Album Review: White Denim, 12

Onetime Austinite conjures Seventies garage rock on dozenth LP

"...pivoted to boutique UK imprint Bella Union with slick soul rock that vibes relaxed and yacht-y, but hardwired...."

Dec. 6, 2024 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...into a now 30-year catalog of restless, raging Latin soul divination. During COVID, mankind then prophesied an eventual post-lockdown..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...America Fantastica; Pulitzer Prize-winner Héctor Tobar, repping Our Migrant Souls; Angie Kim, presenting Happiness Falls, her followup to Edgar..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

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

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...ceramic hand, but when she is confronted by a soul claiming to be her dead mother, she unleashes a..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...expectations and his own ambitions. His story is an odyssey of dogged determination: a search for work, love, and..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ten Things That Defined ACL Fest's First Weekend

Abortion ban opposition, a weather delay, and the unforgettable performances

"...reviewer Alejandra Ramirez described the set as an “astral odyssey” in which the Dallas Neo-soul vanguard arrived as an..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Jury Awards Announced

The Fallout, Lily Topples the World take big wins

"...Hevesh, aka Hevesh5, the film features a collaborative, creative soul who comes by community and entrepreneurship naturally. A rare..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blues on the Green Pivots Successfully to All-Black Blues on the Screen

Curator Jackie Venson proves the legitimacy of the makeover

"...proven track records, true breakouts Sam Houston & Blk Odyssey brought energy to a room emptied by an ominous..."

July 9, 2020 Music Post by Derek Udensi

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...devices civilization funnels down to, a quest – The Odyssey – tallies the most adventure. Here, then, unscrolls an..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Few Faves From the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Immortal gems of the cinema help us define a classic

"...Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut is a dizzying psychosexual odyssey. Tom Cruise stars as Dr. Bill Harford, a man..."

May 24, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Josh Kupecki’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...A boy and a horse: an odyssey fraught with trauma that sticks into your soul. Near..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Playback – Typecast: David Yow & Brett Bradford

Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard in their new roles, plus a Twin Peaks themed concert

"...Cooper's band includes Elizabeth Herrera (ex-Dikes of Holland, Kay Odyssey) and Knife in the Water's Vince Delgado. The Log..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poetry Daniel Mendelsohn – An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic Sy Montgomery..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his dog. Cast: Bryan Cranston, Koyu..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Top 100 Austin Albums of 2017

Top 10s? Feh! Multiply that by 10 – locally.

"...53) Kay Odyssey, What's a Woman to Do (Little Bit)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Drums & Tuba Reunite in Austin

Homegrown breakouts’ prep first local show in over a decade

"...to barely scratch the surface of their résumés, extravagant soul rockers the Ron Titter Band set free their new..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Wave Three

Multiple monsters, sequels, and regulars (and RZA)

"...117 min D: Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto The bone-crunching, soul-crushing, face-breaking story of an amnesiac young man named Ishmael,..."

Sept. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...and band credits soaked in acid-funk superhero mythology. The odyssey continued after the empire's collapse, with Bell designing sleeves..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music

Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro

"...because then people think instrumental," explains Erin Jantzen of synth/soul trio Keeper. "They think techno, EDM, whatever."..."

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Untapped Festival Austin Untaps Beer List

Check off your brewery bucket list in one convenient location

"...Kepolo, witbier/fruit beer White Rascal, witbier Big Sky Brewing, Missoula, MT Moose Drool, American brown ale Heavy Horse, Scotch..."

March 30, 2015 Food Post by Eric Puga

Tuesday SXSW Music Picks & Sleepers

"...Kay Odyssey 8pm, Red Eyed Fly Formerly known as Kay Leotard,..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature

'Joan Thinks I'm Funny, So I Better Keep Going'

Oddball Festival's Whitney Cummings on the craft of comedy

"...spoke with the Chronicle by phone about her Oddball odyssey, the death of Joan Rivers, and the plight of..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

All ATX Vol. 1

"...All ATX Vol. 1(Odyssey Productions) Broadcasts Vol. 21(KGSR 93.3FM Radio Austin)..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

One Man's SXSW ... Times 4

Our intrepid correspondent wanders through all four Festivals – and lives to write about it

"...Somehow, I survived all four phases: a 13-day odyssey from the classroom to the mosh pit...."

March 29, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

And You Are Me

"...and choruses, yet it's the staples – Kevin Galloway's soulful vocals and Mike Carpenter's hammer/slide melody riffs – that..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...from said hog roast, then a daylong Greyhound bus odyssey through Ohio had deposited us via taxi at the..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Party Crawl

"...six-pack and a bag of sliders. Barcelona, Spain, garage soul combo Tokyo Sex Destruction implored the intimate crowd to..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Generation Overshare

What happens when the line blurs between our online and offline lives?

"...own inner selves but also the identity – the soul? – of our surrounding communities. Persons of cerebral substance,..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Ted's Ghost

The death of Ted Westhusing leaves a widening circle of sorrow

"...visits the Underworld in Book 11 of Homer's The Odyssey, he learns that his mother, Antikleia, who was alive..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Tom Palaima

Thursday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Quartz), is the 21st century answer to the Zombies' Odyssey & Oracle. – Greg BeetsBlack Joe Lewis..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

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