SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"...Milly, Philly punks Control Top, and Major Lazer member Walshy Fire. Also on deck are lysergic sludge punks Weeping..."

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound – Welcome to Red River World: The Future of Austin’s Music District

Forecasting the storm of developments between the state Capitol and I-35. Also, NPR warned and ACL Fest confirms: Austin’s pop soloists are stepping up.

"...continue pop songwriting for others. In fact, she and Shy Beast frontwoman Mariclaire Glaeser will sing backup for Dossey..."

May 24, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music Churns Out 8th Artist List

Ho99o9, Questlove, Nothing, and Get Up Kids join the action

"...breakouts Sixteen Deluxe. Also sourcing locally: Think No Think, Shy Beast, Ruby Jane, Oliver Rajamani, DJ TradeMark, Duhrdy, Jim-E-O,..."

Feb. 14, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Quirk rock, turntable antics, local pop, and more to keep you busy

"...FRIDAY FEA, Go Fever..."

May 10, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Tenth and Final SXSW Artist List

Action Bronson, Talib Kweli, a Blaze Foley tribute, and 196 more

"...Hoodtronics, Roxy Roca, Migrant Kids, Otis the Destroyer, Shinyribs, Shy Beast, Tommy 2 Stix, TYFS (Thank You For Sweating)..."

March 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

El Combo Oscuro, KVN, and Mike & the Moonpies are some of our favorite local sounds this week

"...Lee Bishop, and Lady Heartwing's Mariclaire Glaeser (formerly of Shy Beast) – I quickly responded, "No, it is not!"..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Music Column by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...release, wielding expansive electronic waves of tranquility. The former Shy Beast frontwoman's wispy vocals rival the lower melodies used..."

March 26, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Faster Than Sound: Music Lab Explores Consolidation

Rehearsal space’s Oltorf location posted for sale; Hi, How Are You Day draws the Flaming Lips; and Esme Barrera tribute launches Girls Rock El Paso

"...Music Lab increased prices last year, forcing electro-pop group Shy Beast to look elsewhere after practicing at the Oltorf..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Mélat, 5D, Applied Pressure Orchestra

Empire Control Room & Garage, Jan. 6

"...time. Outside, following a dreamy set by indie-pop act Shy Beast, R&B songstress Mélat closed down the Garage with..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Bigfoot Exists in Texas

Eduardo Sánchez makes a monster movie against the Bastrop fire

"...character development. That's why director Eduardo Sánchez created a beast of a different stripe with Exists. He said, "It's..."

Oct. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Border Violations

What happened to the thousands of unaccompanied children who crossed the U.S. border last year?

"...U.S. from Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central Amer­ica (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Sal­vador). The plentiful media coverage..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Sex and the Senate

What will it take to curb sexual harassment at the Texas State Capitol?

"...in various publications covering the Lege, including The Daily Beast, Texas Observer, and The Texas Tribune. Former legislative intern..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Andrew Bird

Live shot

"...table in indie music, the deluxe edition of Noble Beast, Andrew Bird's affecting new LP, sat a half-inch thicker..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...on his modest, from-the-heart Tunnel Songs. His expertise with shy but sleek atmospheric music with depth probably served the..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Five aGLIFF Movies to Stream at Home

Award winners and hometown heroes of queer cinema jump online

"...of their queer kids for their faith. Three Headed Beast..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Chicago

This film adaptation doesn't so much recall the glory days of movie musicals as give it a new, era-specific reason to wake up and shake its tail feather.

"...was never quite dead, just sort of a slumbering beast for the past three decades, waking in spurts to..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sixth Street Showdown

Downtown is growing, and with that growth come rising tensions between police, partiers, and activists

"...and asked Wallace to come forward." Wallace "refused," wrote McCam­eron, so "I approached Wallace on foot."..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

State Capitol Sexual Abuse Policies Remain a Work in Progress

After flood of allegations, House and Senate pressed to revise rules

"...House and Senate, as reported recently by the Daily Beast and Texas Tribune. Sen. Borris Miles, D-Houston, and Sen...."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...no less entertainment value. Due to a planned "Mass Fart­ing" protest, there was an onslaught of fake flatulence and..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Geopolitical Fault Lines

Austin's latest attempt at single-member districts is getting a mixed response

"...two of his council colleagues. Foregoing the ceremonial niceties, Leffing­well described his plan as "much-needed reform" while decrying the..."

July 6, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Life and Death of Schools

Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement

"...Now a research professor of education at New York Uni­ver­sity, she travels this month to the belly of the..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Inside Out ... Outside In

The growing influence of fringe movements on City Hall reflects either a healthy populism or the implosion of civic engagement

"...in favor of fluoridation, still the committee felt it reason­able to continue offering microphones to representatives of the anti-fluoridation..."

March 2, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

When Good Things Happen to Bad Bills – and Vice Versa

Bad bills fly, while good bills die

"...of Transportation truly accountable, Senate Transportation & Homeland Security Com­mit­tee Chair John Carona ruefully ended up having to Frankenstein..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by the News Staff

Point Austin: Tools for Lege Watching

Considering Texas' future – a few things to keep in mind

"...The Center for Public Policy Prior­i­ties, which advocates at the Capitol for the better welfare..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Spring Training

Seasonal snapshots of the council candidates

"...into the ring. Sporting an instantly recognizable, ZZ Top beast of a beard, Demling proclaimed his competition in a..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Northcross: 'It's Not a Done Deal'

Demolition under way at former Northcross Mall site doesn't signify that planned Wal-Mart is foregone conclusion

"...out at a community meeting at the First Unitarian Univer­sal­ist Church called by RG4N to discuss its lawsuit against..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...And the educational programs at the Austin Chamber Music Cen­ter, Austin Classical Guitar, and the Arm­strong Community Music School..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dog Years

Austin's version of the Band – the Gourds – steps into those brown shoes almost literally with Old Mad Joy

"...Considering the landscape that cultivated this knotty hodgepodge of South­ern gothic musical everymen, loners, and survivors, the Gourds are..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Beast Beast D: Danny Madden Set in a southern town,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...communicating from and operating in "the heart of the beast." To certain parts of the American left, the country..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

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