SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Luna, Ivana Milicevic, Macy Gray (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Provocative Pop, Emo Legends, and More Crucial Concerts

Know your shows

"...singer Betty Carter, as well as logging time with Ray Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Don Braden, and more. A pianist..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Brittany Howard, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and More Austin Blues Festival Reviews

Standouts from the Antone’s organizers’ Waterloo Park return

"...he chopped down the mountain Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan once climbed with the edge of his hand..."

April 29, 2024 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins Top Latest SXSW Music Announcement

Plus Angélica Garcia, Dende, Snõõper

"...Person. Katy artist Dende, Beaumont rapper Big Jade, and McAllen musician and She Shreds Media founder Reyna Tropical beef..."

Jan. 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem , more announced for 2024 festival

"...Wingate, Alex Bach, Zach Spicer, Joy Jorgensen, Miranda Kahn Rayelle Martin, a commercial cleaning woman in Gary, Indiana, stumbles..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jordan Moser's August residency, a pair of Millers, and more recommended Austin shows

"...Hill takes backup here – and duets on the prayerlike "Memory Palace."..."

July 28, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Watch This: Highlights of the Original Austin City Limits Piano

The legendary ivories of the legendary show, played by legends

"...the reel takes a trip through clips ranging from Ray Charles and Dr. John to Norah Jones and Allen..."

June 1, 2023 Screens Post by Doug Freeman

As Willie Looks to 90, Austin Stars Shine at Luck Reunion

Band of Heathens, Kelsey Wilson, Spoon made rain-delayed ranch date

"...With the opening piano lick of “Amarillo Highway,” Terry Allen set the mainstage bar high early on with his..."

March 18, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...lineup boasts Austin Music Awards Songwriter of the Year Ray Wylie Hubbard, carrying no shortage of accolades already. Ben..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Kevin Garland, Gina Marcheschi, Jasmine Daghighian, Screenwriters: David Largman Murray, Kevin Best, Luke Gilford Dylan, a 21-year old construction..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...O Director/Screenwriter: Dillon Tucker, Producers: Ricky Fosheim, Dillon Tucker, Ray Lee A young screenwriter/musician grapples with Pure O, a..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Angela Strehli's Comeback Ace of Blues Revives Antone's Records

"At Antone's down in Texas, my friends call me the queen"

"...later. Flying V bomber Albert King, baby-faced gunslinger Stevie Ray Vaughan, and sanguine Fabulous Thunderbird Keith Ferguson reanimate all..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts SXSW Week Edition

Our favorite showcases and unofficial parties for the rest of the week

"...showcase featuring artists from coast to coast. Detroit's Babyface Ray garnered mainstream attention last year within the Michigan hip-hop..."

March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...crash involving a sexually charged boy who epitomises life, challenges him to face his truth. Cast List: Cosmo Jarvis,..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 17-23

"...see it vividly, it then becomes sacred." – poet Allen Ginsberg; 3) "Holiness begins in recognizing the face of..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

ACL Interview: The Broad, Brilliant, Beautiful Musical Universe of Jon Batiste

"We take you on a journey through Black American music history, ragtime to trap."

"...We embraced the spirits of our ancestors: Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Allen Toussaint, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry, to..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Good"), and Hamell on Trial, Jello Biafra, and the Bellrays all contributing wildly different takes on "Teaching You the..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Rad

Hal Needham's BMX action flick restored

"...Directed by: Hal Needham. Starring: Bill Allen, Talia Shire, Lori Loughlin, Bart Conner, Ray Walston, Jack..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Now Streaming in Austin: A Night For Austin

Willie Nelson, Black Pumas, Paul Simon for music fundraiser

"...Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Norah Jones, Patty Griffin, Paul Simon, Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, Ryan Bingham, Shawn..."

June 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Music Awards Honor Bill Carter & Ruth Ellsworth Carter, and Tamara Saviano

Mike Judge and Jack Ingram also set to make appearances

"...Award for songwriting, a distinction previously bestowed upon Terry Allen, Joe Ely, and Alejandro Escovedo, will honor Bill Carter..."

Feb. 20, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

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

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

VHYes

Bizarro tribute to camcorder culture is silly and profound

"...Jack Henry Robbins. Starring: Mason McNulty, Rahm Braslaw, Lindsley Allen, Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, Mark Proksch, Courtney Pauroso, Charlyne..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jay Trachtenberg's Top Books of 2019

From the social upheaval of the Sixties to the double life of an intelligence agent to the secular past of an Orthodox rabbi, splits resolved into memorable books

"...like folkie Phil Ochs, attorney William Kunstler, and poet Allen Ginsberg, Revolutionaries digs deep into the fractious tenure of..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Oops!

"..."Public Notice" column referred to "architects Chris and Gina Allen." However, while the two "run a little mom and..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Column

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...It may be in the moisture. Here's Terry Allen, raindrops speckling his piano as he growls into the..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Lyn Koenning, All Shook Up Adam Roberts, Fun Home Allen Robertson, Sunday in the Park with George/Rob1n/Once/Tortoise and Hare/Hedwig..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019

"...apologia for the ultra-right, but a nerve-shredding depiction of betrayals, paranoias, and fake principles (read our interview with director..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Fest Spoilers

As ACL’s second weekend dawns, here are the most unforgettable moments from week one

"...Mendes (Sun., 6pm, Honda stage), creative pop artist Lily Allen (Fri., 4:45pm, Miller Lite stage), and nü metal band..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Friday the 13th Reaps Austin Music

Joe Valentine, Ponty Bone, Fai Jow all pass on the same day

"...fell in with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Tommy Hancock, Terry Allen, Butch Hancock, and bandleader Joe Ely, whose group he..."

July 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Uncle Drew

Kyrie Irving's soda campaign gets a movie spin-off

"...Shaquille O’Neal (Kazaam) to Michael Jordan (Space Jam) to Ray Allen (He Got Game), NBA stars could be found..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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