SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...last year. – Michael Bertin POLYSICS8pm, Zero Degrees Tokyo-based Devo devotees Polysics are custom-made for the inevitable remake of..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Pregnant Fantasy, Primal Scream

SXSW's Japan Nite turns 10

"...Wave flavor, Tokyo's Polysics are clearly Japan's answer to Devo. The quartet's new album, Now Is the Time! (Tofu),..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...is now universally known as animé, or Japanese animation. Devo-coiffed Astro Boy; Captain Harlock, with his wind-whipped cape and..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Les Saucy Pants

Record review

"...the propriety-slaying footsteps of righteous malcontents like Frank Zappa, Devo, and Chumbawamba. Spawned from eclectic Houston bands like Sprawl,..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

7 & 7 is

7 & 7 is

"...tracks on a 7-inch while shaving off six minutes. Devo's "Girl U Want" riff opens wide for "Don't Rape..."

July 29, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

DVDs

"...& roll soundtrack leaning to the New Wave with Devo, the Cars, and the Waitresses. Every third person is..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Hydrogen-fueled Hummers and coffee beans in animal droppings

"...Devo's "Whip It" was inspired by Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow.Richard..."

March 18, 2005 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...amalgam of punk, synth-pop, and laptop hip-hop. Hints of Devo, early Beck, and even Meadowlark Lemon abound on the..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Mahjongg

"...about the wavy Pavement. As the hard drum break, Devo bass, and synth magic of "Blivable doggiiieeee" are devoured..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Something about gaudy polka-dot costumes and an indescribably spastic Devo-on-angel-dust sound. The picture says it all: www.tubezomzoms.com. – Michael..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

PSR DVD Vol. 1

DVDnds

"...promotion, the disc echoes the early video work of Devo, utilizing odd, out-of-context, and just-plain-disturbing imagery to make up..."

June 11, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

DVDnds: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iggy & the Stooges, Devo, Guns N' Roses

DVDnds

"...in yellow jumpsuit form might resemble 55 minutes of Devo Live (Rhino), reunited and outdoors in Southern California, 1996...."

April 16, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...This art-fuct Philly quintet maneuvers their sleek roadster onto Devo-Kraftwerk's Autobahn, going 0 to 240 in 73 seconds, not..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

After a Fashion

Austin style avatar Stephen puts his most certainly Queer Eye on a local band, gives them an up-do for the festival, and gets away with it… Plus, where's he going tomorrow and upon whom did he spy at the Mark Mothersbaugh art show?

"...want something a little retro and conceptual somewhere between Devo and the Strokes, or Talking Heads and Blondie." This..."

March 19, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

PFFR

"...punk rock spectacle in the confrontational tradition of early Devo. Screaming surreal picket-sign choruses like, "When you get horny,..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...tart power pop mix found on last year's Dueling Devotions that resonates with the suburban kids as well as..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

After a Fashion

Stephen pees himself over and over and over, and some upcoming stuff too cool to miss

"...by stars of the music scene, including the B-52's, Devo, Concrete Blonde, Jayne County, Gwar, the Big Boys, and..."

March 5, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

There Is No Try ...

Foleyvision does the Turkish 'Star Wars'

"...for an alien world, production values rivaling those of Devo's seminal "Whip It" video, and more than a little..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Chicago

In Box

"...which features a four-song performance from '72 and a Devo-like promotional film for '79's execrable Chicago 13. Most can..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Music Review by Greg Beets

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...herky-jerk dynamics conjures visions of Fugazi coupled with Akron-era Devo. They just released their eponymous debut on Science of..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Yuppie Pricks

SXSW records

"...(imagine that), mechanical boogie that chains the Stooges and Devo together in the Buzzcocks' basement. Just like most slime..."

March 7, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

The Oblong Boys

Texas Platters

"...artists as XTC, Gentle Giant, the Residents, and especially Devo. The lyrics cover such whimsical subject matter as UFOs..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Beck & The Flaming Lips

Live Shots

"...Only Knows" and "Tropicalia," while a vocoder worked a Devo-like robot funk on "Get Real Paid." Despite the yo-yo..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Like, Omigod! The '80's Pop Culture Box (totally)

In Box

"...gems were given equal sparkle with old workhorses like Devo's "Whip It" and the Eighties dance culture was well..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Articulations

The Blanton Museum of Art gets a cool million for its new building, Austin Museum of Art gets a new director of development to raise money for its new building, and a whole lotta Austin Artists get nominations for the 2001-02 Critics Table Awards.

"...AMOA Hires Devo Director..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...less you expect the band to step onstage wearing Devo radiation suits; Onward Quirky Soldiers, Chomsky's 2001 effort, has..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

20 Years of Austin Gifts

... And a slew of other local businesses celebrating significant anniversaries

"...this trove of retro treasures. Thousands of gems, from Devo Ts ($19) to hula girls, are crammed into this..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

Postscripts

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.

"...the James Caan movie, but with broomsticks," Murphy said. Devo Carpenter, a children's programming technician in East Austin, said..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Chomsky

Record Review

"...although quirky generals from the past like XTC and Devo come to mind. In the end, the kicker is..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Playing the Violin

Mr. Sinus Theater's Jerm Pollet is also a musician!

"...of the Austin music community as if he were devouring Krispy Kreme doughnuts, one sugary musical morsel at a..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

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