Bigger Than Life

"...guy" and family man. Then his doctor prescribes the new wonder drug, cortisone, and though it keeps his illness..."

June 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Focus

"...Dern, Meat Loaf, David Paymer and Kay Hawtrey. Lawrence Newman (Macy) is a man living in the shadows, hemmed..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...From legacy Texas songwriters to New Order’s keynote insights, the Chronicle music team’s Wednesday sightings..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

The Return of Ellen Fullman & The Long String Instrument

The Bay Area composer performs with Austin's New Music Co-op

"...2. Austin's New Music Co-op has been transforming music itself since 2001...."

Aug. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Performing Arts

A major grant lets UT's arts presenter boost the profile of classical music

"...there some real daring in booking classical acts (daredevil new music ensembles eighth blackbird and Bang on a Can..."

July 1, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ACL Music Fest Friday Listings

ACL Friday by the blurbs

"...been an essential summer tradition at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, offering the evening counterpart to a drunken float..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...music of the past alive but creates so much new classical music for the present. The city is home..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Turn the Other Cheek

Q&A with guitar virtuoso Kaki King

"...guitar melts away conservative definitions of guitar hero. Every new witness a convert, all that charisma and virtuosity endearing..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Small Screen, Big Ideas

The Territory Begins A New Season

"...glut of sitcoms, taut courtroom dramas, celebrity profiles, and news magazines, it's tough to find quality programming on the..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

La Sécurité Comes Prepped for SX Round Three

Montreal art-punks boast newfound cohesion

"...South by Southwest, but it also coincides with a new level of synchronization amid their many influences. The first..."

March 14, 2025 Music Feature by Caroline Drew

The Off Beat: Nilüfer Yanya Isn’t Acting

Ahead of Levitation, British singer-songwriter unpacks new LP My Method Actor

"...electroclash (the Dare). To represent both ends of the old-new spectrum, the Chronicle caught up with post-punk giants Gang..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Infinite Possibilities in Eno, the Generative Documentary

Director Gary Hustwit lets his biography of Brian Eno make itself

"...with Joni Mitchell. All core moments in Eno, the new documentary about musical maverick Brian Eno, that you may..."

July 17, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...the practice space walls emit Western swing, Brazilian psych, New Orleans pianism, and Margaret Brown's Townes Van Zandt doc,..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Barry Jenkins and Nicholas Britell Were in a Quar-Pod Together

Filmmaker & composer pals talk creative collaboration at SXSW Online

"...filmmaker Barry Jenkins and composer Nicholas Britell, but who knew they’d embody #friendshipgoals too?..."

March 16, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Faster Than Sound: Eimaral Sol’s Journey to RAS Day

Local neo-soul singer Eimaral Sol puts her spiritual spin on the all-women-led RAS Day lineup, City Council approves Red River improvements, Blakchyl leads her East Austin tour, and cult song funny man Dick Price passes

"...organically, adding, "For us, Black Girl Magic ain't no new shit. That's just how we've always lived." She's especially..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Bob Schneider Ages Gracefully on Blood and Bones

New LP finds emotional resonance in personal experience

"...estimate, the 10-day May blitz in anticipation of his new album Blood and Bones constitutes his longest outreach in..."

June 8, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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.

"...veteran bandleader Kris Kimura. "You go to Kansas City, New Orleans, New York, L.A., Chicago, there's five or six..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

One Ounce Opera’s Second Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Art Song

This second program of new art songs proved the form is not just alive but relevant

"...was receiving its premiere at OOO's second concert of new art songs. Of the seven compositions this year, March's..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Tillie Walden: Talking Comics

"If it was torture, I’d’ve given up by now.”

"...Tillie Walden, that Ignatz-winning author of the new graphic novel Spinning, will be at the Texas Book..."

Nov. 1, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Opera Local Artists' We Might Be Struck by Lightning

In this new pastiche chamber opera, LOLA takes us on a bold musical journey

"...She's created two original storylines and woven through them compositions by Fauré, Brahms, Schubert, and others that relate to..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Arts Review by Michelle Haché

Playback: Saving Souls at the Electric Church

New venue the Electric Church converts local psychics, and Samuel Grey Horse recounts his mule variations

"...While the Church's calendar reps various genres, including garage-y New Wavers Big Bill holding down a Friday residency throughout..."

June 2, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Live: Richard Barone Presents Greenwich Village in the Sixties

Soft Boys, Youngbloods, Moby Grape, Brian Jones’ grandson, etc.

"...to the Big Apple in time for punk and New Wave, and eventually settled into Greenwich Village in the..."

March 18, 2017 SXSW Post by Jim Caligiuri

Eye Wide Open on Lance Letscher

With two major solo shows and a new documentary about him, the Austin collage artist readies to be seen in a new way

"...Now, with a new documentary about his life's work, The Secret Life of..."

March 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

line upon line: first

In the percussion trio's concert of new works, four pieces took very different forms, but all resolved in a comparable calm

"...realm of rhythm and aural texture, constantly searching for new and challenging music they can play" – but it..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Grooving With Cass McCombs

“I don’t think people really understand that my music is experimental”

"...laughed easily and often on the dime of his new record label Anti-. The L.A. dweller’s eighth LP Mangy..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

And on Keyboards, John Carpenter!

Horror master successfully re-tunes his career

"...set with the one-two punch of the Escape From New York and Assault on Precinct 13 themes (sorry Dark..."

June 24, 2016 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Appetites

Romantic comedy, serial killer style

"...this kind of romantic, dark comedy speaks to the new generation of people who are trying to navigate what..."

Aug. 11, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove

Kickstarter appeal of new film about Austin legend

"...you want can be costly and difficult. So a new film about a legend of the Austin music scene..."

July 25, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Austin's Revamped Record Convention

The Austin Record Convention – the biggest in the country – returns Downtown

"..."I was hesitant about moving to the new Palmer Events Center because it's more expensive and it..."

May 22, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Nick Drake

A new tome sheds light on the mythic UK folkie

"...arrives Nick Drake: Remembered for a While, an ambitious new tome orchestrated by his sister, actress Gabrielle Drake. The..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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