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"...among American Muslims, and cancellations in three cities (including NYC) due to the attack, these Moroccan Muslims continued their..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...Fats Domino. We even performed at Roseland Ballroom in NYC with Count Basie, our guys bringing a load of..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Coach's Corner

"...NYC: In case you missed my diatribe on the radio..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...METRO STYLEE: Performing self-described soul garage ska, this young NYC septet (bass, vocals, guitar, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet,..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

A Stoner Jam, 3-Legged Dog Day Party, and More Crucial Concerts

SXSW-adjacent lineups and other shows worth seeing

"...between lands Austin post-punks EXOTIC FRUITICA, whose latest single “NYC Feeling” cuts through scratchy noise guitar with Jon French’s..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...Wang and “Kat” Zhang, who first crossed paths in NYC while working high-pressure jobs, now wander aimlessly away from..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Biggest News in Austin Food in 2023

Looking back at a year of snafus, slices, expansions, and transplants

"...Travis Tober and Nic Yanes are opening Murray's, an NYC-inspired tavern in the old Gourmands space, by the end..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Food Feature by Rod Machen

Qmmunity: A Sis With a Fist

Sister Fisters event group plans their fifth annual Halloween party with an eye toward encouraging queer talent

"...Inspired by NYC Club Kids and hosted by Andie Flores, Deeper Penny,..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Column by James Scott

Austin-Based Ten Atoms Signs Regina Spektor and the Breeders in National Expansion

Ryan Matteson discusses his artist management firm's new Chicago office

"...The management group's freshly inked agreement with the Moscow-born, NYC-based Spektor stands as their most high-profile acquisition to date...."

Sept. 8, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Ol' Webhead's latest adventure is a breathtaking masterpiece

"...Earth is a kinetic, vibrant version of our own NYC, and that's the start of what makes Across the..."

June 2, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Lemon Twigs, Trouble in the Streets, Enslaved, and more local shows worth the decibels

"...2020's Utgard. Finnish melodic death metallers Insomnium and blackened NYC thrashers Black Anvil support.  – Raoul Hernandez Trouble in..."

April 21, 2023 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Sharper

A stylishly smart and satisfying con artist drama

"...The stylishly smart Sharper, shot as a cool NYC neo-noir by cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen, is a worthy..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Where's the beating heart in this beloved children's book adaptation?

"...memorable. During a scene where Josh is flying through NYC on a motorbike with Lyle in the sidecar, the..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Patti Smith: “I don’t claim to be a progenitor of any particular movement – I just did my work”

Ever-evolving singer, writer, & artist communes at ACL Live Saturday

"...revolution was brewing in a long, narrow room on NYC’s Bowery called CBGB...."

May 2, 2022 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Wednesday

The buzzy, the brave, the thrash-able twee-pop

"...pleaded “LET THEM SLEEP!” Whether part of their busted NYC punk aesthetic or the result of being one of..."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Long Night

Evil rules in the occult South

"...but they're not headed to some muck-encrusted swamp. The NYC duo find themselves in surprisingly salubrious surroundings when they're..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

West Side Story

Bernstein. Shakespeare. Sondheim. Spielberg. ’Nuff said!

"...the original libretto by Arthur Laurents, retaining the 1950s NYC milieu while inserting some mild profanity to modernize the..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Velvet Underground

The originators of alt music get the artistic biography they deserve

"...Iggy Pop, the New York Dolls, most every early NYC punk act, Sonic Youth, the Jesus & Mary Chain,..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Dating & New York

When “friends with benefits” goes wrong for the smartphone generation

"...tackled the romantic pitfalls of youngish single life in NYC more adeptly in their relatively truncated formats than this..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Siberia

Dafoe and Ferrara head to the frozen north

"...always be rooted in the crumbling concrete of his NYC years, as he became one of the definitive chroniclers..."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"..."Never Can Stay" grants listeners a boarding pass to NYC with old-school scratches and potent bars: "And the tongue..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Hellsite Hardships

"...[“hellsite.austin.gov,” News, June 11] Excellent quality. I'm originally from NYC via Europe and have been in this town for..."

June 11, 2021 Postmarks

In the Heights

An explosion of dance and song in this vibrant stage-to-screen adaptation

"...clock ticks down to a blackout. After all, what's NYC in the summer without someone sweating on a stoop?..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**cker

Inside the creativity and fury of the artist provocateur

"...the genuinely mean, pre-gentrified streets of Mayor Ed Koch-era NYC, surviving as a street hustler in Times Square while..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Boogie

Love and basketball in Queens as a story of Asian-American integration

"...visually distinctive about his depiction of diverse working class NYC, and major events bubble up with surprisingly little impact...."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...New label from NYC decibel pusher Oliver Ackermann showcases his A Place to..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Live Comedy Clubs Are Coming Back

NYC's the Creek & the Cave moves to ATX, Cap City gets revived

"...space at 611 E. Seventh. The original venue in NYC was a stalwart in the city's comedy scene for..."

Feb. 11, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...commuters have more of a negative climate impact than NYC commuters who use mass transit and do a lot..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Save Yourselves!

Affable alien invasion comedy is really a lightweight relationship story

"...of potshots at how ill-prepared the latest wave of NYC transplants is to face any kind of challenge, but..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

On the Rocks

Sofia Coppola heads to NYC for a slight but charming anti-rom-com

"...The bond this time is between Laura (Jones), an NYC mother of two who confides in her bon vivant..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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