Madeleine Leigh, HONK TX, and Eclipse Mania Leads Our Crucial Concerts

Find some sounds to match the celestial sights this week

"...the Convention Center, a clutch of media enjoyed private audience with the rockabilly pioneer (1932–1998), who indeed loomed larger..."

April 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Plus Luther Hotel updates, Elephant Rock petition, more

"...on the beach town to compete for juried and audience awards. The festival began in 1997 as a local..."

April 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

South by Southwest Film & TV Festival Announces Audience Awards

Audience and jury love Bob Trevino Likes It

"...& TV Festival, now it's walked away with the audience award...."

March 18, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...Pilots, Music Videos, Design, and XR Experience categories, Special Awards were also bestowed, including the SXSW Best of Texas..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie

The stoner comedian duo has come a long way, man

"...with its very detailed timeline, but it held the audience’s attention anyway. Some of us had partaken, which probably..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Broadway in Austin Announces 2024-25 Season

Corn, kindness, and the boy who never grew up come to the Bass

"...York with a Tony win and two Drama Desk Awards in its luggage. Peter Pan Dec. 10–15..."

March 5, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues, Has Died

The Texas Soul standard mentored Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others

"...of Fame inductee has also won various Austin Music Awards for both Best Soul and Best Blues...."

March 2, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...5-12 years old, a prom photo booth, refreshments, and awards celebrating queer Asian American filmmakers with AAAFF. They also..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Election Day, STEM Day, Amplify Austin Day, and More Days to Remember This Week

Our guide to community events for the week

"...5-12 years old, a prom photo booth, refreshments, and awards celebrating queer Asian American filmmakers with AAAFF. They also..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Less Talkin’, More Rockin’: The Austin Music Awards Touch Down at Antone’s

Jim Franklin, Rosa Madriz, Cherubs honored at 42nd Chronicle show

"...take a different approach to the 2024 Austin Music Awards: Less talkin’, more rockin’...."

Feb. 26, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

What’s New at the 42nd Annual Austin Music Awards?

The Zev Award launches, Antone’s hosts, and winners are out of the bag

"...around annually, the meat-and-potatoes mission of the Austin Music Awards sticks. The Austin Chronicle celebrates the year in citywide..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Back in Austin, the Ameripolitan Awards Define a Musical Spirit

Show's 10th anniversary return uplifts largely outsider roots sounds

"...A decade into the Ameripolitan Music Awards, the event’s namesake genre remains a somewhat nebulous catchall...."

Feb. 19, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Free Week Unleashed: These Four Austin Acts Hit the Ground Running in 2024

Catching up with Redbud, lluvii, Daydream Twins, and SINE

"...we're nominated for Best Pop at the Austin Music Awards and like I get it and I'm so grateful,..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Craig Stewart, Emperor Jones Founder and SXSW Alum, Has Died at 53

Stewart also ran the Trance Syndicate label with husband King Coffey

"...felt were worthy of being heard by a wider audience. When he discovered a new artist he felt was..."

Dec. 20, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Residential Address: Africa Night's Food, Dance, and Storytelling at Sahara Lounge

Musician Ibrahim Aminou brings West Africa to East Austin every Saturday

"...If the venue's vibe isn't already apparent from the..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...limited beer lineup (15%), their 2023 collection of beer awards and honors (10%), and an additional 5% to any..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

ACL Interview: Country Rebel Tanya Tucker Reflects on Her Career Resurgence

“I’m not done yet. I might have a few more years, and I’m ready.”

"...native over the last few years, which included Grammy Awards for Best Country Album for 2019’s While I’m Livin’..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Wild Child to Sir Woman, Kelsey Wilson Is Taking the High Road

The laid-back ringleader reinvents Wild Child and forges a new path with Sir Woman

"...feels very at home in front of a big audience now. I see that she really feeds her soul..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Crosstalk: Butthole Surfers’ Driftwood Ranch for Sale, and More Music News

Remembering KOOP’s Andrew Dickens and Meat Joy reunion dates

"...their fans with an unreleased fuck-you track and an audience-initiated encore. The boys are back indeed, and here they'll..."

June 23, 2023 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

CMT Music Awards Sticks the Landing of Austin’s First Major Televised Awards Ceremony

Moody Center prime-time production made the city part of the show

"...experienced a production quite like Sunday night’s CMT Music Awards...."

April 3, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Eva Longoria's Flamin' Hot Heads up SXSW Audience Award Winners

Snacks and sports win big this year with the crowds

"...SXSW, it's that it's not really over until the audience has its say. Now it has, at least when..."

March 23, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Chronicle Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Day Party Revives Hotel Vegas on Friday of SXSW

Quad doses of Kydd Jones, Being Dead, Rattlesnake Milk, & Urban Heat

"...Horses." Darkness be damned, the post-punk trio delivered the audience to the light with Austin Music Awards Song of..."

March 18, 2023 SXSW Post by Kriss Conklin

A Contemporary Prometheus in The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Bomani J. Story retells Frankenstein as a Black horror

"...in 2018 Story both the narrative feature jury and audience awards at Slamdance Film Festival as screenwriter for college..."

March 11, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...infectious energy they've always radiated and used to pull audiences in without fail.  – Angela Lim Balthvs..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Reinventing the Fantasy Movie With SXSW Opening Night's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Writers/directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein on dungeons, dragons, and heists

"...the Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once, movies that earned awards and box office in equal measure...."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Trusting Your Gut: Texas Film Awards Honoree Michael de Luca on a Life in Cinema

From New Line to Warners, the exec discusses his career

"...is being honored this week at the Texas Film Awards seems to be Michael de Luca himself. Modestly, he..."

March 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Short and Sweet: Chris McInroy Has "GUTS"

Austin filmmaker discusses his gross-out office comedy short

"...short film category in the prestigious Fangoria magazine Chainsaw Awards (and you can vote here)...."

Feb. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Super Soldier, Super Spy: Eugenio Mira on García!

The Spanish filmmaker unpacks the inherent fascism of the superhero

"...for Best Foreign Language Series at the Critics' Choice Awards ("I swear I didn't see that coming" Mira said,..."

Dec. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Ruthie Foster, Booker T. Jones, Kate Kortum, Hyd, and more local shows worth braving the chill

"...The Texas native and Austin Music Awards Hall of Famer weaves through an eclectic songbook of..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend One

Some of our favorite performances that you can revisit this weekend

"...onstage, an elementary-school-aged boy bounced around to an enraptured audience. The entire performance set up like a stage play,..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

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