In Texas, we take our tacos seriously – so much so that legislation has been introduced that would make breakfast tacos Texas’ official morning dish. In our famously red state, that's something that just might get bipartisan support.

“We’re gonna start off on some jazz shit,” said Robert Glasper about Monday night’s one-of-a-kind performance. As such, the Houston pianist/producer led bassist Derrick Hodge, sampler and beatboxer Taylor McFerrin (son of Bobby), sax/keys swing vote Terrace Martin, drummer Marcus Gilmore (grandson of Roy Haynes), and trumpet star Christian Scott.

Meet Sadie and McKayla. They're the queen bees of their high school, in the cheer squad and on the prom committee. They just need two more things to complete their lives: a bunch of social media followers, and a body count.

As one-quarter of the B-52s, Cindy Wilson doesn’t demand much sell here in Austin. Her performance outside at Sidewinder on the first night of SXSW Music showcases proved that. 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of her New Wave rock lobsters, but the singer endeavored down a new, psychedelic path of overdubbed vocals and swirling, heavy-lidded grooves.

There's a key image that unlocks the central metaphor of Most Beautiful Island: cockroaches, fallen into a tub of water, scrabbling to survive. But are they treading water, treading each other down, or creating a raft for mutual survival?

On the benefits she’s eligible to receive from the government, one veteran says, “There’s nothing for me, and it's strictly because of my gender.” The fastest growing group of homeless people in America, more than 55,000 female veterans are disproportionately affected, and facing it largely unsupported by the country they risked their lives to defend.

Twenty minutes into Ramblin’ Freak, I was ready to write off the documentary – Parker Smith’s feature-length debut after directing videos for local bands in Austin – as a lo-fi narcissist’s meditation on white privilege and cinematic obsession. Then, out of left field, came the most hypnotic, disturbing montage from any film I’ve seen yet at the Festival.

Monday's SXSW food track covered food activism, diversity, and community. Here are a few highlights.

In the Nigerian Yoruba language, “dara ju” means “better.” This film from writer/director Anthony Onah is a deeply personal story of the immigrant experience, fraught with all the dangers that ambition brings.