Cy White
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Music (all genres, with a specialty focus on Korean music), film (with a specialty focus on horror), literature, issues concerning Black culture, LGBTQAI2S+ matters
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Articles by Cy White
ACL Preview: Kalu & the Electric Joint’s Message of Joy
Kalu James has taken the eclectic sounds of the African continent and combined them with old-school soul in the spirit of Sly & the Family Stone. His powerful voice underscores a lyricist who has made it his mission to give people music that inspires joy, inspires growth and change. The 2023/24 Austin Music Awards Best Vocalist nominee reflects on 2023 album Garden of Eden and giving voice to the voiceless. Austin Chronicle: What do you consider your Garden of Eden?
ACL Preview: Jon Muq Wants You to Get Happy
Jon Muq’s story is one right out of a film. He came from holding his first guitar at the age of 19 to busking in his hometown of Mutungo Hill, outside of Kampala, Uganda. He made his way to Austin to pursue a life outside of what he was used to, a life with more opportunities. With the May release of his debut album, Flying Away, Muq has garnered a great deal of attention for his ultra-positive messaging and musical maturity. Austin Chronicle: Who is Jon Muq?
Horror Abounds in Our Weekday Event Recommendations
"Let Her Rip" by Ellen Crofts Through October 27, Link & Pin Gallery Paper! You are reading these words off paper right now: the very material most of my and my co-workers’ livelihoods depend on. Local artist Ellen Crofts takes the material to new levels of creative expression in her show, where the ripping, puncturing, gluing, painting, and otherwise remaking of paper conveys an active participation in the art.
ACL Preview: Norah Jones and the Illusion of Balance
On feeling lucky and having fun For anyone who grew up in the early Aughts, Norah Jones is a name that evokes an instant memory of rainy days spent at a cafe, sipping on your favorite seasonal drink and reveling in a good book. Two decades removed from her breakout song “Don’t Know Why,” Jones’ voice still conjures coziness, most recently on March album Visions – number nine to match her nine Grammy Awards. Her Oct.
ACL Preview: Homegrown Tejano / Punk Trio, the Tiarras
Las Chingonas stay grounded in sisterhood From the Tiarra Girls to simply the Tiarras, Sophia, Tiffany, and Tori Baltierra always do it loud, proud, and waving a banner for women’s empowerment, all while keeping the band a family affair. Their latest adventure has been a trek through their favorite artists’ discographies.
ACL Preview: That Mexican OT Mixes Charm and Ferocious Delivery
“Ain’t no Mexican like a Texas Mexican” Virgil René Gazca, known by his stage name That Mexican OT, is anything but the average “Mexican dude” he claims to be. His cadence is all Texas swag, a drawl that’s both unhurried and vicious when set loose on the right listener. His very quick rise to fame came compliments of another Texas boy: Houston legend Paul Wall.
10 ACL Festival artists you’ll want to catch while the sun is still out
10 ACL Festival artists you’ll want to catch while the sun is still out Dua Lipa; Tyler, the Creator; and – yes – Chappell Roan: As the years go by and our growing city sheds its underdog status, Austin City Limits Fest seems more and more like a headliner’s game. Take it from us, though: There are still plenty of reasons to hit Zilker Park before the world’s biggest pop stars hit the stage.
Recommended Non-ACL Live Music for Festival Abstainers
Friday 4, Bass Concert Hall Since the Nineties, Sigur Rós has immersed audiences in their sweeping, dramatic musicality. Music that’s at once honest in raw emotion as well as theatrics. In 2022, they began to incorporate full orchestral arrangements in their live shows. Thus began their relationship with Wordless Music Orchestra, the full outfit they enlist when performing stateside.
ACL Preview: Country Duo Chaparelle Takes a Page From George and Tammy
When Jesse Woods, a lifelong Texan, and Zella Day, then based in L.A., first met in 2021, they knew they had something special. What blossomed was a romance and a new band, Chaparelle, which calls back to iconic country duos like Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, George Jones and Tammy Wynette. With new single “Sex and Rage” out last month, and now that Day has relocated from California – about as Austin a story as you get – they talk about ACL’s surprise hand in their matchmaking.
Floral Realness, a John Aielli Experience, Spooky Movies, and More Recommended Events
Fill your weekend with the wild and weird "Finger Rake" by Sara Hirneisen Through November 17, Lydia Street Gallery Reader, I must be honest: I am writing about this event 99% because the photo the gallery sent me is fascinating. In keeping with artist Sara Hirneisen’s sculpture use of casting, the object in question bears 10 plaster-cast fingers piked onto metal prongs and carries the title Finger Rake.
