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Putting the Art into Fart: Peter Strickland Heats Up Flux Gourmet
The filmmaker traces how industrial music informed his new work
"...Gourmet, Strickland's elaborate new comedy about a performance art ensemble/avant-garde cookery outfit trapped with each other in endless rehearsals,..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Haunter’s Discarnate Ails
A three-song behemoth from Central Texas death metal unit debut on Profound Lore
"...Bell Witch, Pallbearer, Portal, and many more, the imprint's avant-garde outlook matches the enlightened execution of Haunter...."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Lil Ugly Mane’s (Very Good) Bad Hair Day at Oblivion Access
Reclusive legend of internet rap brings along a furry frenemy
"...transforming their once approachable industrial-clatter into a sort of avant-glitchscape broken up by the occasional spazz-rap— the speaker shredding..."

May 13, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

William Basinski: “My Work Had to Disintegrate in Front of My Face Before It Could Be Really Appreciated"
Texas-raised avant-garde composer drones eternal at Oblivion Access

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

From the Archives: Organizing Outside the System – Deborah Shaffer and The Wobblies
Our 1981 interview with the filmmaker behind the classic doc
"...films in this country under the umbrella of the avant-garde, the surprising thing about most of these recent productions..."

May 3, 2022 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Locust’s Gabe Serbian, Who Once Lived and Drummed Locally, Has Died at Age 44
The Locust is scheduled to play in Austin on May 15
"...lost a true luminary. Gabe Serbian, drummer for seminal avant-garde noisegrind band the Locust, passed away on Saturday, April..."

May 1, 2022 Music Post by Robert Penson

Five Things to Experience at Fusebox Festival
The return of the avant garde and experimental drama and artextravaganza

April 8, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Liberty Lunch Reunion, Genesis Owusu, Poppy, Chief Cleopatra, Georgia Parker, Monte Luna, and more
"...Smiling With No Teeth, a fine-tuned delight of freewheeling avant-funk, Genesis Owusu finally tours his March 2021 debut LP..."

April 8, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday
Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more
"...Striking combinations began Qobuz’s avant-garde Thursday evening showcase at Central Presbyterian Church. Vocals with..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

Crucial Concerts SXSW Week Edition
Our favorite showcases and unofficial parties for the rest of the week
"...downbeats. Fellow buzzy borough outfit Gustaf follows, then anti-mainstream avant-pop sibling duo Faux Real hits the halfway marker. Completing..."

March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Monday
Cifika in a tube, Haru Nemuri thrives live, and other highlights
"...with the mostly a-melodic set of vocalizations to digital, avant backing tracks, though most seemed willing, even wanting, to..."

March 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music Spotlight: Moor Mother
Camae Ayewa lets the space speak to her
"...released under her Moor Mother name ranges from freewheeling avant-jazz to rigid, post-human, hip-hop industrialism. And that’s without factoring..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

SXSW Music Spotlight: Sloppy Jane
An avant-garde record that journeys from the center of the earth

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Sean Wheeler, a KVRX house party, the Southside Psychout, and two Hole in the Wall extravaganzas
"...acid rockers Population II, L.A. bedroom popster Sonoda, Philly avant-garage bangers Godcaster, and Canadian nerd rocker Gus Englehorn prepare..."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

SXSW EDU Takes on School Board Wars and Mental Health on Campus
Speakers take on top educational problems, March 7-10
"...will discuss climate action at the K-12 level; Zaila Avant-garde, who in 2021 became the first African American to..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers
With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list
"...CEO of YESUNIVERSE Lady Pheønix, award-winning augmented reality designer, avant-garde movie producer, and multimedia artist Sutu and civil rights..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Album Review: Lost Cat Magnet, Charles Russell, and Tiago da Silva
My Exotic Self
"...minds while digesting the fantastic My Exotic Self, Acevedo's avant-garde jazz trio project with multi-instrumentalists/jacks-of-all-trades Charles Russell and Tiago..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Oblivion Access Adds Danny Brown, Grouper, Death Grips’ Andy Morin and More
Experimental festival finalizes lineup for May 12-15
"...announcements. Expanding its heavy reputation with more hip-hop, electronic, avant-garde, and punk than prior iterations, the third-year festival adds..."

Feb. 10, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Sundance Review: Meet Me in the Bathroom
NYC music doc is as rambling as the city
"...After watching Disintegration Loops, David Wexler's documentary about avant garde composer William Basinski's sonic response to 9/11, another..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks
… along with 302 other acts from around the world
"...the festival, running March 11-20 in Austin: the in-your-head avant-garde musings of Sloppy Jane, striking Polyvinyl-signed indie-pop upsetter Ian..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Trail of Dead, Opeth, Mykfresh, Big Laugh, Rattlesnake Milk, Deezie Brown, and more recommended shows
"...Thursday 2, Hotel Vegas No stranger to slowcore and avant-garde folk dalliances, Aaron Blount’s country outfit last enlisted Graham..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Music Column by Julian Towers

What We're Listening to Right Now
Beats by Balto!, Hayes Carll, Kiko Villamizar, Ley Line, and Colin Clark
"...Normally creating avant-leaning jazz in the Austin-based Big Five Chord, guitarist Jon..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

Seeing “(California) Stars” at Austin City Limits’ Hall of Fame Induction
PBS perennial fêtes Alejandro Escovedo, Lucinda Williams & Wilco
"...transcendentalist Walt Whitman (“we contain multitudes”) and Houston psych avant-gardist Mayo Thompson (“definitions define limits”), the San Antonio native..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Lord Friday the 13th Album Review
Irrational Anthems
"...Conceived in the avant-garde brain space of Felix and Sloane Lenz and executed..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Morgan-Taylor Thomas

Todd Haynes Melds Sound and Vision in The Velvet Underground
New music documentary reframes the New York quartet as experimenters and innovators
"...there's a lot more archival footage, cool graphics, and avant-garde film clips blended into something as "you are there"..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

Austin Film Society’s Doc Days Returns
Third edition opens with Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground
"...with a deep dive into the history of the avant-garde rock band, helmed by acclaimed director Todd Haynes. Interviews..."

Sept. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

Deborah Hay's New Work for Dancers in Sweden Was a Long-Distance Creation
The pandemic forced the Austin choreographer to adapt her dance and even premiere for an audience of no one
"...Hay came up through 1960s New York City's venerable avant-garde dance scene, first with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

We Have an Issue: What’s Next for the Alamo Drafthouse
Also: Big changes at the Chronicle's Music Desk
"...into focus with 75-plus acts, including fusion genius Thundercat, avant-garde post-punks Black Midi, and indie-pop mainstay Japanese Breakfast...."

July 2, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Thundercat, Black Midi, Japanese Breakfast, the Hives to Play Levitation
Chicano Batman, Crumb, and Andy Shauf also top October fest
"...into focus with 75-plus acts, including fusion genius Thundercat, avant-garde post-punks Black Midi, and indie pop mainstay Japanese Breakfast...."

June 29, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bands Are Practicing Again, but Does Austin Have Enough Rehearsal Space for Them?
A love letter and state-of-affairs on the practice space scene
"...Bryan Nelson, operator of the avant rock label Australian Cattle God, calls lockout rehearsal rooms..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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