filmmakers making films

"...with Fårö islanders utterly unengaged with the whole Bergman mystique. Yet, for all the interesting ideas, Bergman Island (like..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Velvet Underground

The originators of alt music get the artistic biography they deserve

"...Read our interview with director Todd Haynes, "Chic Mystique," Oct. 15...."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Paul Cauthen, Bun B, Diplo, Vrywvy, and more recommended shows

"...There's something darker, smokier, about Room 41, a mystique and danceable energy that has separated him from the..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Column by Abby Johnston

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...enigmatic balladeer continues to emerge with a Will Oldham-esque mystique, bending his wry humor and provocative sincerity into honky-tonk-inflected..."

July 9, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Bloodthirsty

Werewolf drama questions how the creatures of the night make that beautiful music

"...with a suspicious death hanging over him, and a mystique that's not been helped by his reclusive ways. That..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...label as Willie. Gives our Picnic a rock star mystique for word-of-mouth, and gets some FM play for Doug...."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

To the Ends of the Earth

Japanese travel story captures the isolation of culture shock, with fear and levity

"...as a travel program personality often invites visions of mystique and adventure, for her it’s a tiresome job filled..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Austin Chronicle Halloween Costume Contest

"...Kiel Hames - Wolverine & Mystique..."

Oct. 29, 2020 Photo Gallery

House of Cardin

Biodoc of the fashion innovator is only sew-sew

"...aggressive international licensing of the brand aesthetically diminished its mystique. But there’s little time here for negativity here in..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

ACL Live Review: Kali Uchis

Astral chic all femme fatale

"...Lite stage early on Saturday evening into a hypnotic mystique...."

Oct. 6, 2019 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Fantastic Fest Asks "Who Is Wrinkles the Clown?"

And why do we want him to scare us?

"...AC: Since the whole thing is the mystique, how did you convince him to work with you..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Willie and a Movie

The Red Headed Stranger rides again at Luck Cinema's kickoff, thriving Austin rapper Ladi Earth can't be categorized, and more music news

"...pretty fair approximation of his real life rough-riding cultural mystique, naturally a bit more trigger-happy. The plot moves slowly..."

July 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Party World Rasslin’s First All-Queer Tag Team

The Platinum Partners make their debut Sat., June 15

"...according to Crybaby, shrouded in an air of appropriate mystique. “Crybaby and Sweetie Tuff were drawn together by the..."

June 13, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Dark Phoenix

The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told

"...Logan, no Josh Brolin as Cable). Even Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique, around whom the last three films have been built,..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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