SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...From legacy Texas songwriters to New Order’s keynote insights, the Chronicle music team’s Wednesday sightings at South by Southwest..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...eponymous third album became a generational touchstone only after the ashes of the band's lead singer, Bradley Nowell, spread..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Into The Black Hole at Other Worlds Austin

Director Gary Nelson on Disney's sci-fi epic, returning this weekend

"...When Disney's groundbreaking science fiction oddity The Black Hole explodes back on the big screen at..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Change for the Better

How one West Texas family brought the cows to town

"...When it comes down to it, those opposed to the rapidly developing landscape of Austin are usually afraid we're..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...Ask Michael Madsen about the toughest part of filming Reservoir Dogs, and it wasn’t..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Outlaw

Alex Cox, still shooting film, and the finger, after all these years

"...Alex Cox is dispatching from deep in the Oregon woods, hunkered away from the light and the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The Cowboys Get a Special Talking to (Cue the Sentimental Music)

"...Despite the warnings of my three visiting Christmas spirits, I’ve neglected..."

Dec. 28, 2006 Sports Post by Jeremy Martin

Does Dan Patrick Even Understand the Cannabis Industry He’s Trying to Kill?

Texas Lege’s draconian bills are making even the stoners frustrated

"...One therapeutic aspect of marijuana that I value is that it..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Three for the Road

Dream team scions Warren Hood and Emily Gimble add up 58 years of Austin roots

"...Warren Hood grins as bright as the summer sun. The bounce in his step carries him..."

July 12, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Farewell to the Madness

Remembering Doug, the Dicks, Devo, and more

"...and posters, it seemed as if Doug Sahm was the most ubiquitous person at South by Southwest. He hasn’t..."

March 23, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Moms the Word

Whoopi Goldberg on the black woman comic who started it all

"...inside Whoopi Goldberg. You can see for yourself when the multitalented, what-hasn't-she-done comedian/Oscar-winning actress/co-host of The View/drinkslinger on the..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Football Prophecies

Journey's Steve Perry gives a pep talk

"...The Football Prophecies foretell the outcomes of each week’s slate..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Ruth's Chris Steak house

Rounding up the Austin steak house scene

"...As is the case with most steak houses, Ruth's Chris is the..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Head Out on the Highway

Reinvent the Wheel on One of These Cool Texas Road Trips

"...The Dabbs Hotel With his buttermilk biscuits, cowboy coffee, and..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature by Karla Zimmerman

Pop Goes the Western

Bob Boze Bell Gets Graphic About the Old West

"...alternative media such as books on tape, CD-ROMs, and the Internet are about to kick books (you know, the..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Frank Kozik (1962-2023), the Man Behind a Poster Revolution

How Austin shaped the punk artist behind print mania

"...When Frank Kozik passed away this week at the age of 61, he was..."

May 12, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Q&A: John Lee Hancock on The Highwaymen

Texas director retells the Bonnie and Clyde story from the cops’ view

"...see Bonnie and Clyde as devil-may-care heroes careening through the South and making chumps of John Q. Law. It’s..."

March 9, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Early Warning: The Lege is Coming!

Tribune Fest offers a taste of things to come

"...Gov. Rick Perry’s developing romance with Satan was not the only mixed pleasure offered by last weekend’s Texas Tribune..."

Sept. 26, 2012 News Post by Michael King

The Heartsick Poet

Poet Dean Young celebrates a new book and hopes for a new heart

"...There are two things that never leave Dean Young's side..."

April 8, 2011 Books Feature by Amy Smith

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...About an hour into Urban Cowboy, Scott Glenn is explaining to Debra Winger the intricacies..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

'The Texas Cowboy Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos'

"...by Robb Walsh Broadway Books, 256 pp., $17.95..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Urban Cowboy

Only a couple years removed from his screen super-success in Saturday Night Fever, Travolta struts his way through Urban Cowboy’s modern-West parable about machismo, cowboy manqué, and mechanical bulls set among petrochemical workers in Pasadena, Texas.

"...Scott Glenn. A magazine story by Aaron Latham is the source material for this romantic drama set among petrochemical..."

Oct. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...explain why three novels set in 19th-century Texas -- The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan, The Borderland:..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

The Rider

Powerful docudrama of life on the range.

"...doctors warn that he will likely die from any further head injuries. A cowboy and a gifted horse trainer,..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Michael Martin Murphey's Cowboy Christmas Ball

Back to the land for the holidays

"...Sunday evening, Michael Martin Murphey brings his Cowboy Christmas show to the One World Theatre for two..."

Dec. 12, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Never Mind the Bollocks

Ray Benson decides to cut a solo album

"...More than 20 years later, even the possibility seems completely incongruous and undeniably surreal. The Sex..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Take Me to the Palette

Bernie Taupin is as lyrical with a brush as with a pen

"...The name conjures words, descriptions of honky cats and island..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Down in the Valley

Sadly, this is less the epic modern Western it aspires to be than a muddled melodrama about a delusional drifter played by Edward Norton.

"...and John Diehl. Harlan (Norton) comes wandering out of the smog along the 405 freeway like a Sergio Leone..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Ride Star Lives Life Eight Seconds at a Time

Austin Gamblers bull rider Ezekiel Mitchell has become a streaming success

"...When Ezekiel Mitchell grasps that strap, and the chute door opens, and that bull goes flying, bucking,..."

June 2, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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