TENGGER, Bar Italia, LAIR, and More Reviews From Wednesday of SXSW

Hump day’s most memorable music fest moments

"...U.S. Her dazzling blend of post-bop, dub, psychedelia, and noise rock bathed the audience in waves of reverb and..."

March 14, 2024 Music Post by Dan Gentile

Less Talkin’, More Rockin’: The Austin Music Awards Touch Down at Antone’s

Jim Franklin, Rosa Madriz, Cherubs honored at 42nd Chronicle show

"...Nineties noise rockers Cherubs were inducted into the Austin Music Hall..."

Feb. 26, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Unpacking Emperor Jones’ Esoteric, Career-Launching Label Catalog

The late Craig Stewart released early works by the Mountain Goats and more

"...to the underground's dominant strains: Nirvana, psychedelic punk's thrashing noise, Replacements-style power-slop, and the Drag City Records nation (sort..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Feature by Joe Gross

Black Pumas’ Eric Burton Bets on Himself

After an abrupt break, Chronicles of a Diamond completely reinvents the band dynamic

"...the chatter and rumors, it was a lot of noise. Experiencing that, I needed to go sit out somewhere..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Where The Devil Roams

Diabolical art horror rides into a Great Depression carnie hell

"...direction to the score, recorded by Zelda and Maggie's noise duo H6llb6nd6r...."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party

History of Australia's greatest sonic butchers

"...its gargantuan chemical consumption. Rowland S. Howard was the noise guitarist who wanted to be a singer-songwriter absorbing the..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: A Trio of Radioactive Cherubs Reissues

Icing, Heroin Man, and 2 YNFYNYTY re-crisped on colored vinyl

"...breaker Heroin Man in '94 then redlines to oblivion. Noise not as a genre, but as a strategy –..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Filipino Fist, Horsegirl, Night Drive's EP release, and more recommended Austin shows

"...vocals (PaleFade.), electronic beats (Fort Worth's Clear Acid), and noise-pop (Houston's Nothing After Death). One-time tourmates of the Lemonheads..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Lynch/Oz

Is David Lynch's whole career an homage to The Wizard of Oz?

"...writes the introduction via the importance of a single noise in the opening of Oz, are six filmmakers, each..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: This Issue Gets Around

Far-flung travels and, closer to home, Fuck Money plays Oblivion Access

"...Noise punk isn't really my thing, but I found Fuck..."

June 9, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Art-Punks Transy Warhol Carve the "Space to Figure Everything Out"

Quartet seeks Control in transphobic Texas on gushy, unabashed debut

"...basic on Control. Strains of art-punk and Sonic Youth-inspired noise now crash through. [inset-1-left]..."

May 12, 2023 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...loud – and messy. Two decades in, Pissed Jeans’ noise-rock tantrums still shock and amuse. The radical hardcore of..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...folk pioneer Joan Baez (Joan Baez I Am A Noise), jazz legend Max Roach (Max Roach: The Drum Also..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

When You Finish Saving the World

Underwhelming adaptation of Jesse Eisenberg's neurotic audio drama

"...akin to the recent adaptation of Don DeLillo's White Noise, both being peculiar and oddly self-absorbed rehashings of previous..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Former Sidewinder Space Now Open as After-Hours Club the Cut

Victory Grill owner and partners hope to fix long-idle outdoor stage

"...says he hopes improved communication with Eastside residents regarding noise complaints will allow the events to continue...."

Jan. 13, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Texas Zigs as the Nation Zags and Dashes Dem Dreams

This is how it is now

"...campaigns. One-third is the perfection of the Fox News Noise Machine into a tool that can be deployed not..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest, Eastside Kings Festival, HAAM Day, Vein.fm, Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, and more

"...out the bill are youth crew revivalists Regulate, feral noise apocalypse from Candy, and, well, Vein.fm again via their..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Good Boss

Spanish workplace comedy shows the perils of imbalance

"...literally rebalancing the scales of the factory. He takes noise-blocking headphones from an old man to give to the..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Lina Fisher

Thirteen Lives

Ron Howard's breathtaking recounting of the Tham Luang cave rescue

"...It's the noise of it that makes Thirteen Lives so brilliantly tense...."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"...his primarily indie classification. All to mitigate the "background noise in [his] head," James has been increasingly welcoming ambience..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Emily Wells, Dwight Yoakam, Sir Woman, Tony Kamel, Jake Lloyd, and more recommended shows

"...since Atlanta's Whores – the best of the post-Unsane noise & roll revivalists – unleashed their full-length debut Gold,..."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Far Out Is Having a Moment

Scrappy South Austin venue is building a major presence in the city’s live music ecosystem

"...day after that show, Carvalho said he'd received no noise complaint phone calls from neighbors, though he was still..."

May 13, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Memoria

Tilda Swinton's sonic obsession will enthrall you

"...is subtly revelatory in her stark fear of the noise that eventually gives way to an overpowering emotional reconciliation...."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A couple of mini-festivals, Progger, Blk Ops, Mama Duke, and more live music to see

"...of its angry grindcore phase and getting into harsh noise. The trio's as pedigreed as they come, consisting of..."

April 1, 2022 Music Column by Chad Swiatecki

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday

Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more

"...Sahara Lounge proved an isolated and unsuspecting haven, hosting noise rock band Venus Twins on the cusp of their..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...they bombarded the swanky Seven Grand bar with teeth-shattering noise – an anti-spectacle so rivetingly unified you could easily..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...yet an obvious commercial foothold for the group's art-damaged noise-punk. Trail may very well have remained an indie concern..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Enviro Groups Oppose Plans for Violet Crown Venue

20,000-seat venue would sit amidst Barton Creek preserve

"...the Sierra Club, and Save Barton Creek Association include noise pollution, increased traffic on Texas 71 and Southwest Parkway,..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Nathan Felix Looks to the Texas Skies

New recording of his 2018 composition recalls a childhood of wonder

"...to college, where he found early success as Nathan "Noise" Felix of the Noise Revival Orchestra, before shifting into..."

Nov. 17, 2021 Arts Post by Adrienne Hunter

Levitation Interview: the Hives Wax Deep ATX Roots

Plus Halloween, human sacrifice, and psychedelia (sort of)

"...played. So we had really, really loud audience participation noise between songs in the room. So that way, it..."

Nov. 2, 2021 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

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