Local Rock Weirdos, Death Metal Out-of-Towners, and More Crucial Concerts

They're your ears, do with them what you will

"...single “Firefighters” and premiering follow-up “Van Goes,” the surf-rock/psych-pop weirdos play the Hotel Vegas patio for the venue’s School’s..."

July 26, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Punk Weirdos Big Bill Finally Unleash Their Inner LP

Reining in the freak show while doubling down on the absurd

Jan. 12, 2018 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Can we all finally just be excellent to each other?

"...the need to bring everyone, all the oddballs and weirdos and lost friends and new friends together with peace,..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

X Offenders

Weirdos, freaks, and even musicians race for the prize at this weekend's X Games

"...If you're at all familiar with the longstanding Oklahoma weirdos, this will come as no surprise. Between full-album covers..."

June 6, 2014 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

The Great Buck Howard

Appearing as the has-been mentalist Buck Howard, John Malkovich delivers another memorably eccentric performance.

"...oddness add another triumph to the actor's pantheon of weirdos. An affected fop and consummate showman, Buck's biggest claim..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

May

"...have a soft spot for this "revenge of the weirdos" flick, as May strikes a chord with the inner..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

"...close-ups of oscillating uvulas; visions of strange-looking, backward-talking, gyrating weirdos; and uncensored whiffs of sex, cocaine, and families undone...."

Sept. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Back to School With Queer Austinites

Queer Austin artists and icons give their two cents on surviving ATX

"...the time) and I could only find a few weirdos. Thankfully, I decided to live at some of the..."

Aug. 18, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Memoir of a Snail

Australian stop-motion drama will draw you out of your shell

"...evangelicals with Gilbert’s adoptive family, a bunch of mirthless weirdos running an orchard and speaking in tongues. Even as..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lee

Underwhelming biopic of the underappreciated war photographer Lee Miller

"...irrefutable proof that he’s only interesting when he’s playing weirdos and psychopaths.) Winslet has been attached to the project..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Despicable Me 4

Former supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain-League agent Gru returns

"...fishes out of water – a bunch of lovable weirdos in suburbia. But that’s the set up for the..."

July 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Eileen

Adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh's thriller captures her mood, not her internality

"...tales of unfortunate, unlikable, and downright repulsive protagonists. Narcissists, weirdos, and outcasts litter her bibliography. Her award-winning first novel,..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

God Is a Bullet

Merciless and bleak Satanic abduction drama is Mandy on crank

"..."heroes" cross paths with a panoply of freaks and weirdos (none weirder than Foxx as the Ferryman, a one-armed..."

June 23, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

A bitter-sweet farewell to the MCU's dysfunctional found family

"...to overly expository, cliched storytelling, but the group of weirdos at the center of them are depicted with enough..."

May 5, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Air

Feel-good history of the Air Jordan centers on the shoe, not the man

"...company, discounted in no small measure because they're the weirdos on the West Coast, as hyperaggressive sports agent Dave..."

April 7, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bones and All

Chalamet and Russell glisten with blood and love in this cannibal road trip

"...Maren and Lee meet several more dangerous weirdos along the way, each ghoul out-creeping the ones that..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lifemark

Faith-based adoption drama

"...Us? So, basically, those "we will adopt your babies" weirdos get their own movie...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review

Crimes of the Future

Cronenberg's return to body horror is, well, Cronenbergian

"...built around character, and Crimes uses the assembly of weirdos and transhumanists as props to make points. Speedman at..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mojo Nixon Documentary Diagnoses America's Unfettered Id

Matt Eskey brings The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon to SXSW

"..."Oh, yeah! It's a parade of freaks and weirdos," said Eskey. "Country Dick Montana, Jim Dickinson ..."..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Joy-filled animated family SF comedy is an explosion of fun

"...Grunkle Stan while Katie and Wendy bond about the weirdos in their lives. It’s in no way derivative of..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Bators writhing on a floor, L.A. art brutarians the Weirdos, and some joker in a suit made of a..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

PG: Psycho Goreman

Splattertastic creature feature flips the evil script on Power Rangers goody-goodies

"...will automatically win credibility points with the kind of weirdos and wackos who want to spend Friday night guzzling..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius

Time to get slack once again with the bizarro Austin anti-cult

"...hope there will always be a place for nonthreatening weirdos to worship. To those naysayers who disagree, I quote..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Deerskin

Wrong director goes, well, wrong in this film-making spoof

"...Obsessive weirdos are Dupieux's stock-in trade, but he usually packs his..."

April 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Things to Do in Austin This Weekend

Oh, wait, is this a new list of entertainment options?

"...terrific new book about fucked-up-beyond-belief Austin, Invasion of the Weirdos, that he’ll be releasing at BookPeople on Saturday...."

June 2, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Having a Gas

Swiss Army Man is more than just "that farting corpse movie"

"...we actually sat down with, it was the strange weirdos that just happened to be excited about something new..."

July 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback

Storm (Thorgerson), Chaos (in Tejas), and gender dysphoria: Welcome to summer music!

"...genius David Allan Coe bailed on his gig at Weirdos last Friday for what his website cited as "circumstances..."

June 1, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Moving Day

Darling New Neighbors say goodbye

"...discovered I often related more to the freaks and weirdos around town than my own peer group of overachievers..."

May 27, 2011 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Winnebago Man

Cast aside any preconceived expectations you might have regarding this documentary and remember simply this: Winnebago Man is one of the best films you’re going to see all year.

"...the form gives us a new appreciation of the weirdos in our midst; at its worst, it has fed..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luv Doc Recommends: Keep Austin Weird 5K and Festival

Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Saturday, June 28, 2008

"...the safest place for weirdness to be. When the weirdos start marching in lock step – that’s when the..."

June 27, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

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