Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music

Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro

"...DJ sobriquet Butcher Bear, as he takes indecisive drags off a half-lit cigarette. "When I was 13, I would..."

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

This Fresh Squeeze Is All About the Opera Shorts

One Ounce Opera premieres a concert of new young composers

"...Movie with opera clips. The ones whose non-ironic cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” can just about alter your DNA...."

April 13, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bedside Manner: Entirely Suitable for Younger Audiences

Jaime deBlanc-Knowles revisits a freaky YA book from her youth

"...a long, twisty Wikipedia search tracking down the name of a book illustrator, I ran across the cover of..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Books Post by Jaime deBlanc-Knowles

Hercules on Two Wheels

Could bicycling be bigger than baseball again?

"...takes place over three weeks through roughly 2,000 miles of countryside there. Hear me out...."

Nov. 12, 2011 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...Keeping beat for the Monsters of Folk at a sold-out Stubb's on a November night,..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Nanci Griffith Songs Come Alive at the Cactus Cafe

The annual tribute show celebrates more than just her music

"...Songwriters, longtime listeners, newcomers, and possibly a gang of neighborly ghosts pack Austin’s iconic Cactus Cafe. While members..."

July 9, 2024 Music Post by Amber Williams

Inaguration Day

Five lip-syncing gaffes worse than Beyonce’s alleged fakery

"...Sure was nice of Beyonce to share the inauguration with President Barack Obama..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Notes on Kitsch

... or W.W.S.S.T. (What Would Susan Sontag Think) about Austin's love of camp?

"...laughs Linda Lou Von Hochtritt, the designer and purveyor of Lucky Lou Shoes, a company run out of her..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Life Again in Oz

On the 20th anniversary of the premiere of her play Ozma of Oz, Suzan Zeder revisits Frank Baum's enchanted land to turn the show into a musical and finds a part of herself there.

"...first royalty check," she grins, from her play Ozma of Oz, an adaptation of the Frank Baum book. "Twice..."

April 21, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Gay Place

Roasting Ursula

"...Austin is not wanting in the character department. The queen of the queer Red River scene, Ursula, for example,..."

May 22, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Highlights From Gail Collins' Lecture

NYTimes ed delivered the 2013 Liz Carpenter Lecture on Monday night

"...A dedicated fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer reruns, decorated commander of the..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Online, Unplugged

Wireless Internet is cost-effective, accessible, of the people rather than gouging the people. So what are you waiting for? It's time to cut the cord.

"...In a small room at your house, on a table that's littered with..."

April 26, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...Brian Doom, alias of a dear friend's husband, sent out a short e-mail..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

UK Calling

Damon Albarn leads SXSW 07's UK act armada. Again.

"...From the whitest cliffs of Dover – still the British Isles' natural defense against..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...It was the height of spring, mid-May, and already hot. The old Quonset hut..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...prospects here are different because summertime is when three of our favorite local institutions launch special exhibition series devoted..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and titles Now it's time to get dark,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Cribdeath: Bellocq's Girl'

Second-place winner

"..."'cribs' – single rooms, with private entrance onto the street, just wide and..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Books Feature by F.J. Schaack

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Fastball wound up generating a platinum album, a year of solid touring (Everclear, HORDE), a pair of Grammy nominations,..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Ever the Spoils

Two University Dramas Tackle Women After War

"...The Love of the Nightingale In stature she was very tall," writes..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of South by Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Young and Hungry

ACC offers students two restaurants' worth of opportunity

"...For a city of Austin's size, we're blessed with an incredible range of..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...It was one of the most schizophrenic eras, but so typical of Austin..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Hissing Fits

Bryan Mealer sinks his teeth into the 1999 Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.

"...Mike Hunter has been annoying his neighbors. Like most of the campers with their pop-up trailers, huge cast-iron smokers,..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bryan Mealer

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...Brothers and sisters of the Lone Star State, on the occasion of his..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

Hot Line to Jesus

Edison's Speaking Phonograph

"...many years back, when I spent an awful lot of nights in the neon arms of the Deep Eddy..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...Capital Metro's PR blitz is indeed a magical mystery tour. And of course Henry the horse dances the..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

Qmmunity: Transing Pride

ATX Trans Pride puts the spotlight on the transgender community during Austin Pride

"...first ATX Trans Pride bloomed in 2019, following years of Edwards not being booked for Austin Pride despite being..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by James Scott

Leander Puts Controversial Library Policies On Hold

Many questions still unanswered in wake of June protests

"...action on controversial library policies proposed in the wake of its canceled Drag Queen Story Hour last month –..."

July 19, 2019 News Post by Nick Yeager

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THE PLUTONIUM CIRCUSD: George Ratliff. This is a reprint of the Austin Chronicle review that ran in March when..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

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