Whatever Your Genre, We Have Live Music Recommendations for You
Thursday 26, the Austin Chronicle I still don’t quite know how we’re supposed to refer to our new office area: the Chron-club? The Chron-stablishment? The Chron-stillation? Whatever we’re calling it, you oughta be here for this month’s edition of Free Press Forever. Donate to the Chronicle and you’ll be entered for a chance to win passes to this party.
Arts Review: Early Era Collective’s “Rising From the Roots”
Alexa Capareda “What does it mean to be an American?” Joumana Asfour asks before beginning her filmed interview for “Rising From the Roots.” Through this celebration of immigrant stories – directed by Stephanie Patrick, artistic director of dance company Early Era Collective, in collaboration with filmmaker Rahul Chakraborty – attendees must contemplate that meaning as they travel from the Carver Museum’s lobby, through the adjoining hallway, and finally down into an open theatre,...
Let Us Help You Pick Out the Perfect Live Show This Week
Thursday 19, Moody Amphitheater Around the release of 2021's I Know I’m Funny haha, TikTok latched onto Atlanta singer-songwriter Faye Webster, who blends silky soul grooves, twangy pedal steel, and classic indie rock guitar – all atop a delicate yet sardonic croon – into a genre-evading delicacy only the internet generation could muster.
Fastball Always Finds Their Way Home
Airline noise, that’s the first striking aspect of the music video for Fastball’s “Hummingbird.” A carefree blond woman decked in white – white blouse, white bell-bottoms, white roller skates. It’s as peaceful an opening image as the serenity of the song itself. The local legends released the music video for the second single from their acclaimed Sonic Ranch, released earlier this year.
Mélat, Chingona Fest, Benjamin Tod, and More Crucial Concerts
Lots of sounds to be heard this week Friday 13 - Saturday 14, Antone’s Among the advantages premium Memphis soul label Stax Records had, in its rivalry with Motown as the house soul built, was a rhythm section greasier than the Detroit company’s Funk Brothers: Booker T. & the M.G.s. Every member was a hard-driving genius of minimalism, propelled by Booker T. Jones’ warm Hammond B-3 virtuosity.
Green Day to Crowd: “Tonight Is a Celebration! Austin, We’re Alive!”
I've become quite reflective in my latter millennial days. It's made me appreciate so many things I either lost track of or only engaged with on the periphery of life. One of those musical memories is Green Day. Since American Idiot, I've not really had my eye on the trio, but their show at COTA this muggy Tuesday night brought every pre-adult emotion crashing through me. Green Day was an integral part of my ability to, if not process those emotions, engage with them like an MMA fighter.
Hot Sauce Fest, Bat Fest, and More Crucial Concerts
Mitski, Childish Gambino, Lucinda Williams, and others worth hearing Friday 6 - Sunday 8, Distribution Hall Audiovisual artist Masch brings his site-specific light installation controlled by a drum set and a little help from some fancy programming. Friday and Saturday evenings each feature a different trio of renowned drummers to showcase what the lights can do in the hands of a professional percussionist.
Event Celebrates New Austin Poet Laureate Program
Amanda Johnston In a turn of the quill, 2024 Texas Poet Laureate Amanda Johnston writes, “we needed to see what was within: the microscopic/ language of platelets, bodies fused together” (“Love is a Bloody Thing in the Dark”). This need to interrogate the inner self and its relationship with other selves encapsulates the spirit of Austin’s inaugural poet laureate program kickoff party. Dubbed “Austin Is a Poem,” the Sept.
Humane Properly: Nonprofit Uses Comedy to Celebrate Milestone Anniversary
There’s no greater sign of local nonprofit DAWA’s progressive elevation than the celebration of its five-year anniversary, Laughter Is Medicine. The event features comedy legend Tommy Davidson, a source of positivity on a night whose sole purpose is to bring levity to a healing Austin. “Any outreach resource that's out there for people? I'm going to back it up,” Davidson says.
Parker Woodland Channels Sinéad O’Connor in Music Video for “Stranger”
A couple days before debut album There’s No Such Thing As Time drops, Parker Woodland sneaks in a second single to showcase the album’s emotional and sonic range. “Stranger” as a track leaves you feeling both drained and lifted. It forces you to reckon with your heartache and figure out how to move on from the strife.
