Sunday SOS Interview: Thursday

Poetically political post-hardcore icons reunite

"...In hindsight, "Stay True" – closing track on Thursday's sixth and most recent album, 2011's No Devolución..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

SOS Q&A: Courtney Barnett

“Courtney Drops Details About Her Next Album!”

"...with her laughter, Courtney Barnett has been showered in adoration from critics and fans alike. There’s 2015 debut full-length..."

Nov. 3, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

Omnibus Resolution Report Arrives

Mayor’s plan to save Austin music takes shape

"...Four months have passed since Mayor Steve Adler stood on the..."

June 27, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back the curtain on its 2016 lineup...."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Levitation Materializes 2018 Lineup

Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Black Angels, etc. à la carte

"...Following September’s announcement that Levitation would return next year as a series of late-April..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Austin Chronicle Earns AAN Awards Nominations

Cover design, music coverage singled out for excellence

"...The Association of Alternative Newsmedia announced today the finalists for the..."

June 20, 2018 News Post

Video Premiere: Magna Carda “The Root”

“We all came from somewhere”

"...anchor, our stability, our support. Like Magna Carda says, “Strong roots will make your tree grow old.”..."

Nov. 2, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

"Steve Parker: War Tuba" at Big Medium

In exploring sound's relationship to conflict and use in it, the artist fuses past and present, melody and discord, into a remixed reveille

"...A finger on a wall-mounted brass pipe sends a soulful refrain through..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Playback: The New Face of Austin Music Festivals

Taking stock of Austin’s festival landscape a week after the conclusion of ACL Fest

"...Presents exits Zilker Park's Great Lawn after hosting its second weekend of ACL Fest, the homegrown Austin concert promotions..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"...The official rock & roll handbook states: "A famous frontman should never sing in a local tribute act based..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Reminiscing With k.d. lang

Ingénue Redux tour revisits crooner’s spotlight moment

"...In 1992, Canadian singer k.d. lang released her monumental breakthrough, Ingénue, a defining moment both in style and..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Music Post by Beth Sullivan

Croy & the Boys’ Golden Rule of Honky-Tonks

Local outlaws convert country haters in new video

"...“We normally don’t do country, but we’ll make an exception,” sniffs an..."

Oct. 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sunday SOS Interview: Carcass

Liverpool metallurgists back from the dead

"...Carcass defied its own name not once, but twice. First, when bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker and guitarist..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Cherubs Flourish in the Afterlife at SOS Fest

"We didn’t want to be a Cherubs cover band playing Heroin Man over and over for people"

"...A once-familiar off-the-hook warning tone begins it. Before the brain can..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Playback: C3 in Talks to Co-Produce Levitation Fest

ACL Fest promoters partner with psych fest?

"...Levitation, the popular Austin music festival that's been a hotbed..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: If the Gloves Fit

Gloves INTL ices funk, Allegro Media Group ices local label, and the ATX6 plan to ice international festivals

"...How can they make the joyous genre of funk sound so cold and calculated?..."

June 24, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Good News for Mélat

Final clip from singer’s debut advances new LP and festival trifecta

"...As Austin alternative R&B songstress Mélat Kassa continues readying her upcoming release, Move Me..."

July 25, 2017 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Playback – Still Standing: Savannah Welch

Austin songbird Savannah Welch rehabs serenely after losing her right leg

"...On Nov. 2, Savannah Welch had been enjoying an idyllic..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Tony Kinman 1956-2018

Dils and Rank & File singer/bassist passes

"...Tony Kinman, a day-oner in California’s punk scene who later..."

May 4, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Collateral Events During SXSW Scale Back

SXSW Music's festival sideshow contracts

"...held during South by Southwest, but not affiliated with conference programming – have acted as glowing bulbs for tens..."

March 3, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Live Music to See This Weekend

Your handbook for a happy Friday and Saturday

"...Shake off the working week's headaches with a sweet-sounding spiritual awakening. Our team has your step-by-step guide...."

July 7, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

The End of STR 2s?

Council approves phasing out Type 2 short-term rentals by 2022

"...STR 2s may be on the verge of extinction here in Austin...."

Feb. 24, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...9:10pm; Fri. 16, Townsend, 10pm Ecuadorian synth-pop duo 1982 sounds straight out of a tropical John Hughes movie. Debut..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub

How a South Austin listening room survived, and what we can learn about preserving culture

"...is the story of a near-miss. In 2014 the Saxon Pub, the legendary Austin listening room on South Lamar,..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Quiet Place

As monsters lurk, the world survives with a whisper

"...by: John Krasinski. Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cade Woodward and Leon Russom...."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...South By Southwest beefs up its 2016 Music lineup this morning with the third and largest..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...After poring over the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1,..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Steve Parker Wins 2018 Tito's Prize

Big Medium selects composer/sound artist for $15,000 award

"...who makes music out of grackle calls and bat sounds, who's composed works for zombie trombonists and and a..."

July 17, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...outside of Dripping Springs, in a development protected by residential-only deed restrictions. Their plan was to build their dream..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

The Brain Behind Ambient Trio Dallas Acid

Exploring the oscillators, envelope generators, and filters that create the band’s pastoral, spacey sound

"...Last year on Halloween night at the Blue Starlite Drive-In, Nosferatu awakened..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

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