SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Getting Into Sinking has garnered rave reviews for its Brian Wilson-style unorthodox pop genius. Philly-based Magnet magazine spotlighted hometown..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Great Lakes (Kindercore)

"...Great Lakes(Kindercore) What if Brian Wilson hadn't spent the Mid-Seventies in bed? What if..."

June 2, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Jack Wilson

"...Originally from Austin, Jack Wilson spent time shuttling between Texas and the Pacific Northwest...."

Aug. 30, 2013 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Beach Boys

Dinosaur DVDs with a smattering of punk, porn, and R&B

"...the band. Though he may not have actually fired Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, and David Marks, Love had no..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Beach Boys

When the album becomes Immersion

"...four and a half decades after Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson abandoned Smile, pop's great lost album is lost..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself

Tyler Perry's Madea delivers a couple of young delinquents to their only living relative, a shady nightclub singer who must rise to the occasion.

"...by: Tyler Perry. Starring: Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Brian White, Hope Olaide Wilson, Adam Rodriguez, Mary J. Blige,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cars 3

Third times not a charm for this franchise

"...Directed by: Brian Fee...."

June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Levitation Imaginings

Sat., 9:35pm, Reverberation stage

"...Pet Sounds is 50 and Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson is headed for Levitation to perform it. To..."

April 29, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

TIFF Files: Wrapping Things Up

Toronto in the rearview

"...& Mercy: Paul Dano is transcendant as the younger Brian Wilson in this film about the Beach Boys' musical..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The A-Team

It's the latest old TV show to be remade as a contemporary feature film and fares just about as well as the rest.

"...Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copley and Patrick Wilson. The A-Team is a product that begs to be..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Let There Be Rock

Australia vs. New Zealand in a SXSW rugby death-match

"...Nineties. The sixpiece Decoder Ring composed the soundtrack to Brian Eno's Tangerine Dream. Then there's Bluebottle Kiss, who are..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Cinemascope

My Education and Cue: the instrumental auteur theory

"...Yes, the Austin sextet – that's Brian Purington and Chris Hackstie on guitar; Eric Gibbons, bass;..."

July 15, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...numbers Godard, Artaud, Lautreamont, Phillip Marlowe, James Williamson, and Brian Eno.) Equally valuable were the mag's concise essays on..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As Captain America enters a Brave New World, every MCU film reviewed

"...America for the first time, as former Falcon Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) brings us one step closer to Doctor..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 8-14

"...SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, is one of..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Music List No. 3

Dead Meadow, Sad13, Cindy Wilson, Lizzo, Boogarins, and 494 others

"...Dead Meadow, rising Minneapolis singer/rapper Lizzo, B-52’s singer Cindy Wilson, and Sad13, pop project of Speedy Ortiz frontwoman Sadie..."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

State of Love and Trust

Have a little faith for the new millennial music paradigm and trust in the 2011-12 Austin Music Awards.

"...because people know who I am, but then there's Brian Wilson or Joni Mitchell or Randy Newman, and that's..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Last night of SXSW 2011 and still plenty of one-venue hang time

"...showcase worthy of its headliner, basement pop provocateur Gary Wilson. The electro-funk outsider makes a rare public appearance supporting..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

T.A.M.I. Show: Teenage Awards Music International

"...yet couldn't look or sound more apple pie here. Brian Wilson's unearthly vocals on "Surfer Girl" induce hallucinations, while..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Burn Up That Quarter Mile

Jan & Dean mark the endless summer with a new compilation

"...Learned to Cry.” The distinctive choirboy sound of the Brian Wilson cast-off “Surf City” changed all that in 1963,..."

Sept. 2, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

For the Sake of the Song

For the Sake of the Song

"...touring the world as the lone female vocalist on Brian Wilson's Smile tour, recent Austin resident Taylor Mills is..."

July 6, 2007 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

National Top 10s

'The Chronicle' Music staff's Top 10 national albums

"...2) Brian Wilson, Smile (Nonesuch)..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...has played with Alejandro Escovedo, Ray Price, Ben Vaughn, Brian Wilson, and Kelly Willis. A desire for bigger waters..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Critics Poll 2000

"...Best RoadshowGreg Beets: Brian Wilson, Backyard..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...confessional set of songs. The vibe is similar to Brian Wilson's unsteady performance in the documentary I Just Wasn't..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Review

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...production is the glue that connects Buddy Holly to Brian Wilson. The strain of melancholia that permeates tunes like..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

A Hundred's Not Enough

One Word Is Too Many...

"...eyes; it's what the book is for. It's also Brian Wilson in his bathrobe, Marianne Faithfull looking impossibly innocent..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

That Was the Week That Was

"...abound; the crooner did a sketch of K-EYE's Nanci Wilson as she interviewed him, then signed it and gave..."

March 21, 1997 Music Column

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californian Genius or Affront to ACL-goers?

Writers go pro/con on RHCP's third ACL Fest in a decade

"...Southern Californian sense, equals witnessing the Beach Boys with Brian Wilson or Fleetwood Mac behind Lindsey Buckingham...."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Before the Deluge

A look at three new discs from the past

"...the original Beach Boys, striped shirts and all, with Brian Wilson leading a sweet “Surfer Girl” and, in a..."

March 11, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

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