Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...members, but CM Alison Alter’s decision not to endorse stands out. “I have learned when someone shows who they..."

April 12, 2024 News Feature

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

The legendary composer delivers his final performance in a stirring concert documentary

"...film, bolstered significantly by Sakamoto’s theme music – grave and imperial, then uneasy, forlorn...."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Crypta, Cherubs, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Must-see shows for the weekend and beyond

"...As ATX adjusts to its size and national status – international cred secured long ago by..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Aubrey Hays, Rod Gator, and the Bright Light Social Hour headline our recommended shows

"...single "Statue," backed by the screams of guttural guitars and a trumpet, before nestling into an outro of dainty..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Temple of Angels, a DJ Chicken George benefit, a Soap Creek Saloon reunion, and more recommended shows

"...in Narrow Head, Nosferatu, Stunted Youth, legends Iron Age and Power Trip." With such hardcore connects, when I call..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...with the Chronicle’s wild day party at Hotel Vegas and witnessing Dolly Parton tell stories and sing timeless songs,..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Save Austin Now Unhappy (Surprise!) With Prop A Ballot Language

Ballot spells out price tag for proposed mandated mimimum staffing levels at Austin Police Department

"...City Council adopted on Aug. 11 for the GOP- and police­-backed citizen initiative to mandate minimum staffing levels at..."

Aug. 20, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Overlooked, Overheard Lets Us Hear the Sound of the City's Money Being Spent

Composer and audio artist Douglas Laustsen geo-tagged sites in the Govalle and Highland neighborhoods where local government's been at work

"...they sound like? All the myriad tasks of maintenance and improvement to our city's evolving infrastructure, to the steady..."

June 11, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Presents: 10 for Slim – Charley Crockett Sings James Hand..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Faster Than Sound: Peacemakers Cap a Decade at Evangeline Cafe

Evangeline Cafe keeps rolling out South Austin roots, the Coconut Club brings dance and DJs Downtown, and the newly improved Austin Music Poll drops

"...Greg Izor, bassist Johnny Bradley, plus guitarists Mike Keller and Willie Pipkin formed the Peacemakers in 2009 to fill..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Travis County Leaders Give Themselves Raises

Salary move comes amid fears of shrinking budgets

"...they did last year, Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and three county commissioners voted yesterday (Tuesday, July 30) to..."

July 31, 2019 News Post by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Council Readies for New Budget Realities

Members might reconsider economic incentive packages

"...to prioritizing city expenses under the state's new revenue caps. With Senate Bill 2 signed into law on June..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

How the Revenue Cap "Reform" Will Affect Austin and Travis County

Senate Bill 2, explained

"...Texas press corps, have talked a lot about "revenue caps" as a highlight/lowlight of the Legislative session just past...."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

County Pushes Public Defender Plan Forward

Commissioners Court votes to proceed with indigent defense office – but not everybody's happy about it

"...over time establish a parallel system of private attorneys and public defenders – with the latter handling roughly 30%..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Local Control Now in Chains

State clamps down on cities' right to govern themselves

"...it altogether. We've seen this before, especially on environmental and energy matters, but this year it seems the GOP..."

April 26, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"...guessed it – the next steps in rewriting the land use code (Item 11). Matters heated up at Tuesday's..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...five sessions, but as our state grows ever larger and more bumptious, so do the built-up political pressures under..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Southwest Key Faces Student Walkout

East Austin College Prep youth challenge embattled nonprofit

"...walked out of class mid-morning on Monday, Dec. 17, and drove to the nearby headquarters of embattled nonprofit Southwest..."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

If It Ain't Bruch, Don't Fix It

Just a drummer from Iowa? Just a culinary badass? Hold his beer.

"...the drumming component of the Golden Arm Trio, the band that’s the epicenter of all things Graham Reynolds...."

Dec. 21, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lege Lines: Peace in Straus' House

News from the saner chamber

"...of Texas, a first attempt at local property tax caps, and restoring cuts to children's therapy services. As for..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Respect Us or Expect Us

The House gets its revenge on Dan Patrick

"...this will be the one where, against all logic and experience, the two parties (or the two chambers) will..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Energy: Rate Cuts Solve Everybody's Problems

Council votes to approve utility rate reduction

"...Applied Materials, Bethany Unit­ed Methodist Church, Goodwill, Samsung Austin, and the Sierra Club have in common?..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Moths to a Flame

If it's Friday, we have a budget

"...not approached the halfway point, through its three-day "readings" and adoption vote of the FY 2016 city budget. The..."

Sept. 11, 2015 News Feature

Crash Course

Cabs try to survive in the era of Uber

"..."The way the landscape is these days, if we're not taking part in..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Heaven Tonight

Toss punk. Flesh Lights coin fast-rock.

"...Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords getting shot at a supermarket and the Pentagon's repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," Austin's..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Take on Taxes

Dems host forum on property tax reform

"...With about as many local candidates as voters in attendance, the Travis County Democratic Party..."

July 18, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Of Caps and Handcuffs

At budget time, there's no substitute for wrestling the numbers

"...in 2013 even to partially restore the savage 2011 cuts to public education – and in every session the..."

Sept. 13, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup Unveiled

Fall free-for-all bags 134 acts minus black metal

"...stop trying to decode all those Topo Chico bottle caps. The ACL lineup’s finally out, y’all, grab your sunscreen..."

May 7, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Music Fest Saturday Listings

"...Company scored 10 Austin Music Awards this year, including Band and Album of the Year, behind their third album,..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Lists

SXSW groupings: Metal, Austin jazz, Polish acts, plus everything else

"...Sports as Bands..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

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