SXSW Film Reviews

This documentary on the all-female concert tour is both overlong and undernourished, and the end result is likely to sustain interest for only the most avid Lilith fan.

"...600 hours of footage for Lilith on Top, and the final cut is certainly comprehensive in its examination of..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in every year. If..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Something Gorgeous Without God

"...They spoke of Fitz- gerald's green eyes. They "glittered," Edmund..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Column

Carson McHone: Still Life, Still Alive

Potent Austin songwriter, now married and living in Canada, explores themes of attachment and longing, uncertainty and loss on new album

"...There is one near universal pandemic experience we can point..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Listen to This: Kelley Mickwee goes “Boomtown To Bust”

Single commences a series of duets with Dan Dyer

"...Used to Live Here, but it’s not as if the songwriter hasn’t remained busy. A quarter of the luminous..."

Sept. 29, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Faster Than Sound: Contextualizing Broken Spoke Owner James White

Honky-tonky lifer died of congestive heart failure at age 81

"...When James White opened the Broken Spoke in 1964, the barn-red building at 3201..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Dallas Acid blows some bubbles, KUTX remembers the Armadillo, and more music for the moment

"...The Bubble Club Vol 1: A Prayer for Peace..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Mike & the Moonpies

"...Mike & the Moonpies' fifth studio album kicks off where the highway-burning..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Your Weekend in Film

­Pack it up, we’re traveling

"...A myriad of new destinations await at the movies this weekend, two of which are considered “hot..."

Nov. 9, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Booking a film festival is about whittling. This year, the SXSW Film Festival staff received about 1,500 narrative features..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Bands break up, sure, but were they even trying?

"...should hinge on fresh local talent ready to enter the Austin music mainstream. This year's revelation, early into January's..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

La Migra/Night Drive/... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

"...La Migra/Night Drive/... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of DeadCheer Up Charlie's, Jan. 10-12..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Music Review by Claire Gordon

Playback

Austin Psych Fest and Old Settler's Music Fest headliners Psychograss have more in common than you might think

"...I'm not the only one confused about psych music. It sounds like..."

April 27, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Franz Ferdinand

Record review

"...Leave it to a band named after the man whose death opened the first chapter of the..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Music Review by Matt Dentler

TCB

SXSW looms on the horizon, and "TCB" is already neck-deep in it.

"...It's the first week of the new noise ordinance, and the..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals Burn to Shine (Virgin)

"...Ben Harper and the Innocent CriminalsBurn to Shine (Virgin) That Ben Harper's gospel-tinged..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Dancing About Architecture

Moving Violations

"...fame is one person who's tough to track, and the Flipnotics ad touting his "Farewell Austin Shows" this Friday..."

July 2, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Live Shots

Dianne Reeves, Pam Hart/Austin Music Festival

"...Paramount Theatre, June 4/Antone's, June 5 & Backyard, June 6..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature

Bauhaus

"...State Palace Theater, New Orleans, September 20..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...would have thought that El Flaco actually translates into "The Wait." Which is a damn shame, because a better-financed..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Review

God's Own Clothesline

In Search of Far Flung Adventures With Butch Hancock

"...see Butch? He was just here," said Zenna through the whiny strains of an acoustic guitar coming from the..."

May 15, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Coach's Corner

"...I'm losing readers, in particular female readers. They ask about angst, as in, what's happened to it?..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...To the Editors:..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

Little Women, Big Games, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Get in the spirit with these arts and cultural happenings

"...Let’s not pit women against each other; we have room in our hearts to love all..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Texas Football Should Be Good This Year

We mean it this time!

"...football season is once again upon us, which means the return of America's most dysfunctional sport at arguably the..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Sports Feature by Eric Goodman

5 Local Releases for Bandcamp Friday

Five LPs, EPs, and singles worth your money today

"...Last March, when COVID-19 all but halted the music industry,..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Post by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here's what we're listening to

"...Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

We Have an Issue: In Pets We Trust

Introducing our third Pet Issue, plus Chronicle endorsements for the March primary

"...list, but now that we've done it, I'm over the moon. The sloth – her name's Sophia – heralds..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

The singer’s long road to Austin

"...Last week, Charley Crockett released his fifth album in four..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Phoebe Hunt’s Spontaneous Video

“Just for Tonight,” unconditional love at the carnival

"...Phoebe Hunt lets her heart shine like bulbs lighting the midway. Persuading strangers to slow dance, traversing the fun..."

May 1, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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