The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...If Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history, the Kerrville..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Ruins of the Realm

Talking turkey with James McMurtry

"...turkey-hunting in North Texas takes patience and skill. As the gobblers come into breeding season, the notoriously shy birds..."

May 2, 2008 Music Feature by Dan Oko

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Book Review: The Big Goodbye

The making of Chinatown gets its full due in Wasson's chronicle

"...Chinatown – the 1974 cinematic collaboration of director Roman Polanski, producer Robert..."

Feb. 25, 2020 Arts Post by David Gaines

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

"...Austin Psych Fest braved spring showers and humidity when they returned to the Moody Amphitheater and Far Out Lounge,..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...Having two separate productions of Macbeth running in Austin this week called to mind..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Expectations of Future Growth

Third Time Lucky?

"...Meg Hentges photograph by Two Guys Photography..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Rock Pile

"...Music From the Heart by Rod Kennedy Eakin Press $39.95 hard/29.95 paper..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...This is the story of a group of people who got together..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Gone With the Wind: The Making of the Legend

Everything you ever wanted to know about GWTW -- in one work

"...GONE WITH THE WIND: THE MAKING OF THE LEGEND..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...The worst part about summer is everyone demanding that you..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Record Reviews

"...The following are albums by artists playing the 1997 South..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...It was a hot Sunday afternoon late in the summer of 1978. Having arrived in town only two..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...The clawed toe of Godzilla has finally set down -..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...his own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

DVDanger: Every Day Is Halloween

See No Evil 2, The Houses October Built, and LFO

"...out chocolate to trick-or-treaters, finessing horror must-watch lists. And then it's all gone, like candy wrappers blown away in..."

Nov. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...major-label types want to know where this dramatis personae of aspiring MCs is repping? Try the jersey shortcut. Hip..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Oil's Well That Ends Well

"...Novel by Cole Thompson St. Martin's Press, $23 hard The mythos of the braggadocious Texas oil man resonates from..."

May 7, 1999 Books Feature

SXSW Record Reviews

"...Showcase information is subject to change; please check the SXSW schedule. TITO & TARANTULA..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...It has often been said that rock & amp; roll is a..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just calm down. So what if..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...movie trailer, it might go something like this: "From the legendary producer of De La Soul and the Gravediggaz;..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

Page Two

It was 20 years ago today, Ed Lowry taught the gang to play.

"...Working on the third story of a building with huge glass windows..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Keep Off Barton Creek

"...I was disappointed to see Robert Bryce stand against the TNC ["Environs," Vol.16, No.45]. While he apparently has a..."

July 18, 1997 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...three more suitable commandments never existed for metal in the nü millennium. Leavening the indie's now annual SXSW showcase..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...7pm, BD Riley's Brothers Peter O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa formed Dog Trumpet in..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...I Feel Love I'm sitting in one of the myriad coffee shops on Congress Avenue -- slouching,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

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