Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...to discover next week. Emerging bands, innovative rappers, solo singer-songwriters, experimental ensembles, K-pop collectives – it’s all here for..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Music Spotlight: Sweet Pill

Rising Philadelphia emocore quintet unpacks latest Where the Heart Is

"...the band’s Topshelf Records signing and opening for punk poets La Dispute last fall, summates Sweet Pill’s ever-growing résumé...."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Myth and Tech Merge for the SXSW Art Program

Technology becomes the new enchantment in Mixanthropy

"...Room 2) manifests historically significant Black leaders – the poets and authors Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston,..."

March 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kate the Chemist Says, "Anybody Can Be a Scientist"

Kate the Chemist is on a mission to take over the world

"..."We should have sent poets." They did: Dr. Sian Proctor. Reimagining Cities: Civic Engagement..."

March 10, 2023 Features Feature by Kat McNevins

Valentine’s Day Booze You Can Use

You don’t have to be drunk on love, but a little sip is always good

"...drink from regularly to sustain itself – because the poets have got that well-covered already...."

Feb. 10, 2023 Food Post

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Emma Seligman, Producers: Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman, Alison Small, Screenwriters: Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott Directed by Emma Seligman and..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

FronteraFest Is Back to Push New Boundaries

The theatrical fringe festival proves there's still space to experiment in a crowded Austin

"...goofy, maybe badass, always unique – of actors, artists, poets, dancers, and performers of all types from Austin and..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...Podolnick's spontaneous recording methodology captured their raw Seventies rock & roll perfectly. The loud/clear/crunchy production rivals the Ramones' Rocket..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend Two

Standout sets from round two at Zilker Park

"...special songwriter showed shades of Patti Smith and mid-Nineties alt-poets to early attendees. – Kevin Curtin Teezo Touchdown's Frat House..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest Weekend Two

Blondshell, Teezo Touchdown, and Omar Apollo’s starpower

"...Touchdown, and Wet Leg. Here are the Chronicle music writers’ highlights from round two at Zilker Park...."

Oct. 15, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta, Kady Rain, More Eaze, Pusha T, and more non-ACL shows

"...(8pm-2am), headlined by provocative New Zealand-to-Dallas outfit Labretta Suede & the Motel 6, who soak audiences in down &..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 16-22

"...20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author Richard Ford has advice for writers: "Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Margo Price, Will Hurd Headed to Texas Book Festival

Celebration of literature, Nov. 5-6, releases full author lineup

"...back in July with a first flush of 15 writers, including that This Is Us star Omar Epps would..."

Sept. 7, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Angels, Stray Cats, Cheap Trick, Leon Russell, Bruce Hornsby & the Range. Kicking about in front of the towering..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...drums are still there, but on songs like "Hearts & Minds" the band sounds effortlessly synced – musically and..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Hello to New Friends Again, Down in Fraggle Rock

Behind the scenes on the revival of the beloved puppet show

"...Fraggle knowledge) as well as the new writing team, poets, musicians, and more available to talk about what made..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...The stony cowboy poets of progressive country held court there, and so did..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Until the End of the World

Writing is not what I live for, it’s how I live

"...me to contribute to What Falls Away Is Always: Writers Over Sixty on Writing & Death, edited by Wronsky..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Arts Feature by Michael Ventura

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 19-25

"...ups and downs. He was one of Germany's greatest poets and philosophers, but he also endured more emotional distress..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fantastic Fest Review: Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest

Gaming documentary is no tribute to the solitary player

"...support crew are also serious gamers, but they're also poets, music theoreticians, and, pivotally for Hedegaard's oddly contemplative retelling..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Nurturing Our Rainbows

Drop the doomscroll and soak in queer magic at the Queer Home CookOUT, a moonlit queer swim, and more events

"...Queer Home CookOUT Tour Local poets, essayists, storytellers, and artists read from Foglifter's new anthology,..."

July 16, 2021 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Hot Queer Nights

Black & Queer AF variety show, Die Felicia, and more to keep Austin cool in this Pride Month heat

"...Black & Queer AF Aira J. hosts a stellar variety show..."

June 18, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...back to Oakenfold's hip-hop roots. – Kahron Spearman Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Texas Book Festival Goes Hybrid in 2021

October fest blends the virtual and a return of live events

"...sessions with some of the most fascinating authors, journalists, poets, illustrators, and artists in the book world. But on..."

May 17, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Ethan Hawke Pens a Valentine to Theatre in A Bright Ray of Darkness

His new novel is also a prayer for the stage and a reminder of the healing power of performance

"...Then 22, Hawke had gone to support his Dead Poets Society castmate Robert Sean Leonard, who was cast as..."

April 23, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 26 - April 1

"...was when I discovered that one of my favorite poets, Pablo Neruda, was an admirer of the murderous dictator..."

March 26, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin Hip-Hop Pioneer Tee Double Perseveres

Holding the vision through institutional racism, isolation, and a double transplant

"...one place he maintains control over his life. Insulin & Ice Cream..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Checking in With Area Musicians Yielded 80,000 Words of Pandemic Realness

Stay TF home

"...– get a window into individual situations through short Q&A's. Mind if I send you a few questions?"..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Diedrick Brackens Weaves Multitudes in the Blanton's "darling divined"

From his loom, the acclaimed artist fuses folk tales and forgotten memories with his own experiences to tell new, expanding stories of identity

"...and Martin Puryear. He's also informed by literature, particularly poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikky Finney, and Essex Hemphill...."

Jan. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Sara Hutchinson

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 27 - December 3

"...Passion is sanity." That's the opposite of what many poets and novelists have asserted down through the ages, which..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

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