The Austin Chronicle

The Austin Chronicle is a weekly alternative newspaper that follows a tabloid format, released every Thursday in Austin, Texas, USA. It is available for free at various newsstands, particularly in local restaurants and coffee shops that attract its intended audience.

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Album Review: Mobley’s We Do Not Fear Ruins

11 hours ago | austinchronicle.com | Kahron Spearman

On the follow-up to his 2022 EP Cry Havoc!, Mobley constructs a story about the wreckage of an empire. His full-length debut on Last Gang Records, We Do Not Fear Ruins, emerges not merely as a full-throated concept album but as temporal insurgency – a bold deconstruction of what the music critic Mark Fisher might have called our “lost futures.”At its center breathes Jacob Creedmoor, an early-Eighties NYC dissident placed in suspended animation for three centuries.
The Texas Legislative Session Is Over. Here’s the Elephant in the Room

11 hours ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

The state didn’t fill all our federal funding gaps This year, the Texas Legislature’s 140-day session lined up almost exactly with the Trump administration’s first stretch. Texas legislators gaveled in January 14, and six days later, Donald Trump began his second term as U.S. president. Republicans at the national and state level have described Trump’s win as a mandate from the American people: to crack down on immigration on the southern border and to wage war on DEI.
Under One of the World’s Most Extreme Abortion Bans, Texas Doubles Down

11 hours ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

A slew of abortion-related bills seek to entrench pro-life culture and add barriers for abortion-seekers in Texas Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Texas has enforced some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States, and therefore in the Western world. By enacting a near-total ban that only allows abortions to save the life of the mother, Texas joined ranks with about 30 generally volatile countries worldwide including Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, and Myanmar.
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported

1 day ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case Jermaine Thomas, who says he was deported to Jamaica without a passport though he's never been to the country Ten years ago, Jermaine Thomas was at the center of a case brought before the U.S. Supreme Court: Should a baby born to a U.S. citizen father deployed to a U.S. Army base in Germany have U.S. citizenship? Last week, Thomas was escorted onto a plane with his wrists and ankles shackled, he says.
San Diego Loss Caps Off Brutal Month for Austin FC

4 days ago | austinchronicle.com | Eric Goodman

Club notches zero wins in May league play Austin FC lost its first-ever match on the road against expansion team San Diego FC, 2-0 Austin FC rang in the halfway point of the 2025 MLS regular season with a 2-0 loss to San Diego FC in the club’s first trip to Snapdragon Stadium.
What We Learned at the King of the Hill ATX TV Festival Panel

5 days ago | austinchronicle.com | Richard Whittaker

The Hills are alive! King of the Hill is back for season 14, and the ATX TV Festival got a first look Friday night Hank's back and he's mad as hell. So sayeth Mike Judge in the inimitable tones of Hank Hill, pater familias of the Hill family and heart of the unofficial state TV show of Texas, King of the Hill. With those words, Judge closed out the first look at Friday's sneak preview of season 14 of the newly-resurrected show at the ATX TV Festival.
Texas Bill Would Block International Students From Speaking in Support of “Terrorist Activities”

1 week ago | austinchronicle.com | Blake Leschber

Universities that don’t punish students would face huge fines Under this proposed law, if UT-Austin failed to investigate an accused student or staffer, the university would face a $42 million fine Public college students and faculty in Texas would be suspended or expelled for supporting “terrorist activities” if Senate Bill 2233 became law. For student visa-holders, being expelled would likely mean being kicked out of the country as well.
Round One of I-35 “Caps” Fight Ends in a Draw

1 week ago | austinchronicle.com | Austin E. Sanders

City to fund columns that could support highway parks A rendering of the bridge at Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. with a cap The first round in the City Hall fight over the future of I-35 has ended, and it was an ugly one. The bout, which culminated at City Council’s May 22 meeting, centered over whether or not the city should pay for structural support columns along the highway through Central Austin, which will soon undergo a massive, state-mandated transformation.
iLLfest, Perfume Genius, Röyksopp, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

1 week ago | austinchronicle.com | Derek Udensi |Carys Anderson |Raoul Hernandez |Michael Toland

Keep your ears open for these shows Nakia Friday 30, Waterloo RecordsEarlier this month, when Shinyribs serenaded Waterloo Records, emotions ran heavy in the knowledge of the group’s final live appearance at that location. Expect no less from Nakia. A semifinalist on The Voice and perennial Austin City Limits television show attendee, the South Austin soul man runs deep through the local scene lore.
Tornado - Movie Review - The Austin Chronicle

1 week ago | austinchronicle.com | Richard Whittaker

2025, R, 91 min. Directed by John Maclean. Starring Kōki, Takehiro Hira, Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Nathan Malone, Jamie Michie, Joanne Whalley, Bryan Michael Mills. REVIEWED By Richard Whittaker, Fri., May 30, 2025 The world has always been smaller than people believe. The Vikings traded with the Middle Eastern Sasanian empire. By the 15th century, Ethiopia had permanent embassies across Europe.