Hey, Look! It’s the Crucial Concerts for This Week.
Cooling temperatures mean no reasons not to go out and see some music Thursday 29, the Parish It’s all Kevin’s fault, really. If he hadn’t convinced the guys to enter into a sex pact in the first movie, then we never would have got the nine films (and counting) of the American Pie franchise. Join Thomas Nicholas, the actor who unleashed all that horny humor, for a special 25th anniversary screening and Q&A celebrating the original in all its dessert-penetrating glory.
Provocative Pop, Emo Legends, and More Crucial Concerts
Know your shows Friday 23, Waterloo Records Since leaning into her easy throwback twang with 2021's Daddy’s Country Gold, Melissa Carper has been on a roll. New album Borned in Ya continues to mine her distinct retro country sound, but cut with a deeper soul influence that can swing from tongue-in-cheek humor to gut-wrenching yearning beauty.
aGLIFF President Todd Hogan and Spotlighting Filmmaker Fernando Andrés Reflect on Identity
Todd Hogan, aGLIFF’s president, carries an unquestionable adoration for Austin’s oldest film festival. His memories of this and other festivals with a similar spirit of telling queer stories allows even the hardest work days to be worth the sweat equity and lost hours of sleep. “Queer film was just a big part of my coming out process, and it has been for a lot of queer people,” he says. “I really feel in some ways queer film saved my life in my 20s and 30s.
Shoegaze, Synthpop, Hip-Hop, and More Crucial Concerts
Whatever your genre, we got you Friday 16, ACL Live at the Moody Theater What kind of anime girlie would I be if I didn’t acknowledge the lads, the legends, FLOW? Their career, it seems, was built specifically for my childhood and teen years. Unlike the cartoons of the West, Japan has a, shall we say, more enthusiastically music-forward approach to their animated opening themes.
Urban Heat Resurrects Synth-Pop With Towering Debut LP
Let’s get right to it, then. Local lords of darkwave Urban Heat don’t wait to bring the fire, so neither will I. The Tower starts like an earthquake. The heavy crunch and warble of the synth bass shakes the foundations, creating cracks in the facade to reveal something rapturously melodic underneath. “Take It to Your Grave” makes good on the promise of last year’s “Blissful Neighbor.” It’s electro-pop with the edge of real-time guitar shredding.
Culture, Arts, and More Recommended Weekend Events
Thursday 15, First Light Books Hear ye, hear ye: All who enter Hyde Park on this day will be privy to a most delightful time thanks to the Queertowne podcast. Austin’s favorite – okay, maybe my favorite – queer comedy interview pod holds a live recording at fancy-schmancy bookshop First Light Books. Befitting the locale, hosts Mase Kerwick and Javier Ungo interview two trans wordsmiths who call Texas home: KB Brookins and SG Huerta.
Cirque du Soleil Blazes a Path Through Country Music’s History
Songblazers cast lifts a red cup to the music of Dixie As an institution of spectacle, Cirque du Soleil has become a beacon of artistic distinction. Their recent production, Songblazers, shows the traveling circus giving reverence to the legends and legacy of country music. Writer and director Amy Tinkham dove deeper into the annals of the genre than most paying their respects to its titans.
Taking Austin’s LGBTQ Temperature
How to talk about an entire queer community within the limited space of weekly print? Interview every single LGBTQ person in Austin? Maybe by next year. In 2024, however, we’re taking the temperature of Austin’s queer scene by chatting with local community leaders – the folks who make Austin as queer as it is. They talk about what’s going on in queer Austin now, how next to improve Austin as a queer-friendly city, and all the cool details about our queer community in between.
Local Legends, Out-of-Towners, and More Crucial Concerts
Get your show schedule worked out Friday 9, Hotel Vegas Sharp, clean, and pleasantly pop-sided for a contemporary punk band, Barcelona-based Fuera De Sektor shined up all four tracks from 2022 EP El Mundo Sigue for the Eighties-inspired shimmy of May’s Juegos Prohibidos. Their debut LP arrived on UK label La Vida Es Un Mus, also known for pressing ATX hardcore acts Glue and Institute.
