SXSW Music: Beach Slang

Philly punks beat the storm

"...“Hey, we’re Beach Slang, and we’re here to punch you right in..."

March 19, 2016 SXSW Post by Neph Basedow

Sound on Sound Review: Beach Slang

Paging John Hughes

"...Noise level proved a valid concern for Beach Slang’s James Alex on the castle facade Keep stage..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

Okoge

"...opens, Sayoko (Shimizu) and her friend spread out their beach blanket and picnic basket only to discover they have..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Second Big SXSW Music List

Nile Rodgers, Modern English, Cool Kids, and 204 more added

"...Cool Kids, UK psych tribe Temples, and Philly post-alt-rockers Beach Slang...."

Nov. 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Unpacks Longest Lineup List

Soccer Mommy, Caroline Rose, Alyona Alyona, and 351 more

"...and intense poet Lydia Lunch, Philly power pop unit Beach Slang, and neo-trad sister act the Haden Triplets also..."

Jan. 14, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW List No. 5

NOFX, Leon Russell, and Trae Tha Truth join Iggy Pop

"...Lil Dicky, oft-incarcerated Chicago rapper ZMoney, and Replacements-style rockers Beach Slang...."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Spin Day Party

Listless crowd finally woke up for the headliner, Chvrches

"...crowd drooped through early performances from post-punk Philly quartet Beach Slang and hardcore pop Canadian threepiece White Lung...."

March 19, 2016 SXSW Post by Abby Johnston

The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX 2017

SXSW: Another year queerer

"...glam-punk band joins forces with an all-star cast including Beach Slang and White Reaper...."

March 3, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Top 10 National Albums of 2016

Our favorite picks from across the country

"...4) Beach Slang, A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings (Polyvinyl)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Playback – Still Standing: Savannah Welch

Austin songbird Savannah Welch rehabs serenely after losing her right leg

"...plus 206 performers including Modern English, Cool Kids, and Beach Slang. EDM destination Euphoria Fest announced a return to..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound 2016: Friday

"...Beach Slang..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Photo Gallery

Friday SOS Record Reviews

A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings (Polyvinyl)

"...you grow up, your heart dies." Not so, says Beach Slang bandleader James Alex, whose 42-year-old heart still pumps..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

SXSW Music News: Stormy Friday

Wind, rain, and a weapon torments SXSW on Friday night

"...Subsequently, the free concert at Auditorium Shores was canceled..."

March 19, 2016 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Beach Slang

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Friday SXSW Showcases

"...it minimal and lo-fi, recalling early Best Coast, and Philly's Beach Slang takes from emo, punk, and metal for their brutal..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Residual Kid’s Major Label Premiere

Austin trio’s new video teases their Sire Records debut

"...music encyclopedia Matt Pinfield and featuring performances by Hinds, Beach Slang, Yuck, and Creepoid...."

March 14, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hot Line to Jesus

Edison's Speaking Phonograph

"...The word jukebox is derived from the black Southern slang "juke," which variously means to dance, to get it..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Ice Cream Handicapping: ACL '06

"...ice cream at an in-store at Fingerprints in Long Beach."Secret Machines "I hooked up the band through the back..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Luv Doc: The Morning Grump

Part of being a monster is lacking the self-awareness that you are a monster

"...Yes, unquestionably, by every definition of the word, you..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Adds to 2018 Music Lineup

Andrew W.K., Tank & the Bangas, and 164 more

"...Quiet Slang (Philadelphia, PA.)..."

Nov. 7, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Must-See International Acts

10 trending bands scanning the globe from Brazil and Israel to Austria and Australia

"...single precipitating debut LP Off the Radar on City Slang. Entwining art and violence, she sounds like a fresh..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: List No. 8

Big Krit, Cloud Nothings, Brandy, Brandi, and 187 more.

"...Eric Biddines (Delray Beach, FL.)..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Eggheads

Eggheads pays fond tribute to the cinematic screwball comedies of the 1930s, and though the specific style of those comedies was old decades before the actors in Tongue and Groove Theatre's production were born, they breezed through it, cracking wise and slinging slang, as nimbly as Busby Berkeley chorines tapping down 42nd Street.

"...be straight out of Twentieth Century or The Palm Beach Story, with an ongoing parade of wacky G-men, goons,..."

June 27, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The New Cold Concoction

Iced tea gets a makeover

"...a few years ago, club denizens on the Spanish beach playgrounds of the Costa del Sol were smugly toasting..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack

Letters at 3AM

Evaluating the Ten Commandments as a teaching tool in the American classroom

"...The phrase "hang ten" is surfer slang that originally described a particular placement of one's feet..."

April 14, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Drug Warriors

Hays County drug war is costing lives and money.

"...start. He was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida, a violent, crack-infested community in decline, a place..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee