Checking In: TC Superstar Creates a Micro Scene at Home

“A Black Live Music Fund would be a great step in the right direction”

"...LP Heat Death conceptualized environmental end times that found the human race “coming to terms with death on a..."

Aug. 17, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips & Beyond: Mid-August Travel Updates

Foeder for thought and a beer for a good cause

"...really heating up, and following CDC guidelines is still the cool thing to do. Here’s some travel news from..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Slabs, Screw, and Stories from the Country: Deezie Brown & EC Mayne Soundtrack Bastrop County

Candy Blue Like Screw reclaims Texas rap heritage

"...The biggest mistake everyone makes about small towns is considering..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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

Faster Than Sound: R&B Innovator Nayome Gets Personal

Sade-loving local Naomi Sutton previews sophomore EP, Latin music enters Live Music Fund conversation, and more music news.

"...utilizing beats off YouTube. Moving to Austin in January, the 23-year-old singer searched for producers to customize a follow-up..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Book Festival Announces 15 Authors for 2020

Virtual fest hosting Dean Koontz, Julia Alvarez, Kevin Kwan

"...The cowgal astride a Hereford-sized horny toad in the 2020..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Black Everythang Matters Accentuates Austin’s Wealth of Black Talent

A landmark display of Black unity within the city’s music scene

"...intimacy within simple confines took on new meaning as the empty E. Seventh St. venue hosted the Black Everythang..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Creem: America’s Only Rock & Roll Magazine

The true story of the underdog music rag that lived (and died) rock

"...Back around the time of the Gutenberg Bible, 1454-55, mass production of..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more

"...Ben Kweller Live(streamed) From the Continental Club..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Police Chief Fights Back as Council Cuts APD Budget

Chief Brian Manley remains defiant

"...adopt a budget on Aug. 12 that will, for the first time in at least 10 years, reduce the..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Singin' Brenner Praises

"...I’m not a by-line guy so much, until after the fact, but I read his work and I say..."

Aug. 3, 2020 Postmarks

Premiere: Dumb Gives Greg Abbott COVID-19 in Animated Video

Croy & the Boys’ frontman Corey Baum breaks quarantine virtually

"...in a quarantine, Austin duo Dumb transmits COVID-19 to the man who’s led the state’s substandard coronavirus response...."

Aug. 3, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Austin Musicians Petition for Black Live Music Fund

Black Live Music Fund garners support, Bill Callahan previews Gold Record, and DJ Jester the Filipino Fist harassed in North Campus.

"...Fund designated for Black musicians and local music industry. The show of support by non-Black artists includes Shakey Graves,..."

July 31, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Charley Crockett..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Shut Up and Drum: Thor Harris Talks Politics and Humanity

We spent election day with local percussive rebel

"..."I know music makes the world a better place," reasons Thor Harris, sitting on..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

John Mulvany’s “Pattern Days” Is Haunting Your Google Docs

Austin-based painter isn’t letting the pandemic slow him down

"...Yeah, you know this fellow’s work. Either because you’ve seen it somewhere IRL, especially if you..."

July 29, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Checking In: Eric Tessmer Espouses A Policy of Truth

Strat master teamed with Heart’s Nancy Wilson on Depeche Mode cover

"...jockeys. Imagine what that looks like for a flame-throwing blues/rock shredder like ATX’s Eric Tessmer. “For me, [C-19] has..."

July 29, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Precise Points

"...Dear Editor, The New York Times has a relevant July 23 article..."

July 27, 2020 Postmarks

Dead Dicks

The realities of depression meets the trap of reincarnation

"...film Dead Dicks really provides a little insight into the self-hatred at the heart of this intriguing and touching..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Summer Break Theatre's COVID-Era Comedy

Area educators deliver a timely lesson in their original work Going the Distance

"...heard a little something about schools reopening and if they should and what it will mean for the students..."

July 24, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Asleep at the Wheel's At Home Dance..."

July 24, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Tameca Jones Supports A Black Live Music Fund

“I am chilling in da Braunf”

"...Tameca Jones’ dramatic new single “IDK” belongs in the Erwin Center: big, bold, booming. ATX’s powerhouse stylist –..."

July 21, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Northern-Southern Shows Eastside Community in a Century of People

Where is here? It’s everywhere.

"...Who are all those people in the middle of your Austin Chronicle this week? Whence these..."

July 17, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Composer Nathan Felix Transitions to Video During Quarantine

Short, simple films of mundane tasks analyze human condition

"...mid-20s, Nathan Felix attended his first symphonic performance at the invitation of his older brother. He recalls marveling at..."

July 17, 2020 Music Post by Nataleah Small

Linklater's Lunar Latest Coming to Netflix

Apollo 10 1/2 to be animated by Austin's Minnow Mountain

"...Richard Linklater is headed into space with Netflix, as the Austin director has just announced that his next picture,..."

July 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...The Wimberley outlaw poet's run since 2001's Eternal and Lowdown..."

July 17, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Record Turnout in Run-Off Election Pushes Democratic Party Toward Change

State and local races show the blue getting bluer

"...Surf's up for Texas Democrats, as the building blue wave of voter enthusiasm drove nearly 1..."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Ludwig van Beethoven wrote "Elegy on the Death of a Poodle," but there is no reference..."

July 17, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

David Ramirez Album Review

My Love Is a Hurricane (Thirty Tigers)

"...with LP five. 2017's We're Not Going Anywhere elevated the molten songwriter beyond the exceptional but often solipsistic troubadourisms..."

July 17, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 17-23

"...will be especially active and available to you in the coming weeks. For best results, regard your attunement to..."

July 17, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

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