Greg Beets/Alternative

"...2. Alice Donut, Pure Acid Park (Alternative Tentacles)..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Music Feature

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...tried kicking out one of the label guys, too!! Alternative Tentacles was supposed to have a party after the..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Seventies big-hair Camaro rock. The quartet's stomp-time single for Alternative Tentacles takes said mean machine outta the garage for..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Dicks

Reissues

"...DicksKill From the Heart (Alternative Tentacles) DicksThese People (Alternative Tentacles)..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...the band's new With Loving and Open Arms (on Alternative Tentacles) at the schwag table. (Atomic Cafe, 8pm) --..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Muhammad Was a Punk Rocker

How a fictional music genre blossomed into a real movement

"...the trunk of his car. Then Jello Biafra's outfit, Alternative Tentacles, published the book in 2003. Soon Mohawked Muslim..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hee Haw Hell

Dash Rip Rock's journey through H-E-double hockey sticks.

"...don’t tell you a lot about them, their latest Alternative Tentacles disc should. It’s called Hee Haw Hell and..."

Jan. 22, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Saturday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...broken glass, that would be great. – Audra Schroeder Alternative Tentacles..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...in great vocal form on last year's Sieg Howdy! (Alternative Tentacles) with the equally iconic Melvins. – Dan OkoTHE..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...unleash homicidal sonic assault. 2005's Red, White & Black (Alternative Tentacles) proclaimed "Maximum Rock n' Soul," which the BellRays..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

The Yuppie Pricks

Texas platters

"...Brokers Banquet (Alternative Tentacles)..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Buzzkill House of Bad Touch (Alternative Tentacles)

SXSW Records

"...BuzzkillHouse of Bad Touch (Alternative Tentacles) Suddenly it's 1984 -- again. Just when you..."

March 10, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Music Reviews

"...Freedom Bondage (Alternative Tentacles)..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Music Review

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...a fine slice of pop songwriting that has adult alternative radio written all over it. (Cue Lounge, 9pm) --..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...home for this stuff (it's not AAA, it's not alternative, it's not bitchin' guitar rock), it never got much..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Dancing About Architecture

Behind the Panels

"...and continues through Saturday. Nominees in the Adult Album Alternative category include KGSR for station of the year; KGSR's..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Music Column

Playback: Gone Unsane

Unsane bassist just left Austin for Italy, while SXSW eschews Sonicbids to bring their submissions process in-house

"...For instance, the aforementioned alternative lounging venue hosted Curran's first local gig with Unsane..."

July 28, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Friday Picks

"...most emo bands manage their entire career. Named Best Alternative/Punk Band four years running in the Austin Music Awards,..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Weird Bands From Texas

"...that would eventually coalesce under the unfortunate banner of "alternative music." Austin was no different. In 1990, the Cannibal..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Dancing About Architecture

How's Yer Johnson?

"...with members of Victim's Family, is in the new Alternative Tentacles band Saturn's Flea Collar? Well, that would be..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Levitation Profile: Flipper

San Francisco noise punks bring chaos to the festival

"...their "Ha Ha Ha" as the lead track on Alternative Tentacles' essential Let Them Eat Jellybeans comp. Meanwhile, Flip­per's..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Best Austin Music Controversies of 2017

The year in quarrel

"...Evan Johns Electrifying guitar phenom who fronted Alternative Tentacles' punkabilly trio H-Bombs left us in March at..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Starf**king SXSW

SXSW’s bubble burst? Sure, okay – if you say so. Leave the starfucking to us, then.

"...catalog gem Rollin' Through the Night on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label out of San Francisco. Johns' touring career..."

March 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Help Crowdfund Austin's Wealthiest Band

1% locals the Yuppie Pricks launch a “Prickstarter”

"...arrogance that we've come to expect from the one-time Alternative Tentacles signees who dress like country clubbers and sing..."

June 20, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Exhumed’s Necrocracy

San Jose gore/grind outfit gets political – for free

"...Justice For All. I also used to work at Alternative Tentacles, so I have a passing knowledge of your..."

Jan. 29, 2014 Music Post by Andy O’Connor

If I Had My Way

Guitar hero Evan Johns lives!

"...Through the Night on Jello Biafra's San Francisco indie Alternative Tentacles, and Evan Johns & the H-Bombs on Austin's..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Evans Johns is da Bomb

Guitarist Evan Johns is honored at the Longbranch

"...swagger and Texas muscle. Johns recorded on Jungle, Fundamental, Alternative Tentacles, and Ryko among others and was nominated for..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...Slim Cessna's Auto Club, a collection of rarities on Alternative Tentacles, is titled Buried Behind the Barn, appropriate given..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Texas Sessions

"...Eugene Chadbourne and Evan JohnsTerror Has Some Strange Kinfolk (Alternative Tentacles, 1993)..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Wovenhand, Sixteen Horsepower

"...WovenhandTen Stones (Sounds Familyre) Sixteen HorsepowerLive March 2001 (Alternative Tentacles)..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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