Fantastic Fest Interview: Chris Atkins Investigates Who Killed the KLF?

How to make a documentary when no one wants to talk about it

"...They were the KLF. Also known as the Justified Ancients..."

Oct. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...“Pull up like skaters, alligators on my boots at the show/ That joint ain’t funny, sweet like honey, my..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Faster Than Sound: Falling Hard for Sasha & the Valentines

The Massachusetts transplants debut their dream-pop LP, Daniel Johnston's NFT dustup, and more music news

"...After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the five members of Sasha..."

April 16, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...As Roky Erickson's live solo debut loomed at the grand opening of the Ritz on October 18, 1974..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 2

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 8-14

"...Since July Is Crime Month at the Chronicle, the ruffians and reprobates at this rag want..."

July 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

All Guns Blazing With the Director of John Wick 3

Chad Stahelski on building a world beyond the Continental

"...There's probably no one more surprised by the breakout success..."

May 16, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The SXSW Game of Thrones Blood Drive Is More Fun Than the Red Wedding

Bleed for the Throne jump-starts nation's largest promo blood drive

"...in making a splash at SXSW, and this year they’ve gone all-out to promote the final bloody season of..."

March 8, 2019 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

CM Punk and Travis Stevens Hunt for the Girl on the Third Floor

SXSW Midnighter follows a haunting in Chicago

"...Every neighborhood has that house: the one with the stories and the history, the one..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

HBO Documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher Debuts at SXSW

New archival footage of the king, the musician, and the man behind the music

"...Elvis Presley: The Searcher offers a fresh look at one of the..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

The Rebirth of Doyle Bramhall II

For his first solo LP in 15 years, Eric Clapton’s top lieutenant may have put out the blues album of 2016

"...of multiple modes – producer, singer, songwriter, sideman – the Dallas-born guitarist, 47, began his journeyman's path as a..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Into the Woods at Scream Hollow

Behind the scenes at the local destination horror house

"...The woods may be dark and deep. Yet no one..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Lit-urday: Margarito and the Snowman by REYoung

Austin author’s latest waggles an icy pistola at your hangover menudo.

"...The last time REYoung had a book published – Unbabbling,..."

Oct. 1, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Recommended ACL Records to Get You Psyched for the Fest

The best CPR (concert psychin' rock) to get in the fest mindset

"...a bear. Make sure you have tunes to keep the energy high on your journey. Here are a few..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

Katherine Catmull at the Texas Teen Book Festival

Like a fairy in her YA novel The Radiant Road, Katherine Catmull keeps transforming the mundane into lovely art

"...She's always creating at least three things at once. Katherine Catmull has just returned to Austin from a West..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Hyde Park Theatre's The Flick

Annie Baker's drama movingly shows us that the drama in a movie theatre isn't only on the screen

"...At the movies, our eyes stay locked on the screen. That's..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mike Osborne: Man of the Moment

Photographer Mike Osborne is looking for the bigger picture in the world we share

"...Few fully grown adults spend years studying Monopoly, the landmark Parker Brothers (now Hasbro-owned) board game, for its..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

The Rise of the House of Torment

Austin's biggest home haunt is now a national phenomenon

"...was just a guy with a home haunt, scaring the kids every October 31st. Now he leads one of..."

Oct. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Zellners' Beautiful Dreamer

The Zellner brothers mine urban legend in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

"...David and Nathan Zellner's haunting new film Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, is the Austin-based..."

March 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Good Eye: Girl, Illustrated

The fine lines between the lines

"...water, wielding a flaming chair high over her head. The room is littered with domestic debris, some of which..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

All Hail the Jester

Changing the world – one beer at a time

"...The jester is nobody's fool. Often dismissed as dim-witted and..."

May 2, 2014 Food Feature by Anna Toon

Arcade Fire – Deep in the Heart of Texas

Bobble heads, confetti canons, and the official afterparty

"...as Arcade Fire’s fifth album, last year’s Reflektor, remains, the Canadian outfit’s show Thursday night at the Circuit of..."

April 11, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

National Theatre of Scotland serves up one helluva grand show

"...The warm glow spreading throughout your frame may be from..."

Feb. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Welcome to 'Sherlock,' Where Everything's Made Up and the Deaths Don't Matter

The finale no one saw coming

"...There's a lot going on in the third season finale..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Hunted'/'The Grapes of Death'

Horror auteur Rollin abandons vampires for mental decline

"...Rollin seemed to have no North American peer: But the two latest releases from his cinematic crypt reveal the..."

April 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Review: 'The Staircase'

Sundance Channel re-airs true-crime miniseries with a new coda

"...Jean-Xavier de Lestrade's cinéma vérité miniseries The Staircase captivates in its study of the ambiguities of..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Eli Black

'The NFL Beat': Offseason Evolution

NFL knowledge we know to be trill

"...Here in Austin, the snakes are out. We had the toughest summer in..."

June 27, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Eastern Sea Unleashes ‘Plague’

Live Shot of the Eastern Sea's CD release

"...The line for Stubb’s inside stage on Friday night snaked..."

June 25, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

The Ice Storm Song

Email exchange with ‘The Ice Storm’ author/musician Rick Moody

"...a tutoring center for kids, Rick Moody appeared at the Blanton Museum of Art for a screening of The..."

Feb. 28, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...and trademark shades whipped off, Aaron Behrens bursts through the sturdy door of Thomas Turner's home studio, letting the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Back in the Realm of the Senses and Provoking All Five

AFS Essential Cinema presents Smashing the Rules: Films of Oshima Nagisa

"..."In the first place, to make films is a criminal act..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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