The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

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

"...very, very tired) music team, Friday was filled with the Chronicle’s wild day party at Hotel Vegas and witnessing..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ben Wheatley Goes Digging In The Earth

Of mushrooms, men, and subterranean superintelligences ..

"...Over the last few years, forest management has become part of..."

April 15, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Digital Drag Review: Boiz of Austin’s “Are the Straights Okay?”

The Boiz revel in heteronormative absurdity

"...Before the Boiz of Austin’s digital drag show “Are the Straights..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Checking In: Michael Ramos Signs the Tiarra Girls

“I’m an A&R guy for Lucky Hound Music [and] a staff producer”

"...a little percussion,” wrote critic emeritus Dave Marsh for the Chronicle in 2006. “[In Charanga Cakewalk], what he wants..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Intergalactic Nemesis Strikes Back

The live action graphic novel debuts book two this week

"...After a pan-galactic trip (well, to the nation's stages) Austin's live action graphic novel The Intergalactic..."

June 7, 2012 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 2/8/11

Austin's past, present & Comp Plan future

"...activist, weighing in on dozens of local issues, including the city’s Comprehensive Plan...."

Feb. 8, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Choice Is Yours

Rubber Repertory's Casket of Passing Fancy makes you 500 offers you can't reuse

"..."Most of the women were bleeding from their anuses after two days,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Abandoning the Nest

Hurt by the state's inadequate incentives program, Texas film crews take flight

"...Filming of There Will Be Blood near Marfa was in its second..."

May 23, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...The Year 2008 in Film, Culture, Uprising: Speculation This week,..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

KUT by the Numbers

That ringing sound you hear? It's the cash register at Austin's public radio station.

"...Last August KUT-FM sounded like a station in trouble. Just..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Haven

Exploring the grounds and sounds at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top

"...this instance, is a good thing. Festival Hill represents the value of the arts. It's a place where the..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...40 years under his belt, is widely viewed as the father of American cinéma vérité, a style of documentary..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Chicken and Egg Deal

Getting Press: The Haves

"...on music press. "All I have to say on the subject is this: `The squeaky wheel gets the grease.'"..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

In the Public We Trust

Is the Public More Trustworthy Than City Staff?

"...All three were waxing descriptive on the haphazard and protracted road the city went down to..."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The Studio, the new Apple TV+ half-hour series from Seth..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Horror Unearthed: The Return of Confessions of a Serial Killer

The lost Austin horror classic finally gets the respect it deserves

"...It’s said that after the failure of his debut feature, the artsy Eggshells, Tobe..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Once “Outsiders,” the Music World Is Now at BLK ODYSSY’s Fingertips

Collabs with heroes & new Earthchild Ent. label signal ascent

"...editions of records aren’t usually this exciting. Typically it’s the album you already dig, supplemented with some bonus content..."

June 8, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Band Fires Singer and Founding Guitarist Over Refusal to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

Hans Gruber & the Die Hards set to tour with new lineup this month

"...Austin’s most fascinating case study in COVID-era band dynamics, the ska-punk band Hans Gruber & the Die Hards has..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

LBJ Library at 50: "Lady Bird Johnson: Beyond the Willdflowers"

The LBJ Library exhibit shows sides of the First Lady you may not know

"...a lake and a wildflower center named after her, then you may think her story begins and ends with..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...can't laugh at evil, what can you do? That's the message of Jojo Rabbit...."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Phillip Wade and Friends on the West Austin Studio Tour

The artist has some creative friends show in his Clarksville home

"...partaking in painting trends toward abstraction, Larson shrugs with the surety of a veteran artist: "I like the added..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Playback: Bavu Blakes Carpes the Diem

Bavu Blakes seizes his own day, Shakey Graves lands an Austin City Limits taping, and the Saxon Pub turns 25

"...conglomeration of rappers and junior high students amassed in the lobby of City Hall...."

May 1, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...A surge of lightning flickers as thunder cracks above the rumble of molten lava...."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Information Dirt Road

Marketing Your Band on the Net

"...Rock & roll and computers - they would seem to go together as well the Grateful..."

July 14, 1995 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Roxanne Benjamin Believes There's Something Wrong With the Children

The director discusses her love of evil kid movies

"...you're convinced that most kids are secretly Satan's spawn, then THeere's Something Wrong With the Children will not disabuse..."

Jan. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kam Franklin (The Suffers), Jackie Venson & Sailor Poon Play Festive Fest

Eleven acts fundraise for Girls Rock Austin, Sunday at Mohawk

"...During a call with Madison Whitaker, the Girls Rock Austin Program Director drives around town delivering..."

Dec. 9, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Refineries and Suitcase Pimps: Riding the Red Rocket With Sean Baker

The filmmaker talks about poverty porn and real porn

"...There's Hollywood, and there's the San Fernando Valley. Both are..."

Dec. 5, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: The Queer Stories That Made 2019

Looking back, enjoying gelato, and the return of Middle School Dance Party

"...decade. At midnight, I didn't realize this year marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and I certainly..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Fantastic Fest Interview: Every Body Has a Story in The Mortuary Collection

Ryan Spindell brings period creep to the horror anthology

"...When the corpse is dead and decayed, what a life really..."

Sept. 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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