Austin Psych Fest Live (Thursday): Flamin’ Groovies

Sold-out APF opener boasts reunited S.F. cults icons

"...incarnations, R&B-loving Sixties garage rockers and Seventies power-poppers, the Bay Area-born Flamin’ Groovies went against then-current mainstream tastes in..."

May 2, 2014 Music Post by Scott Schinder

The Capital Grille Steaks Its Claim on Fourth Street

And, boy howdy, does it come through with flavors flying

"...circles with various local (or beyond) celebrities in those areas – and, when we get talking about any of..."

April 30, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bell Whether

Ready or not, W. Kamau Bell is leading us into a conversation about race

"...Kamau Bell wants to have awkward conversations. The longtime Bay Area comedian has been probing uncomfortable truths since his..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Day Party: Waterloo Records

Garage punk and pop, ATX speed rock, and African blues

"...looking like they just rolled out of bed. Their Bay Area garage pop, best served warm and fuzz, proved..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

SXSW Panel: From Riffs to Bits

This is your life James Williamson, you Stooge you

"...one hour, with moderator Jack Boulware – author of Bay Area punk history Gimme Something Better – and Melvins..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Panel: Stronger Than a Séance – Resurrecting Jerry Garcia

Grateful Dead guitarist returns as a website

"...legions of faithful cultists, there’s no denying that the Bay Area jam band was decades ahead of the curve..."

March 11, 2014 Music Post by Scott Schinder

From Ravitch to the Ritz: SXSWedu highlights

"...4:30pm: "Keeping the Promise of Educational Technology": Bay Area data entrepreneurs Norma and Vivienne Ming of Socos..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Now & Forever

New Orleans institution riles up the Paramount Friday

"...born in 1971 and spent every summer in the Bay Area. Stern Grove was an annual show for the..."

Feb. 20, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Poi Dog Pondering Laughs, Talks Story, and Plays Like There’s No Tomorrow

Bassist Bruce Hughes relishes a family reunion of sorts

"...year, Frank asked me to come out to the Bay Area to be a part of a new version..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Post by Margaret Moser

You’ll Never Hear Fred Frith Plunk

Avant-garde UK guitarist explores the notes behind the notes

"...Speaking from his home in the Bay Area, Frith admits that the economics of touring have..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Take a Bite of Whole Foods' 'Dark Rye'

Pivot series premieres tomorrow

"...While the first episode introduces host Kirk Lombard, "a Bay Area fisherman and forager," a solid handful of future..."

Jan. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Letters at 3AM: The Capacity to Take It

Perseverance is the spine of the human condition

"..."poor," and the second-place rating is via the nonpartisan Bay Area Center for Voting Research. (The most conservative city..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Get Booked

Big names and newcomers delight in this collection of recent releases

"...a respectable cadre of smart twentysomethings living in the Bay Area – unravel a thread much longer than one..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Monica Riese

The Boxing Lesson

Box sets grow up and out

"...live songs and 25 pre-CCR singles/demos, constitutes everything the Bay Area quartet recorded. Even casual fanatics can trace the..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Thee Oh Sees

Bay Area punks bridge the generation gap

"...Chief Oh See John Dwyer and his three Bay Area compatriots will bash away at their instruments like..."

Nov. 9, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Friday Fun Fun Fun Fest Blurbs

FFF Friday by the blurb

"...with soundscapes that draw from indie rock, disco, and Bay Area funk. – Thomas Fawcett..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature

Diaryland: Matt the Electrician

Mr. October releases a new ‘Beacon’

"...lineage of baseball, I was also born in the Bay Area, as was my dad. I’m a San Francisco..."

Oct. 30, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Lou Reed’s Rock & Roll Heart

Saved by that which he revolutionized

"...The Bay Area bands offered a bridge to the new age...."

Oct. 28, 2013 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Documentary Reviews

"...mid-Eighties, there's a good chance the unassuming San Francisco Bay Area schoolteacher played an instrumental role in the way..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature

Playback

Austin Music People wants to meet up

"...band at Beerland in 2007 during a tour with Bay Area fireplugs Thee Oh Sees and Sic Alps. Since..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Festival Drops and Gives Us 10

Lineup includes latest from Jonathan Demme, Alexander Payne

"...of the roughest inner-city classrooms of the San Francisco Bay Area – Mary’s intuitive strategy of teaching arithmetic with..."

Aug. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Chaos in Tejas Live (Finale): Power Trip, World War 4, Rival Mob

Daytime hardcore stomp and thrash fury

"...was revving to North Texas’ Power Trip, revivalists of Bay Area speed thrash meets DC hardcore breakdowns, the sort..."

June 3, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Chaos in Tejas

Chaos in Tejas courts hip-hop, and other tales from the underground punk / metal fest

"...sharing the microphone with a screaming crowd at historic Bay Area punk venue the Gilman as kids stage dive..."

May 31, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Blazers, Brunch, and Sex Shops

These are a few of Janine Brito's favorite things

"..."I pretty much met every female comic in the Bay Area at that time. It created a network of..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Austin Psych Fest: Rain Parade

Q&A with headliner/bandleader Matt Piucci

"...We spoke with Piucci by phone from his Bay Area home about the Rain Parade reunion, his unlikely..."

April 25, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Big Wheel Keep On Turning

Bluegrass, new grass, song grass, tropical grass – roll some Old Settler's Music Fest

"...All Rebel Rockers and The Sound of Sunshine, the Bay Area singer/rapper appears to some to have mellowed, but..."

April 19, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Thursday Showcases

"...pulls as much southern heat as California flair. Nasally Bay Area rappers Roach Gigz and Chippy Nonstop dig deep..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Green Day

SXSW showcase reviews

"...arenas, as opposed to grotty punk rock pits, the Bay Area trio takes on a more Springsteenian scale. Supplemented..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! ¡Cuatro!

SXSW Music begins coming into focus

"...over for almost three hours at SXSW 2012. The Bay Area punk trio, now in its fourth decade, also..."

March 1, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Green Day Confirms at SXSW

Punks complement a pair of SXSW Film docs with a Moody gig

"...Southwest. That‘s the same day back-to-back docs on the Bay Area punk trio screen at the Paramount for SXSW..."

Feb. 25, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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