Terror Fest Picks

"...and kicks drummer Lev Weinstein into frenetic rhythms. Reshaping avant-garde metal with warbling synths, Krallice weaves sound densely. – Clara..."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Cine Las Americas Review: Vigilia

Julieta Ledesma cloaks emotional violence in magical realism

May 7, 2018 Screens Post by Mae Hamilton

Live Music Recommendations for the Week

Here are a few good reasons to go out on a school night

"...oscillated wildly from dance floor and world beats to avant-garde punk, Garbus’ voice either soulful or immersed in alien..."

April 30, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

Cultural icon Grace Jones, caught raw and wondrous.

"...or a puzzled look in response, but her early avant-garde disco discography – “Warm Leatherette,” that sultry cover of..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Primer to CinemaTexas Rewind

From Jester Auditorium decades ago to AFS Cinema, present day

"...Chronicle Publisher Nick Barbaro will host two avant-garde shorts: Standish Lawder’s “Necrology,” and “Corruption of the Damned,”..."

April 13, 2018 Events Post by Danielle White

God-Fearing, Honky-Tonk Man Josh T. Pearson Tries to Play It Straight

Airplay with the Lord

"...have, [Hits] is anathema to that sort of heavy-handed, avant-garde, boundary-pushing stuff. I'm just burning down that whole thing...."

April 13, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Kaiser, Cogburn, Hoffnar & Håker Flaten Rock Free and Lovecraftian

A track premiere from the Mountains of Excess

"...to deem such unrestrained movements as free jazz or avant-garde, Kaiser characterizes it as something more familiar...."

March 26, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Review: Nnamdi Ogbonnaya

Hyper-speed rapper subsumed by full band and tech issues

"...Surrounded by avant-garde installations from Santa Fe art house Meow Wolf at..."

March 13, 2018 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Meet The Unicorn Boyz

The writers of the SXSW sex comedy The Unicorn

March 10, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...16, Hideout, 10pm Soaked in low-end doom, drone, and avant-garde classical tones, Melbourne multi-instrumentalists T//R and S//N use high-volume..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...mostly instrumental Cephalopoda took home the plaque for Best Avant-Garde/Experimental Act. Front icon Yvonne Lambert always places in the..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Your Queer Guide to SXSW

Keeping things kweer in 2018

March 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

2017-18 Austin Music Awards

"...Best Avant-Garde/Experimental: the Octopus Project..."

March 1, 2018 Photo Gallery

Austin Shakespeare's The Seagull

This new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's beloved classic takes wing well enough but doesn't quite soar

"...relic of "stuffy" classical theatre, the latter the "new" avant-garde, here to destroy the old conventions and "fix" everything...."

Feb. 23, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Playback: Can Austin Be a Jazz City?

Two venues usher in a new era in Austin jazz. Plus music scholar Bill Bentley brings the Smithsonian Institution to bear at BookPeople.

"...the format. Pedro Moreno's Epistrophy Arts series reps the avant-garde, the Sonic Transmissions fest pushes experimental free jazz, Church..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

OUTsider Festival’s Best Bets and Bites

What to see and where to eat, drink, and hang out to refuel or refresh

"...of classic queer erotic films. Alternating between naughty and avant-garde works for 24 hours, viewers are invited to come..."

Feb. 14, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Lana Del Rey Hypnotizes

Throwback diva prompts Erwin Center to song

"...Lana Del Rey’s approach to performance seems underwhelming. No avant-garde outfits, no extravagant stage setups, no dance chorus. Yet..."

Feb. 12, 2018 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

Five Films to See in Austin This Week

Your weekly film guide for Feb. 2 through Feb. 8

"...It's the latest playful foray from the Greek filmmaking avant-garde. Preceded by the short "Cecilia" with director Liz Tabish..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

Playback: Revamping the Austin Music Poll

Here's how Playback's voting

"...Avant-Garde/Experimental: Dallas Acid..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Game for Every Weirdo at Fantastic Arcade

Fest celebrates the outer reaches of video games

"...Fest this year – celebrates all things weird, niche, and avant-garde again with more than 40 games that cater to..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Sound on Sound Review: Ariel Pink

Media-savaged savant or indie pop’s biggest asshole?

"...of amassed live train wrecks and incendiary interviews, the avant-garde act’s Sunday night performance at Cheer Up Charlies proved..."

Nov. 13, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

With a History Like That …

The Austin Polish Film Festival delves into the country's complicated past

"...death last year; a doc about a highly regarded avant-garde artist who refused to conform his art to the..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Crack Pipes

"...album doesn't feel like a various artists compilation. The avant-garde electronics of "East Side Injections" contrast with the James..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Music Review by Michael Toland

Herbie Hancock’s Unreal ACL Taping

Jazz immortal debuts on PBS concert staple

"...Fourteen-time Grammy-winner and Academy Award recipient, the Chicago-born, avant-garde keyboardist took a packed house back to the future..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Gay Place

Caleb De Casper brings his horror cabaret residency to Cheer Up Charlies

"...October residency with special guests Pink Leche, San Antonio's avant-garde electro babes, and Austin's psychedelic's the Cuckoos. Sun., Oct...."

Oct. 6, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Your Weekend in Film

This week's big release is just another reason to not like clowns

"...directors, five films, five different styles. Come see Austin's avant-garde this Sunday...."

Sept. 8, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Buoyed Up by A Life in Waves

A life in electronic music captured this weekend at AFS

July 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live Music to See This Weekend

Breaking down the next three days

"...rock and pop hooks; and Denton’s Dome Dwellers skewing avant-garde on off-kilter rock pushed forward by rapid, technical guitars..."

July 21, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Live Music to See This Weekend

Unpacking Christmas in July

"...Avant-garde instrumentalists the Octopus Project have journeyed through retro-synth stunners..."

July 14, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Adam Torres’ Big Sky Americana

His panoramic view of the world transcends into his haunting falsetto

"...Paralleling a strain of avant-garde Americana artists like Steve Gunn, William Tyler, and Greg..."

July 14, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

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