The Faces Behind the Beats

Thursday’s Flamingo Cantina Beat Battle puts mugs to the thuds

"...Hip-hop protocol pairs two individuals (and their posses) in a studio: the rapper and the producer...."

April 30, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Source

"...know it, you're probably already familiar with some of the work of director Chuck Workman. He's the one who's..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bach N' Beats

Austin Symphony musicians mix it up with DJs at the Parish

"...hear what DJs think about classical music, to see them get inspired by a work of old-school chamber music..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra Heads Bach to the Clubs

Round Two of ASO's collaboration between a string quartet and local DJs resulted in a sold-out show at the North Door

"...What do you get when you smash together a string quartet playing a Vivaldi concerto with a..."

March 6, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Music Review: Finland – The Happiest Country in the World – Presents the Showcase Must Go On

“South by Southwest, I said put your fucking hands up!”

"...Today, March 19, 2021 – 53 weeks to the day COVID closed Austin, which canceled SXSW 54 weeks..."

March 19, 2021 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Invocation of the Duke

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra's chamber music

"...It was Gangstarr’s Guru who, on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, rapped, “The..."

May 27, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Review: The xx

London trio’s minimalism turns maximum on mainstage

"...The question ahead of the xx’s headlining slot on the..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Music Post by Libby Webster

The Wild Style

DAM

"...Austin experienced last night when Palestinian rappers DAM hit the stage at the Scoot Inn just a few minutes..."

May 9, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Beta Test

Jim Cummings burns the film industry to the ground (and it deserves it)

"...A scathing satire of both social media and the film industry, The Beta Test is an angry, fiery..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Princess and the Warrior

"...closer in spirit to 1997's claustrophobic Winter Sleepers than the hyperactive (and more popular) Run Lola Run (1999). The..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Interview: Chris Atkins Investigates Who Killed the KLF?

How to make a documentary when no one wants to talk about it

"...They were the KLF. Also known as the Justified Ancients..."

Oct. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Anna and the Apocalypse

Scottish zombie musical is your new Christmas playlist

"..."There's no such thing as a Hollywood ending," chorus the..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Beta Test

Jim Cummings goes for Hollywood's throat in this scathing satire

"...A scathing satire of both social media and the film industry, The Beta Test is an angry, fiery..."

Oct. 4, 2021 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

The Beat Goes On

Harry Ransom Center hosts the Kerouac scroll

"...As curators in the Ransom Center Galleries unrolled the yellowing 120-foot manuscript, cameras..."

March 14, 2008 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Fantastic Fest Review: Who Killed the KLF?

Band biography that burns Behind the Music to ashes

"...Who killed the KLF? The KLF. They were the only ones who..."

Sept. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': 2012 Draft Needs

An inside look at all 32 teams

"...This is "The NFL Beat" and I have friends in 32 places...."

Feb. 11, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Reefer Madness: The Thin Green Line

Author Jonah Raskin explores the contradictions of life in Marijuanaland

"...The longtime countercultural icon – an early member of the..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

On the Road, From San Fran to Taipei

Two new film series bebop and globe-hop

"...The Mad Ones: The Beat Film Series..."

March 28, 2008 Screens Feature by Raymond Blanton

Cassady, Kerouac, and Other Dharma Bums Back Beats by Jennifer Scoville and Dave Cook

"...How to explain this generation's affinity for the Beat writers? Perhaps it's all we have in common:..."

May 26, 1995 Books Feature

Down With the King

Freddie Gibbs scorches the earth as a rapper in touch with the land

"..."rapper goes to live with farmers," if Down With the King had been pitched to a major studio, it..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Haunting the Chapel

Q&A with Dave Lombardo of FFFF headliners Slayer

"...anchoring Fun Fun Fun Fest’s biggest headliner yet in the Slayer drum seat on Sunday, Dave Lombardo's power trio..."

Nov. 2, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

Even if you're familiar with the details of this legendary game, this suspenseful cultural documentary draws you to the edge of your seat and beyond, back into 1968 itself.

"...you need to know about my relationship to both the NFL and American collegiate football. That said, pigskin fan..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paradise Outlaws: Remembering the Beats

"...Paradise Outlaws: Remembering the Beats..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Review by Christopher Hess

The American Voice

Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections," and other new releases

"...Carter Beats the Devilby Glen David Gold..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

'Friday Night Lights': Running the Numbers

"...This is it, folks. Last night of the 2006 regular season. Next week the second season, which..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Two Beats Hearting As One

English Beat singer Dave Wakeling skanks good karma

"...spoke to Dave Wakeling, whose English Beat appears at the Mohawk tonight. Everything you need to know about one..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The AggreGAYtor: January 10

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Kelly Clarkson beats them off with a stick, Peter LaBarbera beats a..."

Jan. 10, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

J Walkin' and Other Teen Beats

The BlastBeat finals yield new talent

"...of 13-year-old Rose Hyatt singing in honor of her father Walter to inspire me to think further about teen..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Children of the Revolution

"...a revolutionary household by a Party princess mom and then let loose to run according to his genetic program?..."

May 23, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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