Playback: Record Store Day

Why Record Store Day matters

"...of guitar brand Pure Salem. On Saturday, Alex Maas, Christian Bland & the Revelators, and Chris Catalena & the..."

April 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Spoek Mathambo

South by Southwest Aftershots

"...points provided ample evidence that Mathambo's onto something. His brilliant, skittering reinvention of Joy Division's "She's Lost Control" took..."

March 23, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

P.K. 14/Carsick Cars

SXSW Music 2010

"...in a lulling dark surge, punctuated also by Shouwang's Ian Curtis-staccatoed and droning vocals. Doubled over and burying his..."

March 26, 2010 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Peter Murphy

SXSW showcase reviews

"...to synchronize love to the beat of the show." Ian Curtis lives...."

March 27, 2009 Music Review by Marc Savlov

DJ Jester the Filipino Fist & Ernest Gonzales

"...packed 'n' tacky dance floor. You'd have to be Ian Curtis not to shake it as the opening accordion..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Pop Goes the Culture

The SAMOPC hosts a night of music and a movie

"...poster artists, many from the Sixties and Seventies. Inspirational musicians represented include deities such as Springsteen and Talking Heads,..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by John Davidson

The Wombats

Thursday

"...you want an audience to bop around like a Tasmanian devil on an Earl Grey jag, all that's necessary..."

March 21, 2008 Music Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...it must delicately contend with the suicide of singer Ian Curtis and the still-raw wound of his relationships with..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Show Us Your Bulbs

Recycling Artists Take New Orleans Trash and Make Illuminating Mardi Gras Treasure

"...(famous only for being the place where Joy Division's Ian Curtis decided to kill himself). It was beads that..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

There Will Be Film

"...1) The Lives of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's tale of repression and redemption in..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Liars

"...as well; frontman Angus Andrew is now channeling Warsaw-era Ian Curtis and it makes for some of Liars' best..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

ACL Fest Sunday Reviews

"...itself or whatever it does," booms Berninger in an Ian Curtis monotone on "Apartment Story," half-dazed "La la la's"..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...HARRY SHEARER'S LE SHOW LIVE6pm, Central Presbyterian Church Perhaps better known as Derek Smalls, the most..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

The Blurbing of SXSW 06

"...Ashley leads Gris Gris down Psych-Out Lane in a giant Red Krayola on 2005's For the Season, while Pittsburgh's..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature

A Frames

"...of narcotic stupor. "Quantum Mechanic" is a list of appliances and artifacts standing in for human attachments: "streetcar, VCR,..."

March 11, 2005 Music Review by Christopher Gray

The Chapters

Texas platters

"...Manchester, 1980. Ian Curtis dances his way into the hearts of a..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

The Killers

Record review

"...so much front the band as command it. His Ian Curtis drawl adds weight to dance-floor anthems like "Somebody..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Secretly Canadian/ Sounds Familyre8pm-2am, Buffalo Billiards If you like your indie..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...Chris Spencer. – Greg BeetsA Tiger Named Lovesick10pm, Bigsby's Ian Curtis may be little more than sackcloth and ashes..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Phases and Stages

Live Shot

"...tail end of the bill, headliners A Tiger Named Ian Curtis ... er, Lovesick offered up a set derivative..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Twist Music for the Hard-of-Hearing

Big Drag

"...these guys write songs catchy enough to pass for Brian Wilson's rejects, and anyone with sense knows Brian Wilson's..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Music Feature

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...with our Opening Night TV Premiere, The Studio. This brilliantly conceived series is exquisitely cast and written, capturing the..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Alma Thorpe, the subject of documentarian Ruth Leitman's Alma, suffers from mental illnesses that could..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Not Fade Away

The 2004 / 05 Austin Music Awards. In a word, roots.

"...Joe B. Mauldin, bassist on both Holly LPs. Sonny Curtis, from nearby Meadow, Texas, remembers the day his teenage..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...read your "Page Two" attack on term limits, Linda Curtis, and Kirk Mitchell [April 5]. It along with much..."

April 12, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...reply that was tacked to the end of Linda Curtis' letter regarding Ralph Nader's fight to get on the..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column

Frankenstein's Dad

"...recent stroke, Whale (played in Condon's film by Sir Ian McKellen) toys with the notion of suicide while simultaneously..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...to like the Black Keys. – Abby Johnston A Giant Dog..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...kaiju comedy and Fantastic Fest smash Colossal and super-dark Croatian comedy Goran, it's going to be a busy 10..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...rapper Mick Jenkins, and British post-punks Sad Lovers & Giants, playing their first gig on American soil. SXSW’s third..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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