Until the Light Takes Us

This music documentary chronicles the history, ideology, and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal.

"...disturbingly and is nearly as unfathomable as preteen bloodsuckers. Viking central’s biggest cultural touchstone since the moose, black metal..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Times New Viking

"...Times New VikingBorn Again Revisited (Matador)..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Kitchen Gadgets

Spice up your favorite foodie's kitchen with one of our recommendations

"...Just about anyone who owns a KitchenAid, Viking, DeLonghi, or Cuisinart stand mixer will admit their only..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Food Feature

Break Out Your Best Holiday Dessert Recipe for Faraday's New Contest

Faraday's Kitchen Store is looking for the best holiday desserts in Austin to compete in their annual recipe contest.

"...gift certificates, and the grand prize is a 5qt Viking stand mixer. (I LOVE my Viking mixer!) The judging..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Times New Viking

Thursday

"...Times New VikingRip It Off (Matador)..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Thursday Showcases

"...resurrected in 2005 with Columbus, Ohio, trio Times New Viking's racket Dig Yourself, and now it's birthing a new..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Natrix Natrix

The Basement Tapes

"...offering, a split cassette between locals Adam Lipman and Viking Moses, the duo has released a pair of vinyl..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA

How Latinos variously enact the fiesta for 15-year-old girls both fascinates and repels Julia Alvarez

"...Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USAby Julia Alvarez Viking, 278 pp., $23.95..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Books Review by Belinda Acosta

Day Party Crawl

"...Make a Rising, Jana Hunter, Andy D, Times New Viking, the Rebel..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Night Journal

Though the structure of Elizabeth Crook's The Night Journal could be labeled with lit-crit buzzwords like 'mise en abyme' and metafiction, the best descriptor available for it is the slightly awkward 'story-within-a-story'

"...Viking, 454 pp., $24.95 Though the structure of Elizabeth Crook's..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Books Review by Jess Sauer

The Big Over Easy

Realizing that you have to break an egg to make a novelette (or something like that), Jasper Fforde cracks the biggest egg of all and cooks up a delectable new mystery

"...Viking, 386 pp., $24.95 Realizing that you have to break..."

July 29, 2005 Books Review by Robert Faires

'Norwegian Black Metal – Photographs'

This week offers a rare chance to objectify pure evil here in Austin as Peter Beste's photographic portraits of Norwegian Black Metal satanists go on display

"...to rid Norway of Christianity and revert to ancient Viking customs." Doesn't sound much like a "take a liking..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

New Model Army

Anarchy in the UK

"...handclaps, and staccato DFA punk-funk." With a name like Viking Skull, it's got to be cheesily addictive, and with..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Land of Confusion

Michael Simon's first detective novel finds a transplanted New Yorker struggling to solve a murder in a 'completely different' Austin

"...this experience in his first detective novel, Dirty Sally (Viking, $23.95), Simon has woven a grisly tale set in..."

July 30, 2004 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Big Mischief

Like the protagonist in his latest novel, Miss Spellbinder's Point of View, novelist Edward Swift is still battling the "disease of the literal minded."

"...was published in 1978, it was immediately apparent that Viking, his publisher, had unearthed a new talent who, like..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...In Ruth L. Ozeki's My Year of Meats (Viking, $23.95 hard), Japanese-American would-be documentary auteur Jane Takagi-Little is..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Qmmunity: The Optimist Weighs In

Staying positive these days is like being an 84-year-old Al Pacino trying to read names at the Oscars – a struggle!

"...Win fabo prizes from Slut Monkey, Sir Rat, Viking Jewelry, and Miss Barclay Candles at this naughty bingo..."

April 4, 2025 Column by James Scott

Kerry King Talks Solo Debut Ahead of Ashes of Leviathan Tour

Slayer guitarist talks 20 years of rocking ahead of Austin performance

"...armor wouldn’t clash with the steel chain belt, knotted Viking beard, pitchfork six-string, or his gleaming shaved dome...."

July 19, 2024 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Interview: UK Art-Rockers Dry Cleaning Make Up for Lost Time

Upon 4AD reissue of fully formed 2018 debut EPs

"...The song, and Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks favorite “Viking Hair,” have remained live staples. They “naturally just work..."

March 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

El Tule’s Final Show and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Catch Lucinda Williams, Escuela Grind, or Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold

"...full of attractions such as tattooing and a mock viking battle. Artists set to perform include fiery rockers Daikaiju,..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Review: Shrewd Productions’ Small Steps

Intriguing maiden voyage for local playwright’s campy sci-fi romp

"...Isle of Man found a set of mid-10th century Viking jewelry, including a gold bracelet and silver brooch...."

July 25, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Down This Mean Sixth Street in Austin Noir

Akashic Books brings its crime-fiction anthology series to bloody up our changing metropolis

"...to Ibrahim Ahmad," said Odintz, "but he left for [Viking Books] right after he accepted it, so we were..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Elon’s Boring Phallus

When people say the word "subway" in Texas, they're usually not talking about underground mass transportation

"...know. It's not like they're always walking around in Viking helmets or draped in Confederate flags carrying assault rifles...."

April 28, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Guest Chefs From Norway, Off-the-Menu From Perry’s, the Dead Rabbit From NYC, Something Something Space Lord Chophouse, the Tantalizing Possibility of Free Hamburgers for a Year, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...OH HEI! There are two guest chefs from Oslo,..."

Jan. 11, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

LookOUT Fest, Circle Jerks, Holy Fawn, Bernell Jones II, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, and a Buddy Holly Birthday tribute

"...mystic-minded tone poems that come across like prehistory's burliest Viking lost in an enchanted forest of his own unexamined..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 1-7

"...persimmons, green hills after a rain, a sparkling new Viking Black Glass Oven, and a prize-winning show horse." A..."

July 1, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Review: The Lion King Roars Strong

The Disney theatrical adaptation is a Bass hit

"...The imminent release of Robert Eggers' bloody Viking epic The Northman is a timely reminder that the..."

April 12, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...of the upcoming memoir My Life in the Sunshine (Viking/Penguin on June 7, 2022) Nabil Ayers with journalist, moderator,..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: It’s Been a Year, All Right

It's the Top 10s issue; plus, meet the new Food Editor

"...How to Cook Like (and With) a Viking In which the author reveals a few burnt ends..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...Martin Fender novel, Rock Critic Murders, was published by Viking Penguin in 1989. Two sequels, Blunt Instrument and Boiled..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

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