Building Buzz, One 'Bag' at a Time

The Duplass Brothers buck New York and Los Angeles to premiere 'Baghead' here in the town where they started it all

"...The press begins taking note, proclaiming the Duplass Brothers shining lights..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Exit Music for a Film Fest Producer

Sending off South by Southwest's Matt Dentler

"...lawyer who has made a name for himself repping indie filmmakers like Richard Linklater and Kevin Smith, wanted Dentler..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

"...through the weekend. Enjoy! (Note: The Chronicle went to press a day early this week – Tuesday.)..."

March 14, 2008 News Feature

Film News

Of informational pickets, $1.5 billion projects, and newborns

"...but that didn't stop a day-and-a-half shutdown of low-budget indie Kings of the Evening in Bartlett recently. Apparently, members..."

April 27, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

TCB: Saturday

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...punk-rock/Southern rap supergroup co-managed by TCB and the Houston Press' John Lomax. Staying up until 5:30am Friday plotting their..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Hard Habit to Break

Moonlight Towers' DIY road rage: This is you, Austin

"...and the only one reviewed (glowingly) by the local press. "We're a bar band." Hard to argue with that,..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...police in Afghanistan. (Yes, Afghanistan.) According to a city press release, Knee has been appointed Advisor/Mentor to the Afghan..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...that petition drive – and that of the other indie guv candidate, Carole Keeton Strayhorn – are blamed for..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature

Who Are These Guys?

Dem primary candidates try to strike a campaign flame

"...Keeton Strayhorn who, after being largely ignored by the press for much of the summer and fall, switched to..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...members still sitting on the Austin City Council. Earle's press release says the candidates (including Kirk Watson, Gus Garcia,..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

Collating the Underexposed

Chris Nicholas and Austin's STAPLE! Independent Media Expo

"...grit and crime. "And I knew other people doing indie comics who had the same experience. And other small..."

March 4, 2005 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crash Course No. 1: Handbook for Hell

Ballroom Dancing: Music Panels

"...add to your dossier in the form of eager press and attorneys ready to support new music. When you..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Lost & Found

John Schooley's Hard Feelings stay hard with Rebels Against the Future

"...19," marvels the guitarist, 30. "There was a great indie record store in Columbia that had a lot of..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Short Cuts

Sundance, Slamdance, and South by Southwest: The 411 on upcoming fests is right here.

"...Utah, this year, and the 10th annual outing of indie offshoot Slamdance, which runs Jan. 16-24 at whatever venue..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...specializes in "garage pop slacker anthems," according to their press. According to their Excelsior CD, that would be peak-era..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

BK Baby

The once-future Kurt Cobain, Ben Kweller, grows up to be Elliott Smith.

"...thrown into a world that was about trying to impress corporate CEOs and A&R guys who were sitting behind..."

July 12, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Giving Tree

Making movies takes money. Lots of it. From grants to bakes sales, credit card max-outs to benevolent rich uncles, local filmmakers struggle to come up with the cash.

"...than any other artistic discipline, filmmaking -- even low-budget indie filmmaking -- requires ungodly amounts of cash that the..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Be Real

The Bottle Rockets cut one helluva tribute to Doug Sahm.

"...Year, had been given a thorough shellacking in the press and had gone nowhere commercially. It remains the band's..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Waitin' 'Round to Live

The making and subsequent success of Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt

"...a story celebrating the album) maybe it is; a press release for Poet also begins by quoting the song..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

Terrorist attacks rock America while Frank Kozik drops his own bomb.

"...Infamy," even the greater music community was affected. At press time, it was still too early to determine how..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Contributors

Descriptions of the contributors to The Austin Chronicle 20th anniversary issue

"...We mention here that she is good friends with indie-film legend John Pierson because he reads the Chronicle almost..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

After Napster Part 2

Does having your music free online bring more or less cash?

"...users were logging onto Napster servers and "trading" (downloading) compressed music files known as MP3s, while not paying a..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Will Pay Cash for Film

Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund underwrites independent film and video

"...from fringe dwellers like experimental filmmaker Craig Baldwin to indie guru John Pierson, with all manner of creativity in..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Antone's Anniversary off to a bumpy start, and the same goes for local CD outlets.

"...and Tommy," says Milligan, but severe bouts of manic depression have dictated that for the time being, a life..."

July 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Short Cuts

A Slacker reunion and a Waking Life sale top Linklater's agenda; entry deadlines announced for Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund grants, Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference submissions, and new Cinemaker Co-op fest; and Jon Favreau comes to Austin.

"...out to anyone who was involved in that groundbreaking indie film amid rumors of a possible Slacker reunion to..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...ICELANDIC: Albuquerque pop-punk trio Icelandic plays unvarnished emotive indie noise perfect for the broken-hearts club. The rough, raw..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

After the Last Hurrah

Austin singer-songwriter-rocker Beaver Nelson returns with his second album.

"...music business turmoil he experienced previously, yet it was compressed into a much shorter time frame...."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...as director/writer/producer, as is the case with many struggling indie filmmakers, a little help from your friends can mean..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Alt.Country Upgrade

Detailing the still-wet merger of Doolittle and New West Records

"...continuing on with the label, so Strang decided to press on...."

April 14, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Postmarks

Transportation and trash are heavy on the minds of readers this week.

"...First, it creates the impression that SOS Action is an arm of the Save..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column

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