Friday SXSW Showcases

"...New West Records keeps setting the standard for Americana imprints. Nashville songwriter Bryan Simpson opens..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Cooking Dirty: A Story of Life, Sex, Love, and Death in the Kitchen

Sheehan knows how to weave a good story while still being brutally honest about himself

"...A Story of Life, Sex, Love, and Death in the Kitchenby Jason Sheehan Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 368 pp.,..."

May 29, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Billy Harvey

"...king Bob Schneider, Billy Harvey would isolate himself on the back of the tour bus and write songs. Sixteen..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Seth Walker

"...Americana journeyman Seth Walker made his name slingin' axe on the..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

Robert Plant & the Band of Joy

"...Robert Plant & the Band of JoyLive From the Artists Den (Artists Den/Universal)..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Ray Bonneville

"...studio LP kicks off deceptively dark and low in the slow-bruising blues of "Waiting on the Night," but that's..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Earl Poole Ball

Pianorama

"...Over the course of more than 50 years, Earl Poole Ball..."

July 19, 2013 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW FIlm

Daily reviews and interviews

"...Helena From the WeddingNarrative Feature, Narrative Competition D: Joseph Infantolino; with Lee..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Amberjack Rice

Texas platters

"...Rice tries to start a brawl or two during the album's 12 tracks, but, for the most part, the..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Music Review by Matt Dentler

Kevin Fowler Beer, Bait, and Ammo

Texas Platters

"...Ammo Beer, Bait, and Ammo -- you ask me, they've got it all. Unreconstructed Austin honky-tonker Kevin Fowler hits..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Joe Strummer

"...Joe Strummer voiced arguably the most beloved of original English punk bands, the Clash...."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

The Last Fall

'The Last Fall'

"...The Last FallEmerging Visions D: Matthew A. Cherry; with Lance..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Ian Brown Golden Greats (Interscope)

"...Ian BrownGolden Greats (Interscope) "Jingle jangle, here's the jailer," opines Brown on "Free My Way." Fitting words..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Nils Lofgren

"...Journeyman defines decades of rock & roll service by Nils..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

Soccer Watch

Klinsmann drops out as perspective U.S. national team coach, and more

"...coach Bob Bradley was named interim head coach of the U.S. national team on Friday, the day after Jürgen..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Jon Dee Graham

Record Review

"...Jon Dee GrahamHooray for the Moon (New West) Jon Dee Graham has seen it..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The Gospel According to Austin, TX (Kick Butt Gospel/107.1 KGSR)

Texas Platters

"...The Gospel According to Austin, TX(Kick Butt Gospel/107.1 KGSR) If..."

June 30, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Don Walser The Texas Plainsmen With Yodeling Donnie Walser (Walser Archive Recordings)

National Records

"...Don WalserThe Texas Plainsmen With Yodeling Donnie Walser..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Troy Campbell

"...Long in the Sun (M-Ray)..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Spotlight: Milton Mapes

Look out Uncle Tupelo, here comes grandpa Milton Mapes.

"...Big Things tend to burn quickly, Milton Mapes plays the kind of music you warm up to gradually. Once..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Bing Bang Boys/Brian Marshall

Texas Platters

"...Austin bassist Mark Rubin is a musical journeyman who manages to make hopping across genres look deceptively..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

Who’s Running for What in Texas So Far

Yellow Dog 2020: Local Dem primary dance card filling up

"...it, not every Democrat is running for president. With the 2020 primaries a bit less than a year away..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Nick Offerman

The audience came seeking cult icon Ron Swanson, and that's who Nick Offerman gave them

"...Nick OffermanParamount Theatre, 713 Congress April 26..."

May 4, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Frameworks EAST Fund

Using microloans to help Eastside artists get their studios up to code

"...Eastside visual artists with studios in their homes have come under scrutiny from the city in..."

June 24, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Feeling Bullish

"...Theatre, ritual, dance, sport, or a bloody spectacle?..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Film News

Reporting from the starting line of the SXSW marathon

"...Bennie Klain, Kristina Mann, and Ken Lewin) and beat the beast that is the Freescale Austin Marathon while raising..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Prepare for Pepe Serna; plus, the fall slate and Dallas' counterpunch

"...in American Me, and most definitely Reno Nevada in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. The..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

John Fogerty

"...John FogertyBackyard, Aug. 7 The twilight air was appropriately muggy as swamp sounds signaled..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

Making Porn

Ronnie Larsen's play Making Porn dramatizes the making of Cops, a gay porn movie, from casting calls to the spin-off calendar, and in Naughty Austin's production, director Blake Yelavich realizes the comic potential of the script and the world of porn. But a tragic subplot undermines the show's success as a satire on the adult movie industry.

"...Hyde Park Theatre,..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Short Cuts

Tales from the Tarantino trenches

"...Scheisskopf Dept.: QT5 is in full swing over at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (409 Colorado) and continues through this..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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