'Mind Spiders' Reviewed

"...Mind Spiders(Dirtnap)..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

X-Ray Visions

Deep in the fifth dimension, Mark Ryan's Mind Spiders are cutting demos with Buddy Holly

"...it on loop, like some vestigial tail whipping around, reminding him of a special purpose...."

Feb. 4, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Saturday-Sunday SXSW Live Shots

Saturday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...SATURDAY: Mind Spiders/Bad SportsEasy Tiger, March 19..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

Mind Spiders

"...Mind SpidersMeltdown (Dirtnap)..."

March 16, 2012 Music Review by Greg Beets

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...dish. Also a metaphor for his musical and personal mind-dump, Gumbo and its live companion piece, 2018's fantastic Gumbo..."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Chaos in Tejas: Damned If You Don't

Fest adds UK punk legends, plus Iceage, more

"...Thrower, and local faves including Mammoth Grinder and The Mind Spiders...."

Jan. 10, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 National

Despite Austin's musical omnipresence, some national albums merited rating

"...8) Mikal Cronin, Mikal Cronin (Trouble in Mind)..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature

Mind Spiders

"...frontman for formidable crunch-pop punks the Marked Men, the Mind Spiders' fourth album in five years continues employing the..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Top 10s

"...1) Mind Spiders, Mind Spiders (Dirtnap)..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Exhibitionism

Race of the Ark Tattoo: Trap Doors in the Mind

"...years — they open a trap door in our mind, the way smelling the cologne of a long-lost love..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Arts Review

Damned, Damned, Damned

Chaos in Tejas brings the bedlam

"...acceleration for pogo pit casualties. – Tim Stegall FRIDAY Mind Spiders5:45pm, Beerland..."

May 31, 2013 Music Feature

Chaos in Tejas Gets Mobb Deep

Havok and Prodigy to perform "The Infamous" and more bands added

"...The Marked Men Marshstepper The Men Merchandise Milk Music Mind Eraser The Mind Spiders Mitochondrion (Canada) Mobb Deep (performing..."

Feb. 25, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Gayplace

Happy New Year's Gay!

"..."program of four films is designed with transition in mind, from one year to the next, one country to..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Wholly Holy Holey

Mo' gifts fo 'mos

"..."program of four films is designed with transition in mind, from one year to the next, one country to..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Last night of SXSW 2011 and still plenty of one-venue hang time

"...all for free and without your parents' tastes in mind; and Tanya Morgan's Donwill and Von Pea both released..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Thursday Night SXSW Showcases

"...by Mark Ryan from the Marked Men, Ft. Worth's Mind Spiders bang out frazzled post-punk girded by dystopian keyboard..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

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

"...Mind Spiders (Ft. Worth)..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Psych Fest 5

"...projections, such so-called new auteurs look mighty pedestrian. Denton/Austin's Mind Spiders catapult snotty, embattled, and not very psychedelic crush-punk..."

May 4, 2012 Music Review by Luke Winkie

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Saturday blurbs rally!

"...no debut album to promote. With the crisscrossing, sample-smothering Outmind just under a year old, expect a whole batch..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Beetsolonely’s Top 40 of 2011

Forty songs to remember 2011 by

"...“Should Have,” Cloud Nothings 7. “Don’t Let Her Go,” Mind Spiders 8. “Touch Me in the Right Place at..."

Jan. 26, 2012 Music Post by Greg Beets

Off the Record

All the fun fun fun that fits

"...Atsuo: This is a very difficult question. In our minds, there's no concept of revisiting. When we make an..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Bad Sports

"...counter in bassist Daniel Fried (High Tension Wires, the Mind Spiders), who pulls the ripcord in opener "Off Switch"..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Review by Austin Powell

Fun Fun Fun Line-up

Danzig Legacy and Donald Glover join Slayer, Odd Future

"...Eddie Current Suppression Ring) Death Grips Touche Amore Defeater Mind Spiders OBN III Shapes Have Fangs Schmillion Thieves Blue..."

Aug. 1, 2011 Music Post

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

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

"...channels Buddy Holly and sci-fi warp via new project Mind Spiders (10:30pm), just one of many Texas bands swirling..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

High Tension Wires

Saturday

"...like Devo's "Uncontrollable Urge." Much like lablemate Ryan's new Mind Spiders, there's a focus on whoa-oh-oh vocals and power-pop-punk..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Spider

"...birds and the bees via a tale of female spiders, who, she says, lay their huge egg sacks and..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

System of a Down, La Zona Rosa, January 7

"...mosh pit. Once warmed up, the band launched into "Mind," Tankian screaming "free thinkers are dangerous" and "the CIA..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch

Record Reviews

"...Kisser wittily denounced "The Macarena and all disco music," reminding us that American rock's self-confidence still hasn't recovered from..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Review

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...the Replacements' "Don't Ask Why." Openers Pink Swords turn minds into mush with their nonstop rocket ride to hell..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...time now, slamming out infectious rock that calls to mind Kurt Cobain at times, John Fogerty at others. There's..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

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