Reggaeton, Psych Rock, Brat-Pop, and More Crucial Concerts

Local shows worth your admission this week

"...confused with legendary Parliament-Funkadelic bandleader George Clinton – makes the type of trippy, nostalgic electronic music that the kids..."

April 18, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Crucial Concerts for the Week Ahead

The Point, Wild Heaven, Chris Acker, and more

"...Under new management – the teams behind Resound Presents, Tweedy’s, Hotel Vegas, the Little..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

In New Production of Belle, Ballet Austin Finds Grace in Beauty and Beasts

Stephen Mills mulls better life through dance

"...and discordant piano couplets from composer Graham Reynolds. A father bids goodbye to his three daughters, embracing each as..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Deerhoof at Wizard Rodeo and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Austin acts El Combo Oscuro and sleep well. both host album release shows

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week? Check out..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...that this is a perfectly sized South by Southwest. The streets are strollable, long lines are scarce – though..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Celebrity Austin Music Pollster: Kalu James of Kalu & the Electric Joint..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Gift Guide: Prince

Sign o’ the Times (Super Deluxe Edition) (Warner Bros.)

"...of 63 previously unreleased tracks on this 8-CD goliath. "There are no mistakes this time."..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Lord Friday the 13th: "Bigots Beware"..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Free Week 2019 Is in the Rearview Mirror, but These Homegrown Standouts Aren't

10 local showcases that got us excited for what’s to come this year

"...Abhi the Nomad, the Bishops, Magna CardaStubb’s, Jan. 3..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

10 Free Week Acts to Watch This Weekend

Keep an eye out for these musicians in 2019

"...Abhi the NomadStubb’s, Thu. 3 For the next three years, Austin..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Your Weekend in Film

More than mere faces in the crowd

"...people you remember, most you don't. Those featured in the films this weekend are both worth remembering and exploring..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

ACL Review: Bonobo

UK spinner’s live band aesthetic turns epic

"...by swashes of warm yellow and orange lights from the Tito’s tent early Friday evening, British DJ Bonobo (Simon..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

SXSW Film Review: The Strange Ones

High-caliber thriller achieves the perfect balance of story and mood

"...A long-awaited adaptation of the remarkable 2011 short film of the same name, The..."

March 12, 2017 SXSW Post by Sean L. Malin

Jonelle Seitz's Top 10 Brave Dance Artists of 2016

The year revealed how much courage and inspiration can be found in Austin's masters of movement

"...2) JENNIFER HART Ballet's not dead, and neither is romance...."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Florence Foster Jenkins

Meryl Streep plays the doyenne called “the worst singer in the world”

"...By the time Meryl Streep finally opens her mouth to caterwaul..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Different Beast

For Belle Redux, Stephen Mills takes an innovative approach to Beauty and the Beast

"...You know the Disney version, no doubt. Perhaps you know the Cocteau..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Estate Sale Roundup: November 7-9

Keep on truckin' this week for everything under the autumn sun

"...Get up early, you'll want to hit all the estate sales this weekend...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Gregg Allman: Still No Angel

Legendary figurehead continues bottling that ol’ black magic

"...Last I tried to see the Allman Brothers, they canceled due to Gregg Allman’s liver..."

Jan. 3, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

Giving a lot of sweet bouquets (and taking their sweet time doing it)

"...The idea that you get slower as you get older..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...half-dozen arts writers are handing out honors to local theatre artists in the Continental Club, and the next, a..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lucia di Lammermoor

Lyubov Petrova powers this Lucia with vocal fireworks and nuanced acting

"...Lucia di LammermoorDell Hall at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside www.austinlyricopera.org Through Feb. 5..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Top 10 Notable Theatrics of 2011

Recalling how scoundrels, amphibians, and grace brightened Austin stages in 2011

"...SENSATION' (Rubber Repertory) Admittedly, I wasn't able to catch the 2011 remount of this wild, boundary-breaking circus of sensations...."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

The Magic Flute

ALO opens its 25th season with a magical revival of Mozart's opera

"...The Magic Flute Dell Hall at the Long Center, 701..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

All Over Creation: Classical Alchemy

How Austin is transmuting the music of old into dance, art, and comedy

"...like lead. Once one of those bewigged-slash-lion-maned composers of the 18th or 19th century arranged all the notes and..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Lyric Opera

Despite its seven-figure debt, the opera lives to sing another day

"...On the eve of its big 25th anniversary season, the Austin..."

June 24, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Magic Flute

This new balletic adaptation boasted fantastic visuals but stodgy choreography

"...The Magic Flute..."

May 13, 2011 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

On the Funding Front

Eleven area artists and cultural organizations earn support for 2011 projects

"...Two Austin visual-arts projects won grants this year from the Idea Fund, a program in which Houston arts organizations..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Salon Concerts 20th Anniversary Season Opener

This concert's three virtuosi showed us why nothing trumps a live music experience

"...about live music that gets us off our couches rather than throw on a favorite playlist and save the..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

American Repertory Ensemble

Coming soon to a computer or TV screen near you: dance and classical music from ARE?

"...Obviously, it's the "live" in "live performance" that makes all the difference..."

July 24, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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