Sound Check: Matt the Electrician
Watch this exclusive live performance of the title track from his 2017 album, The Doubles.
Watch this exclusive live performance of the title track from his 2017 album, The Doubles.
The Statler isn’t the only historic Big-D property to get an overhaul.
Plus, Mary H.K. Choi’s novel about young adulthood in Austin, a classic Cyd Charisse film, and Liza Koshy’s YouTube series.
Plus, Tom Morello’s SXSW magic, a cancer researcher celebrated, and hand-painted jean jackets.
Plus, the songs we can't stop listening to, from George Strait's latest to one of the first rock and roll songs to Weird Al Yankovic's classic Chamillionaire remix.
Plus, explosive photography from Austin, instrumentals from Billy Preston, and a podcast investigation of Anna Nicole Smith.
Plus, the crime in Vidor that inspired an Oscar-winning film and the TV show bringing us back to middle school.
Plus, garage rock from Texas City, Tejano rock n’ roll from San Antonio, and surviving a fictional rapture in small-town Texas.
Plus, rap from San Antonio, essays from Houston, and landscape photography from across the state.
Euless is home to one of the largest Tongan communities in the U.S. In this documentary, Huay-Bing Law explores how the immigrants have revitalized the local high school football team through the story of one player, Patrick Vahe.
Filmmaker Annie Silverstein chronicled the scene and the dancers at Sefcik Dance Hall in Seaton.
Mac Coleman always knew he wanted to be a professional bronc rider. This documentary film by TJ Martinez profiles the Texan as he pursues his dream—after losing his eyesight.
In this episode of Sound Check, Terry Allen, Lloyd Maines, and Bukka Allen take us to the “Bottom of the World.”
For the launch of the new Texas Monthly video series, “Spaces: A Look at How Texans Live,” a companion to our “Spaces” photo series, Decker takes us through her West Austin home. Find out more about what’s in that shoe collection as the affable and unassuming actress talks about
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From flying the length of Texas's perimeter to Hurricane Harvey to a tragic fire on the Panhandle plains, read our favorite longform from this year.
Roy Orbison, Kacey Musgraves, Willie—deck your halls with Lone Star tunes this year.
Meet Kenneth Laird, the man behind Laird’s Bar-B-Q in Llano.
We went behind the scenes with Texas Monthly’s November 2017 cover guys, Leon Bridges and Gary Clark Jr.
The story of Hurricane Harvey, as told by 28 Texans who helped their state through its darkest hour.
Going to Gatling, meeting Landry, and discovering the cruelty of teenage girls.
The Texas filmmakers poised to usher in a new Golden Age of Texas cinema.
Shout outs to the best meat, sides, atmosphere, and more that we found while putting together the top fifty barbecue list.
Welcome to the golden age of Texas barbecue.
Queen Bey reigned, while Clark and Morris repped the Lone Star State.
By Texas Monthly, Emily McCullar and Dan Solomon
A snapshot of two of Texas's busiest airports in the aftermath of the refugee ban.
By Texas Monthly, Michael Hardy and Sonia Smith
You’ve probably heard about the bathroom bill—and you’re going to hear a lot more—but here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the legislature and the politicians, lobbyists, agitators, and donors who really run the show.
By Texas Monthly, Dave Mann, Eric Benson and R.G. Ratcliffe
Proceed with caution: steers ahead.
The best albums released by Texas artists this year, according to the 'Texas Monthly' staff.
There are certain dishes that every good Texan knows and loves. But do you really know how to grill a flawless ribeye? Season that cast-iron skillet in your cupboard? Make sure your dough rises? We asked experts around the state to share some how-tos and a few recipes that will
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Your mouth’s guide to the Super Bowl, fresh from the ’Texas Monthly’ archives.
The Great Texas Meltdown of 2015 started slowly. In fact, things were looking mighty good for perennial favorites the Dallas Cowboys when they made the playoffs last January, and they could have gone all the way if it hadn’t been for a controversial call by the refs that cost them
2015's most read in longform, news, food, and general Texanness.
Rounding up a year of Texas oddballs and oddities with the Bum Steer 2016.
Pre-1,200 BCE: People in the New World discover nixtamalization, a process of soaking maize in water with wood ash that vastly increases the nutritional value of anything made from it, including corn tortillas. 1520’s: In recounting Hernán Cortés’s conquest of the Aztecs, Spanish historian Bernal Díaz del Castillo observes that
The lexical evolution of a most delicious word.
Screaming for Blue Bell ice cream can stop in less than two weeks, and rats invade the Dallas criminal court.
The state’s top offerings, from Dirk Nowitzki’s big-screen debut in Dallas to an irresistible explosion of musical genres in Austin.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The state’s top offerings for the July 4th weekend, from Willie’s picnic in Austin to Billy Bob’s own version in Fort Worth.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The state’s top offerings, from the fortieth anniversary of Jaws in New Braunfels to thirty years of Shakespeare in Kilgore.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
Governor Greg AbbottOf all the leaders entering the legislative session, the biggest question mark centered on Greg Abbott, the first new governor in Texas in fourteen years. The attorney general since 2002, he led the Republican ticket last November and walloped Democrat Wendy Davis in the
The state’s top offerings, from the most famous Wild West bull-dogger in Taylor to all things tequila in Galveston.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The state’s top offerings, from hip-hop activism in Austin and Dallas to ice cream dreams in McKinney.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The state’s top offerings, from a showcase of extreme sports in Austin to a whole bunch of hell-raising in El Paso.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The state’s top offerings, from underwater Nirvana outtakes in Austin to thundering herds of buffalo in Canyon.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The state’s top offerings, from the finest beard known to man in Houston to wall-to-wall kolaches in Ennis.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
Everything tastes better on (or near) the grill. Just ask Dallas chef Tim Byres, who invited five of his friends over to create these mouthwatering recipes for your next backyard shindig.
By Patricia Sharpe and Texas Monthly
The state’s top offerings, from pastoral spaceships in Fort Worth to gone-too-soon musical tributes in Austin.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The state’s top offerings, from a higher plane at the Levitation music fest in Austin to accordion wizardry in San Antonio.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly