Qmmunity: See You at the (Queer) Movies

Local filmmaker and UT professor PJ Raval hosts his students’ queer short film showcase at Hyperreal Film Club

"...Dobie Theater – the premiere venue of Richard Linklater’s Slacker. “Watching Teresa Taylor (aka Teresa Nervosa of the Butthole..."

May 2, 2025 Column by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: Fantasy Life

The most Gen X movie in years stars a millennial and Amanda Peet

"...The Gen X movie canon is well-known: Slacker, Singles, the Before trilogy, Grosse Pointe Blank, and so..."

March 9, 2025 SXSW Post by Joe Gross

Gus Baldwin, the Sketch, and a New Era of Old School

Genre-agnostic quartet debuts with classic rock energy and brassy punk politics

"...his solo material – tracks like “Beautiful Delilah” and “Slacker’s Prom,” which now appear on The Sketch – constituted..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Music Feature by Kyra Bruce

Album Review: Bernardo Mountainair, Dark Times in the Land of Plenty

Nolan Potter guitarist Dillon Fernandez issues his own psych-prog lament

"...say”) with the same serene quality as that Canadian slacker. Later, a tinny drum machine beat propels “Deine Mütze..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Qmmunity: Take It Easy, But! Take It

Don’t be afraid to slow down and slack off when you need to

"...in the morning. Writing a column about being a slacker rather than doing an interview because I have pre-holiday..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Column by James Scott

Ravyn Lenae, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music with a little help from these recommendations

"...Until last month! Surviving the Dream bottles the same slacker charge, easily the band’s best since its debut. And..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Horror Unearthed: The Return of Confessions of a Serial Killer

The lost Austin horror classic finally gets the respect it deserves

"...between The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1974 and Slacker in 1990, Confessions of a Serial Killer is a..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Legends, Out-of-Towners, and More Crucial Concerts

Get your show schedule worked out

"...Amid August's sweat-drenched dog days, slacker rock sextet Stalefish's sophomore effort, It’s All Down Here..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

An Art, a Craft, a Movie, and More Events for the Weekdays

Don't let the workweek get you down

"...– James Scott Summer Free for All Series Kickoff: Slacker..."

July 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Croy and the Boys, Warpaint, a Metal Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the week

"...trick prevails. Sego opens with fuzzier, though still delicate, slacker rock.   – Carys Anderson Goblin Live: Dawn of..."

May 24, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, Lido Pimienta, and More Austin Psych Fest Reviews

Dispatches from three days at the Far Out Lounge

"...arpeggios just flow out of her. I understand the “slacker” label she’s incurred, but watching her kick her leg..."

April 29, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Glen Powell to Enter Texas Film Hall of Fame

Actor to be honored ahead of Austin premiere of Hit Man

"...2012’s Bernie). Yet it’s just another chapter in the Slacker director’s long and rewarding creative relationship with Powell that..."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Teezo Touchdown, Arny Margret, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Standout sets to kick off the big music week

"...be damned.) Drummer Tamás Czirják served as the combo’s slacker backbone, meandering through a blazed-out solo with just the..."

March 13, 2024 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Six Great Breweries Off the Beaten Path

In tumultuous times for Austin beer, these undersung gems are worth seeking out

"...just getting hotter by the second, folks. Stay hydrated. Slackers..."

March 1, 2024 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Less Talkin’, More Rockin’: The Austin Music Awards Touch Down at Antone’s

Jim Franklin, Rosa Madriz, Cherubs honored at 42nd Chronicle show

"...Accepting the award, Whitley thanked Coffey – who rehearsed..."

Feb. 26, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Molli and Max in the Future

When Harry Met Sally meets the far future in this talky sci-fi rom-com

"...as Girls’ Shoshanna Shapiro) totals the handcrafted spacecraft of slacker/wannabe robojock Max (former Saturday Night Live featured player Athari)...."

Feb. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Paper Cuts

New Austin music picks from francene rouelle, variety

"...grimy tone for lightspeed garage-rock. Woodruff’s vocals snag droning slacker-ism over eager guitar – the sonic equivalent of a..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

A.L. West at a Bookstore, and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Stop by Stalefish’s album release or Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap

"...up-to-date bedroom pop with a healthy dose of Nineties slacker rock nostalgia, homegrown sixpiece Stalefish embarks on a two-show..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Varsity Mural Finally Complete With New Image From Slacker

Empty 13th frame now filled by the iconic Teresa Taylor

"...– has finally been filled with an image from Slacker...."

Dec. 7, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Gift Guide for the Austin Music Fan in Your Life

Try a Nineties Austin oral history, Willie birthday LP, or BLK ODYSSY ashtray

"...all contemporary scenesters interested in learning more about the slacker generation. – C.A. by Greg Beets and Richard WhymarkUniversity..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Meanwhile Brewing’s Free Birthday Bash and More Crucial Concerts This Week

From Jonathan Richman at the Continental to Saweetie at AFROTECH

"...on "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" and slacker sing-alongs like "Touch Me I'm Sick," the 1988 collection..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Dumb Money

The GameStop short squeeze is a meme-splattered discount The Big Short

"...Davidson plays Keith's brother, Kevin, a weird but fitting slacker foil to Dano’s more straitlaced investor. The rest of..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Watch This: Paige Plaisance Swampy-Tonks Her Blues Away on “Good Time Girl”

The new video features a slew of Austin creatives at Sam’s Town Point

"...captures that energy perfectly, proving that the vintage Austin slacker spirit hasn’t gone out of style. Directed by Dan..."

Sept. 6, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...a whole section describing that iconic image from the Slacker poster and how she has these thin arms shoved..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

For 12 Years, There's Been a Gap in One of Austin's Most Famous Murals

Will an image from an iconic Austin movie complete the picture?

"...space with a still from Richard Linklater's Austin-made classic, Slacker – and more specifically, one of the late Teresa..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dazed & Confused Celebrates 30th Anniversary With AFS and the Round Rock Express

The Austin classic gets its own bobblehead night and screening

"...proved there was more to him than the rough-hewn Slacker...."

July 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Remembering Teresa Taylor, Stand-Up Butthole Surfers Drummer With a Memorable Role in Slacker

The Texas percussionist and “Madonna pap smear girl” has died at 60

June 23, 2023 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Remembering Teresa Taylor, Stand-Up Butthole Surfers Drummer With a Memorable Role in Slacker

The Texas percussionist and “Madonna Pap smear girl” has died at 60

"...as the “Madonna Pap smear girl” in Richard Linklater’s Slacker. Taylor’s image from her sequence became part of the..."

June 20, 2023 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...Beginning with Richard Linklater’s 1990 debut Slacker, which Busch described formatively discovering as an adolescent, the..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

The Restaurants of 626 Lamar Reflect a Changing Austin

From Toddle House No. 2 and G/M Steakhouse to Counter Cafe and Garbo's, what's old is new again

"...cultural zeitgeist in Richard Linklater's pioneering 1990 indie film Slacker, in a scene that not only featured Vayas, but..."

May 19, 2023 Food Feature by Rod Machen

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