And They're Off!

City Council May ballot set

"...The ballot is officially finalized for the May 12 municipal election – that's..."

March 6, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Off the Record

The Hamburg Sound: OTR retreats to Germany's Reeperbahn Festival as Frank Hendrix sells Emo's

"...Hamburg, Germany, is famously credited for the Beatles' "baptism by fire," a double entendre..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Music News

"...at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. The sold-out benefit gala for the local nonprofit featured three marquee headliners..."

April 8, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks up dust at Waterloo Park while Lyle Lovett closes down Studio 6A

"...Barry got at least one thing right during his set of deadpan, observational humor last Friday night in Waterloo..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Commemorating the 20-year anniversary of the Saxon Pub and talking business with Kalu James and ME Television

"...1990, home to everyone from Los Lonely Boys, Kris Kristofferson, and Bob Schneider to Bonnie Raitt, Carolyn Wonderland, and..."

June 11, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Mixed signals: KUT takes over the Cactus Cafe, Pachanga owns Fiesta Gardens

"...on Saturday, David Garza outlined his four keys to songwriting: accordion (provided by Charanga Cakewalk's masterful Michael Ramos), lyrics,..."

May 28, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Checking out of South by Southwest 2010 and paying final respects to Big Star's Alex Chilton

"...on Friday morning. Commemorating the U.S. launch of Jail Guitar Doors, a musician-led initiative that assists inmates in their..."

March 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Primaries Set

Filing closes, with some last minute surprises

"...there were some real surprises in the closing hours with a late flood of Republican House challengers and some..."

Jan. 4, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Jesse Dayton walks with a Zombie, while T Bird & the Breaks spice things up for the annual Hot Sauce Festival

"...be featured on a segment of CNN's Headline News either, but Rob Zombie changed all that. Having previously fictionalized..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Explosions in the Sky commemorates the Fourth of July, Harlem signs with Matador, floating down to Whitewater on the Horseshoe, and paying tribute to Sky Sunlight Saxon and the King of Pop

"...on Thursday, June 25, at St. David's South Austin Hospital of heart and kidney failure, due to an undiagnosed..."

July 3, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Greezy Wheels shift their gears for a midnight ramble, Black Joe Lewis preps for the Chronicle's annual Hot Sauce Festival, American Analog Set's Andrew Kenny rewinds back to Austin, and the lineup for the 2008 Fun Fun Fun Fest is in

"...Fun Fun Fun Fest, Nov. 8-9, in Waterloo Park, with Nirvana's Krist Novoselic in tow. The third annual event,..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

"...• Willie Nelson is set to receive the inaugural Bridging Divides Award from the..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Barreling down the Big State Festival and going to 11 with the Paul Green School of Rock Music

"...Set this Circus Down..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Scaling the Wall of Sound Festival in Fort Worth, paying respect to late blues great Gary Primich, and readying for the second annual HAAM Benefit Day

"...last Saturday at LaGrave Field in Fort Worth presented itself as an alternative to the Austin City Limits Music..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

"...Adrian Quesada and Antibalas' Martín Perna, warmed up for its Saturday ACL set last Thursday night at Lamberts. Not..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Column

Off the Record

Moronic punk band trashes local pizza place; Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears prep for a tour with Spoon; and Almost There Records turns 3

"...Talk about biting the hand that feeds. Local socialist street punks Slowly..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Smoking Ban Kicks Off as Katrina Kicks In

Cigarettes are out at Austin’s clubs, but New Orleans musicians could be in

"...The Live and Kickin' initiative, a local attempt at easing Austin venues into the..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Rocks Off

SXSW 04 encore: Saturday showcases and more

"...album yet, but if this showcase was any indication, it's going to be a celestial trip through several different..."

March 26, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Rocks Off

SXSW 04 encore: Saturday showcases and more

"...MursThe Vibe, Friday, March 19 Definitive Jux recording artist and longtime member of the Living..."

March 26, 2004 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Rocks Off

SXSW 04 encore: Saturday showcases and more

"...Friday, March 19 As a local band playing SXSW, it's always welcome to showcase at your "home" club. Kicking..."

March 26, 2004 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Rocks Off

SXSW 04 encore: Saturday showcases and more

"...March 18 Like a jilted lover begging for forgiveness with every ounce of passion he has inside, Hamilton Leithauser..."

March 26, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

It's a Wrap

Austin Film Festival 2002 reviews

"...Alfredo De Villa/W: Alfredo De Villa & Nat Moss; with Tomas Milian, Manny Perez, Danny Hoch, Jude Ciccolella, Andrea..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Cathy Vaughan

Run-off Election Night

Primary Run-off Report

"...In the end, it wasn't close. At 59.7% to 40.3%, Ron Kirk's defeat..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

The Long and the Short of It

The expansive Cinematexas short film festival

"...cross-genre mélange of film, music, conceptual art, photography, dance, political protest, visual projection, and various permutations thereof. The unifying..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip

"...illustrated by Lane Smith..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Books Review by Shannon McCormick

Graveyard of the Atlantic

"...one of the stories in Alyson Hagy's collection are set in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, also known..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Review by Martin Wilson

Edith's Story

"...Edith's Story by Edith Velmans..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Review by Gabrielle Mathieu

Long Fringe @ the Off Center

"...new long-form performance festival and two new venues to its already successful Short Fringe. The FronteraFest 2000 Long Fringe..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

Billboard: Art on the Road: a Retrospective Exhibition of Artists' Billboards of the Last 30 Years

Short reviews of recently published books.

"...Billboard: Art on the Road: a Retrospective Exhibition of Artists' Billboards of the Last 30 Years..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Books Review by Roger Gathman

Off the Bookshelf

D.A.: Prosecutors in Their Own Words

"...the stories of cops and bad guys (in books entitled, unsurprisingly, Cops and Bad Guys), his latest book plumbs..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Books Review

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