The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...fore we go/ Forever, like it was before…” - Thomas Fawcett Commando Should be SXSW’s Buzz Act..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Bulgarian Chainsaw Massacre

David Blue Garcia proves you can take Leatherface out of Texas in the new Netflix horror Texas Chainsaw Massacre

"...those same tensions up to date. Written by Chris Thomas Devlin, from a story by producers Fede Alvarez and..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What We're Listening to Right Now

Nakia, Sun June, Norman BA$E, Good Looks, 8½ Souvenirs, and more local sounds worth seeking out

"...in the past year, including on tour with Shakey Graves – the three new songs' warm, reliable instrumentation beckon..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Hot Summer Nights 4 Mixtape, Y2, Witchcryer, Suzanne Santo, Hovvdy, and James McMurtry

"...the 2:06, you can't help but hit repeat. – Morgan-Taylor Thomas Witchcryer's When Their Gods Come For You..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Nightstream Review: Honeydew

Keep an ear open for this new tale of backwoods malice

"...Joey Horner, and foley artists Romain Sturma and Camille Thomas), complimenting writer/director/editor Devereux Milburn's pacing - but most especially..."

Oct. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...broadcast both as a featured artist and alongside Crystal Thomas' rich vocalizing. For a musician who made his name..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...for end times. – Alejandra Ramirez Texas Lottery Presents Shakey Graves..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Theatrical Provocateurs Rubber Repertory Return to Austin

Two of the best and oddest come back for their own good and ours

"...Josh: We need to get Thomas Graves over here to, somehow, break into it...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Here Are Your 2018/19 Austin Music Award Winners

Best band, musician, song, radio station, and more Top 10s chosen by you

"...1) Shakey Graves..."

March 1, 2019 Music Feature

Best Live Music Performances of 2018

The bands and venues that kept our critics on their feet

"...Thomas Fawcett: Residente, ACL Live at the Moody Theater..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Our Music Critics Pick Their Top 10 Austin Albums of 2018

80 local picks from Molly Burch to Brownout

"...10) Crack Pipes, Fake Eyelashes (Super Secret) Thomas Fawcett..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Sunday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Saturday handicapping for ACL Fest weekend two

"...the chops and charm to win over any crowd. – Thomas Fawcett..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature

Sunday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Handicapping ACL's initial Sabbath plus a handful of locals

"...the chops and charm to win over any crowd. – Thomas Fawcett..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Brett Goldstein, Joanna Scanlon, Richard Elis, Dan Clark, William Thomas (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2017

From monsters to mountains, wolves to wild horses, the year came alive with figures boldly created onstage

"...Lynn's extended prayerlike poem offered an elegant soundtrack to Thomas Graves and crew's erecting and dismantling a miniature mountain..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 National Albums of 2017

National themed lists

"...2) Cameron Graves, Planetary Prince (Mack Avenue)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...Hilary Thomas-Oliver of Ponytrap: Oh, geez. I'm not just unhappy with..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Different Things To Do In Austin This Weekend

Art! Theatre! Dance! You know: What the enemy hates.

"...to last in this benighted world? Also, hold on, Thomas Graves designed this show, and Kirk Lynn wrote it,..."

April 6, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Celebration of Austin’s Black Cemeteries

Cemetery tour to help re-discover Austin’s lost black history

"...District, the Bethany Cemetery's negligence is overwhelming. "So many graves have shifted with time," says Eppright, adjusting a fallen..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Chris Thomas (6/8/90)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Rude Mechs' Field Guide

There's much to ponder in the second draft of the Rude Mechs' mash-up of Dostoyevsky, stand-up comedy, and spiritual belief

"...some other things are happening with his brothers Ivan (Thomas Graves), an intellectual atheist, and Smerdyakov (Robert S. Fisher),..."

April 15, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Shawn Sides and Graham Reynolds: Rude and Golden

How two of Austin's top creative stars meld a busy life of art and love

"...like, Graham thinks it should be a comedy and Thomas [Graves] thinks it's a tragedy, and now they have..."

March 25, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Critics Poll

"...Thomas Fawcett: Kendrick Lamar, ACL Live at the Moody Theater..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Tuesday SXSW 2015 Showcases

"...local fiddle prodigy Ruby Jane. In-between, folk-pop sensation Shakey Graves knocks off road dust from an ongoing international tour...."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature

Playback: Behold! The Austin Music Awards

Announcing the 2014/15 Austin Music Awards bill, the 13th Floor Elevators reunite for Levitation, and King Coffey recovers after being struck by a car

"...inspired by a chance encounter I witnessed between Shakey Graves and fellow Austin High School graduates Phranchyze and Gary..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...including the CW’s iZombie from Austin's native son, Rob Thomas...."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Critics Poll

"...Freeman: Shakey Graves..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...documentary of Neolithic megalithic architecture - Dolmens or "passage graves" - across the Iberian peninsula...."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pickathon Polishes Off No. 16

Oregon fest boasts IPAs, ATXs, camping, and sustainability

"...Dispatched from Portland to Ashland, Ore., a drum circle..."

Aug. 4, 2014 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...the war. Sebron himself was a judge. His son, Thomas, was briefly mayor of Austin. The family lived in..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

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