A Surreal Party, a Dead Parade, and More Recommended Events

Liven up your weekend with these undead events

"...company’s penchant for showing audiences new viewpoints on the art form. As such, you’ll find their Halloween offering quite..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Visual Arts Review: “My Eyes Are Starving for Beauty”

A feast of fearless art with Anthony Sonnenberg

"...hole, beckoning entrance to Anthony Sonnenberg’s “My Eyes Are Starving for Beauty” at Big Medium. It’s an anticipatory descent..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Trains, Dance, and Lesbionage in This Week’s Recommended Events

Find some art and community this weekend

"...hats. On top of all these hats is her artist hat, which you’ll be hard “pressed” to ignore once..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Culture, Arts, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Don't let the heat get you down

"...school I created a parody Tiger Beat-style magazine featuring articles on all the heartthrobs of my high school English..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 9-15

"...it’s untouched and untamed. Much of its geology is uncharted. Inspired by this singular land, I’d love for you..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Album Review: Big Bill’s Strawberry Seed

Austin’s Big Bill grows up – sort of

"...Big Bill has reigned as one of Austin’s weirdest art-rock acts. Piling “angular, jarring, and adrenaline-fueled” riffs into a..."

June 21, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Missing the Listings

"...look forward to Tom Tomorrow, The Luv Doc, Mr. Smarty Pants, the cartoons, and the regular electoral recommendations. In..."

March 19, 2024 Postmarks

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Big Jade & Krystall Poppin, Jacob Banks, Flipper, Spellling, and more notable non-ACL shows

"...traditional Cuban music) track "Paso la Pagina" with the artist Wanton chulito. Support at Antone's notably includes locals Stasseny..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Column by Derek Udensi

Funny Pages

Portrait of the comic artist as a young idiot

"...Pages and its protagonist, Daniel Zolghadri as rising young artist Robert – rising right up his own ass, that..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 29-August 4

"...include the following: 1) to be beautiful in the smartest ways you can imagine and smart in the most..."

July 29, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Film Review: The Locust

Filmmaking metadrama about the perils of being your own subject

"...crew constantly brings up their issues with the material, particularly the protagonist of the script, who they cannot side..."

March 17, 2022 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

IV, III, II, I... Contact! The Latest in the Williams Country Music Dynasty is Keeping Things Warm in Some Very Long Shadows

Coleman Williams talks moving forward with an open mind

"...is a familiar mantra amongst young musicians. No true artist would want to be limited to someone else's idea..."

Nov. 23, 2021 Music Post by Gary Lindsey

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...For all the mythos of Marfa as hipster cowboy art colony, what the tiny West Texas destination offers is..."

May 14, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Kevin Curtin's Top 100 Austin Albums of 2020

Why stop at 10 when 10 times that still only scratches the surface of year-topping ATX releases?

"...and yet ... several hundred albums emerged from Austin artists in 2020. One of COVID-19's undisputed truths is that..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Johnny Nicholas Moans in the Moonlight

Venerable Hill Country bluesman digs into Cherry Springs

"...music for the soul, as well as doing our part to help keep the economy afloat. [Hilltop Cafe] also..."

Oct. 28, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Seela Side Hustles

“I’m known as the South Austin Bread Fairy”

"...My 50th birthday was supposed to be a backyard party. Jon was supposed to start a monthly residency with..."

Aug. 11, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...The pairings with female artists offer the album's best material, matching the showrunner's weathered..."

July 17, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.

Documentary tracks the evolution of the artist and activist

"...and her activism, she has molded herself into an artist whose infectiously catchy songs belie the seething anger of..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Levitation Review: Electric Wizard, Russian Circles, the Well

Doom for the ages

"...a DMZ, the band gave a primer in the art of doom metal, obscuring its drugs- and hate-obsessions with..."

April 28, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Playback: Walter Tragert Rises Up Singin’

Musician with MS finds hope in a songbook, Margaret Moser passes, and last shots at Bull McCabe's

"..."It's a heartbreaking irony of life," admits Tragert. "I found that job..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Kate Shindle Talks Fun Home

The former Miss America on why she loves starring in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical

"...by a mile. When you come out, that lunchtime starts to feel like your entire life. Since before you..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Playback: Hot Shivers

New Whiskey Shivers, Butthole Surfers, Casualties, murals, and takes on American literary classics

"...one twitchy dog – to all come swimming at Barton Springs after the show...."

July 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Panel: Kesha

“I’m not going to let hate win”

"...the conversation strayed off-topic at times, it proved a heartfelt and down-to-earth hour. She posited celebrity as a byproduct..."

March 15, 2017 SXSW Post by Sarah Marloff

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...When starting the local trio three years ago, I sank all..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

by Dominic Smith

"...What do they lay closest to the canvas and farthest from prying eyes? Then there is the slavish devotion..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Where to begin? Well, let's start with some local flavor. In addition to the previously..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

The Q&A Hole: What's the Use of Owning Original Artwork?

With Chris Cubas, Jill Schroeder, Shannon McCormick, and more.

"...Here's the latest of our weekly Q&A Hole series,..."

Feb. 2, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Road to Freedom

The Cost of Art III: How the Fusebox Festival liberated itself from charging admission

"...would you pay to see the world's best cutting-edge arts in performance – artists from New York and Los..."

July 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

ACL Interview: Parquet Courts

11:30am, Bud Light stage

"...ample-but-equal amounts of finger-popping familiarity and just-baked freshness. The quartet's second album ably conjures the canvas-slashing spirit of vintage..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

DIY, and So Can I

KLRU's 'Arts in Context' mirrors the the collaboration and can-do of the artists it profiles

"...converted former tortilla factory that's also home to local artisans like East Side Glass and Hops & Grain Brewery...."

Dec. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

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