Ivan Cornejo, Steve Wynn, Cardinals, and More Reviews From Thursday of SXSW

Sonic dispatches from Ireland, Mexico, and the Afro Diaspora

"...flora and fauna, and London Afro-punks Steam Down slung the sounds of the Diaspora, from funk to soul to..."

March 14, 2025 Music Post by Kyra Bruce

Croy and the Boys, Warpaint, a Metal Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the week

"...Day weekend’s hottest ticket, Hot Luck 2024 promises yet another heady blend of live music and top-shelf eats. Highlights..."

May 24, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...Fabián Rincón runs a drumstick up and down the scratcher on his cymbal stand as César Valencia picks..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Documentary Exhumes a Personal History Folk Icon and Activist Joan Baez

The Diamonds & Rust of Joan Baez I Am a Noise

"...So much of Joan Baez's life has been in the spotlight since she was heralded as the crystalline voice..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

The Witches of the Orient

How the 1964 Japanese women’s Olympic volleyball team healed a nation

"...What sorcery is this, this tempest darkening the Eastern skies? This relentless deluge of streaking..."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

New Order

Bleak Mexican drama puts cold social horror into bloody revolution

"...Nothing kills the vibe of a picture perfect wedding quite like a..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Portrayal of Guilt Album Review

We Are Always Alone (Closed Casket Activities)

"...metallurgy throughout debut full-length Let Pain Be Your Guide, their coiled hardcore rampages resolutely and absolutely." So opined this..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Public Notice: Pull Up the Drawbridge

FoHP has their historic zoning; no one else need apply

"...Here's an ironic little side note to the tempest in the teapot of historical zoning for Hyde..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

They Were the Storm: A Tragedy on Lake Travis

"...How will you remember the fallen? (Cue mournful solo violin music.) Whomst among us..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cultural Cancellations and Postponements: The Big List

What's not happening around Austin, arts-wise

"...this site, Austinites are wasting no time in taking their art online, making sure you have performances to watch..."

March 24, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Frank Benge

Remembering the artist, critic, and man of the theatre

"...On March 14, Central Texas theatre lost one of its most ardent and active players,..."

March 18, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

What Would a 100% Tariff on Wine Look Like?

Spoiler alert: You might want to stock up now

"...In case you missed it, The Trump Administration is threatening 100% tariffs on European wines..."

Jan. 22, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Devenyns

Capital T Theatre's It Is Magic

This captivating staging of Mickle Maher's comedy debates theatre's enchantments where Macbeth meets "The Three Little Pigs"

"...and he puffed, and he ... yeah, you know the rest...."

Nov. 15, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Lucy in the Sky

Natalie Portman's astronaut crashes to Earth

"...a straight-shot trajectory to an Orlando airport to confront the third point of a love triangle, never wore an..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...What do the creator of the 10,000 hour rule, a Supreme Court..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary by Terry Shames

Police chief Samuel Craddock searches for a missing friend while on a visit to Jarrett Creek, Texas

"...in pretty much every small town you visit in the state – maybe even the country. The Central Texas..."

July 19, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Tales of love and hate dominate these Oscar hopefuls

"...If there’s one underlying theme snaking like a main circuit cable..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City Arts Funding: The Resolution

Council approves FY 19 arts funding, ponders its next move

"...The three-act drama about city arts funding that opened Sept...."

Oct. 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Arts Funding Matrix: Reloaded

Arts Commission's FY 19 funding adjustments head to Council

"...strongly to deep cuts in funding for FY 19, the Arts Commission had a working group reconsider the matrix..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Conflicts of Interest at City Hall

Give and take, everywhere you look

"...now with more accusations of conflicts of interest along the dais. Most targeted has been Texas Hotel & Lodging..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: Back in the Groove

Budget done, Council trudges on

"...City Council heard the first briefing on UT's long-awaited gentrification study at its..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

City Arts Funding Tempest

Unexpected Cultural Contracts cuts cause concern

"...weekend, but storm clouds continued to hang low over the city's Cultural Arts Division. The release Thursday of funding..."

Sept. 17, 2018 Arts Post

Uncommon Odds at Oddwood Ales

Cherrywood brewery helps polish up Austin's beer scene

"...Way back in 2015, in the days of using razor-sharp stones to hunt wooly mastodons,..."

May 18, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

The Luv Doc: A Grossly Inaccurate Egyptology Lecture

We mere mortals are just feathers being blown about in the tempest of the gods

"...he is not making my needs for more time together important to him. What should I do?..."

April 6, 2018 Column

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene veteran..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

My Little Pony: The Movie

A rainbow-hued acid trip for 8-year-olds

"...The pastel prancers in My Little Pony: The Movie strut..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend: Sept. 1-3.

Just a little break in the midst of Harvey-related program activities

"...Tempest done tossed our teacups, hey? Still so hella much..."

Aug. 31, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DJ Brimlo & Bavu Blakes

"...C.J. Edwards provides an evocative chorus as Blakes details the slippery slope on "Dead to Us" with emotion: "Unsafe,..."

June 23, 2017 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

DJ Brimlo

"...accompanying trials and triumphs. Jake Lloyd features vox on the argumentative "Big Guns," where McKinney threatens, "I don't want..."

May 26, 2017 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, and many more

"...The Austin Music Awards ceremony isn't until next week, but..."

March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

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