The Trials of Tribulation

Ghoulish death hounds return for a Texas-style massacre

"...Swedish death metallers Tribulation lunge at you in corpse paint brandishing homicidal riffs..."

Jan. 29, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Left Behind II: Tribulation Force

"...and people are still disappearing into thin air. The tribulation Force embark on a dangerous mission to show the..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Goodnight Irene

Timeless music time-travels – backward, forward

"...When Swedish death metal art merchants Tribulation spooked Mohawk the week after Fun Fun Fun Fest,..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Alien Nation

Experimental filmmaker Craig Baldwin is down on corporatization and up with aliens, presenting a compilation of his work at the Blue Theater's Blue Screen series.

"...Baldwin's work, from 1992's Latin American CIA conspiracy mockumentary Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America to 1995's Sonic Outlaws,..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

Metaldom Will Miss Red 7

Closing club moshes this final week

"...bill of the goat-blood-covered black metalllers, progressive death menace Tribulation, and NWOBHM hopefuls In Solitude – all three Swedish..."

Aug. 24, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Tribulation

White-hot metal for your red-hot summer

"...the strongest acts can avoid its oft-mindnumbing conventions. Enter Tribulation, which achieves escape velocity with its second LP, folding..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

Gangs of New York

The Lower East Side gang wars of the 1860s are brought to life by Scorsese.

"...York depicts a great city born of blood and tribulation. Stick around all the way to the end of..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Art of Racing in the Rain

They're all good philosophizing puppers, Brent

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Katelyn Landry

Parker Millsap

"...Millsap still trying to tackle his higher trill effectively, "Tribulation Hymn" closes in fervent throwback gospel fashion. (Thu., 5pm,..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

National Top 10s

Best non-local albums of 2015 – by genre

"...2) Tribulation, The Children of the Night (Century Media)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Listings – Second Weekend

Blurbing the second Saturday of ACL 2015

"...and verse scripture in a lesson-filled tome of trial, tribulation, and redemption written for those surviving in today's darkest..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Feature

ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Listings

Blurbs on the hour

"...and verse scripture in a lesson-filled tome of trial, tribulation, and redemption written for those surviving in today's darkest..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature

Tribulation

"...left-hand paths, but few acts appear as capable as Tribulation of taking this musical template mainstream (gasp). The Swedish..."

April 24, 2015 Music Review by Michael Toland

Top Tens

Tired of Brooklyn indie rock? Me too.

"...3) Tribulation, The Formulas of Death (Ajna)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 National

One hundred lines of album art

"...5) Tribulation, The Formulas of Death (Ajna Offensive)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature

Valerie June

"...Auerbach's influence up against the Appalachian spiritual "Trials, Troubles, Tribulation" and devastatingly haunted "Shotgun." Pushin' Against a Stone showcases..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

News Ticker: May 31

All the news that's fit to blog

"...the best and the worst categories of the Texas Tribulation's Capitol Press Corps Poll. The poll also revealed that..."

May 31, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

That Was Then; This Is Now

The latest version of 'New Art in Austin' shows how much has changed in three years

"...strong presence. Photographer Sarah Sudhoff documents a very personal tribulation. It's a drastic event laid out very plainly: Sudhoff..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Salvador Castillo

No Depression in Heaven

No more No Depression

"...closing verse: “This dark hour of midnight nearing, and tribulation time will come. The storms will hurl in midnight..."

Feb. 21, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Canary in a Coal Mine?

"...saved with him during the rapture to avoid the tribulation. Sometimes, I feel like a canary in a coal..."

May 10, 2005 Postmarks

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Texas prosecutors use the 'law of parties' to widen the net for capital punishment

"...aspiring rap musician trying to launch his own label, Tribulation Records. He'd only recently been introduced to Steen, who..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Required Viewing for Troubled Times

Craig Baldwin's Blows Against the Empire

"...the bizarre. His films Spectres of the Spectrum and Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America, as well as the..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Slacker turns 10, Cinemaker Co-op is feted, the Alamo Drafthouse heads north, and Bob Sabiston has "it."

"...renting any of Baldwin's other genius works (the bizarre Tribulation 99 and the crypto-cool Negativland documentary Sonic Outlaws), you..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW wristbands go on sale with the news that Dr. Demento will be attending this year's festival. Also, the passing of the Victory Grill's Johnny Holmes, and the expansion of Emo's.

"...silent film series with live musical accompanyment…After much time, tribulation, and trouble, Mandy Mercier's Wild Dreams of the Shy..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Goldie (a fish story)

Goldie (a fish story), an original musical from the kidsActing troupe that pokes extremely corny fun at the Hollywood mythos in an undersea milieu, is a happy spectacle of acting and directing and singing and costuming.

"...caterpillar -- can't fly, wormlike -- that after much tribulation finally turns -- wow! -- into a winged beauty...."

July 14, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spotlights

SXSW Film Festival: Five in Focus

"...San Francisco native's fourth feature, following 1991's cult classic Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America, 1992's O No Coronado,..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Games of the Decade

"...the ways of Sid Meir's popular sequel was a tribulation worth the effort. With a greater variety of races..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Scavengers of the Vast Wasteland

Whether they're riffing on punk, metal, funk, jazz, film scores, or even klezmer music, Brown Whörnet attacks each passage with a vociferous intensity that seldom fails to keep an audience at attention.

"...Another road-related tribulation came when Chef Poonstick decided to leave the band..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Exhibitionism

"...a red suit, you'll find more human misery, more tribulation, more pettiness, malice, and gnashing of teeth per square..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Arts Review

The Star Maps Hustle

Interview With Filmmaker Miguel Arteta

"...buzz on the film, the tour is an unnecessary tribulation at best: A recent drubbing from New Yorker's notoriously..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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