Appreciation Society

Shapes Have Fangs bite into a Kinks klassic

"...Coffey, the singer and guitarist of local quartet Shapes Have Fangs, picked this album as a band favorite...."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...all the music, the Seeds will probably survive. I'd have to say that whatever drug someone does is going..."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Blaze's blues strike a chord with the SXSW Film 09 and dropping out for the Black Angels' Psych Fest 2

"...for the audience to piece together who he might have been." A decade in the making, Drunken Angel features..."

March 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Shapes Have Fangs

"...Shapes Have FangsDinner in the Dark (Reverberation Appreciation Society)..."

April 8, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Off the Record

Premios Texas prompts OTR's inaugural Summer Vinyl Awards

"...Whit to join my band because I wanted to have people I was comfortable and confident with on that..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...by a revolving cast of musicians. – Austin Powell Shapes Have Fangs..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Those Peabodys, the Crack Pipes, Shapes Have Fangs

"...Those Peabodys, the Crack Pipes, Shapes Have FangsEmo's, Jan. 10..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Music Review by Jamie Laughlin

Cute Band Alert!

Shapes Have Fangs are the MOST.

"...Shapes Have Fangs formed in 2006, but the four members..."

March 27, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Wednesday Sleepers

The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts directly afterwards

"...beauty must be appreciated from a distance. – Austin PowellShapes Have Fangs..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Austin Top 10

Making local lists and checking 'em twice

"...4) Shapes Have Fangs, Dinner in the Dark (Reverberation Appreciation Society)..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Line-up

Danzig Legacy and Donald Glover join Slayer, Odd Future

"...Death Grips Touche Amore Defeater Mind Spiders OBN III Shapes Have Fangs Schmillion Thieves Blue Stage Public Enemy Major..."

Aug. 1, 2011 Music Post

Elvis

"..."Blow Yourself Up," but he has deft accomplices, too. Shapes Have Fangs guitarist Dustin Coffey leads this Texas version..."

April 15, 2011 Music Review by Austin Powell

Saturday-Sunday SXSW Live Shots

Saturday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...playing with Muse, their muscled debut album is the well-behaved brother to the sweat-stained live experience, Pixies-style melodies turbo-driven..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

Wednesday Rewind

Shapes Have Fangs' wild Western adventure

"...the outskirts of Vegas? That's what this video for Shapes Have Fangs' excellent “The Desert” reminds OTR of...."

Dec. 15, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

deEP end

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"...The eponymous six-song debut from Holy Wave, recorded by Shapes Have Fangs guitarist Skyler McGlothlin, is a great soundtrack..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Free Week Picks 2010

Oh yes, it's free.

"...Sandworms, Dave Bone & The Troublemakers at Emo's -Hacienda, Shapes Have Fangs, Strange Attractors, Cowabunga Babes, Flowers at Red..."

Jan. 4, 2010 Events Post by Logan Youree

RIP Sky Saxon

The Seeds frontman passes in Austin

"...organs since Monday, just two days after playing with Shapes Have Fangs at Antone's. Saxon was the founder and..."

June 25, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Business Deal Band Lotto

A diverse collection of weirdo pop

"...from members of River City scenesters Cavedweller, Finally Punk, Shapes Have Fangs, Total Abuse, Pataphysics, Belaire, and more. Mystic..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Critics Poll

"...MARGARET MOSER Billy Joe Shaver at the Candye Kane benefit, Antone's..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Feature

Off the Record

The politics of Austin music in 2008: Barack Obama boogies back to Texas, a Man From Plains, and the Live Music Task Force

"...thus far produced the likes of the Strange Boys, Shapes Have Fangs, the Golden Boys, and transplants Harlem, to..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Kookoo Stew

Monofonus Press continues its summer deluge

"...equally absurd tales set to big, fuzzy, stompy hooks. Shapes Have Fangs and Human Milk jump in as well...."

Aug. 26, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...Smuggling Jam Engine, Pataphysics, Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band, Shapes Have Fangs (noon) THURSDAY 13 French Legation Museum: Other..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

None of the Hits, All of the Time

KVRX's website launch takes off in T-minus 10, 9...

"...The Boxing Lesson Sept. 23: Clap! Clap! Sept. 30: Shapes Have Fangs Oct. 7: The Noise Revival Oct. 14:..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

A 1967 Hoot Happening Sampling

"...8:10pm: SHAPES HAVE FANGS "Zig Zag Wanderer" Captain Beefheart..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Feature

Playback: SXSW Survey a Snooze

City's post-SXSW survey succumbs to poor planning

"...South by Southwest evaluation meeting last week, because I'd have dozed off otherwise. Never have I witnessed a PowerPoint..."

June 6, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Forsaking the Song, the final chapter

"...a promoter at heart, I wanted the opportunity to have a radio station in my back pocket. I could've..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Discovered, covered: Robert Plant reimagines Milton Mapes, Eric Johnson eulogizes Hendrix, and more nuggets from the Texas Punk Treasure Chest

"...than 400 Roller Derby leagues worldwide, the Rollergirls' bouts have also become a coveted stop on national tours like..."

June 25, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Inquiring into the city's new music program manager position, trick-or-treating with the Butthole Surfers, and introducing Thenewno2

"...off with the biggest gig in the world and have worked my way down to playing in front of..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Explosions in the Sky commemorates the Fourth of July, Harlem signs with Matador, floating down to Whitewater on the Horseshoe, and paying tribute to Sky Sunlight Saxon and the King of Pop

"...June 20, performed a short set backed by locals Shapes Have Fangs, as World Spirits, at Antone's. "I don't..."

July 3, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Marcia Ball turns 60 in style, Bill Baird finds himself in song, and more confirmations for the Austin Music Awards and SXSW 09

"...good can I do?'" The acclaimed local pianist should have no problem addressing either question this weekend at Antone's,..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

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