The Church, yeule, Codeine, and More Highlights From Levitation’s Thursday and Friday

Standout sets from the multi-venue Austin festival’s opening dates

"...Call it a curse or just seasonality, the almost-annual presence of storms during Levitation luckily narrowly avoided..."

Oct. 28, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...Click here to jump straight to the brewery rankings...."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...Not just setting local temperature records for the month of June, this year’s Oblivion Access marked a..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Restaurant Review: Este

There's a lot to like at Fermín Nuñez's new seafood restaurant

"...Ask anyone who's dined at Este, the new seafood restaurant from Best of Austin: Restaurants Best..."

March 10, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Inside the Last Days of City Manager Spencer Cronk

After dramatic days of extreme weather and backstabbing, Council lets Cronk go

"...After five years on the job, City Manager Spencer Cronk had worn out his..."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...They call it a lineup drop for a reason: South..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

One Woman’s Battle for Justice After a Cop’s Reckless Driving Killed Her Partner

One moment destroyed Pam Watts' life and created an activist

"...her Texas drawl softening. "But you don't really know whether you have the memory or somebody told you about..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...our tireless (okay actually very, very tired) music team, Friday was filled with the Chronicle’s wild day party at..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Like the Wind, Kiko Villamizar Pushes the Culture Forward

Austin's Colombian instigator brings his music, message, and mission to Todo el Mundo

"...The Barranquero, or Andean motmot, is an early-rising bird that..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Clara Wang

A Rhythmic Ray of Light: Austin Community College's Hip-Hop Production Instructor Ray LaManna

From prisoner to professor, he wants to change people's lives

"...new Mac desktops, and a large projector light up the otherwise dim classroom. One student attempts to damage his..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...Bobbie, outlaw era radio deejay Woody Roberts returns to the scene of the time with a chapter from new..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...Tara Bhattacharya invited performance and sound artists from around the globe,” writes Rachel Rascoe in this week’s Faster Than..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...It’s a bright afternoon on Indigenous Peoples Day, and Bertha Rendón Delgado is interviewing her elders in..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

It's Gonna Get Pitch Black at Other Worlds

David Twohy named this year's Defender of the Universe

"...Alan J. Levi. Wrath of Khan mastermind Nicholas Meyer. The Black Hole explorer Gary Nelson. SF icon Sybil Danning...."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Dangerous Man

At 18, Billy Joe Wardlow took a man’s life. Nearly 30 years later, the state still wants his.

"...Like any place humans gather, death row has a culture. Billy Wardlow says it's..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...storytelling devices civilization funnels down to, a quest – The Odyssey – tallies the most adventure. Here, then, unscrolls..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...brutal and seemingly endless civic disputes, this one over the Land Development Code (LDC) rewrite. That may sound boring,..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and titles Now it's time..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators

Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles

"...May 10, 2015, Carson Creek Ranch, Austin: Levitation's three-day bacchanal honoring sounds and philosophies wrought at the Vulcan..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...and, after more than a dozen big-screen spectacles, it’s the fuckin' apotheosis of the Marvel! Cinematic! Universe!..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Arrival

Introspective sci-fi drama packs a punch.

"...with many times before: What do we do when the aliens arrive and, just as important, how do we..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The first photo of Earth was taken on Oct. 24,..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...As a tribute to The Day the Earth Stood Still, George Lucas named three..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Council: Members Spar on Affordable Housing, Meaning of Compassion

"...With Mayor Steve Adler back on the dais, City Council passed measures during its April 7..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Hold My End Up

Delta Spirit frontman Matt Vasquez returns to his roots: Austin

"...Sitting at the kitchen table of his modest Lake Austin home, discussing..."

June 5, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Vinyl’s Tin Cup Chalice

Finyl vinyl thoughts from the stacks of Antone’s Records

"...Buffett, “Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.” As the old school ire behind last week’s cover story on..."

Jan. 15, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Journey to 'Parkland'

Writer/director Peter Landesman on the untold stories of JFK's death

"...When journalist-turned-filmmaker Peter Landesman started writing the script for his JFK assassination film Parkland, he knew..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Metallica Creates a New Monster

Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, and Nimrod Antal go 'Through the Never'

"...There are bands, and then there is Metallica. When Nimrod..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sinister

Mix a doomed house with found footage and supernatural explanations and you have a horror movie that borrows smartly and has a strong lead in Ethan Hawke as a conflicted true-crime writer.

"...Only in the world of horror movies do people knowingly move into..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

God Loves Ya When You Dance

Texan outlaw Billy Joe Shaver, straight shooter

"...Billy Joe Shaver isn't in the Country Music Hall of Fame...."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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