Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 21-27

"...you will be rigorous about what moods you feed and what influences you allow into your sphere. You have..."

April 21, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Our music writers recommend the best day parties and unofficial bonanzas for one-stop concert shopping during the coming..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Ten Chronicle Music Writers on Their Favorite Austin Albums of 2022

Almost 100 albums we loved this year

"...Wringing out the rest of pandemic-recorded albums around a flurry of returning live musical activity,..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Venturing to Rockdale for Electronic Fest Camp Capsul: Destination Unknown

Regional support shines among luscious international lineup

"...Just ask their close-knit clubland family of dancers and DJs. Dedicated and addicted to..."

Nov. 9, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Sean Wheeler, a KVRX house party, the Southside Psychout, and two Hole in the Wall extravaganzas

"...the stripped down, heartfelt chorales of Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss...."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...with the world premiere of Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced and -animated story of..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Apple Music, Bandcamp, Spotify, Tidal..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 28 - June 3

"...old woman came into the deli where I work and ordered a 'wonderful turkey sandwich.' When asked what she..."

May 28, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Understanding Austin’s Urban Livestock Rules

Hog heaven? Mini-pony paradise? It's your backyard.

"...Here's something that might surprise you: Mini-ponies make eager and unflagging jogging companions. Running with a dog is fine,..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Demons & Devils" at Recspec Gallery

Because we could all use a little more aesthetic exorcising, couldn't we?

"...Their name is Legion, for they are many: the outer incarnations of humanity's own inner monsters, the imaginary creatures..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ad Astra

Brad Pitt deals with a case of the space ... madness!

"...Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler and Donald Sutherland...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Meditate with Laraaji

Zither virtuoso gets transcendental with Dallas Acid

"...on the electric zither, an old-world cross between harp and guitar. At Zach Theatre on Saturday, he plays with..."

Sept. 19, 2018 Music Post by Dan Gentile

Qmmunity

A space to embrace Austin’s queer artists of color

"...What do p1nkstar, Krudas Cubensi, and Fat Bottom Cabaret all have in common? For one..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Building the Wall

UT Department of Theatre & Dance rushes to get Robert Schenkkan's timely political drama onstage

"...events in 2017. The newsreel is running so fast, and our understanding shifts so much from week to week,..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Survive Record Review

RR7349 (Relapse)

"...13th slayer. Thriller themes soon return. "Sorcerer" nods ominously and seemingly outright to seminal synth pioneers Tangerine Dream, who..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Austin Filmmakers’ Creative Spaces

"...Fellow filmmakers scribble jokes and taunts on the dry erase board in Clay Liford's..."

Nov. 19, 2015 Photo Gallery

Levitation Picks

"...he drummed for the Cordells, the first Inuit rock band. Since then, he's replaced the sticks with a guitar,..."

May 8, 2015 Music Feature

DVDanger: Horror in 150 Words or Less

Putting a stake through some recent terror releases

"...The post-Halloween season is supposed to be all mist and mellow fruitfulness. Instead, the home-release racks have been bloodier..."

Dec. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Interstellar

Majesty and mawkishness combine in Christopher Nolan's film about humans' last-ditch attempt to find a habitable planet in another galaxy.

"...Caine, Mackenzie Foy, Casey Affleck, John Lithgow, Wes Bentley and David Gyasi...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...issued a comeback album, What's in Between, possibly stronger and more vital than what they'd released in their time...."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

The Food Issue: Moonage Daydream

Baked goods + Austin Psych Fest = cookie monster

"...put it down to the time my mate shrugged and threw a handful of weed into it...."

June 13, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Orbiting SXSW

Return of the Secaucus 7? Try the arrival of a SXSW septet: Dana Falconberry, Shakey Graves, The Eastern Sea, My Jerusalem, Black Pistol Fire, The Preservation, and The Boxing Lesson.

"...Out of the tens of thousands of words we'll generate on the music portion of..."

March 1, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Powers of Tenn

Talking Tennessee Williams' genius with critic John Lahr

"...matter, neither did her sister Stella or Stella's brutish husband, Stanley, or the drama in which they all live...."

Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...And, yes, we've chosen our words carefully...."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Magnificent Obsession

Charting the unlikely ascension of Troll 2 from crappiest movie ever made to cult darling

"...watch it, recover from the experience (if you can), and then come back here. Seriously: Go. Now...."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Generation Overshare

What happens when the line blurs between our online and offline lives?

"...we were: communities of individuals who forged identities, selves, and lives via formal (or informal) interactions within a societal..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Slither

Writer-director James Gunn knows what makes horror fans howl, and is one heck of a writer to boot.

"...Starring: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, Gregg Henry and Tanya Saulnier. James Gunn knows what makes horror fans..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lance Letscher: Index

Lance Letscher's works in the D Berman exhibit 'Index' are at once sublime, profound, mesmerizing, gorgeous, subversive, and encompassing

"...a visual artist accustomed to long periods of silence and strain to compose statements about my own work. It..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Review by Benné Rockett

Shrinking Schools

While the suburbs sprawl, central city schools count their children – and their blessings

"...First came five young Marines, guns and flags erect. Then came the UT band, skipping and..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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