Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...Sentimental Family Band has almost wrapped their first-ever album, Sweethearts Only, at their first-ever album release show...."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Sentimental Family Band, Leti Garza, Dorian Electra, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music

"...way with the upcoming release of long-awaited debut LP Sweethearts Only on Tomika Records. The songwriting trio of Camille..."

March 1, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Qmmunity: Carnival of Queers

A carnival of queer cavorting will delight your senses this weekend

"...at this speed dating mixer focused specifically on sapphic sweethearts. Thu., Sept. 21, 7:30-9:30pm. East Austin Hotel, 1108 E...."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Homoscope Sweet Homoscope

Homoscopes turns to its close cousin with a tarot reading of cool queer events

"...Lesbian Meetup Queer-owned bookshop Reverie Books invites sapphic sweethearts to this fun meet-up. Sat., April 22, 6:30-8pm. Reverie..."

April 21, 2023 Column by James Scott

What Makes German Beer Unique?

Pilsners and lagers and helles, oh my! And can I eat them?

"..."Ich liebe dich" ("I love you") and "spatzl" ("sweetheart"). Sweethearts buy them for each other as expressions of love,..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Luna Luna, TC Superstar, Mama Duke, & KindKeith to Play Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

Tickets support the Central Texas Food Bank, Sept. 11 at Far Out Lounge

"...“As TC Superstar's previous LP followed will-they-won't-they high school sweethearts, the Austin music/dance group's third album takes on a..."

Aug. 11, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Review: TC Superstar, As Seen on TV

Toxic media consumption and deflated millennial aspirations inform synth-pop troupe’s third LP

"...As TC Superstar's previous LP followed will-they-won't-they high school sweethearts, the Austin music/dance group's third album takes on a..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Valentine’s Dining In Austin: Hello, Is It Three You’re Looking For?

Because we have three for you. Plus two more.

"...your sweetheart! (While supplies last.) (Supplies of roses, not sweethearts.) Call for reservations now. Sun., Feb. 14, 3:30-9pm. www.satelliteatx.com..."

Feb. 8, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

City Theatre's Parallel Lives: The Kathy and Mo Show

Two great performances drive this production, but the feminist comedy feels stuck in the Eighties

"...Altogether, there's an endless array of characters, from Greek-life sweethearts to a multitude of Disney moms (who turn out..."

June 7, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

On the Sidelines With New Documentary Fathers of Football

Bradley Beesley throws out the playbook for his high school doc

"...Lips, and Sooner State-set documentaries like Okie Noodling and Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, he's become a chonicler of..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Love, Lust, and the Pursuit of Queerness

Lez Prom, OUTsider Fest, and more queer'd events

"...Dream Dates Reloaded Zine Release Hyperreal Film Club's sweethearts ball with DJ Dada, p1nkstar, and Ansem. Thu., Feb...."

Feb. 15, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Our Music Critics Pick Their Top 10 Austin Albums of 2018

80 local picks from Molly Burch to Brownout

"...2) Sweethearts, Traces of Time (Eccentric Pop)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Chronicle Recommends: The Best of Austin

Our recommendations of the finest movies from and about the ATX

"...with college kids and more pretentious band T-shirts.) Childhood sweethearts on the cusp of adulthood Mel (Taissa Farmiga) and..."

Nov. 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Putting the Austin in Austin Film Festival

What ATX and Lone Star titles are screening at next week's fest?

"...in Austin, but as his documentaries Okie Noodling and Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo show, his heart is still..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave

New films star Melissa McCarthy, Frankie Muniz, Joel Edgerton

"...Austinites like Bradley Beesley ("Calls to Okies," Okie Noodling, Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo) and Hannah Fidell (6 Years,..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – Kinky Friedman: Between the Lines

Kinky Friedman's first album of original songs in 35 years: "How hard could it be?"

"...looking back over it, I see so many dead sweethearts and lost cats. It's like I'm writing to a..."

June 29, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Live Music Worth Seeing This Weekend

Joey Bada$$, Clint Black, Oliver Rajamani, and more!

"...Country, blues, and Velcro shoes: That’s the vocation of..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Sweethearts

"...On the surface, the Sweethearts are the most upbeat, cheerful punk combo in Austin...."

April 6, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Gay Place

1, 2, SXSW is coming for you

"...Club drops their third VHS zine. Celebrate at their sweethearts' ball with DJs Perfect Impasse and Mouthfeel. Mon., March..."

March 9, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Baby Driver

A heist goes wrong for a music-loving getaway driver.

"...a little out of place, you can’t begrudge these sweethearts their place in the sun...."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Six Ways to Have a Nostalgic Austin Summer

Travel back to a simpler time

"...little kids lining up for sno-cones, and high school sweethearts kissing under shady live oaks...."

May 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by Will McCarthy

Who Killed Vicki Nisbett? And Is She Even Dead?

No verifiable crime scene, no murder weapon, no motive, and no body

"...Vicki and Rex were high school sweethearts with three children, but by 1991 their relationship had..."

Jan. 27, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Letters to the Editor: Classic Cuts

35 years of "keeping it weird"

"...legal and illegal drug pushers. What a bunch of sweethearts...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Features Feature by Danielle White

Page Two: After the Flood

When everything is gone, there is love, and the memory of love

"...Sweethearts since high school, she and Joe were long married..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

La Follia's Start the New Year With Bach!

The baroque ensemble's first concert of 2016 delivers life lessons along with the beautiful music

"...No. 5 called to mind a tender dialogue between sweethearts, with Marcus McGuff's flute dreamily cooing out a melodic..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

One in a Crowd: Quaker Oaths

Quirky comedy seeks finishing funds

"...Fish," 61 Bullets) and her collaborations with Bradley Beesley (Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo). Now, she's branching out into..."

Nov. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Austin Filmmakers’ Creative Spaces

"...as her latest vision is realized. A poster for Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo stares down at her workspace...."

Nov. 19, 2015 Photo Gallery

Southpaw

This boxer's story is familiar, but Jake Gyllenhaal is all new

"...and edgy performance as well. The two are childhood sweethearts, and have been shaped by growing up in New..."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pipe Schemes

"...enough like the Permian Basin, then you'll love these sweethearts and their billion-dollar toxic scheme...."

June 23, 2015 Postmarks

To Have and Have Not

Five-year Austinite Joe Pug is paying off

"...and eighth-grade teacher. In 2010, the former high school sweethearts reconnected after nearly a decade apart. With her living..."

May 1, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

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