Dinosaur Jr., Flo Milli, Estevie, and More Reviews From Thursday of SXSW

Standout sets from the clusterfest

"...(Read our Luck review here.)..."

March 15, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse

It’s Brigitte, bitch

"...“Oh my god, this is a queen who is literally on..."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Ten Chronicle Music Writers on Their Favorite Austin Albums of 2022

Almost 100 albums we loved this year

"...hours replaying LPs, more albums overall earned moments of my attention in the past 12 months. Back to the..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 19-25

"...jaguar and won. I have embraced great trees between my thighs and spoken words of love to thunder while..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...the Festival Favorites side, Brown joins a host of already-buzzy titles, including Sundance faves like volcanic romance Fire of..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...aftershocks it sent through the local scene. You can read six previous installments of veteran journalist Tim Stegall’s punk..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Q&A: Sealed Room Terror in We Need to Do Something

Max Booth III and Sean King O'Grady close the bathroom door

"...Do Something, do not repeat the supernatural incantation that slips through a character's lips. "It's a real spell," writer..."

Sept. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Why Darren Lynn Bousman Came Back For Spiral

Rock, racks, vices and games: the story behind the new Saw

"...do with his mouth. What if we stitched his lips together?' No, that wouldn't kill him, and I already..."

May 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shatara Michelle Ford Wants to Make You Uncomfortable

The Test Pattern writer / director explains how microaggressions from white Austinites taught them how to write about trauma

"...Rape is the word on everyone's lips throughout the film. And while we know what happened..."

April 16, 2021 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu

SXSW Interview: Mary Wharton Pieces Together Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

Finding the man behind the Wildflowers sessions

"...shape it into releasable form. Fresh off the critically-acclaimed Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President, and all her other..."

March 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Deborah Roberts: I'm" at the Contemporary Austin

In Deborah Roberts' solo exhibition at the Contemporary Austin, we learn what it is to be seen and not seen

"...young girl, the other of a middle-aged man, the lips of a mature woman – the faces telling many..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...a tear gas canister that was launched directly at my feet. And that was definitely a moment that sort..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...them to a folding chair. Her videographer signals his readiness. She asks questions. “What is your earliest memory of..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Faster Than Sound: Body Rock Turns 10

Riders Against the Storm and Chorizo Funk’s decade-built dance institution endures, Monday City music meetings, and more

"...tell you how many times Body Rock has saved my life."..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Blood Goes Big, Free Week Contracts

In the ATX music news: punk poetics by local septet Blood, January’s Free Week dates, and the Live Music Fund’s first feedback

"...At one of their first hangouts hosting a poetry reading, the McCamman-McGinnis brothers read a scene written by O'Brien...."

Dec. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Daniel Johnston's Death Begins Its Reverberations Around the Globe

“He’s legendary, but he was first a legend in his own mind, then he became a real legend.”

"...medication. In January, while famous fans like the Flaming Lips and Bob Mould covered his songs at ACL Live..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Songwriting Genius Daniel Johnston Dead at 58

Eccentric singer-songwriter reportedly died of heart attack

"...medication. In January, while famous fans like the Flaming Lips and Yo La Tengo were covering his songs at..."

Sept. 11, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Major League Sucker

"...Dear Editor, Whether they are “tax-and-spend Democrats” or “read-my-lips Republicans,” Austin City Council just doesn't get it. First:..."

Aug. 20, 2018 Postmarks

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...yes, Doctor Who himself) comes after the festival had already announced that Austin's own P.J. Raval will be bringing..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ColdTowne’s Missed Connections ATX

The show improvised from actual Craigslist ads is as hilarious as it is oddly cathartic to the singles in the crowd

"...Laughed my ass off – man 4 comedy (ColdTowne)..."

March 16, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Empire Strikes Back

Trans icon Sandy Stone receives this year's OUTsider Legacy Award

"...still have a long way to go, but we've already come so far,” Stone told the Chronicle, referring to..."

Feb. 15, 2017 Arts Post by Courtney Naquin

Playback: Ramsay Midwood Buys the Bar

Ramsay Midwood co-acquires Sam's Town Point, record store news, and Spoon teases upcoming Matador Records LP.

"..."I woke up the next day and saw my picture on the cover of the Statesman," he sighs...."

Jan. 13, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Beginner's Guide to Marijuana Edibles

Forays into cannabis cookery

"...the mom riding shotgun in the nearby sedan through my Judge Doom shades. The yin to my yang, she..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Food Feature by Alice B. Toker

Swingle All the Way!

Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland

"...Well, a couple of years ago, I looked at my list of amazingly talented friends, and I thought, “Why..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Bedside Manner: Guitar & Pen

Homework vs. live music ascension

"...In April 1980, I was 14, and my campaign to see the Who at the Oakland Coliseum..."

June 22, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Grace Potter Lives to Perform

Vermont wailer strikes out on her own with firmly-rooted pop

"...one of the most cathartic and visceral experiences of my life because I finally figured it out. I cracked..."

Jan. 27, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Dita Von Teese: Your Beauty Mark

Our intrepid reporter and his friend take the new book for a test drive

"...oversized, lavishly photo-illustrated book by Dita Von Teese by myself...."

Dec. 9, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Rocky Horror Reissue – A Wild & Untamed Thing

A red vinyl adios to summer in Tim Curry’s lipstick

"...Sept. 1 already? Tragic. August blew by without so much as the..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Read My Lips

Rock & roll summer reading 2015

"...KGSR's Blues on the Green), and Texas Platters. Maybe read a good book. Move those lips...."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Brand New Ancients and Hold Your Own

UK poet-rapper screams in both prose and meter

"...written as a performance piece and meant to be read aloud. Set in Tempest's southeast London 'hood, it arcs..."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

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