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Mexico City/Austin Trio Demons My Friends and More Crucial Concerts This Week
Plus the debut of Radio Coffee’s new location and Natalie Jane Hill’s Texas return
"...the paper every Thursday. And for our complete listings of upcoming live music events around town, head to Chron..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Luv Doc: A Johnny Appleseed of Negativity
You will become an even better version of the person you believe yourself to be
"...I found out he had been sleeping with one of my friends. They are still together and still peripherally..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?
We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community
"...renamed a street Hot Mix 5 Way in honor of pioneering house music DJs. Here, we traverse Willie Nelson..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley find love and companionship in the face of the apocalypse.
"...movies have heightened our expectations for an apocalypse full of surround sound and digital fury, a certain doom that’s..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Edge of 17
At 21 years old, actress Charmian Carr couldn't have known that the character she was portraying -- Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music -- would follow her for the rest of her life. Prior to her appearance at The Sound of Music: Sing-a-Long, a benefit for Project Transitions and aGLIFF, Carr opens up about being forever Liesl.
"...From Ponce de Leon to the inventors of Propecia and Oil of Olay, humans have struggled to..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Sound Unseen Brings Fugazi, Cyndi Lauper Docs to Austin
Minneapolis-based film fest spotlights local links for Austin leg
"...Cyndi Lauper, Fugazi, the Carpenters, and Bikini Kill sounds like the most impossible festival lineup: well, it's happening,..."

Oct. 19, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Voxtrot: The (Re)start of Something
12 years after disbanding, the forerunners of modern indie-pop call on the "mystical, inexplicable force" that flowed through their Early Music
"...Ramesh Srivastava makes an extended metaphor comparing the breakup of his beloved indie-pop band to, hmm, 1970s TV detective..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Sound Unseen Review: Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
An intimate and emotional dance with the tap great
"...When I got my first and only pair of tap shoes as a kid, I walked up and..."

Nov. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Sara Hutchinson

Best WTFs of ACL Fest Weekend One
The good, the bad, and the myriad Tom Petty covers
"...moments. After 33 hours immersed in the first weekend of ACL Fest, the spiral-bound pocket notebook "Playback" packs had..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Salon of the West
They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?
"...J. Frank Dobie might walk over to the house of another old man named Roy Bedichek for a conversation..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia
City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service
"...to say, "There is no end to the amount of good you can do if you don't seek the..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Silence and Stones in The Banshees of Inisherin
Writer/director Martin McDonagh and star Kerry Condon on creating the isolated world of their new film
"...On the island of Inishmore in Galway Bay, there are drystone walls dividing..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sound Unseen is Blowing Up Your Stream
The hybrid music and movie fest unifies the ATX and the Twin Cities
"...that’s where he’s currently working as interim executive director of the Oxford Film Festival. Minneapolis, his hometown, because that’s..."

Nov. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist
Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal
"...Get ready for a heavy story with pounding rhythms: Sound Unseen Film/Music Festival, the hybrid tunes and flicks fest..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sir Woman & Friends Dance Off the Lockdown in New Video
Singer collected clips from fans and family dancing to “Making Love”
"...Wilson planned on a busy spring and summer. Fresh off her latest project, Sir Woman, capturing Best New Band..."

May 15, 2020 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Faster Than Sound: 12 Years of Peligrosa Drives ¡Eso Es!
Local DJ collective sets a mood at Margin Walker’s new fiesta-val of all Latinx talent
"...family consistently threw dinner-turned-dance parties, always with a Latin soundtrack...."

Aug. 30, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
Intimate portrait of the surfing legend only skims the surface.
"...Or perhaps he lacks the “fear mechanism,” as one of his compadres puts it. No doubt there is something..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Band of the Month: Magnet School
Magnet School pops and swells
"...Austin scene for the last decade-plus – are masters of explosive melody. None of the sugar, all of the..."

March 27, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

Six Degrees of Ron Berry
With another acting job in a new play, his own new theatre about to open, his own stage company that champions theatre as something fun as well as substantive, and a lot of friends to help him make "good stuff" onstage, is Ron Berry the Happiest Man in Austin?
"...Walking into the Off Center to review the production of Physical Plant Theatre's..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Exclusive: Inside the Soundscape of “The Imaginary Friend”
VR project makes North American debut at South by Southwest
"...the upcoming, more family-friendly IF, it seems like imaginary friends are everywhere – even at South by Southwest...."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Call of the Wild
David Michôd on the unlikely roots of his Aussie crime drama, Animal Kingdom
"...Brian Trenchard-Smith and George Miller DVDs gathering dust and coffee rings beside your plasma screen...."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Train of Love
Albert & Gage's Christine Albert ruminates on five years of Wednesdays at Donn's Depot.
"...Michael Corcoran once referred to Donn's Depot as "one of Austin's noted 'crock-pot clubs.' It's termed so because of..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Music Feature by Christine Albert

The Return of Wayne Douglas
A flood of posthumous Doug Sahm CDs, both old and new, hits record stores
"...Doug Sahm raved to all his friends about Ed Burleson. The young, Dallas-area singer's country chops..."

June 23, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Grace of My Heart
"...is an heiress from Philadelphia who, at the beginning of Grace of My Heart, wins a singing contest that..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summers of Youth: Director Atsuko Ishizuka Says Goodbye, Don Glees!
The anime artist creates a new tale of adolescence and loss
"...another chapter in a juggernaut franchise, or an adaptation of a light novel with a built-in fanbase, it's heartwarming..."

Feb. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Seven Lone Star-Launched Recommendations at Weekend Two of ACL Fest 2022
Seven Texas recommendations at ACL Fest Weekend Two
"...early," reads Teezo Touchdown's Spotify bio, atop a mention of his Instagram handle. The Beaumont, Texas, act cuts a..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Page Two: A Small Hurricane of Emotions
Jonathan Demme's Bob Marley Stay With the Rhythm pushes beyond the boundaries of the screen
"...his hand up to the heavens, beseeching God. The sound of the music is hypnotic. His body is moving..."

July 17, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Slow Motion Sound
"...A pioneer of minimalism, Steve Reich is perhaps the most important living..."

March 15, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Delicate Art of the Rifle
"...inclusion in the SXSW Film Festival, The Delicate Art of the Rifle has been held over for a world..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Faster Than Sound: Is the Broken Spoke Too Broken?
Allegations of intolerant behavior at the honky-tonk arise following Queer Eye feature
"...new season filmed in the Austin area, the hosts of Netflix's Queer Eye donned cowboy boots and pearl snaps..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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