Bloody Brides, Creepy Cats, and More Arts Events for the Week

Valentine's (and anti-Valentine) fun, soundtracking a rock, etc.

"...ever made in America, but its portrayal of Black Southerners, written by whites, can still feel a little cringe...."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...which director Gotham Chopra got extraordinary access to multiplatinum rock star Jon Bon Jovi as he struggled with the..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Recommended Austin Events

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

"...two decades, the D.C. act shares an ATX-sourced art rock bill with Wet Dip’s thrashing No Wave and Water..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...kids jamming in a basement in Akron, Ohio to rock ’n roll super-stardom. (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this year's..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...is about to change the world. Cast List: Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Alex van Dyk, Anthony Oseyemi (World Premiere,..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...solo directorial credit for wilderness chiller Body at Brighton Rock)...."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...for love – and profit. Cast: Emily Mortimer, Finn Wittrock, Rachel Keller, Scott Cohen, Jessica Hecht, James Ransone, Andrew..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound on Sound Review: The Frights

Eighties party jam

"...Angst and sarcasm mushroomed into a three-part pop/punk opera Saturday night at a well-populated Cheer Up Charlies courtesy..."

Nov. 12, 2017 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...journey based loosely on a real-life crime spree that rocked the country in the late 1950s. 4:10pm The Lion..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...thunderous fills provided Deep Purple pathos to Watt's semi-autobiographical rock opera based on Dante's Inferno. A pensive cover of..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Simple Man, Simple Dream

Part of the Seventies Southern California songwriting cabal that produced Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles, J.D. Souther brings his craft to the Dripping Springs Songwriters' Festival

"...Taylor, and the Dixie Chicks. Souther helped map the Southern California soft-rock sound of the Seventies by charting songs..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock

Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag

"...Network demanded that Chevrolet pull its sponsorship of Kid Rock’s summer tour over his use of the Confederate flag..."

July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror Live Shot No.2 – Day One

Repulsion, Headcrusher, Goblin, and Down – killing it

"...Following the deafening Little Rock quarry that is Pallbearer, grindcore pioneers Repulsion put in..."

Oct. 26, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Saturday Picks and Sleepers

"...years, they had a great impact on the country rock explosion that followed. After reuniting in 2011 for the..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday blurbs are down from Thursday's, but how are you holding up at this point?

"...TBA, Kiss & Fly Dee-1's syrupy Southern drawl is one of the freshest young voices in..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

The Reluctant Celebrity

When you get caught between the moon and New York City, it's time to head back home to Austin

"...it's true nonetheless. Stardom thrust a sensitive soul with rock-solid credentials and a poet's heart into the unforgiving glare..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!

"...8:15pm, Karma Lounge Composer, producer, and London rocker Prokofiev – grandson of Russian composer Sergei – comes..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

SXSW Friday Showcases

Friday night's SX showcases are bar-the-door-Katy good

"...Hard rockin' closer Steve Hill (1am) has been called "the meanest..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...seated in the home run balcony for the Round Rock Express' Aug. 22 bout against the Oklahoma City Redhawks...."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Step Inside

The Cult’s Ian Astbury on Boris and "The End"

"...an unlikely meeting point between the Japanese trio’s Heavy Rocks and the latter’s operatic brooding...."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker

The landscape shapes us, say these prints by the Texas regionalist, and we are it

"...so that a passing thunderhead has to graze their rocky shoulder...."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Off the Record

The Last Waltz: Looking back on the legacy of the Backyard and a tribute to Danny Roy Young

"...at Castle Creek in the 1970s before owning and operating the Austin Opera House (see "Ruling the Roost," June..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Fantastic Journey

Alejandro Escovedo comes full circle

"...another guitar or a violin, with the scabrous glam rock band Buick MacKane, and with the Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra...."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Off the Record

Armed Forces Entertainment's metal of honor, the Judy's reunite for the Austin Music Awards, Bobby Whitlock and CoCo Carmel's Double Fantasy

"...truth." Dropping on Valentine's Day, the LP bursts with Southern soul that explores the inexplicable nature of events that..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Song of America

"...going back more than a decade to 1996’s Rig Rock Deluxe, A Musical Salute to the American Truck Driver,..."

Dec. 27, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Assumption

Part Southern rock opera and part 'Hamlet,' Refraction Arts' comedy is totally captivating and hilarious

"...High Life cans and mullet cuts, there's something decidedly Southern about it. But what with the kimonos, tea ceremonies,..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Southern Soap Opera

The Drive-by Truckers' two-night stand.

"...and disappeared in the fall of 2001 during the Southern Rock Opera tour. His replacement, the cherubic Alabaman Jason..."

May 4, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Wooly Bully

Simple, the 2006/2007 Austin Music Awards

"...Whitlock as the city's musical ambassador simply because the Southern gentleman gushes endearingly about his new home...."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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