Spank Dance Company: Butoh

The dancers in this performance evoke nothing so much as machinelike armatures slowly, intermittently, gorgeously going haywire

"...Bodies, it's often said, are biological machines. Flip the logic, and machines are inorganic bodies. The..."

April 4, 2008 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Friday Sleepers

"...Hiss (One Little Indian), skimmed 2006's burgeoning post-punk hip machine, but with Justin Vernon of the superb Bon Iver..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks

"...Revolution, was largely overshadowed by a Rage Against the Machine reunion, Morello continues crusading from the picket lines. All..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Extended Play

Denim, lasers, Doritos, and more.

"...peppermint-colored 7-inch a solid 7.3, dubbing it “the Music Machine's hip grandson, all grimy, convulsive rawk with a heavy..."

Jan. 15, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Magnet School

"...fourpiece electrifies a sound that switches on the fog machine, releasing the bass-heavy drive of opener "XX." Without a..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Psych Out

Psych Out

"...of Shadows' latest stretch, The Inner World (Artificial Music Machine), is five more songs to add to the local..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

ACL Fest Saturday Picks

"...Capitol Records. Last year's major label debut, Put Your Ghost to Rest, is a haunting and sparse album of..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

Reefer Madness: This Is Your Brain on Drugs

ONDCP's latest attempt at scaring you into believing marijuana is bad is pure propaganda

"...utterly awful sound quality), the ONDCP has conjured its ghost, distilling its smoke-dope-and-die message into a neat little five-page..."

June 29, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

TCB

Fun Fun Fun doesn't disappoint, the Dixie Chicks leave Bush for Britney, and a Red tide sweeps through club land this week.

"...silent after Dec. 14's Festivus throwdown with the White Ghost Shivers and Shanghai 5, but not for long; word..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...of her time lately in Carter-administration revivalists K-Tel Hit Machine, her honey-sweet vocals owning "Seven Year Ache" and "It's..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

TCB

Nineteen days on the road with Moonlight Towers later, TCB arrives in Austin a bitter, broken man but with plenty to report.

"...Beauty Bar release party later on.) Last Tuesday, Towers, Ghostland Observatory, and WMMF all hit Seattle, where a poster..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Thom Yorke

Record review

"...the electro-programmed paradigm shift. Both latter albums prime their ghost in the machine's solo debut, The Eraser. Completing the..."

July 14, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...in 2005 with the Some Girls-infected Gimme Fiction (Merge). Horror-machine Stephen King counts himself a fan, and Austinites are..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...set for release in May. – Jim Caligiuri WHITE GHOST SHIVERS12mid, Habana Calle 6 Patio Midnight New Year's Eve,..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...to carry. Think of them as Stonehenges for the machine age: We have lost track of the solstice, but..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...punk and twang. On their latest self-released disc, Holy Ghost Power, the Wearys visit gospel music, maintaining the rough..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Alone (Carpark) is just that, Bédard's transformation from synth machine to participatory music maker. – Darcie StevensGITOGITO HUSTLER9pm, Beerland..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...night, whether it's at the Church of the Friendly Ghost, Ceremony Hall, Ballet Austin (or any of the few..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Live Shots

"...Brian Wilson. It's the Peppers' Pet Sounds, Frusciante the ghost in the machine of every RHCP LP that matters;..."

June 20, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Raveonettes

SXSW Records

"...three minutes, and no high hats outgunning the drum machine. No overdubs, either, only a Sonic Youth sneer, VU..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Day, an explosive, road-tested, hard rock quartet channeling the ghosts of At the Drive-In and Soundgarden. Their second full-length,..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Only Natural

The Texas Memorial Museum decides to focus on its natural history roots.

"...owned by Stephen F. Austin but also a German machine gun of no particular historic value; a teapot presented..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...Scooby and Shaggy are pulled over in the Mystery Machine, weaving down a spooky country road, laughing like doofs..."

July 5, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...devoted to traditional, vernacular, and roots music. The White Ghost Shivers play string band music of the Twenties and..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

Eels

SXSW Records

"...only clear exception is the amiable skip of "Friendly Ghost." Shouldn't artistry be more than a drum machine and..."

March 8, 2002 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...Lurie's The Last Castle. (Oct. 12)... Elsewhere, martial arts machine Jet Li is on a mission to kick his..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Yonder Stands Your Orphan

"...espresso very much and was pleased there was a machine here, along with very modern books ..."). There's the..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Summer Film Previews

A.I.

"...about the project. He has said he felt Kubrick's ghost with him as he wrote the script and with..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Guys Like Me

Was America Really Made for Dick Price?

"...fashion, he has kept boxes full of the answering machine tapes that track every single call to Dial-a-Tune...."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Back Bog Beast Bait

While its Sixties-era script gives Sam Shepard's early, kooky drama Back Bog Beast Bait a hallucinogenic clunkiness, the look and feel of the Tongue and Groove Theatre production is impressively atmospheric and its company of performers have a terrific time.

"...incredible. Light filters through the shanty's slats. A fog machine pumps out sweet smog. Moss hangs from the ceiling...."

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

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