A.V. Club: Best of the Decade

Recap features

  • max tundra, deastro, mohawk, austin

    Recap Max Tundra and Deastro at Mohawk

    The art of twiddling knobs from a couple of its most noteworthy aesthetes.

    by Adam Schragin

    November 19, 2009 | 4:15pm -

  • get up kids, emo's, austin, kevin devine, keith case, reunion

    Recap The Get Up Kids at Emo's

    The "Grown-Up Kids," caught between "Mass Pike" and the Autobahn.

    by Erik Adams

    November 19, 2009 | 3:00pm -

  • regina spektor, stubb's, austin

    Recap Regina Spektor at Stubb's

     They just wanna hear the old songs, and tonight that's all right.

    by Dan Solomon

    November 12, 2009 | 3:00pm -

  • jay-z, frank erwin center, austin, november 10

    Recap Jay-Z at Frank Erwin Center

     For a guy practically encrusted in diamonds, the Jigga Man has a soft and chewy center.

    by Sean O'Neal

    November 11, 2009 | 3:20pm -

  • fun fun fun fest, austin, danzig, jesus lizard, les savy fav, crystal castles, of montreal, gza, health, atlas sound, destroyer, neon indian, face to face, 7 seconds, times new viking, night marchers, strange boys, mika miko, yeasayer, fucked up, mission of burma,

    Recap Fun Fun Fun Fest 2009

     Breaking down the last big hurrah of Austin's festival season, from our mud-related mea culpa to grisly tributes to Danzig to whatever was up with that goat.

    by Erik Adams, Sean O'Neal, Mike Pace, Devon Tincknell

    November 9, 2009 | 4:25pm -

  • austin film festival, up in the air, downtown calling

    Recap Austin Film Festival Thursday

    The final night ends on an appropriately existential note, with Downtown Calling and Up In The Air offering complementary looks at art in troubled times.

    by Sean O'Neal and Scott Von Doviak

    October 30, 2009 | 1:20pm -

  • austin film festival, the road, holy hell, grown in detroit

    Recap Austin Film Festival Wednesday

    The festival rolls down the bleak landscapes of The Road toward Holy Hell and the greener pastures of Grown In Detroit.

    by Dan Solomon, Erik Adams, and Sean O'Neal

    October 29, 2009 | 3:00pm -

  • austin film festival, wild and wonderful whites of west virginia, william kunstler disturbing the universe, poliwood, floored, the vicious kind, thor at the bus stop

    Recap Austin Film Festival Tuesday

    A day heavy on documentaries introduces us to The Wild And Wonderful Whites Of West Virginia, the stockbrokers of Floored, and even more proudly defiant assholes.

    by Dan Solomon, Erik Adams, Sean O'Neal, and Scott Von Doviak

    October 28, 2009 | 4:30pm -

  • austin film festival, passenger side, punching the clown, happy ending, automorphosis, little fish strange pond, happy ending

    Recap Austin Film Festival Monday

     The second part of our festival coverage includes Passenger Side, Punching The Clown, Automorphosis, Little Fish Strange Pond, and Happy Ending.

    by Dan Solomon, Erik Adams, Sean O'Neal, and Scott Von Doviak

    October 27, 2009 | 3:00pm -

  • austin film festival, youth in revolt, serious moonlight, the fourth kind, an education, mad men

    Recap Austin Film Festival opening weekend

    The first part of our coverage includes Youth In Revolt, Serious Moonlight, The Fourth Kind, The Donner Party, Apollo 13, and tons more.

    by Dan Solomon, Erik Adams, Sean O'Neal, and Scott Von Doviak

    October 26, 2009 | 5:00pm -