When Confessions Prove False

Jonathan Holt told police he'd murdered his wife. But he hadn't killed her, and the cops should have known it.

"...The scene of the crime was the small two-bedroom house..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Mo' Music: March 26

Supersonic song selections for spring

"..."Fancy" Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX The Clueless-inspired video is the best part about my introduction..."

March 26, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...7pm, BD Riley's Brothers Peter O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa formed Dog Trumpet in..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...Wednesday Picks Sonny Knight & the Lakers..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Black Lips

"...Black LipsUnderneath the Rainbow (Vice)..."

March 14, 2014 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Wednesday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Stay planted for an evening

"...Burger Records, which presents its third annual Burgermania on these same stages Saturday. Rather, we present local imprint Burger..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...BD Riley's Lawrence, Kansas' answer to Husker Dü in the Eighties, with a dash of the Wipers' riffy darkness..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Live Shot: Slaves

UK duo makes the Black Keys sound positively operatic

"...“Finally, some real shit,” growled one sneering Englishman in the audience as he stomped across the British Music Embassy...."

March 12, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

The Black and White Years

"...The Black and White YearsStrange Figurines (Modern Outsider)..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Sons of Fathers Residency

A month of Tuesdays at the Mohawk begins tonight

"...David Beck and Paul Cauthen banded together to play their first Sons of Fathers..."

Jan. 14, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Becoming Johellen, Part 3

A young queen dives wig-first into the pool of Austin drag divas

"...He dabs at an 88-hue makeup pallet and applies the finishing touches to her deep purple eyes and lips...."

Dec. 26, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Jesse Mandell-McClinton

Born to Perform: Janelle Monaé

Tuesday’s Moody Theater extravaganza spurs critical debate

"...When I heard she was playing ACL Live at the Moody Theater on Tuesday, I got tickets immediately and..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Swamp Dogg Lotions Up

After midnight at the Continental Club Friday & Saturday

"...became an accomplished songwriter and mid-tier R&B balladeer in the Sixties, though it wasn’t until he morphed into Swamp..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Goatcraft

"...It took blood-soaked San Antonio pianist Lonegoat to make the direct connection between classical funeral dirges and occult metal...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Toland

ACL Live Shot: Vampire Weekend

Next ACL, these guys are headliners for sure

"...Shouldn’t Vampire Weekend be headlining this festival? They’ve got a trio of critically beloved and commercially ubiquitous..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Arctic Monkeys

"...Arctic MonkeysAM (Domino)..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Junip

"...self-titled follow-up to 2010's Fields provides solid evidence that the six-stringer's most interesting work takes place under the Junip..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

ACL Music Fest 2013 Saturday Listings

Blurbing Saturday ACL

"...mesmerizing electronica, a thoroughly contemporary sound hauntingly cut against the grain of the Gainesville, Fla., quintet's songwriting and frontwoman..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature

Into the TARDIS: Peter Capaldi is the New Doctor

And there's a lot more to him than just 'The Thick of It'

"...Hand over the keys to the TARDIS, Matt Smith: Peter Capaldi has..."

Aug. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sour Notes Tour Diary

Local indie troupe cruises NXNE and all points between

"...In his seminal 1994 memoir, Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag, Henry Rollins..."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Jared Paul Boulanger

Playback: Later Chumps!

Chumps say, 'So long, sucker,' while Trent Reznor says hello to Explosions in the sky.

"...So declares the warped wails of Sean McGowan on the Chumps' titular..."

June 14, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Moving Sidewalks

Sun., 11pm, Reverberation stage

"...The YouTube footage looks familiar, but slightly tweaked, like some..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

You Gotta Have the Mettle

Legendary Texas doc 'Hands on a Hard Body' keeps on truckin'

"...made. Sometimes it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time...."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

DVD Watch: 'A Man Escaped'

The perfect introduction to Robert Bresson

"...The films of Frenchman Robert Bresson, the great postwar filmmaker..."

March 26, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...Auditorium Shores Until now, free SXSW concerts down on the waterline count Ice Cube (in town this year as..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Playback

SXSW news and carryings-on

"...that Daft Punk would play a surprise show at the Capitol that night. Perry was unavailable, so they referred..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Stronger With Each Tear: Mary J. Blige

Soul queen slays the Moody Theater

"...all, Flower Traveling Band. Mary J. Blige Wednesday at the Moody makes up for most of it – final..."

March 1, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Orbiting SXSW

Return of the Secaucus 7? Try the arrival of a SXSW septet: Dana Falconberry, Shakey Graves, The Eastern Sea, My Jerusalem, Black Pistol Fire, The Preservation, and The Boxing Lesson.

"...Out of the tens of thousands of words we'll generate on the..."

March 1, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'Better This Way'

The first-place story

"...little cedar cabin. We sat at a table. Through the window I could see that it was black outside..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

Two Sides to His Story

Manuel Gonzales leads the nonprofit Austin Bat Cave into uncharted territory while readying for a rapid literary ascent of his own

"...are busy, and a bright, warm equilibrium exists between the interior and exterior. The light is pristine. Two girls..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

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