West of Memphis

Eighteen years of wrongful imprisonment and four documentaries still don't put to rest the trials of the West Memphis Three.

"...Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers – were murdered in West Memphis, Ark. Police arrested three teenagers – Damien Echols,..."

March 15, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills

"...Directed by: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. On May 5, 1993, the horribly mutilated and abused..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock

Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag

"...Scream using a symbol so drenched in a legacy of racial conflict and oppression...."

July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...Erickson's live solo debut loomed at the grand opening of the Ritz on October 18, 1974 – the same..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Moving on From West Memphis

Freed from death row, Damien Echols reflects on where to go next

"...Damien Echols' life as part of the wrongfully imprisoned West Memphis Three has been well-documented..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Books Feature by Dan Solomon

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...on a new life, on screen, on stage, and, of course, on the page. This year, we've included thoughts..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

"...HBO asked Maysles Films in 1996 to take one of its "direct cinema" looks at poverty at the end..."

Sept. 6, 2001 Movie Review by Anne S. Lewis

The Girls of Summer

Austin's inaugural all-girls rock camp looks out after its own

"...The rolling of eyes. An exasperated look...."

June 29, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Half-Century Psych of Shiva's Headband

13th Floor Elevators weren't the only local psych act exploring Austin's outer limits – and still doing so

"...There have been bands skirting around the edges of city life, some making an impact and others helping..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Writes of Spring

"...sensitive" willow right in his own bedroom. The parts of his body that do remain are nothing but unidentifiable..."

April 9, 1999 Books Review

Last of the Delta Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins goes home to Mississippi

"...itself in spring wildflowers, white-blossomed dogwood, and thick patches of fragrant clover. The night is black as pitch...."

April 22, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Kingdom of Heaven

Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now

"...done a dozen originals that seem like the beginning of a new age. There's one called "Roller Coaster" that..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Kingcast Finds the Personal Stories of Stephen King Fans

Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler make for the podcast's skeleton crew

"...one writer can haunt your life. With 26 episodes of The Kingcast already online, and over a dozen more..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...normal, since she's in Nashville and in these days of skyrocketing fame and all the right moves, she's more..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Bright Lights, Big City

At the crossroads of the Austin Music Awards.

"...presence on the Austin club scene, but still something of an underachiever. In the next two minutes, Clark obliterates..."

March 8, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rarities and Tributaries

Johnny Cash, Vic Chesnutt, and more new old sounds

"...If you’re a fan of Johnny Cash, the new collection of demos and rarities,..."

Feb. 23, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...Music Hall; Fri., 12mid, Copa Gone are the days of Brownout being the musical stepchild of Grupo Fantasma. Austin's..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...After poring over the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Bill Carter

"...takes both names and prisoners on Unknown. Three decades of Austin-centric compositions in league with his wife, Ruth Ellsworth,..."

April 5, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dead Man's Curse

Simon Rumley mines horror from a real-life death row case

"...Texas. Johnny Frank Garrett, a 17-year-old, mentally handicapped resident of the then-smallish and righteously conservative Panhandle town was fingered..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

B.B. King Saved My Life

He played blues so we can find a way through ours

"...They called him “King of the Blues” for the past 50 years, but for..."

May 15, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...big features like Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, the debut of Starz's American Gods adaptation, and documentaries on subjects from..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...a Friday night at Antone's in early January, Austin's newest celebrity resident James Cotton is playing to a standing-room-only..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Highway 61

"...announces the body's her brother and declares her intention of taking him home to New Orleans. We know she's..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

'These Guys Make Dead Prez Look Like Soulja Boy'

Soul and hip-hop slingshot into the Eastside this weekend

"...global phenomenon, it's the CNN, BBC, and Al Jazeera of marginalized people everywhere...."

May 7, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

It Ain't the Meat, It's the Notion

Smokin' to the East, Smokin' to the West

"...Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country..."

June 14, 1996 Books Feature by Ed Ward

Huckleberry Minh: A Walk Through Dreamland

"...It's been almost 25 years since the fall of Saigon, yet for many it's still a deep and..."

May 28, 1999 Books Review

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Harvey Sid Fisher's set in the spacious outdoor area of the Waterloo Brewing Company. Best known for his set..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

SXSW Music: List No. 8

Big Krit, Cloud Nothings, Brandy, Brandi, and 187 more.

"...The South by Southwest Music Conference – now just 25 days away (!)..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Undefeated

This Oscar-winner for Best Documentary tells a rousing and heartwarming tale of a West Memphis high school football team overcoming the odds.

"...This film about a high school football team of underdogs contains so many of the things we love..."

April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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