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

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

"...the band. I recognize my old boss from an office job, then a TikTok influencer; they’re all twirling...."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...TV set and tune in for a special episode of Queer Film Theory 101. In partnership with ATX TV..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Election Day, STEM Day, Amplify Austin Day, and More Days to Remember This Week

Our guide to community events for the week

"...all the fun without turning anyone away for lack of funds. Catch trans and Latine drag royalty performances by..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Five Texas Tales at Austin Film Festival

Stories inspired by and made in the Lone Star State

"...UT associate professor Cindy McCreery let the bizarre synchronicity of having her..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Ch-ch-changes

Austin's queer scene turns to face the strange as it goes through big but good changes

"...turn and face the strange: We're in a season of change. Icons of the Austin queer scene are embracing..."

July 28, 2023 Column by James Scott

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...lines straight to the hospital scene with an unflinching, matter-of-fact style, no embellishment needed. Woodward joins a fiery lineage..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: More Pride, Less Prejudice

In a way, we're all gay Darcys looking for our gay Elizabeths in the thrush of Pride parties

"...a truth universally known that a person in possession of queer Pride must be in want of places to..."

June 9, 2023 Column by James Scott

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jess Williamson, Ondara, Cherubs, Blushing, and more recommended shows

"...Continental: June 9 with Jesse Woods, marking the release of her fantastic fifth record, Time Ain't Accidental, and June..."

June 9, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crimes of Passion and Desperation in Love & Death

In HBO Max's Love & Death, director Lesli Linka Glatter and star Patrick Fugit revisit one of Texas' most infamous murders

"...she was in the Shibuya district, looking for a coffee shop, and had to pick between two. “Arbitrarily, I..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...to play on more than 75 stages throughout the Texas capital. Among the international, national, and hometown musicians on..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Bill Callahan on Escaping YTI⅃AƎЯ

“Every album I’m just a blank slate waking up to creation”

"...Incapable of being pinned down, Bill Callahan has laced tall tales..."

Nov. 2, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 14-20

"...In his absurdist play Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett offers us two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, who patiently wait..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration of all film bizarre, strange, and innovative has just announced..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...If Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history,..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Five Things to Enjoy in Downtown Austin

Head back to the heart of the city for your post-SXSW entertainment

"...Whether a venue's smack dab in the heart of it – like that Northern-Southern Gallery – or in..."

March 25, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...for this year's film festival, but the complete list of all the movies at this year's hybrid event. The..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Silvana Estrada, Rochelle & the Sidewinders, Loteria, Chili Cold Blood, Shemekia Copeland, and more live shows

"...delicate, chiming music largely drawing percussion from the feet of dancers, but this is no dance LP. Marchita also..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Crucial Concert Countdown: New Year’s Eve Edition

"...from decades past. The 2019 edition saw a cast of mostly locals fêting icons from 1959 (Buddy Holly included,..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Column by Greg Stitt

Day Trips: Dobie Dichos, Oakville

Gather under the stars to celebrate storytelling and J. Frank Dobie

"...homage to J. Frank Dobie and celebrate the art of the spoken word. Speakers climb into the bed of..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...tragedies play out through this scene that's the heart of this city. Music is activism and cultural resistance. It's..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

The Lights Are On at AFS Cinema

After 16 months of closure, the arthouse indie cinema reopens this weekend

"...Film Society's two-screen theatre, is back. After 16 months of pandemic shutdown, the movies return to the beloved arthouse..."

July 16, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...In 2017, Sarah Jarosz became the second recipient of the FreshGrass Composition Commission, a grant to compose "a..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

SXSW Online Offered Lots to Look Forward To

Virtual festival forecasts incoming local debuts and tentative fall touring.

"...longtime focus on discovery and international acts, SXSW Online offered much to look forward to, whenever bands do get..."

March 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...malevolent sorcerers, strange cults, dangerous women, and elder gods of fragile sanity. Created by Wimberley singer/blacksmith Jason Tarpey essentially..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

It's Gonna Get Pitch Black at Other Worlds

David Twohy named this year's Defender of the Universe

"...Battlestar Galactica director Alan J. Levi. Wrath of Khan mastermind Nicholas Meyer. The Black Hole explorer Gary..."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Jackie Venson: Vintage Machine is my manifestation of what I wish pop music could be – full..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Fat Tony Tales

Houston rapper plays sole release show in Austin

"...In fact, for its sole release show, the native of Houston's Third Ward travels to Austin to stage it..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Ghost Stories Take Flight With The Night Owl

Exploring Austin's dark history with podcaster Stephen Belyeu and his team

"...regular child that Stephen Belyeu is describing, but one of the ghosts reported to haunt Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms. "Several..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Naomi Brady

Jan Reid: A Remembrance

Jesse Sublett pays tribute to his late friend as a true writer

"...Jan Reid, author of The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock, the Ann Richards..."

Sept. 22, 2020 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

The Absinthe-minded Professors of Violet Crown Spirits

Three Austinites are producing the first Texas-made absinthe

"...even before that – soaking up, by a sort of cultural osmosis, its arcane mythology, the tales of its..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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