One More Time

Wrapping up SXSW 03: Saturday Showcases

"...first generation Brit pop: Gerry & the Pacemakers, Zombies, Kinks. The stalking riff opening the group's eponymous debut brought..."

March 21, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...their take on the contagious power pop of the Kinks/Buzzcocks axiom. 2002's underrecognized Life on Other Planets delved into..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Supergrass

SXSW Records

"...(when is Supergrass not?), sporting, as it does, the T-Rex/Kinks/Sweet cadger "Grace" and annoyingly electro closer "Run." Everyone's second..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Revolution Rock

At the crossroads of the Clash and the great state of Austin, Texas.

"...in "Route 66," "You Keep a Knockin'," plus some Kinks and Stones covers. Mick Jones was fabulous at slashing..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Music Feature

One Two Three Faw!

A brief history of Texas garage rock

"...and tougher counterparts like the Rolling Stones and the Kinks, garage bands flourished and local singers like Bruce Channel..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Music Feature by George Gimarc

The Who: My Generation

Reissue

"...production deal with expatriate American producer Shel Talmy of Kinks' fame; "I Can't Explain" followed in January 1965 as..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Music Review by Kent H. Benjamin

From the Bistro to the Beard

Austinite Shawn Cirkiel makes a pilgrimage to the home of American gastronomy, the James Beard House in New York.

"..."We want to make sure we've got all the kinks worked out while we can still correct any problems,..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Music Awards

"...the evening's surprise guest, waiting, it did get the kinks out and warm the band up. Price, reading lyrics,..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...are citing everyone from Simon & Garfunkel to the Kinks and Wilco in trying to nail down the Actual..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...their blitzkrieg through "Come Dancing" steals Sub Pop's recent Kinks tribute, they'll most likely be previewing their upcoming Interscope..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...HOUSEHOLD NAMES: Though Kinks-flavored Brit-pop isn't the first genre that comes to mind..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

Robots, Sleuths, and Warthogs

Winter games run the gamut

"...awhile longer in order to work out the logistical kinks and draw up better directions for aspiring sleuths. Pass..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Jennie Kennedy

Dancing About Architecture

More Austin music news

"...of you heartbroken by the lack of Fastball updates: Kinks man Ray Davies is an avid Austin-lover, it seems...."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Star Play

Part vaudeville comedy, part poem, part search for philosophical meaning, part fairy tale, Michael Arthur's The Star Play produced at MOMFest by the New York-based 2texans theatre company, makes a wish for love and finds it in the most unlikely places.

"...are bumblers as well as fixers, so there are kinks in the smooth fabric. Missing instructions, inappropriate fairy meddling,..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Yardbirds

Record Review

"...and Seventies rock. Like their early-Sixties British peers, the Kinks, Who, Beatles, and Stones, the London quintet, which took..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The White Stripes

Record Review

"...twice -- and chiming arpeggios modeled after Village Green-era Kinks. In fact, the whole album suggests White's been studying..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Music in the 1990s

"...dream-come-true interviews with Ray and Dave Davies of the Kinks and the Byrds' Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman. And..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Fast Train to Hicksville

Reissuing the Rosetta Stone of alt.countrypolitan

"...acts, including the Acoustic Warriors. Maryann Price joined the Kinks shortly thereafter and then Asleep at the Wheel in..."

July 13, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Old 97's Satellite Rides (Elektra)

"...the World," that opens the disc and the pleading, Kinks-style "Buick City Complex" to the frank assertions of "Designs..."

April 13, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW ends. Thank the Lord …

"...the Doc spun on Sunday was Weird Al Yankovic's Kinks parody "Yoda." Nice bookending job there, intentional or not!..."

March 23, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Tahiti 80, Waterloo Brewing Co., Thursday, March15

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...it seemed somewhat forced on the occasion of the Kinks frontman serving as this year's music festival keynote speaker...."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Phil West

Where Have All the Good Times Gone?

Ray Davies' SXSW Keynote Address

"...forward eagerly, ready and waiting to hear some wonderful Kinks nugget. He knew he had us. "I'll do this..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...that echoes the Bevis Frond as much as the Kinks. The jarring, twisted sensibilities of Indianapolis' Marmoset embody the..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...out a guttural take on mid-Sixties the Who and Kinks, and you're picturing these Dutchmen. It ain't pretty, but..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW News

"...yesterday. Since he's got a track on the upcoming Kinks/Ray Davies tribute album due later this year, he was..."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Ashley Park, Emo's Jr., Wednesday 14

"...be somewhat derivative of cultish Sixties touchstones like the Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society, but with slightly under-the-radar influences..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Boy Howdy: The Creem Story, Austin Covention Center, Friday 16

"...and finding publisher Barry Kramer dancing alone to the Kinks was as much an affirmation of the spirit of..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Margaret Moser

New Pornographers, La Zona Rosa, Friday 16

"...joined the band for a rollicking version of the Kinks' "Starstruck," a track from the 1968 album The Village..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Waistcoats

Acts Playing South by Southwest

"...Brian Jones and learned how to play instruments from Kinks and Yardbirds records. Never mind that their Vox guitars..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Cautiously Optimistic

Fifteen Hopefuls Make Up Austin's Musical Class of 2001

"...his finger on why. "Maybe it was discovering the Kinks' Sixties catalog," he muses. "With the last record, we..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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