30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

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

"...compares them to former fest visitors Black Country, New Road, and quotes from the band: “We only know that..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...trails" – unmapped paths cut through the woods by mountain bikers, BMX riders, dirt bikers, or transient people. Lately..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...makes this exploration of narrative as winding as the road the drifter took to get there, or to the..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

7 Central Texas Destination Restaurants Worth the Trip

Travel guide-worthy dining and tucked-away spots near Austin

"...a long list of travel guide-worthy restaurants and tucked-away road trip spots located only an hour or so's drive..."

May 17, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again

The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill

"...and pose less risk for groundwater contamination than the rocky Hill Coun­try soils. That's one reason, among obvious others,..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...South Mountain D: Hilary Brougher When her teenagers head off to..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: My Top 100 Austin Records of 2018

Kevin Curtin picks his favorite local sounds of the year

"...44) Silo Road, Signal Hill..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: November at Last

Yesterday was the Day of the Dead, and next week, our long, long national nightmare will come to a close (unless another one is about to begin, but I just can't contemplate that)

"...funding will actually make driving easier on the targeted roads. Is there too much funding for alternative modes of..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Good City, Bad City

City staff does some things right, some things wrong

"...development of the formerly state-owned tract on Bull Creek Road that has caused a bitter divide in Northwest Austin..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Down Low Deconstructs State Divide

Texas techno out of Dallas and dormancy - part I

"...My friends in Denver used to road trip to Bill’s searching for records that never reached..."

Sept. 3, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker

Sturgill Simpson

"...Sturgill SimpsonMetamodern Sounds in Country Music (High Top Mountain)..."

June 20, 2014 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...in a dismal trailer park. Instead he hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last adventure. Cast:..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Rockin' City Rollers Loaded for Bexar

Central Texas' latest flat track Roller Derby league heads to SA

"...was founded last year and started 2013 on the road with bouts against Stephenville’s Cowboy Capital Rollergirls and Rocket..."

March 29, 2013 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...a Texas tilt. Closing is John Beauchamp's once flatlined roadhouse country band Them Duqaines, who use hot guitar, train..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Orbiting SXSW

Return of the Secaucus 7? Try the arrival of a SXSW septet: Dana Falconberry, Shakey Graves, The Eastern Sea, My Jerusalem, Black Pistol Fire, The Preservation, and The Boxing Lesson.

"...expound on much. This grouping – out on the road, in the studio, floating around inner and outer space..."

March 1, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Food-o-File

Austin's beloved cheese shop expands

"...was a big hit around the office last week. Rocky Mountain Road is a rich, dark chocolate ice cream..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Into the West

Kelly Reichardt re-creates the hazards of the Oregon Trail in Meek's Cutoff

"...a wagon train of three families led by the mountain man Stephen Meek is perilously lost, even though none..."

May 6, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roller Derby Update 3/26/11

Hotrod Honeys screaming for vengeance this weekend

"...Texecutioner Skate-a-Thon. The TXRG travel team has a serious road season ahead of them, and so all cash raised..."

March 26, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Derby Dozen(ish)

2010's local and global Roller Derby highlights

"...was some purple and silver on the famous Abbey Road crossing as the TXRG silver medal winners went transatlantic..."

Jan. 6, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Rocky Road to Victory

Notes, photos from the WFTDA championship

"...Back in 2006, the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls were one of the first teams to..."

Nov. 10, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update[d]: 10/8/10

Texecutioners take to the tourneys

"...Chicago, Ill., Nov. 5-7. The entire weekend will be broadcast, as always, by the good folks at Derby News..."

Oct. 9, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Stranger Than Paradise

Tucked up in the Catskill Mountains, All Tomorrow's Parties stages a music festival for its own

"...the others being Nutter Butter sandwich cookies and Abbey Road...."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Day Trips

National Trails Day launched in 1993 and has become a rallying cry to get Americans outdoors

"...miles of hiking paths ranging from paved sidewalks to rocky climbs over rugged hills. Whether you're taking a walk..."

June 4, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...ode to spontaneous filmmaking, Paddy Considine stars as rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk. Along the way he's..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

New briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...human-caused climate change, according to a report by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the National Resources Defense Council...."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature

Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker

The landscape shapes us, say these prints by the Texas regionalist, and we are it

"...The mountains look like they erupted out of nowhere, so mammoth..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Working Playwright

Steven Dietz just wants to get in, roll up his sleeves, and make the words better

"...by this work ethic. His father was a Colorado railroad man whose job required him to be on 24-hour..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

More Reissues

"...Little Longer" and even Diana Ross' pompous "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," before doing the reggae with Bob (not..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Eagles

"...EaglesLong Road out of Eden (ERC)..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Finding God in the Gumbo

Once in the Ninth Ward and now in the Hill Country, the Smoking for Jesus Ministry serves up Real New Orleans Style fare with a side of spiritual nourishment

"...Round Mountain (population: 118) in Blanco County is not much more..."

May 4, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

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