Now Streaming in Austin: Danger God

Stuntman Gary Kent looks back at a life on fire

"...on VOD and will be available on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing on Sept. 17 and Blu-ray on Nov...."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Let's Get Weird

Getting stranger with Kino Lorber, plus slime mold!

"...The Search for Weng Weng (Wild Eye Releasing) is available on DVD now...."

Feb. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...the best rock album of this still-young year. The wildly over-the-top Ponzi Scheme is grandiose and giggly at the..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Moving Violations

"...his one-off contract with Copeland's company (which will be releasing Wayne "the Train" Hancock's next album Wild, Free and..."

July 2, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...release, but that hasn't stopped the charismatic Schneider from releasing a low-budget guitar/vocal solo set using several Lonelyland tunes...."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica Reisman..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...drawing many indie rock fans with personalized, emotive rap. Eyedea & Abilities are an MC/DJ tandem who have expanded..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...9pm, Stubb’s Fri 17, 3pm, Convention Center Close your eyes while listening to any track from Hermanos Gutiérrez and..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Brand on the Run

Synergy is the name of the game at Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the Alamo empire

"...That's putting it delicately. For every eye-opening exercise in cinema verité like The Ambassador, there's an..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Psychedelic Warlords

The kings of Texas psyche rock, ST 37

"..."That was a wild show," says drummer Dave Cameron. "Everybody was on mushrooms."..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...Iron Age's 2009 Tee Pee Records debut The Sleeping Eye unleashed the five local smelters onto U.S. byways with..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Playback

What's happening today at SXSW? Read on.

"...fivepiece leaned on the most vocally-oriented tracks from 2013's Wildewoman, and brought down the house with every song, especially..."

March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback

Fun Fun Fun Fest reels off some greatest hits and more

"...include Daniel Johnston, Bill Callahan, Ola Podrida, Spray Paint, Wild Child, and Frank Smith. Still no word where the..."

July 12, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...BLACK-EYED SNAKES: What do the trashin', screamin', distorted Delta sounds..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...was followed by 1995's When I Lived in the Wild, while 1998's World in a Drop of Water was..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Postmarks

Theatre reviews! Film reviews! The Summer Smut Issue! Get your snipes here!

"...Youth Theatre's production of Aristophanes' The Frogs ["Through the Eyes of a Kid," July 21]that I don't even know..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column

Internet Outlaw Michael Wolff Shoots Straight

"...kind of anarchy. A strangely level playing field. The Wild Wild West." -- Michael Wolff on the Internet, Burn..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Texas Platters

"...FLOUNDERS WITHOUT EYES..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Review

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

"...slats to find Bramhall staring me straight in the eye. He winked. This time, decades later, a dark countenance..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Friday SXSW Sleepers

"...kinship with scuzzy West Coast tape factory Burger Records, releasing Living Daylight in 2015. The multi-instrumentalist refracts rock &..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...put out their self-titled debut in 1979, hitting a bull's-eye with New Wave nuggets like "Yellow Pills" and "Remember..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...fascinating documentary about the life of Leon Theremin is wilder than anything a storyteller might have imagined. The Russian-born..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...fascinating documentary about the life of Leon Theremin is wilder than anything a storyteller might have imagined. The Russian-born..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Surfers' best tunes with a trash can full of eye-popping, ear-gouging noise that still rings true today. Despite a..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

'Miami Connection' Connects After 25 Years

Grandmaster Y.K. Kim reels as his 1987 flop becomes a 2012 cult

"...becoming a midnight screening staple, sitting somewhere between the wild charm of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the..."

Dec. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...to the Texas ballot. In a normal session, such wild hares would languish in committee; this session, the fringe..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Slanted & Enchanted

Matador Records magnate Gerard Cosloy turns the 'live music capital' into a Casual Victim Pile

"...Ginn's SST Records (see "Rise Above," Aug. 21, 2009), releasing seminal works by Sonic Youth, Big Black, Dinosaur Jr.,..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Beautiful Game

The scene at Fado's was a madhouse for the Champions League Final

"...walked out onto the pitch. Elena looked at me wide-eyed as if to say, “What am I getting myself..."

May 23, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...Nickel Creek's Grammy-winning bluegrass wildfire is the result of a charring combination of individual..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...takes a page out of Fugazi's book. 2001's Bloodshot Eyes screams to be experienced live. (Red Eyed Fly, 9pm)..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

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