Faster Than Sound: Body Rock Turns 10

Riders Against the Storm and Chorizo Funk’s decade-built dance institution endures, Monday City music meetings, and more

"...all three became Austin music institutions. Their performance umbrella Body Rock regularly packs out local spaces. More than a..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Body Rock

Riders Against the Storm celebrate one wild EP

"...the makings of the dynamic hip-hop duo’s wildly popular Body Rock throwdowns. The difference this round was that the..."

July 3, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Film Review: Body at Brighton Rock

Campfire tale finds something spooky in the shadows

"...Benjamin finally has a feature to call her own. Body at Brighton Rock introduces us to Wendy (Karina Fontes),..."

March 9, 2019 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

The Rock

Explosions and tough-guy heroics rule in this Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer production.

"...or director Bay's brand of theatrical bombast, but The Rock is a step above their usual fare, taking itself..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rock of Ages

Tom Cruise playing a dissolute rock god is the main attraction of this jukebox musical.

"...If Eighties rock nostalgia happens to be your particular cup of (P)oison,..."

June 15, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Let It Rock

Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000

"...What sets "bohemians" apart from everybody else is, apparently, a distaste for mainstream respectability (house,..."

March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Ada Calhoun

Jingle Bell Rock and Blues

Two legendary Austin bands reunite for the holidaze.

"...but it did serve notice to the then-overblown dinosaur rock that the jig was up...."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

SXKids: Rock Out With Your Kid Out

SXSW week party list tailored for your wee ones.

"...events that prove you can still party with a cross-body diaper bag...."

March 7, 2014 Chronolog Post by Terry Ornelas Woodroffe

The Bowie Project: A Rock & Roll Soundpainting

This music/dance/theatre collaboration wove together David Bowie's work with his life and the lives of others

"...The Bowie Project: A Rock & Roll SoundpaintingStateside at the Paramount, 719 Congress Jan...."

Feb. 7, 2014 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock & Roll

"...How exciting, telling rock's story via the development of the solid-body electric guitar,..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Pawn Shop Rock

In hock? We've got just the ticket!

"...I'm living on Chinese rocks, All my best things are in hock. Everything is..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"......"

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Has Round Rock ISD Hit Rock Bottom?

Maybe not yet

"...Gift From Tiff." He assumed this referred to Round Rock ISD Trustee Tiffanie Harrison, one of those, along with..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Luv Doc Recommends: ROCK & ROLL PARTY

Ruta Maya, Friday, January 11, 2008

"...drag and you’ll realize that your anachronistic prejudices about body image don’t trouble the youth of today. You won’t..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Back to 'School of Rock'

Get schooled on the film by Mike White, Jack Black, and Richard Linklater in time for its 10th anniversary

"...Jack Black was 34 when The School of Rock was released; it was his first film after a..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Who Wrote the Book of Rock?

Nine Inch Nails

"...is. Author Huxley has cranked out enough of these rock bios to get in and out with all the..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Getting Funky and Body Positive With Watch Out for the Big Grrrls

Texas dancer Sydney Bell talks about Lizzo's new reality show

"...Lizzo’s powerhouse team, including Sydney Bell, a model and body positivity-focused influencer from Houston. “Lizzo is somebody that I..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Post by Sage Dunlap

Standing Rock’s Civil Disobedience Reaches West Texas

“It’s the Rio Grande. It’s sacred to many people."

"...is where – in an echo of the Standing Rock Sioux's to-date-successful fight to block an ETP crude oil..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?

"...music capital and yet we don't have one good rock station. I haven't heard any good rock since KISS..."

April 1, 2013 Postmarks

Americamisfit: Rock & Revolt

Dan Dietz's new play 'Americamisfit' may get you to question the way we Americans romanticize the sudden, violent change of revolution

"...belly of a man to help sink his dead body) and figuratively. "The more I study American history, the..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Austin Author Ed Ward Revisits Rock’s First Guitar Hero, Michael Bloomfield

“When you heard Mike Bloomfield play, you got the sense this was the real shit."

"...Dylan hunkers down in Columbia Studios attempting to apply rock & roll sonics to his beat verse. He's as..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Lovers Rock

Announcing the Austin Music Awards and more Valentine's Day mash notes

"...making music with the one you love. Casual Strangers (Dream-rock weirdos Paul Waclawsky & Katey Gunn)..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Rock Lobster

How do you eat healthy on tour?

"...see them," observes Lauren Larson, frontwoman for Austin's heavy art-rock trio Ume. "They look like testicles."..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: I'm Sorry, I Can't Rock You All Night Long

An epic GrulkeFest fires the fall season, including John Prine

"...ACL Live at the Moody Theater stage with spirited rock & roll sets, a good old-fashioned family reunion was..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Tonight! Ed Wood David 'The Rock' Nelson at The Ritz

Chicagoan filmmaker, outsider artist, auteur and so much more

"...palace, Alamo programmer Zack Carlson has invited David "The Rock" Nelson – ex-Marine, ex-prizefighter, and full-time freakazoid filmmaker –..."

July 1, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts

Our recommended shows for the week ahead

"...also welcomes Gran Moreno (9:30pm) – a heavy guitar-n-drums rock duo that formed in Mexico City and now hangs..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Round Rock Express Fire Relief Aid

The Express pitch in to help victims of the Central Texas fires

"...are numerous relief efforts in progress and the Round Rock Express is pitching in to help those affected by..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Rock & Roll Books

Summer reading

"...Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian..."

June 2, 2006 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Glue Kicks Up a Long-Awaited Punk Rock Rodeo

The reclusive quartet played This Is Austin, Not That Great

"...ride to be held on to, like a punk rock rodeo. The shaved headed singer relentlessly howled directly in..."

March 6, 2023 Music Post by Robert Penson

Die Spitz Cut Their Hard Rock Teeth

Childhood friends-turned-bandmates talk new EP and "the best year ever"

"...riotous live shows and head-banging brand of grunge-y hard rock à la Mudhoney. Kate Halter delivers thunderous basslines with..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

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