Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...Love is a many-splendored thing, and you never know..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Brings the Cosmos to Austin

Keynote brings unseen images from the James Webb telescope

"...Parenthood Federation of America president Cecile Richards, this morning SXSW added even more speakers and panels, with the biggest..."

Jan. 10, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Saturday

Ukraine's KAZKA, Fuck Money, Shawn Mendes, Beck, and more

"...But not our writers, who’ve been chronicling their daily..."

March 20, 2022 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Huge Changes in SXSW Leadership

Fest boss Hugh Forrest among several high-profile departures

"...most recognizable names at the festival in Hugh Forrest. SXSW existed before Forrest, but barely. A former editor and..."

April 26, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Celebrity Austin Music Pollster: Moving Panoramas' Leslie Sisson Best of the Year..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

In 1990, We Predicted What 2020 Would Look Like. Did We Get Anything Right?

And since we're here, why not place some bets on 2050?

"...hence. Now that we've all arrived, somewhat limpingly, at 2020, it's the right time to reassess...."

Jan. 10, 2020 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...It's one of two headliners added today to the..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Evil Dead (which, not so coincidentally, also premiered at SXSW). The new version, directed by Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

On Swift Horses Rides Into SXSW

ATX true crime series The Yogurt Shop Murders also joins fest

"...After a first round of titles that includes new..."

Feb. 5, 2025 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

How to “Attend” SXSW Online

The annual citywide insanity becomes Couch by Couchwest

"...Here and around the globe, the cancellation of the 2020 South by Southwest Festival and Conference was a startlement,..."

March 12, 2021 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Conference Taps Issa Rae, Signal and Colossal Leads for Keynotes

Lineup drop also adds Kevin Bacon, Hideo Kojima, Last of Us cast & crew

"...That’s how wide the tent is at the SXSW Conference, as demonstrated in today’s latest lineup announcement, where..."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Abrupt Changes in SXSW Executive Leadership Mark New Era

President and two VPs are among those exiting

"...There’s been a major shake-up in leadership at South..."

May 2, 2025 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: SXSW, in Four Dimensions

Reporter, presenter, attendee, local: An after-action report on confab’s comeback

"...former mayor of South Bend, co-winner of the snakebit 2020 Iowa caucus, and close personal friend of our own..."

March 25, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re spending time with

"...of the Colorado, Los Coast's first foray into country music preceded the Austin psych-soul troupe leaving on tour last..."

May 8, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Qmmunity: Austin’s Queer Community Feels Effects of SXSW Cancellation

Now's the time show local support however you can

"...Whew, y'all. What a week it's been since SXSW's cancellation. The shutdown is a devastating financial loss for..."

March 13, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...PicksAll showcase times subject to change. Please check official SXSW schedule...."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Film Review: Disintegration Loops

How a simple ambient experiment became a timeless tribute to 9/11

"...its own way, it became as much of a musical wake for NYC as Bruce Springsteen's The Rising, but..."

April 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Finding the man behind the Wildflowers sessions

"...a gift to fall into this archive of incredible music, and this human story about somebody as interesting and..."

March 17, 2021 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

SXSW Film Review: The Hobby

Setting the table for a new era of board gamers

"...popular topic for filmmakers. The Hobby joins Charles Mruz’s 2020 film Gamemaster as documentaries that trace the growth of..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Ukrainian Vocalist Whose Band Missed SXSW for Military Service Gets Assist From Austin’s Music Community

Austin Stands With Ukraine happens Saturday at Speakeasy

"...had been scheduled to perform at South by Southwest 2020 before it was canceled due to the growing global..."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Review: In the Court of the Crimson King

An accessible, and funny look at one of the most precise bands in history

"...incarnation had been kicking around since 2013, writing new music here and there and touring a whole lot. The..."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Joe Gross

SXSW Doc Recounts the 50 Year Reign of King Crimson

Heavy hangs the crown In the Court of the Crimson King

"...bunch, deeply in love with possibilities presented in Crimson’s music. It’s clearly not quite like being a Deadhead but..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...So wrote late Chronicle Music godmother Margaret Moser in a 2011 cover story about..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

St. Cecilia Soda Company Pays Sparkling (Water) Tribute to Austin’s Music Scene

Two service industry veterans join the women-owned beverage company swell

"...Life took a sharp turn for live music venue industry veterans Michelle Beebe and Tania DeGregorio when..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Commission, a grant to compose "a long-form piece of music for an ensemble that includes elements of traditional string..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

SXSW Interview: UK Art-Rockers Dry Cleaning Make Up for Lost Time

Upon 4AD reissue of fully formed 2018 debut EPs

"...was supposed to debut at South by Southwest in 2020, the UK post-punks had two EPs’ worth of material,..."

March 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Faster Than Sound: Austin Bands for Bernie

Bands turn out for Bernie Sanders, plus a dive into the SXSW rumor mill and an expanded lineup for the Austin Music Awards

"...on Sunday evening, Sen. Bernie Sanders first thanked the musicians...."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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