Velvet Goldmine

"...sexuality, nelly fashions, and Byronic libertinism writ large, is the setting for Todd Haynes' wildly original new film, Velvet..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Intersection of Personal and Political

AFS Essential Cinema presents a miniretrospective of the films of Philippe Garrel

"...French director Philippe Garrel is one of the true enigmas of the film world. Born in Paris..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Kitty Kitty Bang Bang Gets Back Together for the Texas Burlesque Festival

The kitties of Austin's legendary burlesque troupe still have claws

"...A shimmy, a shake, a tease. The sound of seashells heavily hitting the stage floor...."

May 27, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Comics (Artist) Panel

Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond

"...nervous. And it's certainly more than enough to justify the geek-chic culture. But while Chris Ware reigned through the..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

Off the Record

Spiros closes and now Room 710, too? Meanwhile, the Bizarros' long, strange trip returns them to the Hole in the Wall.

"...Barring some possible, pending business transactions, Room 710, the Red River institution known for its local noise rock..."

June 12, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

After Two-Year Hiatus Levitation Hits the Clubs

Droning on with Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Ian Svenonius, and Bedouine

"...Levitation returns as a blueprint for future festivals given the rising, upfront costs of modern musical convergences. Its model..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Off the Record

Putting a price tag on the new exclusivity of rock & roll records

"..."We really try to get out there as many ways as possible," confides Los Lonely Boys'..."

July 18, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

"...Are You Experienced? The question posed by Jimi Hendrix's earth-shattering debut defined a..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Music Column

The Boxing Lesson

Box sets grow up and out

"...Eric ClaptonGive Me Strength: The '74/'75 Recordings (Polydor/UMe)..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The First-Ever Austin Women in Jazz Festival and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Plus visiting acts from Burna Boy to Mike Dimes and Dro Kenji

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week? Check out..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Residential Address: The College of Hip-Hop Knowledge Schools Austin on Homegrown and National Talent

Organized Konfusion's Prince Po joins Fresh Fridaze on July 14

"...A short drive south from the packed streets, roadblocks, and mounted police that occupy the..."

July 7, 2023 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Residential Address: The Mellows Bring Sixties Pop to Sagebrush

With a focus on good hooks, the band makes falling in love danceable again

"...The Mellows..."

March 4, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Playback: Barracuda on the Block

"...at a real concert," offers Jason McNeely, leaning against the red brick exterior of his new Seventh Street venue...."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Good Eye Looks Back

All the best glimpses caught by the Good Eye in 2014

"...Who knew, when this simple country girl came to the Chronicle a few years ago, that she would one..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Off the Record

SXSW music news and carryings-on

"...The Greatest Gift..."

March 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The TCBender Is Gathering Steam

"...It's Friday, Feb. 9, Depeche Mode is on the box, and TCB is on day two of a..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Explosions in the Mind

Thurston Moore brings Ecstatic Peace! above ground

"...If a tree falls alone in the woods, and it does in fact make a sound,..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell

NewSX of the SWorld

"...SXSW music industry confab [is] a potential flashpoint in the growing tension between major labels and artists." (E! Online)..."

March 29, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Church, yeule, Codeine, and More Highlights From Levitation’s Thursday and Friday

Standout sets from the multi-venue Austin festival’s opening dates

"...Call it a curse or just seasonality, the almost-annual presence of storms during Levitation luckily narrowly avoided..."

Oct. 28, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...snarls Billy Bill Miller, Roky Erickson's electric autoharp genius. "The outlaw thing was pretty big. Austin became a music..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius

From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres

"...Iggy Pop once claimed that his groundbreaking group the Stooges plied a version of the blues aimed at..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Page Two: The Stories We Tell

"If you'll gather 'round me, children, a story I will tell"

"..."If you'll gather 'round me, children, a story I will tell ..."..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows

Austin Music Awards Director Margaret Moser goes out with a bang

"...Begin with the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1984, and remember who you're talking..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The 'Tease That Binds

The Texas Burlesque Festival builds community among those who are hip to the strip

"...a hook – that little something unique that snags the audience. It can be a shake or a shimmy..."

April 15, 2011 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Better to burn than fade away: a recap of Lollapalooza 2008

"...If there were one singularly transcendent sequence at Lollapalooza 2008 in..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

A walk on the wild side of SXSW 2008

"...Walk on the Wild Side..."

March 21, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The sound of music at the 2008 SXSW Film Conference, Barack Obama boogies back to Texas with Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, and Bubble Recording sports a diamond

"...On less than a day's notice, Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson rallied his troops – Joe Ely..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Gary Clark Jr. becomes a Honeydripper, Tee Double sounds off on Kinetic Global, Future Clouds & Radar charts, and yet another Austin Music Hall progress report

"...Austin's best-kept blues secret is coming to a theatre near you. Gary Clark Jr. stars alongside Danny Glover..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...was a pivotal year for America, for Austin, for the embattled world-at-large, but most of all for the Mighty..."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: The Heroic and the Holy

Grindhouse squeezes transcendent kicks from a classic form

"...At a drive-in theatre in South Austin, off of Ben White Boulevard, in..."

April 6, 2007 Column by Louis Black

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