Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...inside a butterscotch and chocolate biscuit. Before he was Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie worked as a commercial artist at..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

SXSW Music Review: Amyl & the Sniffers

Aussie punks froth equal parts AC/DC and Ramones

"...suggested a Down Under Cherie Currie in her blond, Ziggy Stardust shag, white tank-top, and Daisy Dukes. The music..."

March 15, 2019 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"...hillbilly rocker with a rhinestone cowboy wardrobe and a Ziggy Stardust mullet, warming up to some favorite subjects: folk..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

ACL Live Review: Arctic Monkeys

New album falls flat, but the UK rockers rise to the occasion

"...to follow Alex Turner’s crooning ballads as he plays Ziggy Stardust stuck in an extraterrestrial piano bar. That’s a..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

David Bowie

"...Rather than finding another creature to hide behind – Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane – Bowie found Bowie. And this..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Music Review by Lauren Modery

The Hidden Room Theatre's Henry IV

Beth Burns' latest foray into Shakespeare will school you on how to present plays penned by the Bard

"...shouldn't miss. From the talent and text to the Ziggy Stardust-meets-Mad Max aesthetic, prepare to get schooled by an..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Dont Look Back Turns 50

AFS screens D.A. Pennebaker’s early Bob Dylan doc at the Paramount

"...Chris Hegedus) such music-film classics as Monterey Pop and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, as well as..."

Jan. 17, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

David Bowie

Who Can I Be Now? [1974-1976] (Rhino/Parlophone)

"...extraterrestrial talent, remastering four definitively while also gathering most Ziggy Stardust live accompaniment and a pair of odds and..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Twin Peaks

"...Glammed-up earworm "Keep It Together" raises a lighter to Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie. (Fri., 5:35pm, Reverberation stage)..."

April 29, 2016 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...LP-length cover Dreaming of the Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars (performed Tuesday at..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

SXSW List No. 8

Chvrches, Mike Watt, MSTRKRFT, and 123 more

"...cover LP Dreaming of the Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars in full. Catch..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bowie on the Big Screen

Looking back on the rare gems of the Diamond Dog

"...history make more sense than the man that created Ziggy Stardust actually being the Sovereign, the shape-shifting leader of..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Review: Florence + the Machine

“Get as high as you can! I want to see some people in the sky!”

"...+ the Machine’s sophomore album, 2011’s Ceremonials, both her Ziggy Stardust-era pantsuit and set list suggested that the ethereal..."

Oct. 12, 2015 Music Post by Sarah Marloff

ACL Review: Walk the Moon

Pop cult turns in perhaps the sleeper set of the entire fest

"...orange drumsticks to singer Nicholas Petricca’s red mohawk and Ziggy Stardust-like face paint, everything onstage vibrated. The intense energy..."

Oct. 11, 2015 Music Post

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...leaves you doggin' in the heat and wondering where Ziggy Stardust ran off to. – William Harries Graham "Dirty Dog,"..."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...the love child of bounce queen Big Freedia and Ziggy Stardust and you have Vockah Redu. The New Orleans..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

The Year in Food

The 2014 tastes we just couldn't stop thinking about

"...Billy's brewmaster Michael Waters, the label reads as a Ziggy Stardust-influenced exercise in hop worship. Borderline obscene, the label..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Food Feature by Anna Toon

Mo' Music SXSoGay Afterglow: Saturday

'God Help the Girl,' Phantogram, and Snoop Dog

"...of a hipster's "My Favorite Things," including Morrissey shirts, Ziggy Stardust makeup vignettes, pouty-lipped earnest teen singing, and actual..."

March 16, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Ryan Obermeyer

The Bowie Project: A Rock & Roll Soundpainting

This music/dance/theatre collaboration wove together David Bowie's work with his life and the lives of others

"...became clear how Bowie's devotion to invented personae – Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke – is akin to..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Janis Fowler: Opening at Hops & Grain

Brewery's resident artist brings signature style to tap room

"...colors. Bill Murray has a top hat, monocle, and Ziggy Stardust’s lightning bolt across his face. Snoop Lion has..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Post by Claire Gordon

Playback: ACL Arrives and So Does Aaron Behrens' New Band

ACL arrives

"...he feels like David Bowie circa 1973, done being Ziggy Stardust, but just beginning as an artist...."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Capsula

"...later albums, and the raw glam of its recent "Ziggy Stardust" remake. "Seven Crimes," "Cannot Blame," and titanic kickoff..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

The Food Issue: Moonage Daydream

Baked goods + Austin Psych Fest = cookie monster

"...cover of David Bowie’s The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in the can..."

June 13, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Capsula

Bilbao trio gorges on instant converts

"...front-to-back tribute, Dreaming of the Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars, off which sprang..."

April 28, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

99th Floor

Austin Psych Fest boldly goes where no local music trip's gone before.

"...international map. The Argentine/Spanish trio's subsequent remake of Bowie's Ziggy Stardust gained the attention of Tony Visconti, who's producing..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...the Bilbao-headquartered Argentines set about prepping their full-length tribute, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. Now comes word..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...8pm, Hotel Vegas/Volstead Throw together Ziggy Stardust, Sun Ra, Andre 3000, and your favorite gender-bending..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Saturday blurbs rally!

"...Ken Scott, who worked on such landmark records as Ziggy Stardust and The White Album. Early ears on the..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

My SXSW

By Coni Duchess & Martin Guevara

"...into David Bowie's album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, a disc and..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Mother's Little Monster

Lynne Ramsay and Tilda Swinton on the complexities of their Columbine-inspired collaboration

"...might be a near relative of David Bowie's alien Ziggy Stardust alter ego. Swinton's résumé is no less striking...."

Feb. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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