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

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...musician Tim Stegall. You can read past installments of the “Austin Punk Chronicles” here...."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Levitation Interview: the Hives Wax Deep ATX Roots

Plus Halloween, human sacrifice, and psychedelia (sort of)

"...Though the Hives would be the first to tell you they’re..."

Nov. 2, 2021 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...eponymous third album became a generational touchstone only after the ashes of the band's lead singer, Bradley Nowell, spread..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Beyond the Horizon with Denny Freeman

Austin lodestar offered the theories of life through a guitar

"...Every time Denny Freeman picked up his guitar, whether a lean and mean Fender Stratocaster or a beautiful..."

April 27, 2021 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Dining for One at the Rubber Repstaurant

Austin’s Rubber Repertory provided, I mean, anything you desired

"...to sit on this review for a week, until the project was over. Because this thing, this latest happening..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Aftermath

Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård are stuck inside of Hamburg with the Casablanca blues

"...A love triangle emerges amid the ruins of 1945 Hamburg, Germany, in this well-appointed but..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Talented Mr. Isaac

Scenes from an interview with the star of the Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

"...Having been sitting all day in a second-floor conference room, giving countless interviews, the Talent had a sore throat...."

Dec. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

Keeping the Lights on at Casa de Luz

The iconic Austin eating-and-meeting place dearly wants to continue pursuing its macrobiotic mission – but can't quite seem to comply with public safety codes

"...Austin almost 24 years ago, he believed food was the answer. He doesn't think that anymore...."

June 14, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Snow White and the Huntsman

Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.

"...by: Rupert Sanders. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Sam Spruell, Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Ray..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Grand Dame

Galveston's Grand Opera House survived Ike. Here's a dispatch from one of the staff.

"...We received this from the staff of Galveston's Grand 1894 Opera House. It includes..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

The Forest for the Trees

The Austin Arts Commission has never been a model of bureaucratic efficiency, but this year it seems to have become a big cliché in action, a body so focused on procedure and minutiae and the concerns of the moment that it can't see the forest for the trees. It's compounding the problems in Austin's profoundly flawed public arts funding system and demonstrating just how poorly that process serves not only the city's artists but all its citizens.

"...When people can't even get a good jump on the agenda without quibbling over something totally unrelated to the..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rockin' the Roadshow

Forget Pokémon and Britney Spears, Rosalind digs the Antiques Roadshow and got to meet her heroes in person when the show rolled through town.

"...Disney can drop dead ... Sailor Moon sleeps with the fishes! In our house, a certain PBS TV show..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Features Feature by Barbara Chisholm

New Kid on the Block

ASTI is the perfect addition to Hyde Park's busiest corner

"...The corner of 43rd and Duval streets has been the..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Full Franklin

It's been 60 years since a biograpy of Benjamin Franklin has been written; Austin author H.W. Brands' The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin makes up for lost time.

"...Who is Benjamin Franklin? The question is bizarre but necessary. Unlike George Washington, for..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Interview

"...bachelor apartment filled with stacks of yellowing newspapers. Suddenly the door crashes down and the gendarmes explode into the..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The X-Files' Invisible Ink

The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere

"..."The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere" was originally published..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

Penélope Cruz Enters the Rehearsal Room for Official Competition

The Spanish actress gets inside the head of the dictator director

"...A moment. An actor can find a character in the most unexpected places. Penélope Cruz found a vital element..."

July 1, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

WEST Pop-Up at the Neill-Cochran House Museum

For the West Austin Studio Tour, 15 artists show their work in this historic Austin home to varying and delightful effect

"...There has never been a better time to explore the..."

May 18, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Austin Film Festival: Breaking the Mold: Diversity in the Industry

Panel agrees that there is a lack of it

"...Diversity should be the norm, but most of us are painfully aware that..."

Nov. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Telling The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke

Louis Black reflects on working decades ago with Walter Reuben

"...The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke, being..."

Feb. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Louis Black

Some Parts of the World Pt. 3

BettySoo, live from the Netherlands

"...I was in the wrong place, but it must have been the right..."

June 5, 2011 Music Post by BettySoo

The Surreality of Reality

Sure, America's got talent, but does Dallas have the next chicken plucker?

"...central casting – a bristly border for a big gap-toothed Texas grin. The crowd behind him roared: "America's got..."

April 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Grand Design: Brady Corbet on The Brutalist

Writer/director on the foundations of the architectural drama

"...by its ability to cause a riot. If so, then Brady Corbet should have realized that his latest film,..."

Jan. 7, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stick Around, Say Damn: Inside the Cactus Cafe’s Tuesday Open Mic

Songwriters connect under Jake Farr’s ground rules

"...post-performance cold one. His black guitar case thuds against the wooden counter, and the bartender behind shatters a shot..."

April 17, 2024 Music Post by Dina Barrish

The Thompson and the Loren: A Tale of Two Hotels

One long weekend, two impressive but different vibes

"...When your Canadian girlfriend comes to visit Austin for the first time, and you live out in Pflugerville, you’re..."

Jan. 27, 2024 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Parish Files $1 Million Lawsuit Against Landlord After Being Locked Out

Venue says landlord “hatched a plot to commandeer the business”

"...Owners of the Parish have filed for a temporary restraining order and..."

Nov. 8, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: KUT/KUTX in Discussion With UT Over the Future of the Cactus Cafe

KUTX Director says it's "50-50" whether the station will continue managing the venue

"...In 2010, UT announced plans to close the Cactus Cafe, a 150-capacity listening room located in the..."

May 7, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Interview: Jacob Gentry Runs the Tape on Broadcast Signal Intrusion

Director talks the influences on his period techno-horror

"...Before there was hacking, there were broadcast signal intrusions: strange incidents..."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...We asked our readers how they were feeling about starting the fall semester, now six..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

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