What We’re Listening to This Week

A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, Jenny Parrott, Startographers, and more local sounds worth hearing

"...Former Standing Waves mainspring Larry Seaman says his latest release, recorded by..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Venture Into Full-Flavored Mocktails at Home or Out on the Town

Elevated drinks on the wagon

"...there are nearly 100 on the market. Seedlip made waves with its three distinct spirits (Spice, Garden, and Grove),..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Adrian Quesada Talks Collaborative 20-Person Austin City Limits Taping and Fest Performance

“A pretty massive undertaking in a span of a few days”

"...Clavier, Tita, and iLe all earning claps and hand waves from the audience...."

Oct. 12, 2022 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Austin at Large: Battle Lines Being (Re)drawn

The imperfect ways we try to describe what’s at stake when neighborhoods change

"...of Black Austin feel remote. That's despite the powerful waves of gentrification that washed over every other part of..."

Sept. 23, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A Walk Through the Wildflower Center's Field of Light

Acclaimed artist Bruce Munro basks in the evening glow with his new installation

"...of Contemporary Art, re-created the River Styx through flowing waves of compact discs – a medium he has returned..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cha'keeta B Goes From Running Track to Running Tracks

Multifaceted rapper/entrepreneur looks to take names

"...she witnessed in her neighborhood. Her fiery poetry made waves around campus through word of mouth and publication of..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Hot and Bothered: Austin’s Record-Hot Summer Affects Pepper Harvesting

The hottest peppers are most threatened by increasing temperatures

"...climate has drastic effects on agriculture. Droughts and heat waves have consequences, and pepper production isn't immune." [inset-2-right]..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Food Feature by A. Richmond

Opinion: Musk – Make Austin an Ecological Paradise

Time for Tesla to lead the green charge in Austin

"...seeing an increase in extreme weather conditions like heat waves, storms, and flooding...."

July 29, 2022 Column by Jessica Edwards

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Kate Bush Bash, Urban Heat, Knife in the Water, Night Cap, Adrian Ruiz, and Shimmer Island

"...Red River. Knife in the Water resurfaced their ambient waves when Aaron Blount reconvened the band for 2017's Reproduction,..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Faster Than Sound: Every Artist From Pitchfork Festival Headed to Austin This Year

My trip to Chicago is your summer-to-fall ticket-shopping opportunity

"...It Was a Home – best accompanied live in waves of Latin jazz and droopy semi-psychedelia, rather than the..."

July 22, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Disney’s Newsies

The Broadway strike musical occupies Zilker Hillside Theatre spectacularly

"...and enthusiasm. The ensemble fills the double-wide stage with waves of pitch-perfect sound (nicely balanced by designer Rodd Simonsen)..."

July 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Austin at Large: Good Thing Austin’s Here!

Otherwise, “Texas” would be synonymous with persistent brokenness and failure

"...when "frivolous vigilante lawsuits" were horrific anathema to previous waves of GOP leaders, and when "the state dictating what..."

July 15, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Man-Machine: Kraftwerk Materialize at ACL Live ... Or Did They!?

German synthesizer pioneers pop in 3-D

"...“Autobahn” shifted waves of keyboard over drop-beat tempos, mimicking the change-up from..."

June 28, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: BabiBoi's Spitfire Soundtrack for the Club and Beyond

Ballroom rapper joins the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce's Pride in Local Music next Saturday, and more music news

"...in the House of Lepore. Before the house made waves as a harbinger of the growing ballroom scene in..."

June 17, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"..."Oh yeah," she waves. "His one picture through all these years that fascinated..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Five Great Gifts For Father’s Day

It’s almost time to honor your paterfamilias again

"...shouted out the best spirits, the most exemplary amber waves of distilled grain, and just recently sounded the alarum..."

June 6, 2022 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 27 - June 2

"...have learned new secrets about the tides and the waves. You are attuned to the rhythms of the undercurrents...."

May 27, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Mystery of the Mysterines

Why did I fly 1,500 miles to see Liverpool’s sixth best act?

"...Control thumped a roomful of coverts visibly vibrating sound waves and strobe lights in unmasked unison...."

May 25, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Luv Doc: Not Your Gig

Boundaries, motherf*ckers. Boundaries.

"...you move. You don't ask the neighbor who occasionally waves at you while walking her dog if she can..."

May 13, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Opinion: Wake-Up Calls for Our Fossil Fuel Addiction

Kicking our fossil fuel addiction is good for the climate, our health, our economy, and geopolitical stability

"...halt the trends of deadlier storms, more intense heat waves, droughts and water scarcity, wildfires, floods, rising seas, reduced..."

May 13, 2022 Column by Bob Hendricks

William Basinski: “My Work Had to Disintegrate in Front of My Face Before It Could Be Really Appreciated"

Texas-raised avant-garde composer drones eternal at Oblivion Access

"...overhead cables] clicking and the cable cars creaking," he waves. "Fabulous."..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Five Films Not to Miss at Indie Meme 2022

The best of South Asian cinema, right here in Austin

"...at a film festival, just to see the next waves of filmmakers as they cut their teeth. But Mushari..."

April 14, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Liberty Lunch Reunion, Genesis Owusu, Poppy, Chief Cleopatra, Georgia Parker, Monte Luna, and more

"...with woozy single "Gold Chains" on Stephen Colbert. In waves of post-punk intensity and retrofuturist hip-hop, the groovy conceptual..."

April 8, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...of nowhere with that warm smile of his and waves at me like he's just a fan in the..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Monday

Cifika in a tube, Haru Nemuri thrives live, and other highlights

"...His Japanese roots soar through his sound, creating eclectic waves of tear-forming vibrations, dripping with rich history and heartfelt..."

March 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Long Walk

Enigmatic supernatural mystery from the heart of Laos' forests

March 4, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Abhi the Nomad, Marina, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Nick Cave + Warren Ellis, Sam Pankey, the Austin Music Awards, and more

"...album in a home studio while the world withstood waves of plague. Only now is the September release materializing..."

March 4, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin on Forefront of Addressing Excessive Force Used by Police During Protests

Shock and awe at mass indictment in Black Lives Matter protest shootings

"...The indictments have sent tsunami-level shock waves through the state's law enforcement establishment. At his Monday..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 11-17

"...my language. / I fling my passport beneath the waves, / And christen you my country." Your homework: Dream..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...did not lead to the formation of Seaman's Standing Waves: "For me, that came after going to Raul's and..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

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