Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...Click here to jump straight to the brewery rankings...."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

All Life's Cracked Up to Be

The last days of Tobias Pecans

"...any given road trip barreling through Ellinger, Texas – the Tex-Czech kolache bakers and roadside respite deserves all kudos..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Food Feature by Kate X Messer

Lights Out

The Seventies represented the heyday for film programming at the University of Texas. Marjorie Baumgarten recollects the days of CinemaTexas and the Texas Union Theater.

"...The movie screens still stand, but the projectors have gone..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Psycho

"...Harron. Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Chloë Sevigny, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas and..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saturnalia Festival 2018

"...The Saturnalia Festival brought out a community of psychedelically motivated..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Photo Gallery

First Concert: Will Bridges

Raging at Rage Against the Machine at the long-departed South Park Meadows outback

"...Who: Rage Against the Machine, the Roots..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Music Feature

Fall Concerts to Add to Your Calendar

Paul McCartney, the Jesus Lizard, and Saturnalia make the list

"...It's never an issue finding quality shows in the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, but fall..."

Sept. 4, 2018 Events Post by Mark Fagan

Austin’s Best Breweries, According to Children

Meet your beer garden friends, the Beergardigans

"...The hot button topic of "Kids in Brew­eries" will forever..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Food Feature by Eric Puga

It's Gonna Get Pitch Black at Other Worlds

David Twohy named this year's Defender of the Universe

"...Alan J. Levi. Wrath of Khan mastermind Nicholas Meyer. The Black Hole explorer Gary Nelson. SF icon Sybil Danning...."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Forever Man

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood resurrect cult music mystic Jerry Lynn Williams in his hometown, Dallas.

"...paths in 1985 though I didn’t know it at the time. Rather, the first single and MTV video off..."

June 24, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...a half-dozen titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back the curtain on its 2016 lineup...."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Holiday in San Antonio

The birth of Austin's punk scene: the Sex Pistols at Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio, 25 years ago this week.

"...winter mornings: gray, but not terribly cold. It was the same in San Antonio -- except for the rumbling...."

Jan. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

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

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Cool Jerks

It takes a cool character to weather the hot lights of a comedy club stage, so who better to share tips for beating the summer heat than stand-up comics from Austin, the hot-spot in Texas?

"...One of the best things about summer is that our city's Old..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature

For Better or Worse, 2021 Has Been ACL’s Pop Punk Moment

JXDN, Machine Gun Kelly, and KennyHoopla rep alt resurgence

"...emo and pop punk artists were beginning to find their way into the mainstream, if even just for a..."

Oct. 11, 2021 Music Post by Alyssa Quiles

SXSW Music No. 5

Hurray for the Riff Raff, Naomi Achu, Cakes da Killa, and 171 more added

"...eager for some mention of headliners, but so far the local conference has proved stingy in that department. The..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Review: Willie Nelson

Abbott’s 83-years-young son sanctifies all

"...down. Audience conversations should never be louder than “On the Road Again.” Yet, following a “Thank you, Willie” video..."

Oct. 10, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Red Horn Brings Specialty Coffee and Craft Beer to Cedar Park

Single-origin beans and hoppy IPAs without the drive

"...Austin's geographic footprint has sprawled northward, some elements of the city's vibrant drinking culture have been slow to follow...."

Aug. 12, 2016 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Kambui Olujimi Speaks Art to Power in "Zulu Time"

This Brooklyn artist’s solo exhibition at the Blanton shows how those in power make sure the world runs on their watch

"...photographs greets you when entering "Kambui Olujimi: Zulu Time," the artist's first solo exhibition in Austin, currently on view..."

March 15, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Coachella 2007

"...Traveling to the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival felt a..."

May 1, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Musical Top 10s of 2021

One writer's favorite Austin-sourced albums, songs, and such from the last 12 months

"...new music in 2021. Faced with constant reevaluations of whether to go to events and festivals, aurally venturing into..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Last Week in Live Music: Alice Cooper, Lil Wayne, Nas & Mary J. Blige, Blink 182, and More

"...Blink-182 at Austin360 Amphitheater on August 1, 2019..."

Aug. 6, 2019 Photo Gallery

Gay Place

The Gay Place goes back to her roots, just south of the Wild Side and a hair shy of a Moonage Daydream

"...'IN THE NEXT ROOM' WILDE PARTY Hear what the buzz is..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Lions

"...Pride. A pride of Leo’s nest at the Chronicle. August is our month. Today one departs, a..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...The SXSW Film Festival announced today its 2012 feature film..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Attacked by Lesbians

Just three good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm

"...In the shadows of the futuristic, phallus-laden Houston skyline, there is..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...Pantheon Books, $24 hard..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Austin Over Easy

The Chronicle Guide to Breakfast Dining

"...out to breakfast from my cowboy uncle Charles Walden. Whether he came to visit us in Midland or we..."

March 13, 1998 Food Feature

Levitation Review: Holy Wave & Ringo Deathstarr

Lauded locals align for psychedelic/shoegaze double feature

"...followed by Ringo Deathstarr’s homage to astral rock down the block at Beerland...."

April 27, 2018 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Levitation Live Shot: Slowdive

UK shoegazers salvage some Souvlaki

"...A horde of hopefuls converged on the Scoot Inn Friday night, most Levitation-goers suddenly SOL. Unable..."

April 30, 2016 Music Post by Neph Basedow

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