Ready to Fight

A chat with Negative Approach's John Brannon

"...Negative Approach's career, like its nine-second manic meltdown "Pressure," hit..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Graham Williams of Transmission Entertainment breaks down this weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest, while Ian McLagan and the Chronicle music staff sound off on the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot

"...event booker Graham Williams stage-dived into the audience during Negative Approach's scorching reunion set. It was an oddly appropriate,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Levitation Live Shot: Third Man Records Showcase

John Brannon stream rolls Vegas with his negative approach

"...vocals of John Brannon, pioneer of midwestern hardcore with Negative Approach, whose current lineup is essentially the same as..."

Nov. 11, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Playback – Fun Fun Fun Fest: A Decade of Aggression

Flashing back on 10 years of Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Headliners: Peaches, Circle Jerks, Negative Approach, Prefuse 73..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Exhumed’s Necrocracy

San Jose gore/grind outfit gets political – for free

"...released earlier this month on Tankcrimes, features covers of Negative Approach’s “Ready to Fight” and Minor Threat’s “Seeing Red.”..."

Jan. 29, 2014 Music Post by Andy O’Connor

Fall On Me

Three fall Austin music perennials.

"...his threatening scowl etched like a most-wanted mug shot. Negative Approach snaps into "Pressure," punk rock's longest 10 seconds,..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Just Say No!

Rick Perry's approach to sex education has helped Texas boost its teen pregnancy rate

"...they're adults or married – and preferably both. That approach was embraced by Bush, who led Texas through a..."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Night Riots

The Dictators NYC, Single Mothers, Negative Approach, Burger Records Caravan of Stars Tour, The Briefs, 7 Seconds, The Flatliners

"...2009 now boast the angriest LP of autumn in Negative Qualities...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

AISD Run-off Running Downhill Fast

A nonpartisan race turns partisan

"...proud that, in my campaign, I haven't taken a negative approach."..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Black Mercy’s Hardcore Fingerboard Video

Austin rippers reimagine skate tape culture

"...the D.C. sound, powerviolence, and a bit of the Negative Approach blueprint diversified with especially interesting progressions and between-song..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Post

Plan Your Psychedelic Weekend With These Levitation Picks

Nearly two-dozen choices ranging from the Flaming Lips to Elephant Stone

"...Easy Action – fueled by John Brannen of Laughing Hyenas/Negative Approach – and Detroit noiseniks Wolf Eyes add gasoline...."

Nov. 8, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Playback: KINGs and Queens

Kids in a New Groove, Bull McCabe’s bows out, and underground heroes of Austin music

"...legendary headliner for Saturday's fourth anniversary bash: Detroit legends Negative Approach, whose self-titled 1982 7-inch remains essential documentation of..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Review: Damian Abraham

Fucked Up frontman podcasts from Sherwood

"...actual best hardcore record of all-time. Counting seven-inches, it’s Negative Approach’s first release, but in the LP arena it’s..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Lupe Fiasco: Tetsuo & Youth

Chicago MC delivers a meta-religious tome

"...Youth realizes the same depth, employing a similarly jumpy, plot-negative approach, and hip-hop as its soundtrack...."

Jan. 28, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Controlled Chaos

A Weekend in Austin still moshes

"...Up Charlie's) Hardcore punk upstarts recall a more nuanced Negative Approach...."

May 23, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock & Roll in America's Loudest City

Detroit just wants to rock & roll all night

"...of punk and hardcore bring forth grimy greats like Negative Approach and the Meatmen, before the millennial garage boom..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Show No Mercy

"...erupted in short bursts, with the violent disgust of Negative Approach and charismatic flailing of Keith Morris. In the..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest spins at Turntable.fm, Zorch goes viral, and other digital delights from Bali Yaaah and the Meat Puppets

"...hits (Murder City Devils, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Negative Approach, Brian Posehn, Big Freedia), South by Southwest 2011..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Fun Fun Fun Line-up

Danzig Legacy and Donald Glover join Slayer, Odd Future

"...Snakes Murder City Devils Kid Dynamite Boris Cave In Negative Approach D-Generation Eyehategod Russian Circles Thee Oh Sees Zero..."

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!

"...Mohawk; Sunday, 12:30am, Beerland) Vicious Toronto lo-fi hardcore channels Negative Approach on 12-minute debut More Reality...."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

HD47 Finance Furor

Republican Workman attacks opponent for having student loans

"...campaign press release, especially when a campaign has gone negative. But in his latest attack piece, Republican House District..."

April 8, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Total Abuse

SXSW showcase reviews

"...changes, veering from breakneck blast beats to slower, thicker, Negative Approach-ish interludes and moving them past the screamo basics..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...not that different. They had different styles and different approaches, but it wasn't that stark...."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Colombia's Child Soldiers Captured in Monos

Alejandro Landes on breaking the feelgood narrative of youth

"...the troupe of young troops. Landes embraces his unconventional approach, one that has undercut the expectation of some viewers..."

Sept. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

If You Can't Stand the Heat ...

Republican Jill Warren is behind in the polls and going negative on her Democratic opponent Ann Kitchen, in the race for House District 48 in Travis County.

"...New money from statewide Republicans could fuel negative television attack ads that would amplify the minor assaults..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

On the Rails

Bungling Bureaucrats, or Best Hope?

"...Metro just can't seem to stay out of the negative headlines," began a recent editorial in the Austin American-Statesman...."

June 14, 1996 News Feature

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...Other Austin overlay districts have treated development as a negative force; their protectionist purpose is to save existing things..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

About AIDS

Emphasis on HIV-positive people marks prevention shift

"..."The AIDS epidemic continues because HIV-positive individuals keep infecting HIV-negative people through their behaviors."..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...corrupt the process so thoroughly. Even the manipulative, raucous, negative, dirty, money-funded, bullshit campaigns we mostly get now are..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Postmarks

Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...students, teachers, administrators and parents do not deserve the negative conversations prompted by the AISD Magnet/Charter discussions...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

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