Still Charmed, Shirley Manson Talks Decades of Touring and New Bionic Hip

Bandleader’s “insanity and drive” fuel Garbage’s June 18 COTA stop

"...Shirley Manson has a new hip...."

April 11, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Belated Moody New Year… from Ice Land!

Wherein the GP hits Galveston, freezes tuchas, and talks like penguins

"...two boos) took to Galveston to ring in the new year while watching a penguin paint. You heard me...."

Jan. 7, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

New Year's Adjacent Events for the Week Ahead

Crafts, comedy, and more

"...St. Denis Medical.   – Kat McNevins Get Crafty: New Year’s Charms..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Bright Before Us

A mutilated body on a beach sends an elementary school teacher into a tailspin

"...but the elegance and clarity of Arnold-Ratliff's prose never wavers. She's a knockout writer, every page littered with sensation-rich..."

May 6, 2011 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

State Wavers on Class Sizes

'Streamlining' measure will lead to higher student-teacher ratios, groups charge

"...in elementary school classrooms. The TEA holds that the new policy, which Neeley communicated in a "guidance letter" to..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Checking In: Tiarra Girls Can’t Stop the World

Full-time school and a new record label engage in a tug of war

"...bow, “Can’t Stop the World” also christened the L.A. New Wavers’ new bassist, native Austinite Kathy Valentine. Last month,..."

Oct. 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Saving Souls at the Electric Church

New venue the Electric Church converts local psychics, and Samuel Grey Horse recounts his mule variations

"...While the Church's calendar reps various genres, including garage-y New Wavers Big Bill holding down a Friday residency throughout..."

June 2, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Strawberry and Chocolate

"...Gatorno. Tolerance is the main theme of this fascinating new film from Cuba. The story tracks the development of..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Affronts to Gracious Living

Your Style Avatar ticks through the 10 worst fashion and style trends of the Year 2000.

"...styling at a reasonable price. That's about the best new thing I could think of. Scooters, costume dramas, and..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Drunks

"...play Blackout, the characters are all members of a New York City Alcoholics Anonymous group for whom the corny..."

June 6, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Keep On Shoppin'

Wheatsville Calls on Old Friends to Stay Afloat

"...are ringing up sales under the warm glow of new light fixtures installed to brighten up the place. Will..."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith

Nightcrawler

Jake Gyllenhaal gives a terrifically fierce performance as a tenacious and delusional self-actualizer.

"...parasitic cameramen out to get juicy footage for local news stations to air...."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

SXSW Monday Showcase Picks

"...far cry from the shake and shout of Georgia's New Wave heroes, Wilson unveils swooning electro-pop described as "turbo..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature

SXSW Tuesday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Tuesday night SXSW showcase

"...diverse group of gals from the U.S. and abroad. Newly signed Arc Iris, fronted by former NASA researcher and..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

Fantastic Fest Won’t Stop Announcing Awesome Stuff

May the Schwartz be with all of us

"...FANTASTIC FEST 2010 ADDS NEW FILMS TO ITS IMPRESSIVE LINEUP..."

Sept. 8, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TCB

You don't need money with a face like that, now do you honey?

"...New West Records continues consolidating "TCB" favorites onto the label,..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Off Beat: The Four Horsemen of the SXSW Music-pocalypse

Trying on four local personifications of fest success

"...natives, this quartet of townie archetypes respectively seeks musical newcomers, tried-and-true classics, city escapism, or big-name stars...."

March 8, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Patti Smith and Bikini Kill in One Weekend

Lighting strikes twice in Austin, and Pleasure Venom opens

"...Smith wasn't sure we were coming. Onstage, the Chicago-born, New Jersey-raised poet said she'd been told there might not..."

May 13, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Summer Fun Playlist: Call of the Void

"...with the eponymous entrance of these raucous live circuit New Wavers, turning in bump after synthetic bump of hip-shaking..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Greg Stitt

It Was 20 Years Ago Today

The Eggmen celebrate two decades of holding hands

"...Beatles never got old for us. It always feels new and exciting...."

Oct. 23, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

ZZ Top

"...before MTV redeemed them as a soundtrack for spandex-clad New Wavers, but at the dawn of a soon-to-be-decadent new..."

July 1, 2011 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Don't Move Here

We're Number Three!

"...as to the music scene as a whole. More new acts are breaking internationally while older acts keep earning..."

June 17, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Luv Doc Recommends: Devo and the Octopus Project

ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Sunday, March 27, 2011

"...our playground, the W Hotel and Austin City Limits' new Moody Theater. Rest assured, both will lure even more..."

March 25, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

King of Bongo

Tracking Spain/France's illusive King of Latin punk rock, Manu Chao

"...Collapse eustachian tubes with "Stigmata," tame the mean street. New seminars eight days a week...."

Aug. 11, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Fest Interviews

"...Sainte-Marie, Loretta Lynn, Freakwater, the Shangri-Las, and almost-forgotten Boston New Wavers the Nervous Eaters...."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

TCB

Spring is here and there are more music festivals than bluebonnets

"...Cee-Lo; round 'n' profound hick-hopper Bubba Sparxxx; and Canadian New Wavers Metric. And who should turn out to be..."

April 16, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Jesus Lizard Bang (Touch & Go)

National Records

"...epitaph is written thusly in the good book and new testament, Bang: "First Show: July 1, 1989 at Bangkok..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Elizabeth Crook’s The Which Way Tree

Chasing revenge on the Texas frontier in this remarkable new novel from the author of Monday, Monday

"...on to make a bad situation worse, Sam never wavers in her crusade. Like Ahab, only one thing matters:..."

March 9, 2018 Books Review by Robert Faires

Christopher Cross

One World Theatre, Jan. 18

"...polish bravely asserting itself in the sneering faces of New Wavers with sideways haircuts. The genteel, capacity crowd responded..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Music Review by Greg Beets

TCB

SXSW inches closer, the Scoot Inn rises again, Arclight Records booms, and Cindi Lazzari and Chris Foley depart much too soon

"...E. Fourth, holds the unusual distinction of anchoring Austin's newest entertainment district, the nascent East End, as one of..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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