Thunder Soul

Thunder Soul tells the story of the Kashmere Stage Band, and before the film is through this high school band you’ve never heard of will have earned a top spot on your personal hit parade.

"...Inspirational in the very best sense of the word, Thunder Soul brings in ’da funk. Landsman’s documentary, which had..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Live Shot: Kashmere Stage Band Thunder Soul Orchestra

Houston funk juggernaut meets the godfather of soul

"...spawn an unexpected rediscovery that became 2011’s inspirational documentary Thunder Soul, and sparked a rebirth for the now branded..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Scott Schinder

Queen of Noise: Royal Thunder's Mlny Parsonz

‘Post-apocalyptic blues’ from third-time SXSW showcasers

"...the Runaways. That’s a fitting description of Atlanta’s Royal Thunder, showcasing twice this week at SXSW...."

March 12, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Kismet in Kashmere

Thunder Soul brings the generations back together

"...the true story behind the coming-together of the documentary Thunder Soul, about the Kashmere Stage Band – a Houston..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Off!, sissy bounce queen Big Freedia, and rarely touring soul man Cody Chesnutt stand out...."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer

The shocking history of America's sleaziest tabloid

"...Director Mark Landsman (Thunder Soul) and editors Andrea Lewis and Ben Daughtrey keep..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Off the Record

Paying tribute to Tony Campise and rolling out the red carpet for the Kashmere Stage Band and SXSW Film

"...ultimately resulted in Now-Again Records' essential 2006 compilation, Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974...."

March 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Highway 61

"...home with after this road movie that stretches from Thunder Bay, Canada to New Orleans, USA. Pokey, an aptly..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Off the Record

The Hamburg Sound: OTR retreats to Germany's Reeperbahn Festival as Frank Hendrix sells Emo's

"...both from 2011's Beats & Bruises, countered Adele's midnight neo-soul. Apparat Organ Quartet..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wednesday Rewind

Kashmere Stage Band's 'Texas Jewels'

"...disciplined fusion of big band jazz-funk and break-heavy, hard soul that set a textbook example of the importance and..."

Sept. 28, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record

All the fun fun fun that fits

"...Kickstarter campaign with Martin Perna to tour with Ocote Soul Sounds (www.kck.st/pSa697). "We both feel it's time to get..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...My Health: A Film About Levon Helm, Mark Landsman’s Thunder Soul, Daniel Stamm’s Cotton, Chris D’Arienzo’s BARRY MUNDAY, and..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

WALL-E

By turns sad, hilarious, exciting, and ultimately, hopeful, this is a film of Great Truths masquerading as child's play.

"...without warning and in a blast of fiery thruster thunder, a titanic vessel lands in his back yard and..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Review: Scandalous

The true story behind The National Enquirer's smear machine

"...Director Mark Landsman (Thunder Soul) and editors Andrea Lewis and Ben Daughtrey keep..."

Oct. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Steve Davis

Austin's Indie Spirit

Anish Savjani and Bryan Poyser score noms

"...with nods for world premieres Marwencol, Tiny Furniture, and Thunder Soul...."

Nov. 30, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2010 Film Audience Awards

SXSW Film announces the last of its awards; no surprise, Fest fave Thunder Soul nabs a win

"...Thunder Soul (D: Mark Landsman) Midnighters..."

March 26, 2010 Screens Feature

Gay Place

This year was all about queering conventions ...

"...L.A. film director (SXSW Lone Star States Award winner Thunder Soul) and his wife, doctor of Chinese medicine, respectively,..."

March 26, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...Secret Stash reissue of lost Twin Cities funk and soul rarities. The retired bus driver, 65, fronted a Sixties..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...sizzles thanks to an ingredient most marching bands lack: soul. Historically black college and university traditions are carried by..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

DAWA’s Unity Concert Brings Together Austin’s Rising BIPOC-Led Acts

Showcase kicked off a week of creative Vision:8291 programming

"...the showcase that blended hip-hop, Latin pop and psychedelia, soul, and goth rock from Austin-based acts...."

March 15, 2023 SXSW Post by Chad Swiatecki

Saturday ACL Fest Record Reviews

Plastic Soul (Republic)

"...simple rock grooves, and Ostrander's thin rasp oozes conviction. "Thunder" and "Automatic" make quick impressions, but "Shine" brings it..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

2015 Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup

Foo Fighters, Drake, the Weeknd, and Deadmau5 top fall fest

"...ACL Fest stole its own thunder when the official website inexplicably posted, then deleted, the..."

May 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Checking in to South by Southwest 2010

"...The Weird World of Blowfly, and Kashmere Stage Band's Thunder Soul. Califone, for its part, provides the live score..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Adds to 2018 Music Lineup

Andrew W.K., Tank & the Bangas, and 164 more

"...Tank & the Bangas, the New Orleans funk and soul tribe that won the 2017 NPR Tiny Desk contest...."

Nov. 7, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Live Shot: Jon Batiste/Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Two Crescent City legacies-to-be bring Jazz Fest to Zilker

"...ACL Fest might not have quite as much soul as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, but..."

Oct. 12, 2014 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Field of Dreams

In 'Los Jets,' a six-part TV series, we see how the soccer-playing sons of undocumented immigrants became state champions

"...the director of the SXSW 2010 Audience Award-winning doc Thunder Soul (about the Kashmere Stage Band, a Seventies high..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Screens Feature by Nina Hernandez

Kashmere HS Marching Band Saves Texas Schools?

Public education needs more ‘Thunder Soul’

"...In the late Sixties, musician and composer Conrad O...."

Feb. 22, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Q&A With Janet Pierson

SXSW Film Producer breaks down the lineup for us

"...I thought were incredibly strong – When I Rise, Thunder Soul, Exterminators, and Incendiary. But I'm not sure it..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Kashmere Reunion Stage Band

Live Shot

"...prompted by the success of 2006 2-CD debut Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974 – had also spurred the KSB camp..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Checking out of South by Southwest 2010 and paying final respects to Big Star's Alex Chilton

"...title of Mark Landsman's Lone Star States winning documentary Thunder Soul at the Chronicle Film party on Monday at..."

March 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

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