In Goth We Trust

Or is that disco?

"...there was bad alt-rock, lame punk, and dull new wave. Disco was dismissed for being faceless but that anonymity..."

Jan. 16, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

U2

Gift Guide

"...orchestrations and thick echo the perfect blend of New Wave and rock & roll. Thank you, Brian Eno and..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Clapton: The Autobiography

Slowhand's rock & roll hangover

"...god No. 1, mind you. The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Blue Breakers, George Harrison, Blind Faith, and almost four decades..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Love Craft

Stitch Austin, your rockin' showplace for indie design

"...Readers Poll in 2006 and 2007; Sparkle Craft; Ramonster; Blue Genie Art Industries; Will Heron; and, of course, all..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

The Seagull

Breakin' String Theatre's take on Chekhov goes down like a shot of fine vodka

"...in production; they operate on something like a sine wave of action and emotions – a moment of intensity,..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

No Room at the Complex

Renters scramble for housing as dirt churns on new condos

"...pictures, cleaning up after the cable installer, cursing a blue streak assembling that couch from IKEA – and still..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Local Critters Struggle Through Wet Weather

Austin, Hill Country's animals getting hammered by rains, other harsh conditions

"...more leaf cover for tree-dwellers, during any late heat wave...."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...longtime friend and running buddy Susie Lange, who owns Blue Velvet, rented out the store's back room before ceding..."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: The Heroic and the Holy

Grindhouse squeezes transcendent kicks from a classic form

"...There is clearly the influence of the French New Wave. There is even one sequence that to this day..."

April 6, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Saturday's Metal Mania

Saturday's metal SXSW picks.

"...own, following their metal muses (mainly the Melvins and Blue Cheer) through purple hazes laced with fleeting feats of..."

March 17, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Thursday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...A pity, as the gorgeous, layered harmonies and New Wave-inspired un-hooks on 2006's self-titled debut are captivating. Norwegian sensation..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...one of the few surviving bands from the local Blue Flamingo/Bates Motel punk renaissance of the Nineties. Longtime friends..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Saturday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...no, floating – onstage, dressed in black and dark blue, light as a feather while we all sat stiff..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Echo Chamber

Horse + Donkey collides with Echo & the Bunnymen's Heaven up Here

"...For Jaime Zuverza, singer/guitarist of Austin's galloping neon New Wavers Horse + Donkey, it was a very strange moment..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

National Top 10s

National Top 10s of 2006

"...8) Jim Lauderdale, Bluegrass (Yep Roc)..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Feature

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...Keep Austin Beautiful's Austin Calendar 2007 available at Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Congress Avenue Card & Gift Shop,..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Year of the Squirrel

Ralph White, 21st century naturalist, 18th century musicologist

"...Gulf Coast Playboys. He did time with Austin's premier bluegrass punks the Bad Livers. He played fiddle and accordion..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque

"Oh, the thrill of identifying unknown films!"

"...filmmakers, among them the entire makeup of the New Wave and countless others outside of France...."

Nov. 10, 2006 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Be Real

Sound Team's major label debut has Capitol

"...a cloud of confusion and discomfort hanging near the blue-and-red lights. Word has spread quickly of Clifford Antone's death..."

June 9, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Three Films by Louis Malle

As much codas to childhood as preludes to manhood, each of these films have a different cross to bear

"...and Truffaut was a progenitor of the French New Wave, later admitted he learned almost everything he knew about..."

June 9, 2006 Screens Review by Taylor Holland

Gentle Disturbances

Creating ripples in public space with large-scale public art

"...rose (and tied down with 50,000 feet of cobalt blue rope). Three weeks our capitol looks like this, and..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kelley Stoltz

"...banging his piano like a soul soldier on opener "Wave Goodbye." Somehow, Stoltz squeezes fresh sounds out of the..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Dan Oko

After a Fashion: Saturday

Your Style Avatar does SXSW in style!

"...had beautiful OMD-ish vocals and that irresistible UK New Wave sound that I still love from my misspent decade..."

March 17, 2006 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

An Unfit Man

Honorable mention

"...one day the doctor is performing the annual finger wave up your ass and he tells you that something..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Martin H. Boozer

King's Ransom (discography)

"...original trio's Hendrix rap: funky, oft pummeling, burp gun blues ("Ray-Gun"), delivered in Lynott's thick, earthy yowl. CD adds..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Music Feature

Les Saucy Pants

Record review

"...the Pants combine canvas-covering splays of heavy metal, New Wave, ska, and art rock with precise landings that drive..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Chest Cavities, Empty Kneecaps, and Elbows

A week at Austin's all-ages live music venue Redrum and the 'School of Rock' lessons learned

"...a local fourpiece, and the singer/guitarist is wearing a blue bandana ã la Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies. Their..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Clouzot and Melville ride the old wave

"...the upgrade to Criterion's previous DVD – the New Wave is blamed for all but guillotining "classic" French film..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Look Who's (Still) Talking

Miers nomination pushes right-wing spin machine into disturbing, delicious overdrive

"...their work than despairing over it. Yet the tidal waves are swamping so many boats elsewhere. What to make..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Column by Louis Black

After a Fashion

Stephen at ACL?! Were there buff men with rickshaws to cater to such VIPs?? Were they giving out free Prada??

"...the enthusiastic crowd I reached for my lighter to wave it in the air in solidarity with the band,..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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