Ghost Funk, Fast Devo, an Elliott Smith Tribute, and More Crucial Concerts
Plan your week in live music with a little help Friday 2, Lost Well Scions of pioneering music-makers rarely outdo their parents – Ziggy Marley, Natalie Cole, Inhaler’s Elijah Hewson – but Trevor Church might have his old man beat. Alongside Ronnie Montrose, Sammy Hagar, (uncle) Denny Carmassi, and Bill “The Electric” Church, Seventies rockers Montrose set the template for Van Halen: superstar guitarist, producer Ted Templeman, Warner Bros. Records.
Local Rock Weirdos, Death Metal Out-of-Towners, and More Crucial Concerts
Friday 26, Eastside Cinema After last month’s kickoff, “Austin’s last single-screen movie theatre” Eastside Cinema and go-to record shop End of an Ear continue ENDSURROUND, a mash-up of local bands and essential offbeat films. On this pairing, perfectly fuzzy ATX bubble-grungers On Being an Angel – led by EOAE vinyl-slinger Paige Applin – play ahead of John Cassavetes’ devastating tour de force A Woman Under the Influence, independently released 50 years ago.
Infinity Song, Softcult, and Hot Summer Nights Standouts in This Week’s Crucial Concerts
Get out and get free Moody Bank$ Thursday 18, Empire Control Room & Garage Free local music festival Hot Summer Nights boasts plenty of mosh pits and dance parties, but The Austin Chronicle’s kickoff party starts things slow with a showcase of Central Texas R&B.
The Austin Chronicle Heats Up Opening Night of Hot Summer Nights
Hot summer nights is not an exaggeration. At a sultry 96 degrees (with a “RealFeel” of 99), opening night of the Red River District’s annual love note to some of Austin’s most historic live venues has the same opening swelter of Rob Thomas’ gravelly baritone declaring, “Man, it’s a hot one!” Adding to Austin’s oppressive summer heat, The Austin Chronicle joins forces with Empire Garage to offer something a little cooler.
Daniel Fears, Sydney Wright, AB6IX, and More Crucial Concerts
Get out and get live Saturday 13, Moody Center Jhené Aiko crashed through the music scene like a whisper on the breeze: a soft-voiced chanteuse whose lyrics belie a very seasoned wisdom, novel as they sometimes can seem. But love is a novel thing that some millennia later poets still haven’t captured and scientists can’t quantify. Aiko makes her way to the Moody Center and brings her cool allure and captivating soprano to an audience of admirers.
Album Review: PES’s Corales Prematuros (En Vivo)
Peruvian-fronted rock band offers a daring approach of their debut EP Crisp musicianship defines the live rendition of Corales Prematuros. PES, the brainchild of Lima, Perú-born Salvatore Sissa Machado, made its way into my periphery by chance. When Machado’s debut live EP, Corales Prematuros, skittered across my desk, I was intrigued enough to give it a listen. I was pleasantly surprised. These musicians have chops, and the music is easy to fall into, regardless of being all in Spanish.
Dinos, Sharks, Muppets, and Lots of Fireworks Lead Our Recommended Events
Thursday 4, Vic Mathias Shores Wahoo! For 47 years now, the Austin skies have gotten painted all shades of red, white, and blue to celebrate Independence Day. This year’s no exception as all y’all Austinites are invited to spread out over Auditorium Shores aka Vic Mathias Shores aka the spot outside of the Long Center.
Caleb de Casper, Money Chicha, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week
Thursday 4, the Little Darlin’ To be honest, I’m having a hard time remembering when I first came across the leather-clad grandeur that is Chris Conde. It very well may have been a shout-out from another Austin legend, Mama Duke, at one of the first shows I ever attended with her as the headliner. It might have been a passing fancy that crossed my desk in the shape of a rapping metal-cased butterfly (#IYKYK).
Austin African American Book Festival Gives Youth Revolutionary Programming
Now in its 18th year, the Austin African American Book Festival has been a paragon of the eloquence of Black culture. From arts-focused programming to captivating conversations with some of the most prestigious authors in the world and intentional educational work for youths in the city, the AAABF stands as an example of the power of Black literature. It’s an act of revolution, reading, one that dates back to a time when even learning to read was an oftentimes fatal infraction for Black folks.
Album Review: Fastball’s Sonic Ranch
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Album Review: Fastball’s Sonic Ranch
Fastball (left to right) Tony Scalzo, Joey Shuffield, and Miles Zuniga When grown folks make grown-folks alternative rock, it becomes something else entirely. With the baby fat of rebellion burned away, what’s left is timeless music that resonates with audiences long after the feedback settles. The men of Fastball have created in their ninth studio release, Sonic Ranch, an accidental piece of brilliant rock & roll that could be the band’s most cohesive and musically mature album to date.
