Faster Than Sound: How Two Years Off Made Oblivion Access Festival Even Better

An interview with the truly independent booking duo on their landmark lineup

"...2020, when they'd recently announced an evolution of their 3-year-old Austin Terror Fest with the new name Oblivion Access...."

May 6, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Whiskey A-Go-Go for Your Weekend and Beyond

Three Local Distillers Offer a Variety of Liquid Relaxations

"...And that’s three, because they’ve been our favorites for a while, and because, with all this pandemic..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: A Weekend on the Crust

Cruising Austin's Eastside with the Gospel Truth, Chumps, and Stza

"...of Patrick Travis, who doubles as drummer for the Golden Boys, combined with the aggressive bass fuzz of fiery..."

June 17, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Showcases

Thursday

"...two venues, the Hotel Cafe presents a sampling of favorites from its homegrown scene and abroad. Thursday highlights include..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields and Crossroads

Austinite Hector Galán’s reverential look at Grammy-winning "Texican" rockers Los Lonely Boys is a document of persistence, passion, and some of the finest rock & roll since Stevie Ray Vaughan’s untimely exit.

"...in and around the San Angelo area – name-dropping old-schoolers like Los Gallitos and Los Tejanos – as well..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paradise, Loss

The year in reading, 2005

"...because it has resided among the rotating pile of week-old Statesmans, year-old Rolling Stones, and brand-new Motor Trends in..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...off into the galaxy of Weezer, which orbits the old moon of Redd Kross. In other words, last year's..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Flaming Lips' cue, Tulsa's Ester Drang put out 2001's Goldenwest, a gateway into a mesmerizing world of sound. It's..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Desert Island Films

Louis Black begins his ongoing list of "desert island" videos with his first pick: Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy

"...commercials, music videos, ad shoots, and billboards. I'm too old for Band of Outsiders and A Woman Is a..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

The Borrowers

"...tiny people who reside beneath the floorboards of an old country house “borrowing” the odd needle or matchbox in..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

"...ginger ale, eagerly awaiting the TV “movie matinee.” My favorites were the British movies of the Thirties and Forties,..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Nine Essential Albums From Willie Nelson’s 90 Years

Wishing the Texas outlaw icon a Willie nice birthday

"...and still-Hill-Country-living state sage, Chronicle writers revisited nine personal favorites among the artist’s whopping 99 solo and collaborative studio..."

April 28, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Bye-Bye to Broyles, Hello to De Nada, Birds Gets a Lager, Ice Cream Celebrates Pride, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...we’ll be keeping our eyes peeled, while wishing that old friend the best of good fortune in whatever she..."

June 2, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Life Is Terrible ... and Triumphant for Portrayal of Guilt

Metallic punk trio drop a sophomore rager of pandemic frustration and societal grievances

"...– and their practice space – locking down, the 30-year-old singer/guitarist, drummer James Beveridge, and bassist Alex Stanfield squeezed..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Many Worlds of Author Marshall Ryan Maresca

The Austin-based maestro of Maradaine writes and sells at a steady and impressive pace

"...that last query ourselves, noting that sales of genre favorites often outstrip those of whatever's meant by the term..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Graphic Designers Tout the Tastiest Beverage Packaging in Town

Local beverage packaging designs quench our thirst for tasty graphics

"...every buyable part of our made environment. And the old exhortation to "Don't judge a book by its cover"..."

July 24, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

In the Company of Goats

Perfect pairings at Pure Luck

"...of operations at Pure Luck, recalls last February's brutally cold weather. "Sometimes, when we'd have a baby born ......"

Feb. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Playback: Your Austin Music Poll Ballot

Armadillos for sale, Free Week, and an Austin Music Poll primer

"...that widow Wilson won't have to dust," chuckles the 71-year-old cancer survivor. "I hope it raises money so I..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Judas Priest Pounds Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

Some heads are gonna roll

"...the latter appearing locally three months ago for a sold-out, two-night run at ACL Live at the Moody Theater...."

May 19, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Mondo Presents Marvelous Munchkins

Exclusive: Mike Mitchell assembles the most adorable Avengers ever

"...Watcher. He had to say no to some personal favorites, like Phoenix, Kitty Pryde, and Multiple Man, "but you..."

April 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Way We Watch Now

Is theatrical-on-demand the next big thing?

"...a minimum number of tickets that have to be presold: Don't hit that target, the screening doesn't happen, the..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

FronteraFest B.O.?

We're not talking about greasepaint and patchouli oil, friend

"...We started selling tickets on December 20th and we sold over $5000 of tickets between then and the end..."

Jan. 25, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Eats

ACL's food court, 10 years later

"...remember, Zoot chef Stew­art Scruggs served light and refreshing cold soups, which were tasty and nourishing, but the crowd..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...Thumbing through old vinyl with Pekar at Record Revolution, two doors down..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Peter Yarrow Songbook: Favorite Folk Songs

"...Mary fame). Yet when I sat down with my 3-year-old son, popped in the Folk Songs CD, and watched..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

ATX Style at NOJF (or... Marcia Knows NOLA)

Austin takes NOLA by storm. Really, there have been lots of storms.

"...got rained out. My son Luke was three years old the first time we played. He came with me,..."

May 1, 2008 Design Post by Kate X Messer

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...American Graffiti in glowing shades of bronze, copper, and gold. As with most hybrid music, it sought its own..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Capital Idea!

On the phone, on the Web, on the farm, or in the store: giving a little Austin to the foodies on your gift list

"...Figer's New Caanan Farms products have been among our favorites for years. She's got everything from jams and jellies..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Food Feature

Toronto Diary

Dispatches from the 2003 Film Festival

"...little-seen movie has always been one of my absolute favorites. The filmmaker has described this musical romance as his..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

On the Side

"...the gigantic onion rings at Hut's to be their favorites, so if you like 'em big, you can't go..."

March 7, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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