Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"...music." So what the hell is Jesus Lizard singer David Yow doing fronting the Jazzus Lizard, an Austin quintet..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dicks Hate Police, Love David Yow

Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid screamer headlines benefit

"...David Yow, the notorious Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid frontman who lived..."

Sept. 30, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Typecast: David Yow & Brett Bradford

Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard in their new roles, plus a Twin Peaks themed concert

"...I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, David Yow found a new way to terrorize audiences...."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Levitation Adds Flipper, Flaming Lips & David J

Mercury Rev, Cherubs, Windhand, and Vagabon also set for November fest

"...at Levitation on Saturday, Nov. 7, with former Austinite David Yow, of Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard, handling..."

July 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Scratch Acid Makes Rare Appearance in Austin on Saturday… to Recount Escapades Past

Bradford, Sims, and Washam pop up at David Yow’s interview show

"...where the notoriously wild and unimpeachably lovable punk frontman David Yow interviewed his friends, mentors, and collaborators...."

July 10, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...ferocity while landing their kicks with precision. Between vocalist David Yow's theatre of confrontation, Brett Bradford's jagged guitar spirals,..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Live Shots

"...begin and the musicians looking casually menacing. "Hi," said David Yow. "We're Poi Dog Pondering." And so it began,..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature

Playback – SXSW: Zero Hour

SXSW started early this year, but now – as usual – everything hits at once

"...epic list of every show they played, bassist/resident historian David Sims' obsessive track-by-track breakdowns of each album, and testimonials..."

March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: A Plethora of Pride

Gay Pride, Asleep at Wheel 'Then and Now,' and David Yow confirms he's a Dick

"...the same spirit: Be proud of who you are. David Yow Fronts the Dicks..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ain't That Love

Live review of Scratch Acid “reenactment” at Emo's East

"...“Welcome to the 2011 reenactment of Scratch Acid,” offered David Yow once Austin’s seminal post-punk architects were assembled onstage...."

Dec. 12, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Qui With David Yow

Trolling South by Southwest 2007

"...Qui With David Yow..."

March 23, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

The Jesus Lizard

"..."This is gonna be really fucking good," warned David Yow just before the Jesus Lizard went Jurassic Park...."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Jesus Lizard

DVDnds

"...the crime, and naturally it's easy to focus on David Yow's feral gyrations, but here we also get to..."

June 8, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Off the Record

Marcia Ball turns 60 in style, Bill Baird finds himself in song, and more confirmations for the Austin Music Awards and SXSW 09

"...Scratch Acid berserker David Yow has been tapped as special guest for the..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Jesus Lizard

Reissues

"...Denison's garroted guitar lines – monster rhythms fused to David Sims' power main bass then overlaid with Caesarian-section leads..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Platters

Live Shot

"..."Whatcha been doing these last 20 years?" shrugged vocalist David Yow, shirtless and gushing sweat 30 seconds into Scratch..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Excerpts From Texas Is the Reason, a Look Into Austin Music's DIY Age

Scenes from inside the weird gold mine

"...sunny pop music. She didn’t feel sunny. She loved David Bowie and Brian Eno, probably because the world they..."

April 10, 2020 Music Feature by Pat Blashill

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...Sikora; Prod: Joe Carducci; with Jeff Strong, Paula Killen, David Yow, Rex Benson, Richard Kern...."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Your weekend soundtrack to new fall beginnings.

"...launching cars into space, and Jesus Lizard wild man David Yow tossed the opening pitch at a Dodgers game..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Dancing About Architecture

Ring Out the Young, Ring in the "New"

"...Dah-Veed Garza (who's gone back to spelling his name "David") never threw in the towel and this week, nigh..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Levitation Profile: Flipper

San Francisco noise punks bring chaos to the festival

"...says of the band's current frontman, Jesus Lizard maniac David Yow. "For him, there's no warming up. He's out..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

SXSW music news and carryings-on

"...If Scratch Acid's David Yow seemed well-rehearsed gnashing his way through "Wheelchair Epidemic"..."

March 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

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!

"...The Jazzus Lizard welcomes Jesus Lizard screamer David Yow on Aug. 27 at the Lost Well. The..."

May 27, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Big Jade & Krystall Poppin, Jacob Banks, Flipper, Spellling, and more notable non-ACL shows

"...and musical instruments, movie props, and even his 1969 Harley-Davidson, 1955 Chevy Bel Air, and 1954 Studebaker Commander. Join..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Column by Derek Udensi

Playback: New No Wave, Old Dicks, and Woody Allen

US Weekly emerges, the Dicks reunite, and Woody Allen casts Kat Edmonson

"...In 2013, the Dicks enlisted Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid screamer David Yow, who calls Floyd "one of the best voices..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Jesus Lizard

All hail the second coming

"...off, Denison's spiral guit-architecture bleeding into Scratch Acid bassist David Wm. Sims' leeching lines and David Yow's vocal confrontations...."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Never Say Goodbye

Past and present mash up at the 2008-09 Austin Music Awards

"...Red River, along with the Dicks' special AMA guest David Yow of Scratch Acid...."

March 13, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Levitation Live Shot: Flipper

More sociable than sociopathic, more celebratory than cynical

"...antics and tumbledown tomfoolery. Qualified to fill that space, David Yow scratched fans’ heads, monkeyed with stage lights, kissed..."

Nov. 10, 2019 Music Post by Rick Weaver

Chronicle Recommends: The Best of Austin

Our recommendations of the finest movies from and about the ATX

"...Bonus: The Jesus Lizard’s frontman is the main villain? Yow! – Wayne Alan Brenner..."

Nov. 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 18-20

Soundtracking this weekend’s sweat-fests

"...Last August, David Yow fronted the Jazzus Lizard, a local jazz combo..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

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