Movies, Mothers, and 4th of July Fun Highlights the Week's Events
Monday 1, Captain Quackenbush’s Coffeehouse Anyone else ever watch the ol’ VH1 “I Love The” series? My knowledge of previous decades comes almost entirely from those shows with their comedian talking heads and tasteless jokes about celebrity tragedies. Delve into that nostalgic knowledge hole for this trivia night – hosted on Nineties icon Pamela Anderson’s birthday by Get It Games.
Magda, Mélat, Madam Radar, and More Crucial Concerts
Thursday 27, the Chronpound So it goes: Newspapers and alt-weeklies and circulars and all other types of print media continue to dwindle as big business gobbles them up, spits ’em out, and moves on to whatever new toy the other kids are playing with. We here at ye olde Austin Chronicle think this stinks! And we’re doing a li’l somethin’ somethin’ about it. Free Press Forever, kicking off this Thursday, is a mini music series/donor drive held once a month in our new offices’ courtyard.
Austin Icon Dr. James Polk Passes Away at 83
Dr. James Polk at the Continental Club Gallery on Jan. 14, 2019 Keyboardist, band leader, and educator Dr. James Polk passed away on Friday, June 21, 2024 at the age of 83, The Austin Jazz Society announced via social media. The multi-instrumentalist came from a musical family, with both parents accomplished pianists in their own right, as described in a 2019 profile from the . Polk began his musical journey at the age of 13, playing paid gigs with the blessing of his father.
New Prints, Old Turtles, and Other Events This Week
"Ply" by Jeffrey Lara Through July 6, Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking For the rest of this month and into the next, Flatbed Press, local bastion of multiple originals, is putting you on to the next gen of Austin printmakers. For the third year in a row, this annual exhibition features work from students receiving a printmaking degree from any college in the Austin area, including UT, ACC, St. Edward’s, Texas State, and Southwestern.
Of Montreal, Pixies, Kinky Curly Coily Fest, and More Crucial Concerts
Thursday 20 – Sunday 23, Various locations This multimedia convergence feels like a direct response to this year’s South by Southwest, which invited the U.S. Army and various Israel-supplying defense contractors to speak in the midst of the Palestinian genocide. Named after the region’s native passerine, Sunbird Fest showcases local music, art, film, comedy, and poetry, with all proceeds benefiting the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund and Gaza families.
Megan Thee Stallion Was More Than a Hot Girl at Moody Center
Megan Thee Stallion owns the stage In the sultry early evening of a mid-June Thursday, ladies and lads had asses out, glorious bodies on display in various forms of dress (oftentimes, more on the un- side of that) to support the queen of spicy seasonal shenanigans. Hot Girl Summer indeed. Folx were laid out, you hear me. They had the opportunity and the vast majority of attendees took it. The DJ played a mixture of hits from rap and R&B artists.
Megan Thee Stallion Was More Than a Hot Girl at Frank Erwin Center
Megan Thee Stallion owns the stage In the sultry early evening of a mid-June Thursday, ladies and lads had asses out, glorious bodies on display in various forms of dress (oftentimes, more on the un- side of that) to support the queen of spicy seasonal shenanigans. Hot Girl Summer indeed. Folx were laid out, you hear me. They had the opportunity and the vast majority of attendees took it. The DJ played a mixture of hits from rap and R&B artists.
Jess Williamson, Stay Black & Live, Babestock, and More Crucial Concerts
Recommended shows for the week in Austin Thursday 13 – Friday 14, Antone’s Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Jess Williamson has spent the better part of the year on tour, but her specially named “Deep in the Heart” leg returns her to her home state. Over two nights at Antone’s, Williamson will bring 2023's alt.country showstopper Time Ain’t Accidental to life, along with cuts from her four other full-length albums.
Juneteenth Events in Austin
Juneteenth Parade in 2021 Saturday 15, Rosewood Park Celebrate the federal holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865, when the last slaves in Galveston Bay finally got the news that they were free. The festivities begin at 10am with a parade through the Eastside starting on MLK Boulevard, going down Chicon and concluding at Rosewood Park. The procession includes bands, dance troupes, city officials, and more. The festival starts at noon with food, music, and local vendors. Admission is free.
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