A Drag Tribute, Eclipse Events Galore, and More Local Happenings

Get your glasses and find your totality

"...Riot Fair..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Madeleine Leigh, HONK TX, and Eclipse Mania Leads Our Crucial Concerts

Find some sounds to match the celestial sights this week

"...Honk!TX..."

April 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...Alongside the default stars, the Fest really shines in gathering up-and-coming, just-about-to-break-through artists...."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...National Guard troops. The base will hold up to 2,300 soldiers who have been deployed to the border as..."

Feb. 23, 2024 News Feature

Back in Austin, the Ameripolitan Awards Define a Musical Spirit

Show's 10th anniversary return uplifts largely outsider roots sounds

"...A decade into the Ameripolitan Music Awards, the event’s..."

Feb. 19, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts

Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events

"...My Own Private Idaho..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

Free Week and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Catch Skourge, Magna Carda, and more at the no-cost annual fest

"...Check out the Chronicle music team’s handpicked “Crucial Concerts”..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies

For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate

"...We in the News section are accustomed to being..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

Amyl & the Sniffers, Beach Fossils, the Veldt, and More Reviews From Levitation’s Saturday and Sunday

Standout sets to wrap the Halloweekend music festival

"...like Australian crew Amyl & the Sniffers and Austin rising stars Die Spitz delighted alongside Halloween disguises and a..."

Oct. 30, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Qmmunity: Fund-Raising Hell

This month’s edition of Austin International Drag Foundation’s drag competition fundraiser digs into Halloween nostalgia for its theme

"...in 2015, the org is the first and only 501(c)3 nonprofit catering only to drag artists and the art..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by James Scott

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more

"...weather-delayed events, including Tangerine Dream’s late-night immersion at Parish. 03 Greedo’s First Performance Following Over Four Years in Prison..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 10-16

"...mixed feelings about whether to change or stay pat; 3) learn to love and thrive on change. The advisor..."

March 10, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...speakers who are pulling double-duty this year. Swinton, who stars in film festival headliner Problemista, will sit down with..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Goodbye, Daily Juice; We’re Gonna Miss You, Sa-Tén; Glad You’ve Stopped Burning, Shoal Creek Saloon; Congrats, TFWA Grant Winners; Are You Totes Insane, Proud Mary?; and More…

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...kissy-smoochy news, Daily Juice – the company founded in 2003 by Keith Wahrer and Matt Shook, and owned and..."

Jan. 25, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...mainstay lineups (40%), emphasis on their taproom/beer garden vibe (30%), creativity of their seasonal and limited beer lineups (15%),..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Texas Tribune Festival Brings Star Power to Politics

TribFest resumes in person in Downtown Austin Sept. 22-24

"...See the full program at festival-platform.texastribune.org/agenda. Open Congress Takes..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hey Freshman: IG Follows to Fast-Track Your Immersion in Austin Music

Under-21 and underground rave resources on Instagram

"...Naturally, the biggest touring venues like ACL Live, Emo's,..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...Based on his 2020 short "Laura Hasn't Slept," it stars Sosie Bacon (13 Reasons Why) as Dr. Rose Cotter,..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Estate Services of Austin Finds New Homes for Treasures Left Behind

In the saddest times, Carl McQueary and the Estate Services team are there to help

"...with its collection of steam-powered farm equipment and a 1930s kit airplane – although, as he noted, he did..."

July 22, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...by Fernando León de Aranoa (Loving Pablo), the satire stars Javier Bardem as a factory boss who goes to..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...Of course, Kerrville's story hardly starts and ends with..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

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

"...Lamar. Their vinyl annex where Lululemon now sits ran 1990-93, followed by Waterloo's video rental venture in the same..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Through SXSW Jazz re:freshed Outernational Brought "The Dope Black British Jazz Landscape" to the World

Organizer Adam Moses and showcase veteran Daniel Casimir discuss the roots of SXSW's groundbreaking jazz showcase

"...were witnessing not only a pantheon of future jazz stars, including free-thinking drummer Moses Boyd, minimalist piano trio GoGo..."

March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...Maxo Kream..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 2 U.S. Premieres, and 13 Texas Premieres. Texas stars - especially native and honorary..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

You Deserve an Escape This Year, to Lakeway Resort & Spa

Because you don’t have to run yourself ragged 24/7/365

"...of night and its natural darkness allowing all those stars in the vault of heaven to shine down on..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"......"

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Mongolian metal, Doja Cat, Dayglow, & more

"...Jack Harlow’s Huge Crowd..."

Oct. 3, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...As evidenced by the amount of rap in the..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

In a Global Crisis, Luck Presents Writes a New Concert Promotions Standard

With a little luck, Ellee Fletcher Durniak and Matt Bizer thrive at improvising impossible situations

"...an enthusiasm that rallies others to their cause. Bizer, 35, and Durniak, 30, anticipate each other with a synchronicity..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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