Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Johnny Marr

A true rock star set from the Smiths guitarist

"...Johnny Marr defines rock star. When the former Smiths co-leader walked onstage in his crushed velvet..."

Nov. 9, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Johnny Marr

The Messenger (Sire)

"...Johnny MarrThe Messenger (Sire)..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Green Street Hooligans

The psychotically testosterized world of British football hooliganism, with its crimson tide of fist-in-mouth male bonding and lager-lout bad manners, is captured in this post LOTR Elijah Wood movie.

"...Hunnam and Claire Forlani. Seeking perhaps to batter away the dreaded Hobbiton typecasting of his Lord of the Rings..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Pitt and Jolie, who are reduced to set dressing in their own star vehicle, nevertheless pack a lot of bang for the buck.

"...Mr. & Mrs. Smith’s plotting starts to plod, or another clunking line of dialogue is let drop, director Doug..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Blood and Chocolate

Lycanthropy and young love: not as yummy as it sounds but nowhere near as godawful as Van Helsing, a small mercy but very much appreciated.

"...young love: Even more than those eternally chic "nosferatim," the primal bristling and crunchy animalistic proclivities inherited by the..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AMP Museum Day

Get an agricultural history lesson this Saturday

"...Austin's 172-year-old historic treasure, Boggy Creek Farm, will be the featured speakers at the Neill-Cochran House Museum's observance of..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Meet Finley Sexton

Second generation Sexton takes center stage

"...with Todd Wolfson, Kathy McCarty, and Kacy Crowley at the Monkey’s Nest. Since then, she’s become a regular for..."

April 17, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Lollapalooza Part 2: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

Top 3 personal fest picks for Chicago this weekend

"...By the time you read this, I’ll be part way through..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Watch This: Darkbird’s Kelly Barnes Feels it Dance-heavy “Heartbeat” Video

Immaculate pop single pumps Eighties Grooves

"...immediately landed as one of Austin’s undeniable songs of the summer. The slick Eighties beats and Kelly Barnes’ suave,..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

First-Look Video: Marriage at Nevers

“Phases” animates trailer for supernatural noir

"...Derek Van Gieson collaborated for years, but not musically. The latter created artwork for the former’s band, local folk-pop..."

April 2, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

ACL Review: Radiohead

Über headliners prove unrivaled still

"...a band. Perhaps in some low-key solidarity woven into the ominous red glow and disorienting frequency fuzz, the band..."

Oct. 1, 2016 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Built to Spill Gets Untethered

Idahoans return to Stubb’s and jam over the moon

"...through Tuesday’s 90-minute set at Stubb’s. Those were among the only words the Built to Spill frontman spoke all..."

May 20, 2015 Music Post by Neph Basedow

ACL Interview: Grace London

The rise and return of the local classicist and prodigy

"...back! In fact, you can catch her Friday at the Austin City Limits Music Festival and on the second..."

Oct. 1, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Ourshelves

What sort of brain food sits on the shelves of the women who spin Ear Candy?

"...What sort of brain food sits on the shelves of the women who spin Ear Candy? A..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Kate Cantrill

Crime Month: A Chron "Crime" Playlist

Hit after hit, for your next hit

"...Seeing as July is Crime Month at the Chronicle, it only seems appropriate that it comes with..."

July 16, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

Austin Classical Guitar's dream

The quality of the music in this concert was exceptional, but what made it special was the quality of the listening

"...One by one, the young people described a similar dream: of being chased..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Review: Walking Out

He ain’t heavy, he’s my father

"...Alex and Andrew Smith, the sibling filmmaking team who made The Slaughter Rule and..."

March 16, 2017 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place

Roasting Ursula

"...Austin is not wanting in the character department. The queen of the queer Red River..."

May 22, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Do You Feel So Used?

Well, OK, if it's aGLIFF, sure ...

"...Well, add to that "discarded." Now you know how the items at Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival's..."

April 17, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

What is Proper Nang? Austin’s Teen Beat

The next generation weighs in on what’s hip in the ATX

"...Proper Nang is a Brit term for the very coolest. I first started writing about Austin’s teen..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

AM Country Heaven

Four new discs take back real country music

"...People have been complaining about the state of country music almost as long as there’s..."

June 1, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Mad World

The year in albums, 2002

"...Bright and early for their daily races..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

At Besame Mucho, a Latin Music Capital Por Nosotros

Inside the all-star, 84-band, Spanish-language spectacle

"...Lollapalooza and staged à la ACL Fest, Circuit of the Americas’ Latin music eclipse, Besame Mucho on March 2,..."

March 4, 2024 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Review: Juan Luís Jardí’s “Tiempo Sostenido” Clocks in With Eerie Power

The Barcelona-based artist is doing time at Wally Workman Gallery

"...Unlike Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, the Barcelona-based artist Juan..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Take It or Leave It

Are the Strokes great? The Chronicle's Christopher Gray says no, but talks to them anyway.

"...They've been on Jay and Dave and Conan and SNL,..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Note: You often don’t know you’re witnessing history in the moment you’re seeing it, but there’s an undeniable feeling..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...The New Millennium. Same as the old millennium...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Kevin Smith finds a new soulmate in actor Seth Rogen, who stars in this movie that blends Smith's telltale comedic raunch with large dollops of sweetness.

"...that even though you may be able to take the boy out of Jersey, there’s still no chance of..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jersey Girl

Ben Affleck plays a widower dad in this family dramedy from an uncustomarily sweet Kevin Smith.

"...Castro and Jennifer Lopez. Before Jersey Girl screened at the Paramount Theatre during SXSW, Kevin Smith took the stage..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sheet Music

Summer Reading

"...The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Lifeby Simon Goddard..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

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