SXSW Interview: David Fricke Follows Tom Petty to Somewhere You Feel Free

Rolling Stone writer on why Wildflowers changed everything

"...record label and with his marriage dissolving, he tapped Rick Rubin for a solo project. 1994's Wildflowers became his..."

March 17, 2021 Screens Post by Doug Freeman

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...Mark Rubin gives good interviews. He's unafraid to speak his mind..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Music Reviews

"...real run-through album, though, nicely alternating the vocals of Rick Carney and Ron Williams from one song to the..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Music Review

Me and My Friends

Walking on the wild side with Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante

"...Boys tones on that album, Pet Sounds. Was that Rick Rubin, the band? I hear it in your solo..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ZZ Top

Tracking the beards

"...overall beginning in 1971, co-produced by another iconic beard, Rick Rubin...."

Dec. 27, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book

"We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”

"...description of him was brutal. I'm actually thinking of Rick Rubin, who comes off sort of dictatorial...."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Record Reviews

"...of the late Fifties/early Sixties -- he's our end-of-the-century Ricky Nelson. Still, his last few releases have found him..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Review

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...walks over to the large, three-car garage, its red brick exterior in contrast to the main building, which looks..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Must-See Saturday Acts at ACL Music Festival

Including a handful of weekend-two exclusives

"...bells, stiff disco guitar strums, and a pitch-shifted choir. – Rick Weaver..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Feature

Shut Up and Sing

The Dixie Chicks' struggle with the conflicting demands of art and commerce as portrayed in this documentary shows that they're still not ready to make nice.

"...Simon Renshaw, and record their latest album with producer Rick Rubin. Like most of Kopple's work, this film documents..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Friday After Next

"...-- See You Next Shabbat? They could get the Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys if it weren't for..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where's Lucinda?

"...no such thing at this label as running behind. Rick [Rubin, head of the label] says that no record..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Music Column

Three SXSW Documentaries Visualize SXSW Music

Somewhere you feel free

"...X-Ray Spex singer and punk maverick Poly Styrene (born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) intended to publish..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Gift Guide: Tom Petty

Wildflowers & All the Rest (Warner Records)

"...Feels," "Time to Move On," "You Wreck Me"), the Rick Rubin spliff produced its author's most distinctly Southern ramble..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 9-15

"...a million. They were pioneers. In 1986, legendary producer Rick Rubin encouraged them to do a remake of "Walk..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

12 Must-See Saturday Acts at ACL Music Festival

Key Zilker Park sets for Saturday weekend one

"...The soulful recent OU grad upstaged both Jay-Z and Rick Rubin during a My Next Guest Needs No Introduction..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature

Slayer

The Vinyl Conflict

"...L.A. thrash metal quartet much bass response, but on Rick Rubin's greatest production trifecta – Reign in Blood (1986),..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gogol Bordello

"...European blackout – NYC's Gogol Bordello – comeback kid/producer Rick Rubin, American lama. Mostly indistinguishable from 2007's Super Taranta!,..."

May 21, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Fest Friday Reviews

"...draw him back into that ring even though this Rick Rubin-produced collection demonstrates the younger Dylan is still distinctively..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Johnny Cash

Record Reviews

"...of The Man Comes Around. This time around, producer Rick Rubin teams Cash with Benmont Tench on piano, and..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Nusrat Fateh Qawwali Khan

"...much more with less. On his American label, producer Rick Rubin releases Nusrat's final taped document, the 2-CD Nusrat..."

July 27, 2001 Music Review by David Lynch

Dancing About Architecture

Fire! Fire! Fire!

"...weren't the only ones who had to read David Fricke's SXSW piece in Rolling Stone several times to figure..."

May 2, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...graphic novel Le Transperceneige). And talking sci-fi and anticipation, Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland and supervising producer Mike..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

News Ticker: August 9

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Louie Gohmert chooses his own adventure, Rick Perry makes a catty remark, and Cathie Adams prepares..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Off the Record

Courtney Love vs. Boudoir Queen, Jason Reece vs. Conrad Keely, Border Patrol vs. Texas Tornados, and other dream matchups

"...(Tears for Fears' Songs From the Big Chair and Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, respectively)...."

Feb. 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Dancing About Architecture

Taking a P in the Snow

"...ride was record mogul and pal of the band Rick Rubin, who recorded the gig for posterity (be nice..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...PALOALTO: More often than not, Rick Rubin knows best, and he didn't just sign this..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Rock and a Hard Place

Twenty Dollar Vibe

"...the Johnny Law job, despite his exclusive deal with Rick Rubin...."

Feb. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

SXSW Interview: Mary Wharton Pieces Together Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

Finding the man behind the Wildflowers sessions

"..."I saw some of the footage of Tom and Rick Rubin in the studio, and got to meet Tom..."

March 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams. Cast: Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick, Danielle Brooks, Denis O'Hare (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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