Roll Bounce

Hot-wiring a penchant for sports film truisms to some seriously spot-on Seventies nostalgia, this Bow Wow vehicle is an easygoing portrayal of teenage camaraderie and its attendant difficulties.

"...make its subject look as grindingly dull as possible, Roll Bounce triumphs on almost all counts, hot-wiring a penchant..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Rock & Roll Deejay

KLBJ cans legendary Johnny Walker

"...for evenings fueled by the guitar-crunching bombast of the Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, and the Who. Turn up Foghat's..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

ATL

Wicked smart examination of black kids in modern Atlanta features talented young actors navigating the circuitous path to adulthood while spending their downtime at the local roller rink.

"...to adulthood while spending their downtime at the local roller rink – didn't we already see this six months..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Repo Men

Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play repo men in this future world where body parts can be bought and sold but also repossessed.

"...thing with zippy flying cars and the cool bebop bounce and throb of post-millennial jazz? Instead of "what if?"..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hate U Give

Astounding adaptation of YA novel critiques race in modern America

"...director Tillman Jr. (Notorious, and producer on the underseen Roll Bounce), working with the brilliant young actor Amandla Stenberg..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pretend That We're Dead

"...all. My favorite was L7. Moments when your eyes roll back white with ecstasy hit nightly in rock &..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Tony Visconti Part 2 (The Encores)

"...Bolan, and the Brooklyn Boy produces enough rock & roll sound bites to satisfy Hall of Fame war-story quotas...."

June 23, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Gay Place: Boys vs. Girls

Feeling left out? The unicorn can guide you on your LGBTQuest

"...ROLLER DISCO Mouthfeel and DJ Cap'n Tits spin while you..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Best Place To Skate

Playland Skate Center

"...Despite the Seventies-nostalgic Roll Bounce and the not-shot-in-Austin-after-all Whip It, this generation is..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Best of Austin Feature

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Hip-hop albums to beat the heat

"...me and drops the inevitable: “Hey man, can we roll the windows up and use the AC?”..."

May 16, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Some East (Maybe Mars), some West (UK Trade & Investment), all South by Southwest

"...hard as they come. – Thomas Fawcett New Orleans Bounce..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...JIM ROLL: With a label whose roster boasts Stephen Bruton, Jon..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...works in American and international independent cinema. The Austin roll call is encouragingly long this time around: In the..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...duo's eponymous effort for Hardly Art, angling K Records bounce with girl-group sway, earworm melodies always shifting like a..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Gay Place

SXSW Saturday

"...gutter slut premieres her new PJ Raval-directed jam. 11:30am. Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside...."

March 15, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

Book Smart

"...enjoys music, from symphony to country to rock & roll, everybody loves some kind of music. Something makes you..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Column

Sxsw

"...Texas musician: little bit country, little bit rock & roll, little bit blues -- even a little Cajun and..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...1996 Mercury debut. Not that this Austin rock & roll outfit is sitting around waiting. Forging ahead with Funaminal..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...Falling between this year's crossfire PR hurricane for 1972 Rolling Stones magnum opus reboot, Exile on Main St., and..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hot Line to Jesus

Edison's Speaking Phonograph

"...with success, and a number of competing manufacturers regularly rolled out boxes of such beauty and style that they..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...an outstanding collection of songs that inject rock & roll lifeblood into folk and country structures, beautified by the..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, April 27-May 6

"...for a "professional" opinion. The official response, via the Rolling Stones: "I don't wanna walk and talk about Jesus,..."

May 18, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Undercover on High School's Ritziest Glitziest Night It All Goes Down at Prom

"...corsages making circles in the air; many boys just bounce and bob painfully, keeping the tradition of the "white..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...Slowdive, Yo La Tengo, Nick Drake, and the Tindersticks rolled into one delicious ball. – Michael Chamy..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

The Band

Kissinger, Austin's band of the moment

"...o'clock in the morning is the most un-rock & roll hour of all. There are birds chirping, for God's..."

March 2, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...low on surprises, Hey Ho Let's Go! nails the rollercoaster exhilaration of the Queens quartet's 22-year career. It's not..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...El Molino's coming out and going away party all rolled into one. When its leader called an El Molino..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

A Life of Destinations

"...people have said that about me too. Sometimes we bounce his non-answers off mine, talking about a subject without..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Reissues

"...trumpets, slippery chicka-chicka strat riffs, penny whistle, and timpani rolls; Morton Stevens (Hawaii Five-0 and Police Woman); Lalo Schifrin..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

'The NFL Beat': Week Five

Inspirational fantasy football thoughts

"...occurring and believe there will be an eventual relative bounce back. Just not this week. The Miami front seven..."

Oct. 6, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

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