cowsarejustfood (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
even as the original line-up is whittled away (they’ve never really been the same since cederlund jumped ship for disfear) and they record and tour less and less frequently and the rock and roll shit is sloughed off for a return to their harsher death roots, this swedish collective are still one of my allfuckingtime [...]
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
by Amanda Marcotte Sarah MacLachlan is bringing back the Lilith Fair. I am not thrilled. I didn’t go to it when it last came to Austin, because I was in college then, and had to save my money. The only acts I wanted to see w...
Austinist (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Image from Butthole Surfers’ MySpace Butthole Surfers, Peaches, & MEN Saturday, October 31 Stubbs ( 801 Red River ) 7 p.m. | $30 Advance; $35 At The Door | Outside [ info ] | [ tickets ] Texas has nurtured more than its fair share of talented musical acts over the course of our esteemed history. Buddy Holly, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, Roy Orbison, and Stevie Ray Vaughan have garnered worldwide...
Matablog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
As most of you are aware, when I’m not opening prescription medication I’ve found in Chris Lombardi’s desk attending marketing meetings at 304 Hudson Street,, I spend the majority of my time in the lovely city of Austin, TX. The region’s musical heritage, while often acknowledged in the major trade fairs and sprawling rock [...]
The Breakaway British Hockey Blog (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
"Gotta meet the plane so I can get my monkey Teach him to be cool, but a little bit funky" Butthole Surfers: " Dracula From Houston" There's no monkey...but hopefully, minimalistic and bare though it is, there is a little more funkiness in the world...the Breakaway has followed the lead of Five Minute Major and now has a Facebook fan page ! So come join the army...and feel free...
LAist (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
It was a hell of a week for old post-punk college-rockers in Los Angeles, what with former Husker Du guitarist Bob Mould at the Troubadour and Mike Watt of the Minutemen/ fIREHOSE playing the Redwood in the same five-day period that saw return visits from two of the major acts from Chicago’s legendary Touch & Go label. The Jesus Lizard and Butthole Surfers were two of Independent America’s...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
[10-16-2009] Gibby Haynes was born in 1957, Buzz Osborne in 1964. Melvins and Butthole Surfers were both formed in the early 80s, and so I was not surprised when upon encountering a friend after the show back in Oakland, they asked if these rockers have to use walkers now. Clearly, they are not that old, but judging by my perception of the crowd, which was practically drenched in tattoo ink, the median...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
[10-07-2009] [PART 1 - PART 2 - PART 3 - PART 4] Commemorating the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention for the fifth year in a row, Riot Fest 2009 leaned heavily on Chicago heritage acts (or “nostalgia” for those less charitably minded). The four-day, multi-venue punk extravaganza included some of the heaviest hitters to emerge from Chicago's hardcore scene in the ‘80s and ‘90s...
LAist (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Monsters of Folk will be performing tonight at the Greek Theatre | Picture via Monsters of Folk's Myspace Our Pick: Monsters of Folk: Jim James, Conor Oberst, M. Ward and Mike Mogis @ Greek Theatre Tonight Long Island-bred pop punk outfit Brand New will be concluding a two-night stint at the Hollywood Palladium with Atlanta-based indie rock act Manchester Orchestra and Portland's own folk rockers...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Words by Allison Taich, Pictures by Patrick Houdek When thinking of punk rock what bands come to mind? Maybe the Sex Pistols, Screeching Weasel, NOFX, or Naked Raygun? What about the Butthole Surfers? I normally would not have associated the Butthole Surfers with punk, that is, until I witnessed them headline the opening night of Riot Fest in Chicago. The aim of the five night event was to showcase...
Phawker (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
With St. Vincent at the Electric Factory October 25th. Sometime in 1977 - A four-year-old Andrew Bird picks up his first violin at the age of 4. Actually, it is a Cracker Jack box with a ruler taped to it, as the first of his many Suzuki music lessons involve simply bowing to the teacher and [...]
Line Out (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Karl Blau, LAKE, Shana Cleveland, Manners (Josephine) I am 'finding my voice' in imitating sounds of men of African descent," Anacortes musician/producer Karl Blau writes on his MySpace page. "I am thinking of myself as a sound mirror to this continent and its many voices distributed throughout the earth." It's a ballsy statement for a white Pacific Northwesterner to make. But coming...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Underground icon Daniel Johnston has spent a lot of time slightly above ground. From Kurt Cobain wearing his T-shirt to 2005’s documentary The Devil And Daniel Johnston , many high-profile entertainers have supported the troubled Texan. Collaborators like Paul Leary of Butthole Surfers and Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse (which once covered Johnston’s “Hey Joe”) have tried to bolster...
THE METHODS REPORTER (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
"I see a lot of girls in the crowd...unprecedented," said Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes midway through his band's set, as they headlined the first night of Chica Live Wire read... (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on WindyCitizen.com)
The Punk Vault (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Fall in Chicago means two things; winter is coming soon and the return of the annual Riot Fest. The former I loathe while the latter is something I look forward too every year and it is the only thing that takes the sting out summer being over, and my aging yet another year. This year’s [...]
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