Threadgill’s Upstairs Store for Rent

Owners seek contributors to “cultural petri dish”

"...“People have asked me the same question every day for decades: ‘What’s that place back there?’” So reveals..."

Feb. 5, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: No Really, How Are You?

Daniel Johnston provides backstory to Hi, How Are You? Day, plus the first 2017/18 Austin Music Awards talent reveal

"...Nonetheless, the singer was upbeat last Friday when speaking by phone from his home in Waller,..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Peter Tran's Spiraling Soundscapes

Modular synthesist moves Curved Light away from ambient, cassette-only output

"...During the day, Peter Tran works the counter at electronics music store..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

A Grisly Weekend for APD

Two officer-involved shootings, one viral use of force

"...Hours into last Wednesday's testimony over the proposed (and since-killed) police contract, Black..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Local Encounters of the Gift Kind

Five Austinites share the stories behind their greatest gifts

"...With the gift-giving spirit of the holiday season on our mind, the Chronicle asked five locals..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Chronolog Post by Beth Sullivan

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide

Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut

"...Last November, a few days after the election, I sent my family a note..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Hüsker Dü

"...melodic sense flowered into a mid-Eighties peak of SST Records (Zen Arcade and New Day Rising) and Warner Bros...."

Dec. 8, 2017 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Playback: Austin’s Rarest Vinyl

Want exclusive vinyl for Record Store Black Friday? Check out some of Austin's rarest wax.

"...thinking. What are the most valuable, rarified, and coveted records that have sprung from our city limits?..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

More Staff Turmoil at Whip In

Following layoffs, some staff quit in protest

"...In employees either quit or were let go on Tuesday, according to multiple former employees who spoke with the..."

Nov. 9, 2017 Food Post by Jack Craver

Day Trips: Waymore’s Package Store, Littlefield

The High Plains outlaw lives on in family’s tribute museum and drive-through liquor store

"...Waymore's Package Store, a few blocks off Highway 84 in Littlefield, has..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...people. Witnessing world-class talent in an East Austin furniture store sells itself, but paying top-dollar DJ fees requires a..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Playback: White Riot, Black Identity

Crowdfunding a black punk narrative, shuttering the Houston Press, and soundtracking Enchanted Rock

"...Venom's Audrey Campbell, and Greg Williams of Chief & TheDoomsdayDevice...."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What Did Happen to Ruth Bettis?

1982 slaying remains unsolved

"...an unknown male. The Beetle was found the following day "a short distance" up on Sprinkle Cutoff...."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Touring Austin's Latin Record Stores

Discotecas outnumber Anglo record shops

"...statistic that may shock you. There are more Latino record stores in Austin (discotecas) than Anglo record shops...."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Person to Person

The New York ensemble subgenre gets some fresh air

"...a dozen storylines over the course of a typical day in the city, Dustin Guy Defa’s Person to Person..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Michael Agresta

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...Reaper,” “Burnin’ for You,” and “Shooting Shark.” BÖC plays Friday at Empire Control Room...."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

City to Crack Down on Graffiti?

Proposal for crackdown on unauthorized street art coming?

"...that respond to service requests around the city each day, but when Council Member Leslie Pool took office in..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Playback: Hot Shivers

New Whiskey Shivers, Butthole Surfers, Casualties, murals, and takes on American literary classics

"...their plan of "maximum music, no banter." Whiskey Shivers' in-store performance last Thursday at Waterloo Records instead delivered the..."

July 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...the block at Emo's front room on this muggy Thursday night, there's zero line for a solo act named..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback – Austin Record Convention: The Greatest Record Store on Earth

ARC of the covenant, good Reputations, and Blind Sight

"...America's outer burgs, I get my cultural bearings in record shops. Last weekend, while kickstarting my summer of love..."

May 5, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Why Record Store Day Is Great …

And why it sucks (a shopping guide)

"...Talk to the owners of any of Austin’s participating records stores and you’ll hear a chorus: “Record Store Day..."

April 21, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Earth Day 101: All Things Consignment

Clean the city and your guilty conscience

"...Since the birth of Earth Day on April, 22, 1970, people have committed one day..."

April 20, 2017 Events Post by Chelsea Pribble

Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity

Reanimating one of the great Austin tributes

"...produced in 1990, is being reissued this year on Record Store Day. A limited vinyl pressing will include all..."

April 21, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Playback – Dead Man Walking: Jimmy LaFave

As terminal cancer ticks down Jimmy LaFave’s life, he says the show must go on

"...he asked that his sickness be kept private. On Monday, his ex-wife, neighbor, and close friend Barbara Fox, with..."

April 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...process to provide every employee of the local grocery stores with a living wage. The question marks the balance..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

SXSW Film Review: Person to Person

Ensemble slice-of-life comedy searches for the soul of New York City

"...a dozen storylines over the course of a typical day in the city, Dustin Guy Defa’s Person to Person..."

March 11, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael Agresta

Playback: Austin Music Awards (On Everything)

Austin Music Industry Awards down, here come the 2016/17 AMAs and a slew of SXSW buzz acts

"...2016/17 Austin Music Awards: Sunday, March 12 @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater,..."

March 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Music Lover's Guide to Austin

The essential sounds, sights, and settings of Austin music

"...was painted in 1993 on the side of erstwhile record store Sound Exchange by the cult songwriter. By then..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Playback: The 2016/17 Austin Music Awards Reveal

"...his March appearance last year at Ray Benson's GSD&M birthday bash. Organizing such a community event with a small..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...team, plus 125 films, and six catalogues of music, today's announcement swells their ranks...."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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