Cult of Personality

Insect Records head and Attack Formation commander Ben Webster has never been photographed with Red River mascot-to-be Butcher Bear

"...Beneath the black mesh between the Bear's pointed teeth, the..."

June 25, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Andy Brown Wins Scoot Inn Beer-Bobbing Contest

"...The Eastside's Scoot Inn and Attack Formation's Ben Webster hosted the fourth annual July Fourth Beer Bob..."

July 8, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music

Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro

"...or written about now, is so much different," explains Ben Webster, who goes under the DJ sobriquet Butcher Bear,..."

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Adjusting to the Mise-en-Scène

Nine nonfilmmakers – artists out of place – make one in 48 hours

"...well-watered aesthetic prejudices (not to mention lingering exhaustion) and bent their skills to the collaborative task of making a..."

July 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Faster Than Sound: Damn, Kathy Valentine Can Write!

Go-Go's local Kathy Valentine reflects on her memoir at three Austin fall events

"...addresses for a series envisioned with fellow Austin experimentalist Ben Webster, aka Butcher Bear. The two already had the..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee: A New Campaign

Begin your write-in campaign for Poison 13 duo Tim Kerr and Mike Carroll to reunite Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee – possibly at Grizzly Hall, with Leo Rondeau opening!

"...an ethos. The unclassifiable quintet, rounded out by drummer Ben Webster, bassist Nick Moulos, and organist Patrick Benfield, staked..."

May 27, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Small Audiences, Large Souls

At the Fusebox Festival, size matters, but that doesn't always mean 'big'

"...to a noirish tale of criminal misfortune; or The Bench, by Ant Hampton of theatre company Rotozaza and British..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

BoomBaptist and the Art of Crafty Self Promotion Schemes

Instrumental hip-hop mastermind sells us his world

"...more elaborate than 'Hey, new single on Friday,'" says Ben Webster, founder of (iN)Sect Records – which issued 2020's..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Record Reviews

Duke Ellington

"...Quentin Jackson; and the breathy-toned tenor saw style of Ben Webster, Al Sears, and later Paul Gonsalves, the sweet-voiced..."

April 30, 1999 Music Feature

Off the Record

Music News

"...at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. The sold-out benefit gala for the local nonprofit featured three marquee headliners..."

April 8, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Huey Lewis: Well, yeah. Ray Benson is my pal. In the early days when I..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dome Sweet Dome

How do you contain an international music festival? Build a dome, and they will calm.

"...bet there would be a huge underground resurgence," says Ben Webster, one half of local duo Butcher Bear &..."

April 1, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin wrote, directed, and stars in this endearing schlub-in-Chicago movie that features contributions from Sarah Silverman, Bonnie Hunt, and other comic performers.

"...record store where they both vie for the same Ben Webster album. There's not much more to the movie..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kansas City

"...Coleman Hawkins (Craig Handy), Lester Young (Joshua Redman), and Ben Webster (James Carter) which is watched from the balcony..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crucial Concert: Exploded Drawing, the DIY Gathering at the Center of Austin’s Beat Community, Returns

Friday’s lineup includes Mattie, DJ Design, and Fennec

"...stylized sets on YouTube with active live-commenting conversation. Hosts Ben Webster (punk drummer and costumed abstract-electronic performer Butcher Bear)..."

May 6, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!

"...movement in indie rock, the duo released mysterious frontman Benji Schneider's songs on two EPs, Into the Sun and..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Butcher Bear & Charlie

"...& Charlie, the new collaboration between Attack Formation leader Ben Webster (the bear) and former Dallas Lyric Opera singer..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Juan González answers to no one

"...unavailable in the Texas Union), supplemented by an annual benefit concert and a membership program for public and corporate..."

May 14, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Stompy Jones

"...in the Ellington fold), the bandleader recruited tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and bassist Jimmy Blanton for what many consider..."

April 30, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...last year, Gordy "Big Sugar" Johnson and buddy Big Ben Richardson join Austin's Double Trouble drummer Tommy Shannon for..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

5 Local Releases for Bandcamp Friday

Five LPs, EPs, and singles worth your money today

"...Noble Brown, Clarke Wilson, Jason Morales, Joey Cortez, and Ben Webster stay true to hardcore OGs in chaotic flashes..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Black Mercy’s Hardcore Fingerboard Video

Austin rippers reimagine skate tape culture

"...Drummer Ben Webster compiled the video from clips of fingerskaters all..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Post

Our Bands Are Bands

"...organ-fueled garage-rock roulette joined Carroll and Kerr with Pat Barker-Benfield of McLemore's Avenue and Attack Formation's Nick Moulos and..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Feature

Incubation Chamber

Ben Webster's guide to Insect Records' upcoming releases

June 25, 2010 Music Feature

12 More Days of ECM

12 More Days of vintage ECM jazz Touchstones

"...only Harry Carney and Johnny “Rabbit” Hodges (don’t forget Ben Webster) were once allowed, meltingly. All nine of his..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Christian Scott

Friday

"...a sound more often associated with a saxophonist like Ben Webster. Closing with the title track from 2006's Grammy-nominated..."

March 21, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview

"...Ben Webster's local troupe loves to cram the noise onstage:..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature

Coming Next Week

Nine people who have never made a film make one in a weekend

"...two-time finalist in the Chronicle Short Story Contest; and Ben Webster, vocalist/mastermind behind the band Attack Formation and all-around..."

July 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Attack Formation's Proclamation

"...any [Attack Formation] logo or our name," says frontman Ben Webster. "All the money we make off the shirts..."

June 28, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

HarMar Superstar and Ben Webster

Thursday in pictures

"...HarMar Superstar (l) and Ben Webster at the Beauty Bar..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review

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