The Bangles

The 'Doll Revolution' continues

"...it seems, the recent uprising in Egypt brought the Bangles to some minds. The L.A.'s band's breakout hit "Walk..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

sxswm: Steady Bangling

The Bangles are back

"...The Bangles are playing South by Southwest for the first time..."

March 15, 2011 SXSW Post by Jim Caligiuri

Ricki and the Flash

Meryl Streep, Jonathan Demme, Diablo Cody combine talents, but where's the magic?

"...Clad in black leather pants, bangles, and dopey braids, Ricki Rendazzo (Streep) fronts an aging..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Psych Fest: Rain Parade

Q&A with headliner/bandleader Matt Piucci

"...of L.A. bands that included the Three O’Clock, the Bangles, Green on Red, and Dream Syndicate...."

April 25, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Iris

In one of his final films, doc legend Albert Maysles profiles fashion maven Iris Apfel

"...is a real character. Clacking around in her stacked bangles, she’s not quite as flamboyant or fringe as Little..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's

This doc about the storied department store stays relentlessly on-message.

"...– I expected to see Liza Minnelli jangling her bangles in the aisles or Saudi princesses taking the handbag..."

May 24, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

The Girls of Summer Redux

Girls Rock Camp Austin valedictorians Schmillion

"...last year, Schmillion has triple-crushed it: opening for the Bangles at South by Southwest, playing three Texas dates with..."

July 22, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

SXSW Thursday Showcases

Thursday night showcases, trips to Austin, Colombia, Mexico, Scandanavia, and Staten Island (RIP ODB)

"...sister-act SHEL. Oh, and maybe you've heard of the Bangles? If you're a man of a certain age, Susanna..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

This Town

The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine takes the Zilker Park train back to her Austin upbringing

"...most commercially successful girl band ever. Not even the Bangles could touch the Go-Go's golden California-girl charm and bright,..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Peter Holsapple (dBs), Susan Cowsill (Cowsills), and Vicki Peterson (Bangles). In 1996, the sextet packed up and moved to..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...Late,” sung by surprise guest Vicki Peterson from the Bangles as substitute for the long absent Kendra Smith, provided..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Fallout Theater Says Fuck This Week

The improv alchemists of this weekly show turn the crap in your life into comedy gold

"...Week is totally fucking worth it; queue up the Bangles and transform your Manic Monday into a Funday ASAP...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

Far Flung Correspondence: Chennai Cafe

South Indian fare brings the heat and opens the mind

"...sari the exact shade of the walls flashed gold bangles while imperiously gesturing at the waitress. The air smelled..."

June 29, 2018 Food Column by Emily Beyda

12 Breakthrough Austin Bands at SXSW Music

Late Sixties pop with a surprising bite

"..."I wanna marry Townes Van Zandt and the Bangles," drawls the Go Fever vocalist/guitarist in her thick Australian..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Libby Webster

SXSW Music: Radio Day Stage

Convention Center lineup brought out the sun inside

"...17 at SXSW with a fun-loving, almost throwback energy. Bangles-ish, with a sunny surf vibe and gabba-gabba-hey harmonies in..."

March 19, 2016 SXSW Post

SXSW Music: Second Band List of 2016

Tommy Stinson, Thee Oh Sees, Mercury Rev, and 212 more

"...Casey Veggies, experimental R&B wonder Autre Ne Veut, and Bangles-esque pop rockers Bleached...."

Nov. 17, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Good Eye

Austin airport couture

"...line. With her giant Hervé Chapelier tote and black-and-gold bangles from local antique jewelry store Bell and Bird, I..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Column by Amy Gentry

1 Fest, 2 Founders, 3 Days: 4ever

Forever Fest finds the total outer limits of all things squee

"...Drafthouse programmer Pitre jangles an armful of chic white bangles. Their combined experience – Fons manages Fantastic Fest and..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

I Call B.S.

Playback hates on Grizzly Bear

"...me, saying that Bleached is “way more like the Bangles than the Go Go’s,” but declined to comment on..."

April 15, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Dead Zone

Sony sponsors Red 7 for SXSW

"...Week. Heather's punky rough stab at Prince and the Bangles' “Manic Monday” made perfect soundtrack to the dawn of..."

Jan. 5, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Schmillion

SXSW showcase reviews

"...seeing Schmillion play a few slots ahead of the Bangles. The local quintet, which formed at Girls Rock Camp..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Bassnectar

"...full 15 seconds. Later, White Zombie clashed with the Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" and Ol' Dirty Bastard shimmy-shimmy..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Petals Pusher

Two San Antone sisters tiptoe through the decades

"...Me Not is packed with lessons learned from the Bangles, the Sundays, a hint of the Breeders, and healthy..."

Aug. 25, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Naughty, Yet Nice

The Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girl’s Guide to Handmade Jewelry, by Jennifer Perkins, is an excellent antidote to boring accessory habits.

"...clear instructions and demonstrative photographs for even the simplest bangles and baubles. The book also includes excellent guides to..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Design Post by Sarah Jean Billeiter

After a Fashion

Stephen is deeply touched by a pack of racers headed north to Alaska – and no, it's not the Iditarod

"...in several different looks including Victorian rose-gold and rolled-gold bangles or wide, art-deco rhinestone-and-paste bracelets...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream

An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream doesn't do justice to Shakespeare's comedy, but the goodwill, visual splendor, and flashes of magic in Tongue and Groove Theatre's show can transport you halfway 'round the world

"...bellydancers adorned in all manner of sparkly, jangly baubles, bangles, and beads – enhance their supernatural allure with the..."

July 28, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'Biscuit: A Retrospective'

Gallery Lombardi’s posthumous exhibition of 150 collages by local punk rock renaissance darling Randy Turner is a friendly walk through the brain of Biscuit

"...to found items, a veritable Mardi Gras of baubles, bangles, trinkets, flamingos, and doll parts...."

March 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs

"..."Girlfriend" and she with flirty Eighties chart queens the Bangles. Together, they've handpicked a bouquet of hits that bloomed..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996

In box

"...in the mid-Eighties, and with the exception of the Bangles, Smithereens, and Church, groups such as these operated below..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...So Jealous, akin to Sleater-Kinney deciding to become a Bangles cover band. With titles such as "Where Does the..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

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