A Guide to Getting a Beer During SXSW

Ditch the convention center and check these brewpubs

"...disruptors, spring breaking "WorldStar!" interjectors, toddler bloggers, meme stockbrokers, urban beekeeping podcasters, and one of either Alien Ant Farm..."

March 15, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Second SXSW 2019 Band List

Black Midi, Jealous of the Birds, Deerhunter, and 247 others

"...Non-Euros getting their passports stamped include a buzzy pop urbana collective from Monterrey called Aquihayaquihay, young Sydney singer/pianist Odette,..."

Nov. 28, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...precursor died from alcoholism at 30, leaving a smooth urban vocal style and sadly ironic songs. – Clara Wang..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Doc Hunts Down the Truth Behind Those Bizarre Bill Murray Encounters

Tommy Avallone investigates the phenomenon in The Bill Murray Stories

"...Bill Murray is notoriously hard to find. Legend has it he has no publicist, and only a..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Attica Locke, and award-winning poet Kevin Young. Texas Monthly legend Skip Hollandsworth will emcee the event...."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...12mid Smooth R&B crooner in the mold of John Legend, Tje Austin's new LP I Belong to You comes..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Playback: Austin Music Awards (On Everything)

Austin Music Industry Awards down, here come the 2016/17 AMAs and a slew of SXSW buzz acts

"...year's headlining section shines the light on a living legend. The genesis arrived as a lightbulb revelation for Sexton,..."

March 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...retrospective screenings of underground classics Behind the Mask: The Legend of Leslie Vernon, and Pig...."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Elstree 1976

On set for Star Wars, plus Creepshow and Harryhausen

"...28 and Aug. 4 at the Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-in at Austin Studios. More details at www.bluestarlitedrivein.com...."

July 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Untapped Austin Releases Full Beer List

Forget about 2016 with 334 brews

"...6.5% Mr. Green – American Pale Ale – 4.7% Urban Funkhouse – Saison – 7.2%..."

April 28, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Gypsy Son

Former Zeros front punk and True Believers co-captain Javier Escovedo circles back to Austin

"...an unreleased sophomore effort later, they'd become a dissipated legend, celebrated in their occasional reactivations...."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Taking the Temperature of 'Cold in July'

The film based on Joe Lansdale's novel, 'Cold in July,' is a gnarled tale of modern horror

"...What We Are, a re-envisioning of Jorge Michel Grau's urban, Mexican, cannibal thriller Somos Lo Que Hay. When that..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...10pm, Shotguns A savvy street poet from the same urban tradition as his contemporary Lou Reed (to whom he'll..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Saturday Picks and Sleepers

Saturday night SXSW blurbs

"...from the whispery chanteuse who dabbled in a cappella urban beats on "Tom's Diner" and industrial influences on 99.9F°,..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Playback: Heaven and Hell and Scott H. Biram

Scott H. Biram gets bloody, UT gets KUT's music library, and Macaulay Culkin pisses me off

"...with the truck accident shit. It gave me a legend, but people focused on it too much. All the..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...impassioned Scottish brogue, takes the stage with UK fiddle legend Steve Wickham. The acoustic miniset will doubtless draw from..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW Saturday Picks and Sleepers

"...9pm, Dirty Dog Bar After nearly five years, urban earworm farmers the Little Ones just unveiled their second..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Animal Rescue

Kyle Chandler and Joe King Carrasco pitch in to help animals

"...Wascally Wabbit: Over the weekend, Texas music legend Joe King Carrasco rescued a rabbit that had wandered..."

March 14, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Gay Place: Ode To An -Oke

Dandy mourns the passing of a fine Hump Day tradition

"...MARGARET WRIGHT LIVE Spend some time with a real legend. Come see why the gays love cabaret jazz mama..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

So Much Specialness

David Byrne's cult classic True Stories captured a lost Texas and a prescient picture of today

"...in 2012, this story recounts the production of writer/director/musical legend David Byrne’s True Stories, shot in small-town Texas in..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

From the Vaults: Nominees on Rewind

The Texas Film Hall of Fame film series in focus

"...Every year, the Texas Film Hall of Fame honors legends in the entertainment industry at an annual awards show...."

Feb. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

In Stitches

More Fantastic Fest programming includes the 'Pede, Pt. 2

"...1981's An American Werewolf in London, with makeup effects legend Rick Baker in attendance; the U.S. premiere of French..."

Sept. 7, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ax-Wielding 101

Manga Beyond the Norm, in Excellent Paperback Form

"...which could make the gaijin Johnny Ryan’s oeuvre seem urbane and inhibited in comparison; the urban gangster grit of..."

Dec. 8, 2010 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Robert De Niro Versus Tony Jaa?

Fantastic Fest release second wave of programming

"...Kong crime drama Fire of Conscience and Andrew Lau's Legend of the Fist, set during the Japanese occupation of..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

Steam trains played a leading role in the development of Texas

"...For a more urban train ride pulled by an 1896 steam engine, the..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Off the Record

If a Downtown venue closes down for the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, does it make a sound?

"...a locally produced heavy metal opera based on the legend of King Arthur that gets medieval like Spinal Tap..."

April 10, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...Ramos moves outside traditional Spanish-language music with worldly sophistication, urban quirk, and Continental flair, hence the "Dirty Cumbia." –..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...word that rhymes with greenhouse gases," said country music legend Ray Benson Wednesday at a City Hall event hyping..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature

District Eternity

As Ronnie Earle steps down, he looks back on his life's work

"...because [local crime] was too well-organized. That was a legend that I assume was true, because there were gangland..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

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