The Acid House

"...bathtub crank, the lads and lasses living in The Acid House are less victims of pharmaceuticals than suitable victims,..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scratch Acid Makes Rare Appearance in Austin on Saturday… to Recount Escapades Past

Bradford, Sims, and Washam pop up at David Yow’s interview show

"...time in ten years, all four members of Scratch Acid were in the same place. That place: onstage at..."

July 10, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Festival Review: Acid Test

Riot Grrl period piece is best if you were there

"...movement embodied that frustration. That tension is explored in Acid Test, which follows Jenny (Julianna Destefano), a seemingly-perfect student..."

Oct. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Adrienne Hunter

ATX Acid Punks the Boleys Throw a True Crime Rager in New Video

Video for "Pinky Toe" takes a morbid turn

"...Austin,” recalls Ethan – guitarist/vocalist for Austin’s most prominent acid-punk sibling band, the Boleys – between sniffles mere hours..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Levitation Live Shot: Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats

British Blood Lust beasts hammer a childlike sweet spot

"...At 12:03am on Saturday, when Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats ceased, the UK doom melodians slammed..."

April 30, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Levitation Review: Om, True Widow, Dallas Acid

Urban doom, drone, enchantment

"...pair of Texans, Dallas’ True Widow, and Austin’s Dallas Acid. Meet Levitation’s Urban Edition, the concrete sibling of the..."

April 29, 2018 Music Post by Christina Garcia

No Control Radio Presents: Scratch Acid w/ When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth

Nicole's show pick for Saturday

"...rock today because of the grit of Austin-born Scratch Acid and a handful of other Chicago bands. Formed in..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Events Post by Nicole Wagner

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Mono/Acid Mothers Temple

A pair of Japanese guitar storms

"...blowing at midnight. Mono soothed until it roared, and Acid Mothers Temple literally combusted...."

May 4, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Psych Fest Live: Acid Mothers Temple

‘Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky’

"...The insanely prolific Japanese ensemble Acid Mothers Temple built a reputation in underground circles for..."

April 27, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Brain Behind Ambient Trio Dallas Acid

Exploring the oscillators, envelope generators, and filters that create the band’s pastoral, spacey sound

"...Starlite Drive-In, Nosferatu awakened from his coffin to Dallas Acid drummer Linda Beecroft scraping her fingers across the rim..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Terror Fest Interview: Acid King

"...Stoner metal band Acid King famously took its moniker from a killer's quote:..."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Bridge Farmers' Superior Acid Metal

Hawkwind and Sabbath didn't spawn the Austin trio, but they should have

"...heaviest moments with Sabbath's spaciest, Bridge Farmers channel superior acid metal. Garett Carr's thundering basslines join Kyle Rice's percussive..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

The Luv Doc: Hyperbolic Acid

Enhancing the emotional impact of an otherwise unremarkable set of facts

"...involve Walt dropping body parts into a barrel of acid. What I do know a lot about, however, is..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

Spotlights: Acid Mothers Temple/Mono

Two Japanese noise-rock bands descend on SXSW

"...This year, SXSW brings two similarly challenging Japanese acts: Acid Mothers Temple, who've garnered a reputation for their unpredictable..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Levitation Review: Wooden Shjips, Acid Mothers Temple, ST 37, Yoo Doo Right

The ABCs of psychedelia

"...flyer since the bygone days of Austin Psych Fest, Acid Mothers Temple may well have played Levitation more times..."

April 30, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Boleys Put an Acid-Punk Spin on the Family Bands of the Sixties

Ethan, Emma & Jovian Boley do the punk rock

"...This ability resulted in the Boleys, an acid-punk variant on Sixties family act the Cowsills (or the..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Acid-Laced Sun Kisses

Hippies, LSD, and the Brotherhood of Eternal Love in Orange Sunshine

"...label for nothing. And the Butthole Surfers' infamous freak-out, acid-and-shroom-washed psychonaut theatrics likely kept the drug in the scene..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Psychedelic Acid Trope

Exhibits at the Bullock, Briscoe, and LBJ explore our recall of the Sixties

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...It's a beautiful day for a Scratch Acid reunion...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Cockettes

"...every good story began with how many hits of acid were involved and “gender-bending” didn't refer to the latest..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Playback – Typecast: David Yow & Brett Bradford

Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard in their new roles, plus a Twin Peaks themed concert

"...Nineties crawling atop crowds as the frontman for Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard. Now a forthcoming wave of..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Nowhere

The third chapter in Araki's teen-angst-run-riot-in-L.A. triptych is as gorgeously messy as the first two films.

"...has already been pegged as “Beverly Hills 90210 on acid” by damn near everyone, and while that's as accurate..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Climax

Gaspar Noé's acid freakout dance-a-thon teaches us that drugs are bad, m'kay

"...a party, but then somebody spikes the punch with acid, and everyone melts down, turns on each other, and..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Playback – Lords of the Dance: TC Superstar

TC Superstar promotes body movement, Dallas Acid get blissed with Laraaji, a black metal binge, and Trouble in the Streets breaks rules

"...now doing so with Austin's headiest ambient act, Dallas Acid. The two parties' joint LP, Arrive Without Leaving, comes..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Dallas Acid blows some bubbles, KUTX remembers the Armadillo, and more music for the moment

"...Dallas Acid..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Ain't That Love

Live review of Scratch Acid “reenactment” at Emo's East

"...Saturday at Emo’s East, the tension onstage in Scratch Acid translated into 80 minutes of Austin post-punk history revisited...."

Dec. 12, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

This Week's Waste of Time

Take a bad trip courtesy of the Web

"...don't take ’em. No sir. But I've found enough acid-induced art recently to call it a trend. For video..."

Sept. 16, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Diamantino

Politics and Pekingese in this strange, sweet, and very Portuguese fantasy

"...Like The Jerk without its acid edge, Cotta has the bravery to play Diamantino as..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Levitation Adds Flipper, Flaming Lips & David J

Mercury Rev, Cherubs, Windhand, and Vagabon also set for November fest

"...Nov. 7, with former Austinite David Yow, of Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard, handling vocals...."

July 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A Man Called Ove

A grumpy old man finds his heart

"...an Inspector Javert. Short-tempered and confrontational, he unleashes his acid tongue on his scofflaw neighbors – and anyone else..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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