Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 16-22

"...TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The most successful people aren’t those who merely follow their..."

May 16, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Croy and the Boys, Warpaint, a Metal Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the week

"...Day weekend’s hottest ticket, Hot Luck 2024 promises yet another heady blend of live music and top-shelf eats. Highlights..."

May 24, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

How to Adult: Advice for New Grads, and Anyone Else Still Trying to Figure This Thing Out

100 things we know now that we wished we knew then

"...Congratulations on graduating! We got you 100 bits of unsolicited advice!..."

May 10, 2024 Features Feature by the Editorial Staff

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 15-21

"...(Feb. 19-March 20): My Piscean friend Jeff Greenwald wrote the humorous but serious book Shopping for Buddhas. It’s the..."

March 15, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Luv Doc: A Blinding Amount of Light

If Jeff Bezos can launch a $5.5 billion dollar penis rocket into suborbital space, he can surely put a dimmer switch on a floodlight

"...Even though your column is called "The Luv Doc," I know I have seen you respond..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Slow Pulse EP release, Austin Afrobeats Fest, Border Kindness Benefit, and more recommended shows

"...Slow Pulse EP Release w/ Virtue, Instinct, Banged OutEmpire Control Room, Thursday 7..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Column by Julian Towers

The Pale Blue Eye

Star-studded horror finds Edgar Allan Poe in a Gothic mystery of his own

"...Scott Cooper. While I have a deep and abiding soft spot for Cooper as a director – Hostiles remains..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hadestown 

Headfirst, straight to a Hell of a good time

"...While Hadestown premiered off-Broadway prior, to its Broadway debut in 2019, Bruce Springsteen..."

Sept. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Hot Sauce Festival Triumphs, H-E-B Launches a Debit Card, Baraghani Delights, Bento Picnic Hosts the Harvest, Masienda Makes Masa Marvelous, and OMG Here Comes Oktoberfest Again

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

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from..."

Sept. 14, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is Chapter 5, Part 1 of a serialized history of Austin punk by veteran writer..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 20-26

"...20): "I am so beautiful, sometimes people weep when they see me," declares comedian Margaret Cho. I would love..."

May 20, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Antlers

Del Toro-endorsed creature feature is stylish but empty

"...Barring a disaster in the next few days, the oft-delayed Antlers is finally poised..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Poison 13, Meat Purveyors, and Churchwood Guitarist Bill Anderson Loads Out of Town

If not for Austin, “I don’t know if I would have been a musician at all”

"...Ask a seasoned musician how many bands they’ve been in. Their pupils will dart up and to..."

March 29, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Living With Dying in Our Friend

Gabriela Cowperthwaite on her film's responsibility to the truth

"...not a moment. It's not a switch being flicked off. It's a process - sometimes brief, sometimes drawn out..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Butt Boy

Ignore the name: Butt Boy is more weirdo noir than gross out comedy

"...A lot of indie horrors can be broken down into two categories...."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Contemporary Austin Finds Its New Head in the Headlands

The museum's new director, sharon maidenberg, has run a renowned multidisciplinary arts center in the Bay Area for 10 years

"...Last June, at about the time that Louis Grachos left his post as..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Crime Month: A Chron "… and Punishment" Playlist

Songs answering the musical question, "Does crime pay?" No.

"...Seeing as how July is Crime Month at the Chronicle, it only seems appropriate that it comes with..."

July 17, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

American Woman

Sienna Miller pulls pages from a journal of loss in small town

"...There's no wound deeper than uncertainty. Someone dies, you find..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

Weather’s lovely, isn’t it? Just right for going out into the city.

"...Seriously, because sumer is icumen in – with all the furnace-level heat that that Middle English rota implies in..."

April 26, 2018 Arts Post

Summer Fun: Cold, Dark Holes to Crawl Into

Escape the Texas sun in these underground getaways

"...From the long days of blast furnace-like heat and thick, sticky..."

May 20, 2017 Chronolog Post by Tucker Whatley

The Luv Doc: The Hot, Fiery Furnace of American Stupidity

You should never trust the kind of woman who would go on a date with you

"...Been asking some ladies out lately. To my surprise, before said date occurs, I..."

May 12, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Music Live: MetalSucks Showcase

Even death won’t get festivalers off Sixth Street

"...Poor Grizzly Hall. The cozy Riverside club tucked into the armpit of Emo’s..."

March 17, 2017 SXSW Post by Bryan Rolli

The Time Machine: Top Hits of Every Decade for a Century

Montopolis goes multimedia and transtemporal in live concert

"...live by composer Justin Sherburn and his all-star Montopolis outfit...."

Jan. 11, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Sunshine Patriot

We'll never really know if he's the Antichrist until we shave his orange toupee

"...I don't know if you've heard about this, because I like to imagine you live in..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Wishy Washy

When a guy asks you if you want to "Netflix and chill," he doesn't really give a damn about the Netflix

"...I don't know whether it's me or what, but I seem to always..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Q&A: The Church

Anarchistic Aussie bush rangers siege Saturday

"...During its Eighties heyday, the Church’s hit with “Under the Milky Way.” Since then,..."

March 21, 2015 Music Post by Michael Toland

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Elaine Martin

Chef, restaurateur helped pioneer Eastside treasure

"...Lance opened a restaurant on Manor Road in 1988, they had no grand designs about becoming the anchor tenant..."

Feb. 18, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Housecore Horror Live Shot: Saturday Part 1

Love and peace, and part two of heavy metal parking lot

"...Day two of heavy metal parking lot dawned hotter than the previous..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ringworm

Hammer of the Witch

"...Ringworm Hammer of the Witch (Relapse)..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Toland

A Burning Matter

Tales from the 24th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

"...Once again, you salsa-loving Austinites braved the August blast furnace to demonstrate your love for live..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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