Review: Black Pumas, Chronicles of a Diamond

Side B rises to a bar set mile-high by the band’s golden child debut

"...a Diamond proves a novel but not unheard one: Start at side B. Four years ago, "Black Moon Rising"..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Review: Shinyribs, Transit Damage

Kevin Russell boomerangs back on supple, sultry full-band disc

"...Fastball, Marcia Ball, Sweet Spirit, and Grupo Fantasma. Sizzles starting at the cover art by Spicewood's jaw-dropping portraitist Jared..."

July 21, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

What We’re Listening to This Week

Adrian Quesada, Old Fire, Norman Ba$e, and more local releases

"...iconography and the cultural and historical significance," texted the artist over the weekend. "The name Black Pumas came from..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Review: The Krayolas. Happy Go Lucky (Box)

Don’t call it a “reissue,” San Antonio power pop veterans reimagine 1982 debut

"...dropped from the original album. Then it sports all-new cover art, including full color photos inside and out!..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

One in a Crowd: Spiral

Local doc featuring Michelle Trachtenberg needs finishing funds

"...Like many artists, Austin's creative community is increasingly turning to crowdfunding platforms..."

Dec. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Midi Opened for Themselves as Orange Tree Boys Then Laid Subversive Musical Siege Upon Levitation

UK prog/jazz/post-punk iconoclasts entertainingly break the mold

"...to another place.” He elucidated by writing “making psychedelic art means rejecting rules, breaking down boundaries, and opening doors..."

Oct. 30, 2021 Music Post by Michael Toland

We Have an Issue: Ding-Dong, Another Brutal Legislative Session Is Behind Us

This week's Sine Die cover package explores the ups and downs (mostly downs) of the 87th Texas Legislature

"...Texas Capitol. Nonetheless, it marked a heroic and meaningful thwarting of Gov. Greg Abbott and his Republican toadies' efforts..."

June 4, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...from his namesake band rollick and writhe, many moving parts congealing into intricate but polished alternative rock. His latest..."

March 26, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

St. Patrick’s Day Could Chase the Snakes of Your Blues Away

Annual celebration of all things Irish brings new shenanigans

"...(Faux-adversarial, we say, because, while there might be interdepartmental grudges as exist in any big endeavor, of course..."

March 8, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...Four months in, a fire alarm at the family's apartment building caused his mother to suffer a seizure and..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: The Teeta Chills

Preeminent ATX rapper stays productive in downtime

"...Anthony (aka The Teeta) told Kahron Spearman for our cover feature on COVID-19 in local music communities of color...."

June 29, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Alamo Drafthouse Sells Birth.Movies.Death.

Magazine and website becomes part of Cinestate

"...producer and publisher Dallas Sonnier, and will now become part of his Cinestate media enterprise...."

May 1, 2020 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Listen: Manifest Destiny’s Child Veers Down a Dark Path on Rojo

Noise-rock crew gets witchy on double single set

"...Drummer Kaylin Martinez now joins the noise-rock crew, continuing presence on 2019..."

March 27, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...suspect celebrities (Billy Bob Thornton, Josh Homme) find themselves halfheartedly edited together with vintage photos, a distinct lack of..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rolling Stones Booked for Circuit of the Americas on May 24

British Invasion co-leaders encore 2006 Zilker Park razing

"...still unpublicized news seemingly confirmed itself with a downtown art tag...."

Feb. 3, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Late Joys Reveal Their Revolver

Austin band, live and bustin' out the Beatles’ seventh studio album

"...Seems like only yesterday that Marc English, part of a round-up of Austin-based graphic designers, was telling..."

Jan. 23, 2020 Arts Post by W. A. Brenner

Duel Album Review

Valley of Shadows (Heavy Psych Sounds)

"...After a pair of LPs that put the Austin quartet onto the international atlas of doom rock acts, Duel's..."

May 17, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest: Starfish Clings to Grief

Writer/director AT White on how his own loss shaped his film

"...open that his film is a work of both art and therapy, one that spins out of the turmoil..."

Sept. 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blowing the Dust Off Punk Record Collections

Jason Blackmore explores punk musicians' record collections in Records Collecting Dust II

"..."Basically, instead of starting my 50th band, I wanted to try something different,"..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

Live Music Recommendations: April 13-19

Texas Independence Fest grinds, Ibeyi smooths it out, and more

"...Seventies female empowerment. Proving “Woman Enough” are Teri Joyce, Marti Brom, Christy Hays, Bonnie Montgomery, Summer Dean, and many..."

April 12, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Kalu & the Electric Joint Record Review

Time Undone (Spaceflight)

"...the music never trips as overtly as the psychedelic cover art might suggest, effect pedals are put to good..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

What’cha Watchin’?

Account Executive Marisa Mirabal gets in the Halloween spirit

"...a kid, I was obsessed by the amazing VHS cover art in the horror section. This method of choosing..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Screens Column by Marisa Mirabal

UT: Major Arts Commissions Announced

Landmarks will get new mural, CoFA a Spanish-language opera

"...University of Texas concerns the football team, but the arts may generate some chatter this week with the news..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD

New documentary on the influential and rule-breaking comic

"...as documentary Future Shock! shows, launched some of the art form's greatest figures...."

May 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Aaron Behrens Doesn’t (Always) Feel Like Dancing

Ghostland Observatory frontman takes us on a Midnight Stroll

"...stages an official release show for their summer LP, Heartbreak Bugaloo...."

Aug. 29, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Coming of Age With Jane Ellen Bryant

Bad at growing up, good at promo

"...I’m not sure if it was the curiously awkward cover art or just knowing how expensive small-run picture discs..."

July 11, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Blues Lessons with Eve Monsees

Guitarist starts at Jimmy Reed and ends up in New Orleans

"...“I used to go there when I was first starting to play. I learned so much just by setting..."

Dec. 3, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Mike & the Moonpies

"...the frontman's only vintage foray. With its Bob Seger-style cover art and back flap emblazoned with a bust-only sketch..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

OUTside In

It's time for an LGBTQ check-in

"...of caring for others is that you sometimes, paradoxically, discover where you're at as well...."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Lee Barber

"...acclaimed 2009 bow Thief and Rescue, he painted the cover art, which all by itself will stop you in..."

July 10, 2015 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

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