SXSW Interview: Cheetah Chrome

Dead Boys guitarist releases first solo studio disc

"...for Cleveland’s Dead Boys, Cheetah Chrome remains an American punk legend. Dubbed by Rolling Stone’s Charles M. Young as..."

March 15, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Preview: Kumbia Queers

A Q&A with Ali Gua Gua of Kumbia Queers

"...Buenos Aires. The kismet meeting of the six self-described “punk, roller girls” from Argentina and México blossomed into a..."

March 14, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The AggreGAYtor: January 28

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Grammys get waygay, Sochi pulls a pogrom, and Daft Punk gets us to like "Get Lucky" just one more..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

The Descendents’ Uncontrollable Urge

Fun Fun Fun punks anew – coffee, documentary, and album

"...Descendents blasted into music 35 years ago with a surf-pop-punk sound and highly caffeinated performances. Lyrics about love, rejection,..."

Jan. 27, 2014 Music Post by Claire Gordon

A New Life for 'A Band Called Death'

Detroit rock & rollers resurrected through Drafthouse Films

"...There's a shadow hanging over the Detroit-born proto-punk band Death – but it's also the light that..."

June 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chaos in Tejas Live (Saturday): Joyce Manor

Kidnapped pop-punk

"...table. “They’re my favorite band. I just love sad pop-punk.” Pop-punk, come to think of it, remains the black..."

June 2, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Chaos in Tejas Live (Night No. 2): Central Presbyterian Church

Everyone open your books to the gospel of Van Morrison

"...If punk’s a religion, then at least a portion of its..."

June 1, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Rooney Mara completely nails the role of Lisbeth Salander, and director David Fincher is no slouch either in this perhaps unnecessary remake of the Swedish thriller.

"...in 2009. There, the role of Lisbeth Salander – punk-rock privateer, hacker-sleuth, damaged goods – was embodied, wholly, by..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ain't That Love

Live review of Scratch Acid “reenactment” at Emo's East

"...in Scratch Acid translated into 80 minutes of Austin post-punk history revisited. Given that the band didn’t seem to..."

Dec. 12, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Now I Got Worry

The return of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

"...synopsis of the band’s legacy: Maximum R&B and bombastic punk confrontation with serious juke joint credibility...."

May 5, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Management

This romantic comedy about a saleswoman and her stalker strains credibility.

"...has reunited with her former boyfriend (Harrelson), a retired punk rocker-turned-yogurt mogul. Sue wants to make an impact on..."

July 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...gig in St. Petersburg, where mewithoutYou doubtlessly raged with punk rock passion and an ecumenical faith in the power..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Something in the Air

Local music, reincarnated

"...Along with Sublett, they were veterans of Austin’s original punk scene, whose survivors have gone on to create astonishingly..."

June 3, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Filth and Wisdom

Madonna's film-directing debut, which stars Gogol Bordello charismatic frontman Eugene Hutz, is a slight and philosophically dubious effort.

"...charisma belongs to Hutz, the frontman for the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, whose music is also featured prominently..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

Fashion photographer Steven Sebring made this impressionistic documentary over the course of 12 years with Smith's full participation.

"...being encapsulated by such sobriquets as "the godmother of punk." Rather than being frozen in time by such designations,..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reprise

This bracingly good Norwegian film is many things at once: portraits of mental illness, obsessive love, the uneasy transition from punk rock youth to “upstanding” adulthood, and fraternal competitiveness.

"...of mental illness, obsessive love, the uneasy transition from punk rock youth to “upstanding” adulthood, and fraternal competitiveness. The..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Ben Stein uncovers the worldwide plot to unseat scientists, educators, and philosophers who are being fired, ridiculed, and ostracized for supporting the theory of intelligent design.

"...more and more like a very expensive episode of Punk'd. As Stein poses loaded and leading questions to his..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2008

Another compilation of old and new animated spectacles guaranteed to rot your eyeballs.

"...some seriously manic stop-motion animation and the Willowz zippy suburban-punk anthem. Argentina's Juan Pablo Zamarella deconstructs theology and casts..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Raul's Redux

Toasting an old venue, and a new one.

"...Whole Foods than remnants of Austin’s first generation of punks in the late 1970s, but among us were one-time..."

Feb. 4, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Wassup Rockers

Larry Clark, the director of Kids, is back 10 years later with this look at a group of teenage male Latinos in Los Angeles who have more than the usual difficulties finding somewhere to fit in.

"...asked where he lives. They‘re all skateboaders and into punk music and skintight jeans – characteristics that cause them..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

New York Minute

A winking, disingenuous farce from the Olsen twins.

"...location exteriors, music-video montages galore, and endless flogging of "punk rock band" A Simple Plan. For anyone over the..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Matchstick Men

Neurotic con artist reunites with abandoned daughter in a surprisingly sweet bait-and-switch.

"...father and child – now a 14-year-old, smart-mouthed skate punk named Angela (Lohman) – and Matchstick Men shucks off..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Grind

"...more resembles the chugging PG-13 mediocrity of Top 40 pop-punk-lite than the hardcore Black Flagisms of Peralta’s scathingly real..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Agent Cody Banks

"...them) confabbing over the product placement and the prominent mall-punk soundtrack. It’s harder to imagine youth-oriented filmmaking that manages..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Margarita Happy Hour

"...demographic -- a sort of angry Brooklyn-boho existence of punk rock and performance art. But as they age (“twentysomething”..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Center of the World

"...clue as to how it happened. He convinces a stripper/punk rock drummer named Florence (Parker) to come to Vegas..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

That's the Way I Like it

"...but ultimately fluffy look at those halcyon days, before punk, junk, and the onslaught of the Eighties. Talented newcomer..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dr. Dolittle

"...with the din of kvetching pigeons, drawling hound dogs, street-punk rats, and wisecracking guinea pigs (voiced hilariously by the..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Live Flesh

Possibly due to the story's origin as a Ruth Rendell novel, this is the most coherent, viewer-friendly narratives Almodóvar's ever filmed. It also focuses on male relationships and features a young Javier Bardem.

"...was playing rape scenes for laughs. The camp-obsessed, taboo-flouting punk of Law of Desire, Matador, and Kika may have..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Slaves to the Underground

"...(Gross) and Suzy (Ryan), the leaders of an all-female punk band called the No Exits, and Jimmy (Bortz), a..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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