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  • austin psych fest, psych fest, austin psych fest 4, psych fest review, roky erickson psych fest, dirty beaches psych fest, roky erickson, dirty beaches, a place to bury strangers

    Recap Austin Psych Fest 4

    Things that droned (and didn’t drone) at the annual psychedelic bacchanal.

    May 2, 2011 | 2:45pm -

  • worst Tattoo In Austin Contest

    Interview Worst Tattoo In Austin Contest winner Kathleen Boyle

    She’s made a lot of mistakes, but only one can be Austin’s biggest.

    March 24, 2011 | 12:00am -

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    feature How to get High For The Holidays

    Suggested drug-and-film pairings for the Alamo’s twisted Christmas slate

    December 21, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • santa rampage, austin, santacon, santanarchy, christmas, flash mob

    feature You’d better watch out: Surviving Santa Rampage 2010

    A few hints for navigating the Christmas chaos

    December 10, 2010 | 12:00am -

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    Recap Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010

    Wrapping up festival season with 30 years of “Weird Al,” 60 combined years of punk, and even some Yellow Stage oddities.

    November 8, 2010 | 5:30pm -

  • acl fest

    feature Austin shirty limits: Apparel to watch for, snicker at during ACL Fest

    A field guide for Zilker Park voyeurs and gawkers.

    October 4, 2010 | 12:00am -

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    feature Fantastic Fest, Day 8: The end, game over, etc.

    Wrapping up coverage of the festival with 13 Assassins, fun times in a ghost town, and our own awards ceremony.

    October 1, 2010 | 3:00pm -

  • red, fantastic fest, austin

    feature Fantastic Fest, Day 6: RED alert

    As fatigue sets in, Fantastic Fest thrills/frustrates with RED, as well as another low-profile secret screening.

    September 30, 2010 | 1:00pm -

  • bedevilled, austin, fantastic fest, black swan, tree of life, mutant girls squad, a horrible way to die

    feature Fantastic Fest, Day 6: A fantastic day to skip class

    Also: Bedevilled, A Horrible Way To Die, and life advice from Jackass’ Steve-O.

    September 29, 2010 | 1:55pm -

  • golden slumber, austin, fantastic fest

    feature Fantastic Fest, Day 5: Golden Slumber fills your eyes, frames you for murder

    While returning fan favorite Yoshihiro Nakamura dazzles, other inventive premises frustrate.

    September 28, 2010 | 1:00pm -

  • drones, fantastic fest, austin, alamo drafthouse

    feature Fantastic Fest weekend recap: Of worthwhile Drones and lackluster Legends

    September 27, 2010 | 2:00pm -

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    feature Fantastic Fest Day 1: Let the glitches in

    The festival begins with a few hiccups, and The A.V. Club simply goes with the flow.

    September 24, 2010 | 12:30pm -

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    feature Fantastic Fest: Must-see films unleashed

    Killer tires, punks, Norwegian ninjas, corporate aliens, and more await you at the Alamo Drafthouse.

    September 23, 2010 | 1:30pm -

  • fantastic fest, redline, the dead, buried, let me in, 30 days of night, true legend

    feature Fantastic Fest: The routes of fan

    No matter whether your interests lean more toward Star Trek or star-sighting, there’s a path through the festival for you.

    September 22, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • feature Where they at, Austin?: Bounce comes to town 

    This New Orleans-derived style of hip-hop is finding sympathetic ears in Austin—and more importantly, sympathetic asses.

    June 24, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • feature Get on your bike and ride (naked): Who's who in the World Naked Bike Ride

    The A.V. Club presents further insight into what kinds of people these bikers in the buff might be.

    June 11, 2010 | 11:00am -

  • chaos in tejas, world burns to death, subhumans, the pist, poison idea, bastard, Kyklooppein Sukupuutto, iron age, iron lung, quintron, miss pussycat, psychedelic horseshit, a-frames, bastard noise

    feature Punk-thropology: A field guide to Chaos In Tejas

    Spotting the "homeless crust punk" and "obsessive record collector" in their natural habitat: Austin's annual celebration of all things loud, fast, and hard.

    May 27, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • woven bones

    Music Review In And Out And Back Again 

    Austin psych-rock trio loses the map—but could care less.

    May 12, 2010 | 2:00pm -

  • Recap Austin Psych Fest 3

    Soaking in the sunshine (not the one that comes on blotter paper) at the third-annual reverb-athon.

    April 26, 2010 | 3:20pm -

  • sxsw, austin

    feature Surviving SXSW: 9 simple rules to live by

     Put down that free beer and listen up.

    March 12, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • viva vhs, alamo drafthouse, austin, scarecrow video

    Interview Tommy Swenson of Viva VHS! explains why DVDs can suck it

     Commentary tracks? High-definition video? Who needs it?

    February 24, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • four tet, mohawk, austin

    Recap Four Tet at the Mohawk

     Kieran Hebden puts some of his London DJing experience to good use moving a normally stationary crowd.

    February 22, 2010 | 1:05pm -

  • the strange boys, be brave, ryan sambol

    Interview Ryan Sambol and The Strange Boys Be Brave—even in the face of electrocution

    "To think that I could die doing this was kind of silly."

    February 19, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • gadjo disko, austin

    feature Exit Interview: Mack Henson of Gadjo Disko

    "Once you've been shoving wine up your ass on the pool table, you know what kind of night it's going to be."

    February 6, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • anti-flag, red 7, austin

    Interview Wherever there's injustice, you'll find Anti-Flag

    Battling homophobia, capitalist greed, and exploitative labor: It's all in a day's rant.

    January 26, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • a sunny day in glasgow, austin, the ghost room, mothfight

    Interview A Sunny Day In Glasgow: "This is not a career yet."

    Ben Daniels rebuilt his band and took more journeys into experimental sound to create the new album Ashes Grammar.

    November 23, 2009 | 12:00am -

  • Interview Fun Fun Fun Fest: The slow evolution of Growing 

    The Northwestern group has metamorphosed beyond mere drone to something far weirder, and all without turning it down.

    November 4, 2009 | 10:00am -

  • Mt. Eerie, Phil Elverum

    Interview Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum hears the Wind in black metal

    The songwriter formerly known as The Microphones dabbles in heavier territory and draws inspiration from Twin Peaks on his new record and tour.

    October 20, 2009 | 12:00am -

  • wavves, emo's, austin, the smell, hella, zach hill, primavera sound

    Interview Making Wavves

    "People didn't like how quickly I got big, so when I did fall, a lot of people wanted to jump on it. But that's just how people are." 

    October 9, 2009 | 12:00am -

  • fantastic fest, austin, alamo drafthouse

    Recap Fantastic Fest Thursday

     The last of our look at the festival includes Fireball, Hausu, and The Revenant, plus awards for "worst Q&A," "biggest badass," and other post-mortem reflections.

    October 2, 2009 | 12:00pm -

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