Sound on Sound Review: Yelle

The book of David Byrne with a chapter on French seduction

"...little French they learned in high school, but it hardly mattered. Frontwoman Julie Budet proved effortlessly transfixing outside at..."

Nov. 12, 2017 Music Post by Lauren Modery

Questions Arise About APD's Use of Sound Machines

Sonic warfare?

"...ship-to-ship communication. LRADs work by focusing a beam of sound into a tight cone that can transmit clear speech..."

July 29, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Sound and the Fury

Local theatre Alamo Drafthouse teams silent films with live musical scores by favorite Austin acts.

"...atmosphere, and enhancing the emotional content of the movie. Sounds quaint, doesn't it? Like something that went out of..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Sound of Falling Dominoes

The state budget crisis is only one piece of a much larger, distressing government puzzle.

"...short-term estimation gimmicks that make good headlines and better sound bites. In fact, according to the Center on Budget..."

May 30, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Old Settler's Music Festival preview

"...doubt because of the dark, earthy nature of their sound and their often somber subject matter. The Juno-nominated outfit..."

April 15, 2011 Music Feature

Vertical Helical Scan, We Hardly Knew Ye

You'd better record this on your VCR – it's probably the last time we'll ever mention it

"...Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused" is cranked, but the sound becomes mushy and slow. He folds a matchbook cover..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Life

Astronauts discover that a wall won't keep out a new alien life form

"...two little, three little astronauts … Any of this sound the least bit familiar? It’s got everything but a..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Echo in the Canyon

History of the Laurel Canyon folk-rock scene gets lost in its own winding paths

"...this documentary about the beginnings of the California folk-rock sound and the musicians who created it, many of whom..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: A Plethora of Pride

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

"...just DJs, drag queens, and Donna Summer covers; the soundtrack to Austin's gay culture remains as diverse as the..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Somm

Are sommeliers the "new rock stars of the food industry"?

"...as master sommeliers. Wise and his editor overindulge in soundbites from interviewees waxing holy about their chosen field (or..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gulliver's Travels

In this update of the satiric Jonathan Swift novel, Jack Black plays s travel writer who becomes lost on the island of Lilliput.

"...effects, and careless direction of the actors, who often sound as though they’re talking (albeit in clashing Lilliputian accents)..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Whatever it Takes

"...enough lightweight teen-friendly pop music to fill out a soundtrack CD … but just barely. Only Sokoloff as the..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Painted Faces

"...Blows in Cantonese? Not exactly, but the stretch is hardly as ridiculous as it might sound. Law's film also..."

Aug. 6, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

1991: The Year Punk Broke

This snarling, loudly exultant record of the 1991 European tour by Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., and other bands, bursts with lunatic concert footage, inspired backstage antics, baffling contract riders, and self-deprecating humor from the groups.

"...and the Ramones. The first punk rock tour documentary? Hardly. The early Eighties produced a mini-tsunami of films and..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A Hollywood star falls to earth with mad, exhilarating results.

"...crumbled when he balked at making a third sequel. (Sound familiar? The film doesn’t overdo the in-joke, but certainly..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Retrieval

Chris Eska's ambitious indie film is set during the waning months of the Civil War and tells a distinctive coming-of-age story.

"...sequence: During the dead of night, with the ominous sound of cannons booming in the near distance, Will knocks..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ted

Mark Wahlberg and the teddy bear he willed to life as a child stay BFFs into adulthood in Seth McFarlane's zany first foray onto the big screen.

"...Voilà! Voiced by the director ("Oh, c'mon! I don't sound that much like Peter Griffin!" Ted says at one..."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain America: The First Avenger

Marvel paves the road for its forthcoming Avengers epic with another origin story

"...your ears for the tell-tale Wilhelm scream, a stock sound effect from the Fifties that was revived in the..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I'm Still Here

Is Joaquin Phoenix having a meltdown, or is he putting us on? Only his brother-in-the-law, the film's director, knows for sure.

"...of characterization, to escape himself. But, holy Joaq-a-mole: That’s hardly a unique situation, and Phoenix adds nothing new to..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

This documentary is a softball, entirely sympathetic, and wickedly funny portrait of the artist at an advancing age.

"...TV, and further condensed here to its most serrated sound bites. But from a critical standpoint, the sequence needles..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

War of the Worlds

Spielberg and the gang at Industrial Light & Magic have knocked the ball not only out of the park but out of Earth orbit as well.

"...for terrorist attack is so front and center it hardly bears mentioning; War of the Worlds is pure popcorn..."

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Circle

"...Balloon). That women are oppressed under the Mullahs is hardly a revelation. What is revelatory about The Circle is..."

June 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Winter Sleepers

"...into the mix, resulting in a headlong rush of sound and vision, Winter Sleepers feels stylistically stillborn, a dreary,..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Psycho

"...but as a contemporary thriller the 1998 Psycho is hardly a white-knuckle ride. To some degree, that's because the..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pin Gods

"...pro bowler Carmen Salvino, a Garry Marshall look- and sound-alike whose staccato-paced delivery nearly requires an interpreter to understand...."

May 16, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Time to Kill

"...Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, Tonea Stewart and Chris Cooper. They sound so very Ecclesiastical… those words, A Time to Kill...."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend

"...distributor able to make it available to stateside theaters. Hardly surprising, given the fact that the film has more..."

June 11, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Late-Night Lovin' on Austin: The Sequel

'The Daily Show' tapes in our town, nearly proposes

"...That's how much they adore this city. But we hardly needed to be told that since the sentiment was..."

Oct. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Lower City

The toastiest summer on record is but an intermittently flickering 40-watt bulb compared to this positively incendiary sexual firestorm.

"...while they're engaged in the act. Machado's storyline may sound uncomplicated, but it's hardly without nuance. Issues of race..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Emperor's Club

"...told morality play. With a title that replicates the sound of The Dead Poets' Society, The Emperor's Club is..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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