SXSW Music Review: Yard Act, Do Nothing, Squid, and the Art of the British Post-Punk Soliloquy
SXSW Music’s bread-n-butter: cutting edge UK rebellion
"...– especially when it comes to talk-singing post punk acts...."
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March 19, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Must Act to Ensure Safeguards and Protections
"...America. Austin needs local representatives who understand and will act consequently on what is truly best for Austin and..."
Jan. 11, 2007 Postmarks
Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good, Act 3
Why is it so hard to make actual progress on housing?
"...don't have to vote for the name on your yard sign...."
Dec. 9, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro
With the Music Lineup Rolling Out, South by Southwest 2022 Finally Feels Real
Maxo Kream, Monaleo, W.I.T.C.H., and Vitreous Humor highlight drop
"...That's to say that 243 music acts, spanning six continents, are currently planning trips to Austin..."
Oct. 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Evan Almighty
Steve Carell's new film is a mild laffer instead of a divine comedy.
"...to be a big believer in the "one random act of kindness" approach to changing the world, he nevertheless..."
June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Ant Bully
Childhood's fascination with all things small and squirmy makes this story of a boy who becomes an ant a pleasant, if undernourished, tale.
"...explorers ant bullies if you must, but this interspecies backyard battleground is often also the birthplace of scientific wonder...."
July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Crucial Concerts SXSW Week Edition
Our favorite showcases and unofficial parties for the rest of the week
"...bedroom-pop earned the inaugural signing to Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory label, and innovative multi-instrumentalist Sasami's rock continues to shapeshift..."
March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett
Something New
Think Bridget Jones' lovelorn but marriage-obsessed single woman, only make her a neat-freak, not a basket case, and a comely African-American, not a plumpish, pasty Brit in this genre-tweaking romantic comedy.
"...in her newly bought single-gal pad. But her back yard's a mess: overgrown, sorely neglected, and as subtle a..."
Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Bassist Mikki Itzigsohn Premieres First Visual Art Show
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"...first time painting them. On display through March at Yard Dog Art Gallery, the bassist’s debut solo art show..."
Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson
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Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest
"...street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate family its frequently recurring characters) has manifested a discography whose narrative consistency is unrivaled..."
March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff
Cocaine Cowboys
Documentary shows how Miami was once a sleepy seaside hamlet with a permeable border and largely unprotected coastline before the cocaine economy took over.
"...win) that he had to bury cash in his yard for lack of a better place to put it..."
Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
The Mod Squad
"...that's the artistic equivalent of a $5 back-alley blowjob. Actually, a half-million-dollar blowjob is probably more like it. Scott..."
March 26, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Mom Seeks Justice for Son Killed by APD
The police kill, advocates rally, white people urged to act
"...So, "What does that sign in your front yard [about] 'Black lives and science' actually mean," Moore continued,..."
Feb. 3, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Dog Days: The Chronicle’s Hair of the Three-Legged Dog Day Party Reminds Us That Music is Mankind’s Best Friend
Yard Act, Surfbort, and hometown vibes at Hotel Vegas
"...Although I am not nearly young enough or active enough to attend a high number of the many..."
March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Gary Lindsey
The Agony of the Ecstasy
Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?
"...in the widely despised Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, a draconian brace of laws that dramatically increased the..."
Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov
The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday
A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more
"...did hit capacity – and yet there’s plenty of action...."
March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett
Scenes From the Final Weekend of SXSW 2022
"...Yard Act on the Radio Day Stage..."
March 21, 2022 Photo Gallery
The Austin Chronicle Hair of the Three-Legged Dog Day Party 2022
"...Yard Act..."
March 19, 2022 Photo Gallery
We Have an Issue: Verde! Listos!
Inside our Austin FC season preview package; plus the return of the Austin Music Awards and the Chronicle's SXSW day party
"...very difficult to get it back ... which is exactly why 2022 could wind up as the most important..."
Feb. 25, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones
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"...Mexican singer/actress Ximena Sariñana, Monterrey electro-funk staple Kinky, and alt-rock giants..."
March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Checking In: Marcia Ball Took Her First Summer Off Since 1984
“It gets hot in Austin in the summer, did you know?”
"...this year, Texan Marcia Ball founded a progressive country act in Austin called Freda & the Firedogs. Louisiana-reared, the..."
Sept. 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
I Call B.S.
Playback hates on Grizzly Bear
"...off the top and threw the rest into the yard. An onlooker nodded, “A cake’s only as good as..."
April 15, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Jesus Gonna Be Here
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"...alleged "punk porn" classics as Splatter Puss and Anal Graveyard, took to the giant outdoor stage at Stubb's Wednesday..."
March 26, 1999 Music Feature
Squaring the Triangle
The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads
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Still Pissed
"...taste of a good story, with some reasonably interesting character development, dialog, and cinematography, but I enjoyed Tea and..."
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Buried Alive
The "Freedom Flotilla"
"...another 350 were released from Cuban jails — a fact that has stigmatized the thousands of others who embarked..."
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Barbarians
Dark trip to a genteel English dinner party gets bloody
"...VFW to Boys From County Hell, Dorfman was in fact squirreling away the ancient secret knowledge of actually directing..."
April 1, 2022 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
No Man's Land
Substandard Conditions Are a Way of Life for Northridge Acres
"...stagnant water in the drainage ditch parallel to his yard are dramatically out of sync with the choice real..."
June 9, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
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Our readers talk back.
"...reports, "Adding an extra layer of concern is the fact that the federal No Child Left Behind Act allows..."
Dec. 3, 2004 Column
Clear-Cutting Austin
Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest
"...the neighbors may find them odious, they are in fact operating within the law – and their property rights...."
