101 Reykjavík

Icelander Kormakur shows a lot of visual flourish and confidence as a first-time director (he also co-stars), but the story's real heart lies in its dark comedy.

"...Hanna Maria Karlsdottir, Victoria Abril and Baltasar Kormákur. “Even the ghosts are bored here,” says Hilynur (Gudnason), of his..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cicadas

Honorable Mention

"...Gentle Reader: a glint from the sidewalk catches your eye: it's the wing of a..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Billy Cope

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...Mr. Resistor, Trio D-Force, and HairyApesBMX, plus Chicago guests the J. Davis Trio. Plans call for Austin's multifarious Humpday..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in every year. If..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Ana Egge

"...pattern. Ana Egge's Lazy Days is a collection of others' tunes, but she's stretching herself in ways that perhaps..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

MP3: Robert Harrison "Build Havanna"

The Future Clouds & Radar frontman's revision for Cupid

"...million. Filling a role that was originally written for the Kinks’ Ray Davies, the local songsmith performed a stripped-down..."

May 21, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

AUX

"...AUX's self-titled debut EP, evoking the stacked-heel prancers of glam's mid-Seventies heyday and latter-day scions..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Music Review by Christopher Gray

ACL Fest Saturday Reviews

"...The FratellisHere We Stand (Interscope)..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Day Party Crawl

"...Street to host Vice Saves Texas, and this year the theme was loud. Seattle's Cops exceeded the decibel limit..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Guess Who Went to Dinner?

Join the Chronicle at Project Transitions annual dinner party!

"...We had great fun pouncing around a few of the private dinners and ended up at NEST Modern for..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

The Argives

"...The Argives..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Schmidt Family Barbecue is Open for Business

Third generation of venerable Lockhart family comes to Bee Cave

"...Barbecue lovers have been eagerly awaiting the opening of Schmidt Family Barbecue (12532 FM 2244) since..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Boxing 2009

More box sets

"...The Beatles The Beatles; The Beatles in Mono (10/02/2009)..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Music Review

Cute Band Alert!

Shapes Have Fangs are the MOST.

"...Shapes Have Fangs formed in 2006, but the four members - rhythm guitarist/vocalist Dustin Coffey, drummer Evan..."

March 27, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Cautiously Optimistic

Fifteen Hopefuls Make Up Austin's Musical Class of 2001

"...His Assessment: "It's the best Spoon album by far," says Britt Daniel of..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

ACL Review: (Sandy) Alex G

Frank Ocean collabo steps center stage with his own sonic kinks

"...The first chunk of songwriter Alex Giannascoli’s discography, a smattering..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Michael Fracasso

"...major life changes. Most notably a divorce. No surprise, then, that Here Come the Savages, his ninth studio effort..."

April 22, 2016 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Free Week Live Shots

"...After the teenage hordes of ACL Fest, prickly punks and lines..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

All ATX British Invasion

Last Texas Platters of 2014

"...addition to mental health services for local musicians by the SIMS Foundation, casts a net globally in culling its..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Descendents

Saturday, 8:45pm, Black stage

"...for Black Flag offshoot Flag and revived garage-pop progenitors the Last. This is a man who drummed in Descendents..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Complete catalogs trump career overviews

"...007-worthy mission of proselytizing America's signature cultural achievement. Since the early Sixties, the French Quarter's 726 St. Peter Street..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Scott Jordan

Vinyl Bin: Monofonus Press

"...The black-hole noise opening Dope Moons seems infinite, humming for..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Donovan

South by Southwest Aftershots

"...Even though Donovan was a last-minute addition to the Festival, the newly elected member of the Rock and..."

March 23, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Harlem

Psychedelic pop bust

"..."What's going on with the Chronicle these days; you guys trying to turn into..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Recovered Yet?

A geezer looks back at ACL

"...me, though. Bands like Fleet Foxes, Nakia & His Southern Cousins, and Vampire Weekend seem derivative to a fault...."

Oct. 1, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Walkmen

Record review

"...The Walkmen..."

May 26, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Monkeying Around

Songwriters love monkeys, be they figurative or literal

"...monkey that swings past him? One possible parsing of the lyrics suggests Banhart's comparing a flighty princess to the..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

A Dumber and More Ignorant 'Chronicle'

"...Editor, I honestly thought, and am still hoping, that the launch of AC [April 1] was an April Fools'..."

April 5, 2005 Postmarks

Jennifer Gentle

"...Pink Floyd? Maybe writing warbly psych songs is in their blood, but the amount of Sixties psych reverence churning..."

March 11, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Getting Gleefully Inappropriate in Call Me Brother

Christina Parrish stars in the locally produced, subversive rom-com

"...scriptwriter, Austin comedian Parrish plays Lisa, a teenager feeling the first pangs of ... if not love, then definitely..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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