Lucky Seven for Sci-Fi Film Fest Other Worlds

Interstellar picks for the festival's seventh year

"...Lapsis Originally selected for SXSW, Noah Hutton's savage takedown of the high-tech, low-paying gig..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Horror Crew Launch Bloodoath Filmmaker Consulting

Paper Street creatives join forces with genre experts

"...will bring her background at a plethora of fests (SXSW, Fantastic Fest, Boston Underground, and Frontieres Market at Fantasia..."

Nov. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires

Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.

"...Trachtenberg still hosts Sunday Morning Jazz on the station,..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Checking In: Michael Ramos Signs the Tiarra Girls

“I’m an A&R guy for Lucky Hound Music [and] a staff producer”

"...telling me how tough the decision was to cancel SXSW...."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...debut. Oddball technothriller Lapsis was supposed to play at SXSW, and finally makes it back to Austin after successful..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020

It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings

"...Texas brewery was to go full steam ahead into SXSW season and then emerge a more polished and accomplished..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Donut King

The bittersweet tale of the man behind L.A.’s favorite treat

"...and operated by Cambodian American business people. That, as SXSW award winner The Donut King explains, is because of..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Tiarra Girls Can’t Stop the World

Full-time school and a new record label engage in a tug of war

"...what we received that night. We were prepping for SXSW a lot since we were official artists, newly signed..."

Oct. 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Vulcan Video Lives in the Alamo!

Not a dream! Not a what-if! Video Vortex comes to South Lamar!

"...The 50,000 tapes of the Austin movie institution were..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shithouse

Awkward college romance gets a timely, heartfelt revamp with this astonishing debut

"...The SXSW Grand Jury Award winner is the first feature of..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Dylan Cameron Revisits the Rave Music of A Jilted Generation

IDM experimentalist notches third entry in a Holodeck triad

"...live. I had already decided not to participate in SXSW in 2020, so that really didn’t hurt much, although..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Holodeck Records CEO Adam Jones Postpones Entire Release Schedule

First installment of a update triptych from the label

"...first week of March, when everyone was wondering if SXSW was going to cancel. When SX did cancel, some..."

Oct. 6, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

Dave Not Coming Back, Golden Arm this year's headliners

"...The fest, which runs online Oct. 22-29, gave a..."

Oct. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...product literally flew off the walls into my canvas SXSW sack, including Muddy Waters' silky Folk Singer and Fear..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Cummings Hunts The Wolf of Snow Hollow

The actor and director talks bloody myths and drive-in premieres

"...Cummings (who shot his 2018 SXSW Grand Jury award-winning feature in Austin) has his latest..."

Sept. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Music Rally Demands City Funding: “Put Up or Shut Up”

Thursday’s Council vote portrayed both as last stand ... and a start

"...Musicians, venue operators, sound and lighting technicians, bookers, radio..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Filmmaker Chinwe Okorie Gets a Boost From Issa Rae

New short “Lovebites” features on the Insecure star’s website

"...When SXSW was canceled, Austin filmmaker Chinwe Okorie was left in..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Honoring RBG

The stakes have raised even higher for the most consequential election in a lifetime

"...Our own election coverage kicks into high gear this..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Brea Grant, Modern Scream Queen

The Stylist star, 12 Hour Shift director and UT grad becomes a powerhouse of horror at Fantastic Fest

"...differing and highly anticipated genre titles coming. That makes 2020 truly the year of Brea Grant, but she laughed..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Last September, Late Iron Age Sonic Architect Wade Allison Spoke About Composing a Crossover Metal Standard

Eighteen days after the death of Power Trip frontman we uncover an unseen interview with the late guitarist

"...Riley Gale interview (2020)..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...30, is the last day to respond to the 2020 U.S. census. For more on how to take the..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...six months into the big coronavirus pandemic shutdown of 2020, and cabin fever is no longer just an abstract..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...One visual yours truly will miss from 2020: cruising (crawling?) down I-35 and seeing Dirty Sixth (Street)..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

In a Previously Unpublished Interview Late Power Trip Frontman Riley Gale Talks SXSW, COVID, & American Health Care

“I’m having nightmares about what [COVID] is going to do to the status quo”

"...34, spoke with the Chronicle on March 15 about SXSW and the pandemic. Home from Feb­ru­ary dates in Asia,..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Remembering Chet Himes, Johnny Limón, and Riley Osbourn

Three Austin music scene stalwarts passed in late August

"...Unpublished Interview Late Power Trip Frontman Riley Gale Talks SXSW, COVID, & American Healthcare"), and Nashville singer-songwriter Justin Townes..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Fantasia Review: The Block Island Sound

Aquatic horror reaches - and grabs - the stars

"...The first feature as directors for siblings and American..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Announces 2020 Feature Grant Recipients

Special new fund will help those hit by SXSW cancellation

"...services under the Austin Film Society's AFS Grants for 2020. However, in these difficult times for filmmakers, the society..."

Sept. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2020’s Hot Sauce Festival Music Acts

Get sweaty in the privacy of your home with these performers

"...of instruments." Nominated for Best Latin Band in the 2020 Austin Music Awards, the band just released the single..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Food Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Lucinda Williams, Ray Prim, and Curved Light lead the pack

"...Ray Kennedy, what follows flash fries a page outta 2020. "Bad News Blues" rattles and thumps the daily ticker..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

La llorona

Supernatural horror explores the wailing soul of a nation denied justice

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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