Star Parks Album Review

The New Sounds of Late Capitalism (Modern Outsider)

"...The lounge-y Fifties genre of exotica pulled inspiration from unspecified..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Unpacks Longest Lineup List

Soccer Mommy, Caroline Rose, Alyona Alyona, and 351 more

"...keynote speaker announcement that included Stephen Colbert, Diplo, and the NSA’s Director of Cybersecurity, SXSW diversifies its music lineup..."

Jan. 14, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

11 Local Acts to See at ACL's Second Weekend

"...School of RockFri. & Sun., 12:30pm, Austin Kiddie Limits The kids are alright...."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

ACL Fest Interview: Julia Jacklin

Aussie song whisperer gut punches ACL Fest

"...burns with a quiet intensity amidst guitar-folk sheen and the velveteen texture of her voice. The album zeros in..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Libby Webster

X Frontman John Doe Has More Fun in the New World

Living quietly in Austin for two years now – and only for hours at a time!

"...schedule as he nurses a beer and chili at the Long Play Lounge...."

June 28, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Chronicle Recommends: The Best of Austin

Our recommendations of the finest movies from and about the ATX

"...Every month, the Chronicle's film critics select a theme and offer movie..."

Nov. 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Alejandro Escovedo

"...indicated Alejandro Escovedo's 12th studio LP might lean punk, The Crossing doesn't boomarang back to the Texan's slam-rock roots...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Sam Smith Channels Luther Vandross

UK pop star leaves the Erwin Center rapt

"...Sam Smith understands the crushing pains of a breakup better than most. The..."

July 23, 2018 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Leave No Trace

Into the woods in this moving family drama

"...To the individual, the constraints and restrictions imposed by society can..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ramen Heads

What's cooking in the world's greatest ramen shops?

"...Food trends come and go, but the foodie documentary boom shows no signs of going bust...."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Council: The Bird Is the Word

Rollin' into City Council, invited or not

"...A mobile app built to disrupt the transportation industry enters Austin's market without the city's blessing...."

April 13, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Traveling Ones

"...Two become one. Meet Me There marks the romantic melding of soloists Justin Ahmanson and..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Review by Rachel Rascoe

Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk

Punk rock as L.A. lit no less than Charles Bukowski and Raymond Chandler

"...had a simultaneous trashy vibrancy befitting its ascendancy in the shadow of the Hollywood dream factory, and a dark..."

June 17, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Calliope Musicals

"...Calliope Musicals sticks out like a sore thumb on the local scene. Last month's Best New Band at the..."

April 22, 2016 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...Mike Watt & the Secondmen 8pm, the Main II Minutemen/Firehose/Stooges bassist Mike Watt..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Thursday Night SXSW Showcases

"...most underrated state while simultaneously blessing us all with the musical treasure of Don Giovanni Records. Toting an affinity..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Thursday Night SXSW Showcases

"...SXSW via his Saustex Media label's annual showcase. Hardly the haybales-and-handbags lunacy of his Hickoids' Eighties heyday, enough of..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Gypsy Son

Former Zeros front punk and True Believers co-captain Javier Escovedo circles back to Austin

"..."When I was a teenager, the band I loved was the New York Dolls."..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Javier Escovedo Record Review

Kicked Out of Eden (Saustex)

"...York Dolls-style punk on "Downtown," it's impossible to discern whether he's being tempted by a drug or woman. That..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Barracuda on the Block

"...at a real concert," offers Jason McNeely, leaning against the red brick exterior of his new Seventh Street venue...."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Second Band List of 2016

Tommy Stinson, Thee Oh Sees, Mercury Rev, and 212 more

"...acts invited to showcase at South by Southwest Music, the conference now unveils a higher profile roundup of 215..."

Nov. 17, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: Break Out the Sharpies (or the Sharp Knives)

If CodeNEXT staff want community input, they need to be more transparent

"...I have a good feeling generally about CodeNEXT and the staff working on it, including lead consultants Opticos Design,..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Playback

Neil Young premieres his director's cut of Human Highway at SXSW, while Graham Reynolds brings Marfa to the Festival

"...Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter, rocker-of-the-free-world Neil Young dropped by South by Southwest Thursday to..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

Gathering Tribes

"...Welp, another SXSW hits the home stretch. We hope we've helped..."

March 20, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...The Zombies 7pm, Stubb's The second British band after the..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Saturday Interview

"...activist – having occupied Alcatraz Island, burned flags on the FBI Headquarters steps, and served as chairman for the..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback

Late SXSW Creative Director Brent Grulke memorialized, and other Thursday SXSW tips

"...Director Brent Grulke gains yet more turf Downtown today when the trailhead deck at the revamped Auditorium Shores reopens with..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: List No. 5

New crop ups the ante to 1,251 acts so far

"...We’ve been poring over the growing list of showcase announcements now arriving weekly from..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Letters at 3AM: Vulnerability/Connectivity, Part 1

As a species, we have a desire to connect electonically, but not ideologically

"...2000. Created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee, the Fox series pilot opened with eerily crew-cut children in..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Report

"...Who says that big-time politicians pay no attention to their constituents?..."

July 4, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

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