Faster Than Sound: The 13th Floor Moves to Red River, Taking Over the Green Jay Space

The former Beerland building continues to evolve, and more music news

"...Daiistar, Narrow Haunts, and Majical Power – the latter of which both of the owners play in...."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Who the Hell Is TVHeadATX?

The local wheatpasting provocateur reveals … a thing or two

"...image: a business-suited citizen with a big old-fashioned cathode-ray-tube of a television in place of where his head should..."

Aug. 11, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Show Me Pizza Is in Your Internets, Streaming Your Food on Twitch

Up-and-coming pizzeria shares the beauty of food being made

"...The questions drip thick like rivulets of extra sauce over the edge of a hot Neapolitan..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Recording the Day India and Pakistan Split in Partition

When one nation became two separate countries, it reshaped world history. Now Austin podcaster Neha Aziz is telling the personal stories behind that severing.

"...to whatever destination you're assigned, you'll be a citizen of a new nation, and the border will close behind..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lyricist Mike Melinoe Takes His Soul to Therapy

Contemplative artist peels back his psyche in "Floss"

"...not even my mo' …" intones the opening bar of Mike Melinoe's "Floss," the last word downtuned and truncated..."

July 22, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin at Large: Neither Slumber Nor Sleep

We will be othered, threatened, vilified, even fired upon. We must not let it stop us.

"...my grandfather, a doctor, is listed with a Star of David next to his name. (He was also required..."

May 27, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

With “themesong” Video, Mobley Introduces Injustice-Fighting Masked Man Persona

Musician & filmmaker trekked to Johannesburg to shoot latest project

"...come to expect from the narrative-concentrated one-man band, the project arrives with a video that feels like a segment..."

May 19, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Holy Glow of TV in Hollywood Priest

New documentary on the life and faith of producer priest Bud Keiser

"...dog collar, you'd swear it was LBJ's famous method of winning people over; but it's not. It's Father Ellwood..."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½

The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation

"...Linklater may be best known for his ambitious and often experimental live-action films like Slacker and Boyhood, but he's..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Three Music Writers Descend Into the NFT Craze at SXSW

One NFT-fatigued, one NFT-Curious, and NFT-skeptical

"...music world talking to me about NFTs. Roughly one-third of them are espousing the digital tokens as a financial..."

March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Editor’s Note: You often don’t know you’re witnessing history in the moment you’re..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk culture, written by veteran journalist Tim..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...Chris Hrasky wishes there was a better backstory to Big Bend (An Original Soundtrack for Public Television),..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Making the Flowers Bloom in Encanto

Austinite Jay Jackson talks about Disney's latest animated blossom

"...bloom everywhere Isabela, the oldest and most perfect daughter of the Madrigal, lays her feet. But who plants the..."

Nov. 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Concourse Project Brings the Raver Spirit Back to Austin

High-capacity event space looks to diversify their sound

"...Handed the limp remains of a party mecca, Kelly Gray and Andrew Parsons handed..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

Ethan Azarian’s Life on the Fringe

A new album emerging, the songwriter-painter reflects on his journey

"...His music, like his artwork, fills with a sense of wonder and possibility, raw and vulnerable, but beautifully surreal...."

Oct. 21, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Cannabusiness Leaders Explain Their Paths to Green Gold

The Texas Hemp Harvest Festival is upon us

"...Harvest Festival aims to connect people from all sectors of the rapidly growing cannabis industry to celebrate the hemp..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Q&A: Aharon Keshales Enters Texas Darkness in South of Heaven

Noir, cowboys ... and Ted Lasso?

"...as ex-con Jimmy in Lone Star crime flick South of Heaven, he thought he was opening a new perspective..."

Oct. 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tiki Tatsu-ya Raises the Bar to Islander Heaven

The Aikawa Brothers debut a worldclass venue of storied wonders

"...“They’ve done it. Son of a bitch. They’ve really done it!”..."

Oct. 4, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Black Pumas Singer Eric Burton Stars in New Sci-Fi Noir Devexity

Luke Lidell-directed short raises questions of real vs. simulation

"...Delving into the concept of simulated reality through layered, intertwining narratives, Devexity is a..."

Sept. 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Work Matters

A look back at some of our most impactful reporting

"...elections, etc.), even as we never really let go of our leftist leanings. For most of these decades we've..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tim Kerr Sets His Own New Colors

Austin "Self-expressionist" paints visionary artists, photographs their environments, accompanies with old time music duo Up Around the Sun

"...DIY polymath sits, surrounded by his beautiful, rough-edged paintings of his heroes, which include inspirational sayings from the subjects...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin at Large: Ain’t No Highway Wide Enough

TxDOT abandons any pretense of new thinking about I-35. It's time to stop them.

"...to bulldoze the Chronicle! You're in danger!" As part of its current "virtual public meeting" at a computer near..."

Aug. 20, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...scored an invitation to the show from a member of Badu's team, but they lacked the juice to produce..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

We Have an Issue: Two Questions Inspired by BLK ODYSSY

"...Studios for a listening party, previewing his BLK ODYSSY project's new album BLK VINTAGE. I accepted, but on the..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Kendra Sells, Unlimited

BluMoon singer's genre-dancing solo debut, a music supervisor panel, and more music news

"...suggested the description "club punk." It's an apt encapsulation of All in Your Head, an exploratory dance of distorted..."

May 21, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Table Ed Ward Built

Pioneering music journalist (1948-2021) wrote rock & roll history

"...Ed Ward, who died Monday at the age of 72, welcomed me to the table – a table..."

May 5, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...At their April 20 work session, the members of the Austin City Council certainly sounded thankful for the..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Into the Woods, In Search of Sator

The secret family history behind Jordan Graham's supernatural horror

"...spirit that communicated with her that became the core of Sator, the supernatural woodland horror created by her grandson,..."

April 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What Is the Livestreamed, Interactive, Cross-Country, Music-Fueled, Comedy of Natatorium?

American Berserk Theatre + Density512 really pools the talent

"...you go to live The Good Life? Would you rip-off the hardwon possessions – or the ill-gotten booty –..."

April 7, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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