Playback: Rap Reigns at SXSW

Snoop Dogg crowns SXSW hip-hop as keynote, the Cherubs may have topped Heroin Man, and Sparkplug becomes part of musicians’ shared economy

"...Two decades later, he's the cuddliest rapper on the planet...."

March 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Dale Watson's Ameripolitan Dream

Outlaws wanted (for Awards), God calls back Gean West, and SXSW wristbands back on sale!

"...(Little Longhorn Saloon) • Charlie Thompson, free (C-Boy's) • Planet Casper, 3:30pm, free; the Wagoneers, 7:30pm; Heybale!, 9:45pm (Continental..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Planetary (UK/USA) Director: Guy Reid, Screenwriter: Steve Watts Kennedy A..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Sunday Listings

FFF Sunday by the blurb

"...Internet operates autonomously from the rest of Odd Future's rap-punk aesthetic – at least in performance. Vocalist Syd the..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature

Active Listening

Dance artists Heloise Gold and Julie Nathanielsz, and a new 'Gold Show|Rose Show'

"...angst of a soul singer and the raunchiness of punk."..."

May 30, 2014 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

SXKIDS: Part Two, Electric Bugaboo

The second round of big picks for wee rockers.

"...Peelander-Z, the Japanese Action Comic Punk band from NYC (or, if you ask them, “the..."

March 14, 2014 Chronolog Post by Terry Ornelas Woodroffe

A Journey to 'Parkland'

Writer/director Peter Landesman on the untold stories of JFK's death

"...has to figure out, what the fuck did his punk little brother do? It's just like pushing through the..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Skrillex

SXSW Showcase Reviews

"...Drunk kids and out-of-place moms. Passed-out ravers and tatted-up punk kids with their hands in the air. Girls who..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Where Comedy Lives

Austin stand-ups have a complex – and it's called the Sandstone Apartments

"...king of it, the most brutal shit-talker on the planet. He still does it on Facebook. Like, you'll get..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Game Changer

How Austin's indie gaming scene got cooking as Juegos Rancheros

"...in the late Seventies spawned the backlash that was punk, the inflated studio system birthed from the tech bubble..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Lowe was going to produce us before the whole punk thing hit. Before I even joined the band, their..."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

sxswm: Foo Fighters, Sound and Vision

Grohl's gang hit Paramount and Stubbs

"...being one of the biggest touring acts on the planet. The real story is about how they became a..."

March 16, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Adventures with Charlie (Faye) and Up Close with Eric Johnson

"...The East Side Drive-In resembled a private planetarium Friday for the Octopus Project's Hexadecagon, a big-tent visual..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Hell on Wheels ... and Weed

Bob Ray takes the show on the road

"...Ray's solution? Punk-rock it, dude. Old school. City to city, prebooked, utilizing..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Recent 'Rockpalast' Avalanche

"...indefatigable bordello ringmaster plying hipster country-billy rather than gypsy punk. The Commander's Lost Planet Airmen here include diesel-fueled Telecaster..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Your Satori Mind

Japanese guitarist and Boris collaborator Michio Kurihara, 'a mixture of science and feeling'

"...Travellin' Band, Taj Mahal Travellers' radical long-form expressionism, and gutter-punks Les Rallizes Dénudés...."

July 23, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Urban Experience

Dâm-Funk's intergalactic jam

"...with just a couple visuals behind them. Just like punk and other genres have energy on stage, that’s what..."

March 16, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Games People Play

Casual gaming's rise opens the doors for players and developers

"...effort. It's not a balance that's easily attained. Gaming's Punk Rockers?..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

ACL Music Fest Sunday Interviews

Kate Pierson's inner bongo mania

"...a quirky, distinctive DIY sound that got lumped into punk and New Wave without being either...."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Kevin Sampson A blade-sharp rites-of-passage that buzzes with the post-punk energy of its late-70s Liverpool setting. Based on the..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interviews: Saturday

Move over, Mr. Smarty Pants

"...Did you know? Philadelphia punk pioneers the Dead Milkmen are considered satire, a form..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature by Michael Jastroch

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...like Tim Bradstreet [Marvel's The Punisher, Raw Studios' Bad Planet]; Michael Broom, who was an effects designer for The..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rainin in Paradize

Manu Chao, changing the world one neighborhood at a time

"...punctuated repeatedly in English by Mano Negra's former gypsy punk, erased all other sound. Twenty minutes with the bronze..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Blake Sandberg: Resident Alien

Label head and musical Alien Blake Sandberg insists he's an earthling.

"...by Jad Fair and Daniel Johnston to the raw punk of locals Damage Pants and Aliens, Misc. Music is..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Cannibalist Manifesto

Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia on the pitch

"...rapid-fire Portuguese rhymes. The MC got his start with Planet Hemp and has since collaborated with Sergio Mendes and..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Australian Cattle God

Who Let the Gods Out?

"...more geographically and stylistically removed from Cat Scientist's Soweto-driven techno-punk, a bright-red streak of rabid eclecticism characterizes all of..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Greg Beets

A Geezer Remembers South by Southwest

Post-SXSW geezer moments.

"...make a guitar sound like almost anything on the planet. He then led avant-punk legends Gods & Monsters through..."

March 20, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

Timbuk 3's Barbara Kooyman looks to a brighter future with Texamericana.org

"...to shrug off its New Wave perm and sell punk rock to Madison Avenue. "The Future's So Bright I..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Twelve Drummers Drumming

Caroling casualties: The 12 nays of Christmas

"...your producer is the most patient engineer on the planet, coming into the studio with nothing but your guitar,..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The New Mechanic's Guide

Phil Waldorf's tips to landing on Misra Records.

"...might seem like a great idea for yet another post-punk band, a few dollars spent on one of your..."

May 12, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

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