Best of 2014 (So Far)

Midyear playlist yields 25 tracks both local and national

"...music. I always complain about how much bad music there is out there. Then, I never have enough room..."

July 8, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Davie Allan's Aim Is True

"...Don’t let the title track fool you. Davie Allan isn’t just moving..."

June 23, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

La Dolce Rota

The Ultimate Best of Federico Fellini & Nino Rota

"...Morricone, 78, dwarfed by a visibly bemused Clint Eastwood, nevertheless cut a monumental figure onstage at the Academy Awards..."

June 22, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Proud to Be a Geezer

Nanci Griffith slides into the Cactus Cafe.

"...Some will be surprised and, perhaps, thrilled that the Chronicle has given "the most hated man in Austin..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Celtic Airs

"...It is spring. Add with the soft and gentle weather this trio of Austin releases..."

April 14, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...Queer Film Theory 101: Road Trips..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...Craft beer has begun its redemption arc. Out are the big bourbon barrel-aged confectionary stouts, the biting quintuple IPAs,..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Eat Your Heart Out: A Three-Day Meal Plan for ACL Eats 2022

Paramore, Lil Nas X, and SZA aren't the only acts to watch for

"...Another year, another Austin City Limits Music Festival in the..."

Oct. 6, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Public Notice: Taking Our Toll

New toll booths on I-35 will benefit transit, TxDOT, and the Chronicle

"...I've written here before about the fact that the Chronicle office building is in the..."

April 1, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Betty Harris Understands

Soul singer finally gets her due

"...both booms and aches, Florida native Betty Harris cracked the R&B Top 10 in 1963 with a slowed-n-throwed take..."

March 29, 2018 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Garth Brooks to Keynote SXSW

DMC, Warren G, and T.I. also added as conference speakers

"...roped in Garth Brooks for a keynote conversation at the music conference on Friday, March 17. The country superstar..."

March 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

FF2012: How Fantastic Fest Got Twisted Up By 'American Mary'

Jen and Sylvia Soska are the new twins of evil

"...There's a trick to telling Jen and Sylvia Soska apart...."

Oct. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Noise Pop's Sonic 'Covers' Feast

Songs in the Key of Food

"...In a single week, near the beginning of the month just passed, I had two..."

April 2, 2012 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...Will 2011 go down as the year the Austin horror filmmaking community definitively established itself..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Teaching Intimacy

The Miró Quartet reveals the key to developing a great chamber music ensemble

"...In the classical world, chamber musicians are the most democratic. They..."

May 7, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Long, Strange Trip

The long, strange trip of The Saragossa Manuscript, Jerry Garcia's favorite film.

"...Most people have seen them, but few know their name. Originating from Eastern Europe..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by David Lynch

Go, Girl! Go!

A father beams as her records his daughter's first season as a middle school football player.

"...My Daughter, Dani, is trying out for the middle school football team. The stud. No girl has..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Features Feature by Phillip Schmandt

Sleazy Listening

Scamping Through the Cocktail Revolution

"...Alcohol. To deny its place in the so-called lounge music movement is to deny urine its..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Rocky Mountain High

Austin Brewers at the Great American Beer Festival

"...Billy Forester, owner of the Waterloo Brewing Company, looked like a kid in a..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Grossly Underpaid

"...Dear Editor, This city calls itself the “live music capital of the world.” Austin’s world-class musicians,..."

Feb. 1, 2016 Postmarks

311 Story in Error

"..."...The 311 club, which the Austin Police department says may..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

Best of Austin – Friday

BOA all day, erryday

"...need a break? A place to chill? Something for the rest of your family, kids, or crew, some of..."

March 20, 2015 Features Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Understandably hungry amid a broad reset, the grimy Beautiful Nightmares features veteran Austin MC Lil' Bully..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Ramones Signer Seymour Stein Visits Local Mentees Residual Kid

Plus Casey Monahan's exit interview, James Petralli's new side project, and SXSW's 547 additional acts

"..."It's all about the song." "Trends are over before you can spot them."..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

Thanks, MonkeyWrench!

"...form (austinchronicle.com/submit) and don't wait for us to scour the wicked thatch of social media to find your very..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Soul

Pixar's jazzy trip to the afterlife mixes kid-friendly hijinks with metaphysical angst

"...The title, with its built-in weightiness ... well, it’s a..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Your Austin Music Poll Ballot

Armadillos for sale, Free Week, and an Austin Music Poll primer

"...An unrelenting rainstorm in June broke through the ceiling of the building behind the original Threadgill's on..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Some East (Maybe Mars), some West (UK Trade & Investment), all South by Southwest

"...Plight of the Chinese musician: Fly 7,000 miles for South by Southwest..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Gay Place: Remember

World AIDS Day is way more than a red ribbon

"...estimated 34 million people are living with HIV. Since the days of the first detected cases back in 1981,..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Lives Well Spent

Life cycles of those who sold their souls for music

"...The subject Saturday morning was music and motherhood, as decreed..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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