The Descendents’ Uncontrollable Urge

Fun Fun Fun punks anew – coffee, documentary, and album

"...The Descendents blasted into music 35 years ago with a surf-pop-punk..."

Jan. 27, 2014 Music Post by Claire Gordon

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Descendents

At 35, Milo’s lot hasn’t gotten old

"...in for Devo at the last minute in 2010, Descendents summoned Saturday night pop-punk deliverance at a breakneck pace..."

Nov. 10, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Sound on Sound Review: Descendents

Milo Aukerman and the punks for president!

"...With that, the Descendents catapulted into “Everything Sux,” their bespectacled scientist frontman appropriating..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Descendents

Saturday, 8:45pm, Black stage

"...Descendents drummer and noted coffee enthusiast Bill Stevenson has a..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Last Week in Live Music: Descendents, Alanis Morissette, Rise Against, The Black Crowes, Jason Isbell, and More

"...Descendents at Stubb's on August 13, 2021..."

Aug. 17, 2021 Photo Gallery

The Descendents

"...The DescendentsWaterloo Park, Nov. 7..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Go Make Your Own Movie

Local filmmaker tackles the Big Boys

"...accompanied by editor/cinematographer Justin Wilson (Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All), Salinas has already logged an impressive amount of footage,..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: Flag

First Black Flag singer Keith Morris dishes

"...Henry Rollins, third drummer Bill Stevenson supplants Robo, and Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton steps in for Ginn...."

Nov. 6, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Playback – Fun Fun Fun Fest: A Decade of Aggression

Flashing back on 10 years of Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Headliners: Descendents, Mastodon, RJD2, MGMT, Bad Religion, Gwar..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest Sidesteps Cancellations

Modest Mouse replaces Death Cab for Cutie

"...festival when guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh injured his hand. The Descendents proved a more than suitable replacement...."

July 8, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest Daily Lineups Revealed

One-day passes for the November festival go on sale Friday

"...(Television, Sparks, Thurston Moore’s Chelsea Light Moving) and punk (Descendents, Judge)...."

Sept. 12, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback

Fun Fun Fun Fest reels off some greatest hits and more

"...Another big return deals veteran SoCal nerd punks the Descendents, who filled in for Devo in 2010, plus notable..."

July 12, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks up dust at Waterloo Park while Lyle Lovett closes down Studio 6A

"...the rest of us, especially in light of the Descendents' heroic finale...."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Apocalypto

The ever-astonishing filmmaker Mel Gibson continues his (probably unintentional) study of the mortification of the flesh through the ages.

"...delivered in the dialect currently spoken by the Mayan descendents on the Yucatan. Yet for all Gibson's attention to..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Covenant

The Covenant is a sleek yet empty picture about four handsome high school seniors who possess supernatural powers and impossibly chiseled stomachs.

"...the Sons of Ipswich, and they are the latest descendents in a long line of New England witches who..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Saving Darma

A UT linguist travels to northern India in a quest to preserve the local language of the Darma Valley

"...related tribes -- the Byans and Chaudangs -- as descendents of Tibetan ancestors. Prior to that time, local people..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Dan Oko

Faerie Tales

Another Scene? The Original Scene

"...had their music. And, as their countless legions of descendents spread to all corners of the globe -- a..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...hip-hop samples between songs and a much-appreciated cover of Descendents’ “Good Good Things,” the California cursed quartet had everyone..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Arya’s Weyes Blood aftershow, celebrating SPOT, Urban Cultural Fest, and more

"...signed by SST Records – including Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Descendents, and Meat Puppets – plus Misfits and our own..."

March 31, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

Glen “Spot” Lockett, In-House SST Records Producer and Former Austinite, Has Died

American punk innovator also explored Celtic and bluegrass

"...band’s biggest records as well as those of the Descendents, the Minutemen, and Austin punk heroes Big Boys. His..."

March 5, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Tour Diary: On Being a Lemonhead

How a SXSW connection led to On Being an Angel’s debut tour

"...in Denver with fill-in drummer Bill Stevenson (of the Descendents, and a Lemonheads himself at one point), or playing..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Music Post by Paige Applin

What We’re Listening to Right Now

Detox, Mobley, Dropped Out, Holy Wave, Party Van, and Shane Cooley

"...the only band on Earth that matters is the Descendents. Lyric of the year: "When did it go so..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Growing Up Margin Walker

I've only ever experienced Texas music under the independent reigns of Graham Williams. I didn't know how lucky I was.

"...working in Beach House, Run the Jewels, Courtney Barnett, Descendents, Big Boi, Dead Milkmen, and a reunion of post-hardcore..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Friday the 13th Reaps Austin Music

Joe Valentine, Ponty Bone, Fai Jow all pass on the same day

"...Salt has signed to Epitaph Records, home of Refused, Descendents, Bad Religion, and Culture Abuse. The local quartet, whose..."

July 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

The largest transgender survey ever conducted is out, and the results reflect many hardships

"...in the Toronto DIY music scene. "Think Weezer meets Descendents, but more gay and less misogyny." Catch their first..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"..."I Like Food," Descendents Clocking in at just 16 seconds, this hyper-caffeinated checklist..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Top 10 National Albums of 2016

Our favorite picks from across the country

"...2) Descendents, Hypercaffium Spazzinate (Epitaph)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Sound on Sound 2016: Friday

"...The Descendents..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Photo Gallery

We Know Where You Should Eat During Sound on Sound

Because Denzel Curry isn't an actual food

"...D) Descendents..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Friday SOS Record Reviews

Hypercaffium Spazzinate (Epitaph)

"...Want to Grow Up" Aukerman on the first new Descendents LP since 2004's Cool to Be You. SoCal's proto-nerdcore..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

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