SXSW Music Spotlight: The Dream Syndicate

Longtime alternative rockers tie up the loose ends

"...The Dream Syndicate planted bountiful seeds for alternative rock with its..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by Michael Toland

SXSW Adds 105 Acts

Whoop-Szo, Blood, Fennesz, and La Meme Gang join the fest

"...showman Har Mar Superstar, and Paisley Underground vets the Dream Syndicate...."

Jan. 30, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dark Horse

True horse saga beguiles with its simplicity and purity of heart

"...their financial resources to breed a racehorse fittingly named Dream Alliance. In this Cinderella story, the glass slipper is..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Thursday Interviews

Busting out with six Thursday SXSW interviews

"...place in rock history during the Eighties with the Dream Syndicate, a leading light of L.A.'s Paisley Underground psych-pop..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...Although the previous night’s “Hope the High Road” and “Dreamsicle” were left aside, the Unit hit high points with..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...and a presiding tone of arch self-scrutiny, Blackman's gentle dream folk invites listeners to float alongside her, each song..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Sleepless

A shady cop searches for his kidnapped son

"...partner (T.I.), is on the trail of a drug syndicate. Jennifer Bryant (Monaghan) is an Internal Affairs detective who..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Psych Fest: Rain Parade

Q&A with headliner/bandleader Matt Piucci

"...the Three O’Clock, the Bangles, Green on Red, and Dream Syndicate...."

April 25, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Second SXSW Lineup Installment Adds Over 300 Acts

KT Tunstall, Shamir, Sunflower Bean, and Circuit Des Yeux highlight

"...success on the app. On the vintage circuit, the Dream Syndicate join as harbingers of Los Angeles’ Eighties Paisley..."

Dec. 8, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW 2011 Aftershots

Friday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...his anguished voice. Bradley's Daptone debut No Time for Dreaming is rock solid, but it barely begins to capture..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...minimalism in the Sixties through aggregations such as the Dream Syndicate and the Theatre of Eternal Music, featuring LaMonte..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...to history as one of the last great Trance Syndicate albums. Fricke wasn't lucky enough to be at a..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...tea rooms and smooth, slinky rhythms. Last year's Phoebe's Dream marked the band's return after a 2012 hit-and-run accident..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...lives under the guise of conjectures. I would never dream of putting my artists or audiences at any kind..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...present, while pushing the kaleidoscopic psychedelia of 2010's Phosphene Dream even further. Indigo Meadow arrives April 2, just in..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Record Spinning

Los Lobos, the Dream Syndicate, and more

"...For many, the Dream Syndicate’s 1982 debut, The Days Of Wine and Roses,..."

Aug. 11, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Record Reviews

"...Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler's new recording finds him with a dream team band, yet remains as notable for what's missing..."

March 28, 1997 Music Review

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

… along with 302 other acts from around the world

"...New Music (Austin TX) Tettix Hexer (Copenhagen DENMARK) The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine & Roses 40th..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Best Live Music Performances of 2018

The bands and venues that kept our critics on their feet

"...Greg Beets: Dream Syndicate, 3ten ACL Live..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

SXSW Live Shot: Lou Reed Tribute

‘Real Good Time Together’

"...pastiche “Sally Can’t Dance.” Steve Wynn, after acknowledging the Dream Syndicate getting constant Velvets comparisons, led his Miracle 3..."

March 15, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

SXSW Panel: Warehouse Songs & Stories

‘The best songs are the ones that hurt’

"...panel. Mould was in some illustrious company: Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate), Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws, and..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday night blurbage of SXSW

"...1am, Momo's He's never quite left the Dream Syndicate behind, but over the course of a 20-year..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Son of Old Guy Radio

New discs from Steve Wynn, Whitey Morgan, and more

"...Wynn’s name will always be associated with L.A.’s the Dream Syndicate, the Paisley Underground band he led. While his..."

Nov. 17, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...what an eventful decade it's been, with transformation from dreamy shoegazers to confident indie rockers. They've found a kindred..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Day Party Crawl

"...a couple of tunes from Wynn's days in the Dream Syndicate, but his newer work is fiery, raucous, and..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the 80s Underground

Gift guide

"...Hoodoo Gurus, the Chameleons UK, and Magazine, or neighbors Dream Syndicate, Concrete Blonde, and the Rain Parade, speaks to..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...THREE: Although best known for his work in the Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn has since released nine albums on..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Continental Drifters Vermilion (Razor & Tie)

SXSW Records

"...names in the band, but bassist Mark Walton (the Dream Syndicate), guitarist Robert Mache (Steve Wynn Band), and drummer..."

March 3, 2000 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Record Reviews

"...three other Smiths: Kendra Smith, the wailing wall of Dream Syndicate, Clay Allison, and the first incarnation of Opal;..."

July 25, 1997 Music Review

Roger's Right Hand

The Byrds' Legacy

"...by Tom Petty, and anyone from R.E.M. to the Dream Syndicate would be unthinkable without the Byrds. Even artists..."

June 27, 1997 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

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