Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!

"...8:15pm, Mohawk) – Marc Savlov Local Vinyl Bin: Mammoth Grinder/Hatred Surge (Cyclopean) Manikin Minority Rules (Super Secret) The Hex..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

Listing Chaos

"...Hatred Surge (Sun., 6pm, 1100 Warehouse) Sometimes sludge, sometimes blast,..."

May 31, 2013 Music Feature

Off the Record

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

"...Elsewhere on the local front, Hatred Surge, featuring two-thirds of Mammoth Grinder, more than lived..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

7 and 7 Is

7 and 7 Is

"...proves himself Austin's go-to guy for intelligent grind with Hatred Surge's latest 7-inch on Deer Healer, although it's unclear..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Review by Daniel Mee

Impalers Deliver 20 Minutes of Mayhem at Rare Show

Friday’s parking lot concert was the best live punk we’ve seen all year

"...Sharp – then known, respectively, for Mammoth Grinder and Hatred Surge, though now they’ve gone on to be involved..."

Sept. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

My Gear: Experimental Soundscaper Michael C. Sharp

A look into how the artist makes his Synth Vehicles for Guitar

"...seems absurd that Sharp, an accomplished drummer (Uniform, Impalers, Hatred Surge), uses a beginner's drum machine, but the digital..."

July 16, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...of the Apocalypse, Deskonocidos, Vaaska), and drummer/synthesist Mike Sharp (Hatred Surge, Impalers, Uniform). In a five-song, 10-minute blast of..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Street Sounds: I Hate I Skate

Three days of wall to wall scrum

"...sharp hardcore with strong female perspective fronted by one-time Hatred Surge screamer Faiza Kracheni (Friday, Barracuda)..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The 2016/17 Austin Music Awards Reveal

"...fronted by mega-talented multi-instrumentalist Chris Ulsh (Power Trip, Impalers, Hatred Surge), proffers fourth LP Cosmic Crypt in the late..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Nancy Fly Waves Bye-Bye

Pioneering Austin booker Nancy Fly retires, and ATX gets a hip-hop festival

"...precision and brutality. Multi-talented frontman Chris Ulsh (Mammoth Grinder, Hatred Surge, Power Trip) roared bloody murder into a microphone...."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Their Satanic Majesties

Dark knowledge and Jäger shots with Austin’s Ancient VVisdom

"...record. On A Godlike Inferno, we had Alex from Hatred Surge playing upright bass with a bow...."

July 25, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Stay up Late for FFF Nites

Fun Fun Fun late shows return with day players and after dark specials

"...and The RevelatorsHoly WaveRishiFrank SmithLean HoundsOh No Oh My((Sounder))Gold FieldsHatred SurgeSpraypaintGlitorisDavid Liebe HartKaraoke Underground..."

Aug. 27, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Chaos in Tejas Lists

"...Impalers (Sat., 6:30pm, Mohawk) Members of Mammoth Grinder and Hatred Surge exhibit the metallic rhythms and fury of the..."

June 1, 2012 Music Feature

Chaos in Tejas

"...of the Chaos coin, sharing members with hardcore mongers Hatred Surge yet augmented inside Red 7 on Thursday's opening..."

June 10, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Snapshots from Free Week on Red River

"...Best merch booth score: Hatred Surge, Deconstruct cassette Gary Claxton (1960-2010)..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Saturday Preview

"...Three-year-old local grindcore quartet Hatred Surge (12:45pm) pits its musical trio against new vocalist..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Feature

Off the Record

Griff Luneburg breaks his silence on the Cactus Cafe

"...Connecticut classicists Nightbitch as well as local heavyweights Sungod, Hatred Surge, and a gatefold LP from the Roller, Wasted..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Pulling back the (iron) curtain on Fun Fun Fun Fest and the Flying Balalaika Brothers in time for the 40th anniversary of the Armadillo World Headquarters

"...love (League of Extraordinary Gz, Mother Falcon, Woven Bones, Hatred Surge) and tastemaking cred (Best Coast, Spain's Delorean, Dâm-Funk)...."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Something for Everybody

The lineup for the 2010 Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Fire, Snapcase, Floor, the Bronx, Ringworm, Kylesa, Off!, Peelander-Z, Hatred Surge, Black Congress..."

Aug. 4, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Chaos in Tejas Schedule

"...Beerland: Homopolice, Drunkdriver, Country Club, Deflag Haemorrhage/Haien Kontra, Hatred Surge..."

May 22, 2009 Music Feature

Administration Clueless as to the Task at Hand

"...killed more efficiently in fewer attacks. Either the Iraqi insurgents are getting better at killing us or our soldiers..."

Nov. 21, 2007 Postmarks

Has the Lege Truly Moved Past LGBTQIA Bigotry?

Slow progress toward equality and respect may continue

"...– including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender affirming surgery – as child abuse...."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Lilli Hime

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...The surge of interest in Reed's case is at least partly..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

DVDanger: C is for Clown

Rampant coulrophobia on DVD and VOD

"...I have to say, I've never got the clown hatred. Similarly, I personally have never understood the rampant lambasting..."

Oct. 8, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...But in each visit, McNamara argues that the next surge in troops or bombing will turn the tide, so..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: December 26

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Pentecostal Church is complicit in the rise of anti-LGBT hatred in Africa...."

Dec. 26, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...with a gigantic knife, channeling irrational xenophobia, ignorance, and hatred for the Other in an extremely concise way. She..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I was around when the surge of the local bands, blues and otherwise, took off..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...Magoo and Flubber. Select revivals are also experiencing a surge of popularity. On local screens this holiday season, there..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten