Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits: A Novel

Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits: A Novel

"...played Vince Everett, and schooling Elvis Presley in the occult. Gracefully, the book does not condescend, telling these leg-pullers..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Short and Sweet With Other Worlds Austin

Three micro-stories at the SF film fest

"...and disturbing stop-motion monsters into the equation. He said, "Occult practice is the ideal transition into the realm in..."

Dec. 3, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

With Ti West In a Valley of Violence

Director on PTSD, Westerns, and the world's greatest dog

"...has been tagged as a horror director, venturing into occult shocker (The House of the Devil), ghost story (The..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nathaniel Rateliff’s Self-Discovery

Missouri-to-Denver soul man mines sweetness and peace in melancholy

"...me, “Sure does suck you had to join the occult.”..."

April 21, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

DVDanger: Of Manos and Mosquito

Two schlocky classics get a pre-Halloween restoration

"...servant Torgo. Designed as a riff on both Sixties occult obsessions and a drive-in revamp of Dracula, its inadvertently..."

Oct. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Unleashes Final Wave

New films from Charlie Kaufman and Owen Egerton join fest

"...in the 1980s and a rare 35mm screening of occult fave Evilspeak...."

Sept. 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...added a monstrous killer called Coffin Baby and an occult subtext, plus a memorable turn from Bettis, and the..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tribulation

"...death sensibility through bassist Johannes Andersson's harsh vokills and occult lyrics. Anthemic and melodic, "Melancholia" and "The Motherhood of..."

April 24, 2015 Music Review by Michael Toland

Mala Suerte

"...forth like conqueror worms on acid, steeped in the occult and magic mushrooms. "Utopic Delusions" and the explicitly political..."

April 3, 2015 Music Review by Michael Toland

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...I can appreciate Alice hella more as basically an occult initiation. You must trust the author implicitly. He knows..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ruby the Hatchet

"...permutation of music becomes a trend. The strain of occult doom rearing its horned head in heavy rock and..."

March 20, 2015 Music Review by Michael Toland

Tuesday SXSW 2015 Showcases

"...thrash/death aggression, including 2014's To Hell We Fall. Houston's occult doom bashers Venomous Maximus took heshers by storm a..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature

Heavy Metal Nites

The Cutthroats 9, Biblical, Venomous Maximus, Whores, Vattnet Viskar, Power Trip

"...puts this Houston quartet in the black light its occult metal deserves...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Toland

The Well

Heaping helping of high-profile local LPs

"...feet of an altered state of mind or an occult ritual. Not so the Well. Samsara, the Austin trio's..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

Full Circle

Ali to his friends, Shakey Graves to the world

"...special rock his mother gave him, and there's an occult symbol designed by Helena Blavatsky tattooed on his arm...."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Orchid

"...its first full-length Capricorn for 75 minutes' worth of occult proto-metal mania. Channeling a few centuries of esoteric beliefs..."

March 14, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...rise in the form of Houston's Venomous Maximus, an occult metal nightmare of groovy proportions. Originally self-released, the four-headed..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Gets Housebound

Director Gerard Johnstone opens the door on the New Zealand shriekfest

"...so many Ghosthunters-style shows they automatically presume it's the occult. Are you a fan of the genre, even if..."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Weird, Weird West

Giddings gets retro-futuristic for Weird West Fest

"...a also a slice of Southern mysticism and the occult, with North Texas Ghost Society's resident medium Morrighan Lynne...."

Dec. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Venomous Maximus

Occult Houston metallurgists cure hangovers

"...fits the quartet squarely in the current wave of occult metal acts, though with more of a horror movie..."

Nov. 10, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Metal Fun Fun

"...up for LP No. 2 by blasting through its occult metal nightmares...."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Last Housecore on the Left

Your guide to all things metal

"...Candlelit occult rock with ominous baritone vocals and metallic guitar leads...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Feature

Goatcraft

"...make the direct connection between classical funeral dirges and occult metal. On All for Naught, his Goatcraft proffers neo-classical..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Gay Place

Boy, and Bern, and Cho, oh my. (Sorry, no Takai.)

"...the coven of irregulars go deep into all things occult, para-, meta-, dark, dark, dark. Boo! Fri., Oct. 18,..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

MS MR

"...full-length is out, Ms Mr may not have the occult-like mystique they initially created, but they've hatched a decent..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

DVDanger: 'The Lords of Salem'

Or, in defense of Rob Zombie as a filmmaker

"...Mass.-based DJ Heidi, who becomes the subject of an occult conspiracy that began with a curse during the infamous..."

Sept. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Major Arcana

Monologist Annie La Ganga enchanted a crowd with tales of tarot decks and her personal connections with the cards

"...the cards moved from game-playing markers to tools of occult divination in late 18th century Europe, how the various..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Their Satanic Majesties

Dark knowledge and Jäger shots with Austin’s Ancient VVisdom

"...it’s not metal at all. It has ties into occultism and things that are involved with heavy music in..."

July 25, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Housecore Horror Gets Loud

Music lineup confirms Ansemlo and Goblin double headers

"...Meanwhile, over at Emo’s, occult metalers Ancient VVisdom and Municipal Waste side-project/punk throwback Iron..."

June 7, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Damned, Damned, Damned

Chaos in Tejas brings the bedlam

"...throats of medium-speed punk rock with lyrics soaked in occult science fiction and guitar riffs angling for catchiness as..."

May 31, 2013 Music Feature

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