The Austin Chronicle

The club-hopping has commenced. Back to its choose-your-own-adventure format, Levitation kicked off Thursday night with lots of synths on Red River and post-punk at the Ballroom, before Friday’s tentpole show at the Far Out Lounge saw legendary punks Gibby Haynes and Bikini Kill bookend a fiery set from torchbearing young locals Die Spitz. Read the Chronicle’s reca...

When Austin musician and software developer Mark Sean watched Ken Paxton win the Republican senate primary, a lightbulb went off. 

Something about the attorney general got under Sean’s skin, he told me. “People in his own party don’t even like him,” Sean said. “He’s a classic example of...

Locals may be familiar with basketball player Mo Bamba, who graced UT Austin’s team nearly a decade ago before reaching NBA stardom. The less-sports-inclined may recognize Bamba’s name from the title of the Sheck Wes song that heavily referenced the Harlem rapper’s friend as it swept college campuses with viral swagger back in 2018.

A longtime athlete and a pop cul...

Just off SH-71, sandwiched between a meat processing facility and the Mexican Consulate, Austin’s professional doomsday planners do, well, just that. Austin Emergency Management has gotten busier in the past few years, and has in turn focused on the one thing they feel is most important – the spread of information.

“Information is currency, and we want to give ...

The scene is chaotic by design. Volunteers act as injured patients while emergency crews assess casualties and establish treatment areas. Behind the scenes, another team determines how much blood is needed, prepares transport containers, and tracks each unit.

The scenario is only a drill, but for Austin-Travis County EMS and Central Texas blood bank We Are Bloo...