Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...duo and SXSW 2015 veterans [su:m], composer/multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha now travels her own uniquely paved road. Combining home country..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

On the Stage, On the Screen: Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future

Ahead of Austin Playfest and the All Together Now! Revue, directors and producers discuss the challenges and potential they've found online

"...is the hybrid in-person/online Austin version of All Together Now!, a global fundraiser revue organized by Music Theatre International,..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Have Austin's Magicians Vanished for Good?

With the coronavirus shutdown, it's now you see 'em, now you don't

"...this modern world. And what are they doing right now? We talked to five of them about how they've..."

April 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life Revealed at Austin Film Festival

Kasi Lemmons' Harriet Tubman biopic also joins lineup

"...Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, and Ric Roman Waugh) so far. Now Austin Film Festival debuts the latest from a fourth,..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Film Depicts Militias With a Hair Trigger

When rugged individualism goes wrong in The Standoff at Sparrow Creek

"...other up, and acting cool. I was just like, 'Oh my God, I'm still here, in this group of..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW List No. 9, No. 9, No. 9

Khalid, Japandroids, Speedy Ortiz, and 159 more

"...The start of South by Southwest now looms just 15 days away, so big names have..."

Feb. 22, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Releases Final Artist List

Ryan Adams, Lil Yachty, Neko Case, and 184 more

"...Countdown to South by Southwest now trickles down to days, not weeks, so finally the..."

March 4, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Second Band List of 2016

Tommy Stinson, Thee Oh Sees, Mercury Rev, and 212 more

"...month after revealing a first batch of 154 mostly unknown acts invited to showcase at South by Southwest Music,..."

Nov. 17, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: List No. 8

Big Krit, Cloud Nothings, Brandy, Brandi, and 187 more.

"...The South by Southwest Music Conference – now just 25 days away (!) – continues to release..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest 2014: Joe Lynch Guns for Everly

Director of Salma Hayek action flick talks sealed-room rules

"...Texan that samurais are better than cowboys. "I went, oh, this is a great debate in the wrong place...."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'The Incredible Melting Man'/'Swamp Thing'

Morphing, melting and transmogrification clog up your screens

"...volcanos or burning windmills? When did they get all "Oh, I'm OK with being me!" on us? Seriously, that..."

Aug. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Face Off' Recap: Double the Work, Half the Pay-Off

Giant successes and monstrous mistakes this week on SyFy's FX show

"...light on pros on this season of Face Off. Oh, sure, there are the judges, but when it comes..."

Feb. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...five guys who joined a band and mostly didn't know one another, yet they continued playing together in different..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Here Comes Sickness

Mudhoney guitarist Mark Arm comes clean

"...1991’s Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. Arm’s time is now...."

Sept. 4, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...of relationships, and it is what I like calling “now.” I’ve been writing on football, the draft specifically, for..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Thumbs Up to 'Horns Down'

"...do the "Horns down" sign for the television camera. Oh how the mighty have fallen. There was a day..."

Oct. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Altman Speaks!

The ultimate indie director shoots straight about breaking into the business, staying there, and loving it.

"...Now in its seventh year, the Austin Film Festival and..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Golden Girls on Stage, Xmas Parties Galore, Satangeddon, and More Events

Your recommended arts events for the weekend

"...a ticket – or maybe more than one, you know, for your pals and confidantes.   – James Scott..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

What Is the Livestreamed, Interactive, Cross-Country, Music-Fueled, Comedy of Natatorium?

American Berserk Theatre + Density512 really pools the talent

"...a few magnitudes higher than where you’re languishing right now?..."

April 7, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...Charlie Jones: You don't know a lot of people in Austin that are from..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Kunis and McKinnon run to Europe, but forget to pack jokes

"...Well into a summer blockbuster season that starts now in, oh, roughly late March, by August we’ve all..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Breaking the Ice With Iceage

“Difficult” singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt isn’t

"...Meanwhile, the Danish fourpiece made up of Rønnenfelt, Johan Surrballe Wieth on guitar, Jakob Tvilling Pless on bass,..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

Despicable Me 3

Animated franchise confirms the law of diminishing returns

"...all – a full head of luxurious blond hair. Oh, the ignominy of the bald ex-baddie. Dru and wife..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bridget Jones's Baby

Third time's a charm, if a bit forgettable

"...course correction. No longer an on-camera punch line, Bridget now produces a nightly TV news program with confidence and..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: If There Be Thorns

Dear Lifetime, we need to talk

"...Oh, Lifetime. You have become my Moby Dick. From hell's..."

July 15, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Staring Into the Abyss With Mike Mignola

Before MondoCon, the comics legend talks Hellboy and shadows

"...world of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. Now he's slowly destroying it. He says, "There's a map..."

Sept. 15, 2014 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

Face Off Recap: Not So Super Heroes

One of the CenTex delegation goes home in week two

"...and techniques of the make-up and effects industry and oh, what's the bullhooey, Tyra mail?..."

Jan. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Face Off Recap: King of the World

Season four begins, and the sideburns are awesome

"...Oh, hello, Face Off, old friend...."

Jan. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ted Cruz: The New Schwarzenegger

And we don't mean that in a good way

"...loves making political ingenues into the next big thing. Now it's US Senate nominee Ted Cruz who will lead..."

Aug. 7, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television: Bailey Breaks into Anime

'Party of Five's Scott Wolf hangs with the vocal elite for 'Kaijudo'

"...Party of Five was a part of your life. Now actor Scott Wolf is hoping to influence another generation..."

June 6, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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