Virtual ACL Music Fest Keeps Flags Flying

Nostalgic livestream and rising Austin talent fundraise for the Austin Parks Foundation

"...The Austin City Limits Music Festival didn't commandeer the state..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Atonement, in the Christian paradigm, means ponying up for your sins...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Spirit Adrift Album Review

Enlightened in Eternity (20 Buck Spin)

"...Most metalheads living in Texas head straight to the occult or fantasy sections of their local Half Price..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Sound Unseen Fest Comes to Texas

Hybrid music/movie fest brings Zappa, Stardust, more

"...Who says there are rules in rock and roll? Of course not...."

Oct. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All-Star Austin Contingent Gets Out the Vote Covering R.E.M

A. Sinclair, Jana Horn & Royal Forest cover “scathing satire”

"...on R.E.M.’s breakout fifth album Document, “Exhuming McCarthy” connected the original period of anti-communist finger pointing with the hard..."

Oct. 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Other Worlds Looks to the Skylin3s

Alien invasion sequel heads up 2020 virtual lineup

"...The future is almost here: Other Worlds, the Austin-based science..."

Oct. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Trial of the Chicago 7

The famous anti-protestor show trial recounted

"...The radical left. It's a term that the American legal..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: He Says He Likes Music

It's OK to not like music

"...he likes music, but every time I turn on the music in the car, or the kitchen when we're..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Column

Travis County Early Voting Information and Locations

Early Voting October 13-30

"...ID (current or expired within 4 years) issued by the Texas Dept. of Public Safety or U.S. government. If..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Bonnie Whitmore works musical alchemy, turning the hardest material into anthems that belie their underlying density...."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Faster Than Sound: Jana Horn Is Cautiously Optimistic

Cautious and cerebral ATX singer-songwriter finally releases her solo debut

"...considers her output carefully. After performing eponymously for years, the cerebral Austin singer-songwriter finally offers a debut statement. Optimism..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 9-15

"...have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them," she wrote. "We need to be..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Ex-NFL Star Joe Barksdale Moves to Austin to Tackle Music

After a drastic career change, Barksdale looks for understanding and self-reflection

"...When we walk into the performance room of Austin's Orb Studios, Joseph Barksdale sits..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

City Council District 6: Flannigan Faulted for Progressive Politics

Challengers run to incumbent’s right on homelessness, police spending

"...All three of the candidates challenging Council Member Jimmy Flannigan in the race..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

On the Rocks

Sofia Coppola heads to NYC for a slight but charming anti-rom-com

"...and Bill Murray (both terrific). Unlike her period-set films The Beguiled and Marie Antoinette or her L.A.-centric works The..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One Hour Outcall

Emotional, rather than physical, consent is tragically probed in this sex work drama

"...been through it all in a short period. Or rather, in a series of short encounters. Every Thursday at..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Herb Alpert Is …

Too many filler tracks in this history of the Tijuana Brass guy

"...might look good to me, might look terrible to the other person,” acknowledges painter, sculptor, and trumpet clarion Herb..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...Newly ambulatory, Lazlo leveled up to the turntable – perfectly positioned for someone two-and-a-half feet tall...."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Select Live Music Reemerges

ACL Live reintroduces in-person audiences, alongside steady outdoor calendars at the Far Out Lounge and Sagebrush on South Congress.

"...As large gatherings ceased in the spring, ACL Live at the Moody..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"..."We played behind a curtain because they wanted to hear our music but didn't want to..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Glasshealer Covers Björk

“Unison” remake reveals new side of ATX experimentalists

"...Ballsy musical territory, covering Björk. The Icelandic avant-pop vanguard operates with such unique articulation and..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Interview: The Boy Behind the Door

David Charbonier and Justin Powell on their dark thriller

"...thriller to tackle, especially when it's all told from the kid's point of view. But in between the horrors..."

Sept. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Video Premiere: Tomar & the FCs Get Animated

Austin’s rhythm-n-soul throwdown illustrates a “Fine Time”

"...“Like Tomar & the FCs’ 2016 debut Heart Attack, sophomore LP Rise Above..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Last September, Late Iron Age Sonic Architect Wade Allison Spoke About Composing a Crossover Metal Standard

Eighteen days after the death of Power Trip frontman we uncover an unseen interview with the late guitarist

"..."Iron Age are very important to the history of Texas hardcore and metal," guitarist Blake Ibanez..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...What Is There, Apple Music..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Roosevelt Room Reopens, Launderette Brings the Bagels (and Schmears), and – Who Was That On Netflix's Meateater Last Week?

All the news that's fit to make your taste buds quiver

"...Here’s your Food News Buffet for the fourth week of September, culled from numerous PR releases,..."

Sept. 23, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jan Reid: A Remembrance

Jesse Sublett pays tribute to his late friend as a true writer

"...Jan Reid, author of The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock, the Ann Richards bio..."

Sept. 22, 2020 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

Checking In: Josh Baca Perfects Zydejunto and Mexicajun

Los Texmaniacs accordionist dishes his own Hot Tamales

"...Antonio conjunto kings Flaco and Santiago Jimenez followed in their papa’s boot steps, so too did Max and Josh..."

Sept. 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

In Memoriam: Jan Reid

Remembering the legendary author and Texas Monthly writer

"...To use the vernacular of boxing – the sport Jan Reid so..."

Sept. 21, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...The Bright Light Social HourJude Vol. II (Supermassive) www.thebrightlightsocialhour.com..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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