The Descendents’ Uncontrollable Urge

Fun Fun Fun punks anew – coffee, documentary, and album

"...The Descendents blasted into music 35 years ago with a..."

Jan. 27, 2014 Music Post by Claire Gordon

Sound on Sound Review: Descendents

Milo Aukerman and the punks for president!

"...want this election to be over?” Milo Aukerman polled the audience at Sound on Sound’s tree-lined Forest stage just..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Descendents

At 35, Milo’s lot hasn’t gotten old

"...Returning to Fun Fun Fun Fest for the first time since filling in for Devo at the..."

Nov. 10, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

The Covenant

The Covenant is a sleek yet empty picture about four handsome high school seniors who possess supernatural powers and impossibly chiseled stomachs.

"...in its darkest, most debauched hour could possibly justify the penance we're paying that allows Harlin to continue directing..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Playback: Friday the 13th Reaps Austin Music

Joe Valentine, Ponty Bone, Fai Jow all pass on the same day

"...Easy to dismiss Friday the 13th superstitions as irrational nonsense, but the calendar's most..."

July 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Twist Music for the Hard-of-Hearing

Big Drag

"..."They made the little girls dance." This is what Big..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Music Feature

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...Not just setting local temperature records for the month of June, this year’s Oblivion Access marked a..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...Then again"..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Descendents

Saturday, 8:45pm, Black stage

"...Descendents drummer and noted coffee enthusiast Bill Stevenson has a..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Last Week in Live Music: Descendents, Alanis Morissette, Rise Against, The Black Crowes, Jason Isbell, and More

"...local shows. Pictured here: Alanis Morrisette at Germania Insurance Amphitheater on August 12, 2021..."

Aug. 17, 2021 Photo Gallery

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks up dust at Waterloo Park while Lyle Lovett closes down Studio 6A

"...deadpan, observational humor last Friday night in Waterloo Park: "They should call this Distractions Distractions Distractions Fest." The fifth..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Luv Doc Recommends: Drag the River at Beerland

Beerland, Friday, November 21, 2003

"...this is probably your last weekend of normalcy before the shitstorm of holiday schmaltz blights the aesthetic landscape. By..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Arya’s Weyes Blood aftershow, celebrating SPOT, Urban Cultural Fest, and more

"...Arya's relationship with music mirrors the winding path she took from Belgrade to Austin, where..."

March 31, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest by the numbers and Asleep at the Wheel's Top 40

"...Transmission Entertainment doesn't do anything by the book. The local concert promotions enterprise announced the lineup..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Go Make Your Own Movie

Local filmmaker tackles the Big Boys

"...Austin's legendary funk-punk pioneers and skate-rat icons the Big Boys may have disbanded in 1984, but their..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: Flag

First Black Flag singer Keith Morris dishes

"...a Black Flag fan, with two competing lineups of the classic California hardcore punk band currently working the circuit...."

Nov. 6, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Fun Fun Fun Fest Sidesteps Cancellations

Modest Mouse replaces Death Cab for Cutie

"...“We’re pretty confident they’ll show,” said Fun Fun Fun Fest booker Graham Williams..."

July 8, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Saving Darma

A UT linguist travels to northern India in a quest to preserve the local language of the Darma Valley

"...The goats were the first sign that the spring migration..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Dan Oko

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Ice-T

Original gangsta kills it

"...Two hours after conquering the Black stage with metal outfit Body Count, Ice-T was..."

Nov. 10, 2013 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

I Don't Want to Grow Up

Another Fun Fun Fun Fest in the can

"...By the time Sunday rolled around, Waterloo Park looked like a..."

Nov. 8, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Glen “Spot” Lockett, In-House SST Records Producer and Former Austinite, Has Died

American punk innovator also explored Celtic and bluegrass

"...Glen “Spot” Lockett, the longtime Austinite who early in his life produced some..."

March 5, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Tour Diary: On Being a Lemonhead

How a SXSW connection led to On Being an Angel’s debut tour

"...Paige Applin is the singer-songwriter/guitarist behind the Austin band On Being an Angel...."

Jan. 13, 2023 Music Post by Paige Applin

The Descendents

"...The DescendentsWaterloo Park, Nov. 7..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Fun Fun Fun Fest Daily Lineups Revealed

One-day passes for the November festival go on sale Friday

"...those interested have had two full months to decide whether or not to invest in three-day passes. This morning,..."

Sept. 12, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback – Fun Fun Fun Fest: A Decade of Aggression

Flashing back on 10 years of Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Ten's a heavy number: the commandments, an amplifier's maximum volume, the total counting power..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback

Fun Fun Fun Fest reels off some greatest hits and more

"...Fun Fun Fun Fest 8: Cradle to the Grave..."

July 12, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Apocalypto

The ever-astonishing filmmaker Mel Gibson continues his (probably unintentional) study of the mortification of the flesh through the ages.

"...Isabel Díaz. Think and say what you will about the beliefs and actions of Mel Gibson. One conclusion, however,..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Faerie Tales

Another Scene? The Original Scene

"...illustration by Tom King Brace yourself. It's another one of those "scene" stories. Let's think, just for..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Fun Fun Fupdate

Descendents and more added

"...Hot on the heels of Devo's pull out, punk vets the Descendents..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Sound on Sound 2016: Friday

"...Shannon and the Clams..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Photo Gallery

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