The Punk Singer

Kathleen Hanna, the ultra-charismatic co-founder of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl movement and full-on DIY icon is the subject of this documentary.

"...Watching Sini Anderson's short, sharp, punk-rock documentary on the herstory of Kathleen Hanna, the ultra-charismatic..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Gay Place: Welcome to the GAYTX

It's heeeeere: The throng, the buzz, the madness, the Maddow.

"...Between the official South by Southwest programming and the bootleggy offshoots..."

March 8, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...From legacy Texas songwriters to New Order’s keynote insights, the Chronicle music team’s Wednesday sightings at South by Southwest..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

South By So Much Punk

Pussy Riot, 'The Punk Syndrome,' and – count 'em – two docs about Green Day: Yep, punk is having a moment in the movies

"...There's a wealth of punk docs at SXSW this year,..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Excerpts From Texas Is the Reason, a Look Into Austin Music's DIY Age

Scenes from inside the weird gold mine

"...Read Rachel Rascoe's interview with Texas Is the Reason: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk author/photographer Pat..."

April 10, 2020 Music Feature by Pat Blashill

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...5, Part 2 of a serialized history of Austin punk by veteran writer and punk musician Tim Stegall. You..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Pleasure Principle

Local bands find the dance-driven heart underneath post-punk's industrial pall

"...Before local clubs started closing, before the war and 9/11, before people got stabbed for enforcing..."

April 25, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

1991: The Year Punk Broke

This snarling, loudly exultant record of the 1991 European tour by Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., and other bands, bursts with lunatic concert footage, inspired backstage antics, baffling contract riders, and self-deprecating humor from the groups.

"...Youth, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Babes in Toyland, Gumball and the Ramones. The first punk rock tour documentary? Hardly. The..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Amyl & the Sniffers, Beach Fossils, the Veldt, and More Reviews From Levitation’s Saturday and Sunday

Standout sets to wrap the Halloweekend music festival

"...From packing into the dusty Stubb’s mosh pit to rain sheltering under the..."

Oct. 30, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

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

Do Not (Po)Go Gently Into the Night

Punk Rock(ers): Not Burning Out, Not Fading Away

"...by Roy Tompkins Saturday night, a few weeks back: The phone rings. It's a rather drunken acquaintance of mine,..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Kate Bush Bash, Urban Heat, Knife in the Water, Night Cap, Adrian Ruiz, and Shimmer Island

"...pop hitmakers – if certain oldies find play on the popular streaming thriller's soundtrack, a turbo-boost in their fortunes..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...4, Part I, in a serialized history of Austin’s punk culture, written by veteran journalist Tim Stegall. The first..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius

From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres

"...Iggy Pop once claimed that his groundbreaking group the Stooges plied a version of the blues aimed at..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Austin Music Scene's Spectrum of Sexism

From sexual assault to all-female bills, women musicians face myriad issues in the live music capital

"...Fisher sat at a picnic table, visibly working out the best way to articulate her experiences as an Austin..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

The Hard Line

The Hormones

"...If punk rock were a religion, and it might as well..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Faster Than Sound: A Festival Blooms in the Desert

Amid concern over a new C3 festival, homegrown Marfa Myths strives to grow with the Texas city

"...Lampooned by The Simpsons and heralded by Anthony Bourdain, Marfa remains a..."

May 3, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Heard It on the X

Gibby Haynes on the Airwaves

"...am a flake of dandruff that has fallen into the cleavage of a very beautiful, very old motion picture..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Music Feature

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...Not just setting local temperature records for the month of June, this year’s Oblivion Access marked a..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Queering the Archive With Kate Messer

"Your own culture is worth a memory."

"...been sacred ground for Austin’s queers and misfits. In the Eighties, Sandra Martinez opened Chances, a popular lesbian bar..."

July 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Pocket Fishrmen Serve up Punk and ... Fish

What to expect at the punk cutups’ annual Fish Fry

"...it sprawls a parking lot of vehicles owned by the singer's bandmates whilst they pursue an endless string of..."

June 1, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Music Interview: The Stitches

OC fourpiece has been preaching the punk gospel of 1977 since 1993

"..."There was a time when someone would ask you who..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A BLK REVOLUTION, Channel Tres, Smashing Pumpkins, the Austin Record Convention, and more local music related shows worth seeing

"...The BLK REVOLUTION Tour..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Point, Ben Buck, and some holiday options highlight this week's recommended shows

"...The Point Free Show..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Something in the Air

Local music, reincarnated

"...There must be something in the air. While writing about..."

June 3, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star

Austin's now generation comes of age in Suzanna Choffel

"...Striding across the full parking lot of Central Market near Ben White..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Filipino Fist, Horsegirl, Night Drive's EP release, and more recommended Austin shows

"...DJ Jester the Filipino Fist's NONSTOP Shangri-La, Thursday 10..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

White Reaper's Hunter Thompson Discusses the Band's Evolution and His Guitar Nerd DNA

ACL Fest's a homecoming for the Austin-based guitarist

"...ACL Fest 2017, White Reaper brought something none of the 100-or-so other festival acts possessed: punk energy. Ripping through..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Multifarious Mike Wiebe

Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman

"...Last time the Chronicle profiled Mike Wiebe, 14 years ago, the reporter..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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