Benson Boone, La Sécurité, Ken Pomeroy, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Plus: Lars Ulrich pumps up new Apple Vision Pro experience

"...and the embers.” The audience sang along through real sobs. If Boone is Rolling Stone’s future of music, then..."

March 12, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...that vagina pain with healthy doses of laughter and sobs. This one-woman show broke barriers at Edinburgh Festival Fringe,..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Night of the Living Dildo Police

How a proposed Texas law would limit sex toy sales

"...of places in Austin which are already registered as SOBs, likely have arcade booths, and are not convenient to..."

Feb. 14, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Theatre Review: Come From Away

Traveling musical examines the wake of tragedy with hopeful optimism

"...hard to tone switch from snort-laughing hilarity to choked sobs within a two-minute span, but somehow this production controls..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Austin FC, Philadelphia Union Share an Unlikely Bond

The fans were there, even before MLS was

"...The SOBs crashed home games of Philadelphia’s other sports teams, raining..."

March 15, 2024 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

SXSW Interview: Subsonic Eye’s Natural Indie Rock Interplay

Singapore fivepiece brings mathy Sonic Youth influence to ATX debut

"...all-Asian FRIENDS: FOREVER lineup at Empire, following Singapore band Sobs’ participation last year...."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Wayne Lim

The Iron Claw

The triumph and the tragedy of Texas wrestling legends the Von Erichs

"...I've attended, much as the penultimate scene brings audible sobs.)..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Eighties Punks Meat Joy Reminisce After Landing in Austin for Reunion Dates

Triple homecoming shows around their 1984 LP reissue kick off tomorrow

"...between lust and disgust for an ex-lover. Amidst self-pitying sobs, the songwriter can’t help but find the humor in..."

Oct. 17, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Welcome Home Festival Brings New Blood to Kerrville

Adrianne Lenker, Daniel Fears revitalize at folk sibling fest

"...my side, an emotion-filled audience member choked back muffled sobs, which broke free during “Not A Lot, Just Forever,”..."

Oct. 16, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Mami Wata

Nigerian fable melds modern politics and ancient beliefs through intoxicating imagery

"...says, how things have always been. As the mother sobs, Zinwe (Aniunoh), one of Mama Efe’s daughters and her..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Friday

A Margo Price keynote, Koffee's evolution, & Obongjayar's rising star

"...Commons sipping free Yerba Mate before Singaporean buzz band Sobs (who straight up slayed) when I found my favorite..."

March 18, 2023 SXSW Post by Abby Johnston

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more

"...hopeful about the industry's renewed trajectory. – Kriss Conklin Sobs Battles Gloomy Weather with Sunny Indie Pop..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

The Lemon Twigs, Obongjayar, the Zombies, and Ambré Added in SXSW 2023’s Second Lineup Drop

With a whopping 301 musical artists

"...Snooper (Nashville TN) Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Kitimat CANADA) Sobs (Singapore SINGAPORE) Solar Eyes (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND) Sorcha Richardson (Dublin..."

Dec. 7, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Melissa Lucio’s Execution Halted

The mother convicted for killing her daughter could receive a new trial

"..."Are you serious?" Lucio replies and breaks into sobs...."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Review: Glassing

Twin Dream (Brutal Panda)

"...brutality, the Austin trio's third album seethes, rages, and sobs, riding waves of sonic fury that crash onto serene..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

Ron's Gone Wrong

Number Five, er, Ron is alive in this animated tech fable for kids

"...feature humans, too, because, boy, was I wracked with sobs in the theatre during Up, Toy Story 2, and..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

About Endlessness

Roy Andersson carves another exquisite, funny, mordant world

"...the ruins of a once beautiful city. A man sobs as he holds his dead daughter after murdering her..."

May 7, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

Forget the details, relish the intimacy of this music documentary

"...all the agony that comes with growing up. She sobs upon meeting her lifelong crush Justin Bieber after her..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Test Pattern

Issues of race and rape intersect in this startling Austin drama

"...Ouyang Rusli’s swelling score stifles the sound of her sobs...."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

Sundance Review: Cusp

Texas documentary raises and struggles with questions of consent

"...come out the way she wants it to. Aaloni sobs while confronting her father about a rude comment he..."

Feb. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...from traumatized and enraged Austin­ites, Edwin Ayala spoke through sobs, describing what he and the family had gone through..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...its stairs. The roar was supersonic." – Raoul Hernandez Nite Sobs: "Victoria" Video..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

AISD Students Can Learn From Home. Teachers Have Fewer Options.

Big mess on campus

"...back. I can't go back," Pena Brooks said through sobs in a Sept. 23 interview. "I want a vaccine,..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Why Am I Crying? Spontaneous Tears Help the Brain Release Stress

Your body's trying to tell you something

"...and BAM. Tears, sometimes in brief spurts, sometimes hysterical sobs. I've lost hours trying to get my emotions in..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Sarah Marloff

Hundreds Tell Council, APD That Big Change Must Happen – Now

Voices of sorrow and rage

"...Between sobs, Sanchez recounted what his family endured after his brother..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Hears Emotional Pleas for Change in Austin Police Leadership at Emergency Hearings

CMs join community in denouncing police violence at protests

"...Between sobs, Sanchez recounted the haunting hours of uncertainty he and..."

June 5, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

ACL Live Review: Lany

Malibu tears at an Austin sunset

"...These Tears” rolled down faces in the crowd, some sobs escaping as lyrics of lost romance and new beginnings..."

Oct. 14, 2019 Music Post by Alyssa Quiles

Dems Call for Health Care for All Texans

State Rep. Gina Hinojosa pledges to carry comprehensive health care bill to the 86th Texas Lege

"...children (835,000, fully 20% of the national total). "These SOBs [at the Legislature] get their health care paid for,"..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Immigrant Women Stuck in Detention

T. Don Hutto detainees can't get their day in court

"...as "utter despair." She looks at the ground and sobs. "She feels desperate and hopeless," said Raymond, who works..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

American Pastoral

Philip Roth's beloved book hits the screen

"...she crawls into bed between her parents, hiccuping back sobs. Hugging her from both sides, her parents share a..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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