Subject: Austin (Texas)

• Omar in Qatar

  Last year Omar Chatriwala moved from Austin, Texas to Orange County to help get Squeeze OC off the ground. Recently he decided to move again, this time from Orange County to Qatar to help get Al Jazeera's English-language channel off the ground. Chatriwala's blog, OC in OC, is among the most popular blogs on the SqueezeOC website, of which he was an editor. He has traveled from Austin's city limits to the middle of the Middle East with a brief layover behind the Orange Curtain, all for the sake

  November 22, 2006

• Live Review: Parson Red Heads and Others @ Detroit Bar:

  The Parson Red Heads photo by Zach Schrock The three bands on this bill proved that rock can be uplifting without being corny—which was an inspirational lesson on a Sunday night in a mostly empty house. Detroit Bar's desolation was a shame and maybe to be expected, as the lineup seemed to be cobbled together at the last minute. But the groups proved to be troopers, playing as if to a packed room. LA's Parson Red Heads number eight (four guitarists, a bassist, a drummer, a keyboardist and a

  June 25, 2007

• Crystal Antlers' Van, Gear Stolen

  How many times have we heard this same exact story? Too many. Rising Long Beach rock group Crystal Antlers' vehicle, containing all of their equipment, was stolen last night. This always sucks, of course, but what's worse is that Crystal Antlers are slated to play the South by Southwest fest in Austin, Texas in March. A MySpace bulletin making the rounds has the details: White Ford Econoline E-150 w/ Lime Green curtains in the back windows (may be taken down already) and ladder racks. Lice

  February 8, 2008

• Ghostland Observatory Sneak Preview

  Austin, Texas' Ghostland Observatory are poised to blow up with their Feb. 26 album Robotique Majestique (on their own Trashy Moped label). Here's a track, “Dancin' on My Grave (Let There Be Vinyl Remix),” from that album to whet your appetite for it. Sounds pretty tough and noisy for an indie-dance single. GO play Henry Fonda in LA April 18 and the Joshua Tree Music Festival May 16.

  February 13, 2008

• OC Weekly's SXSW Concert Lineup Announced

  LA's HEALTH bring their beneficial noise to SXSW. If you're down in Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest conference/festival, please check out this outstanding bill and mingle with the VVM music editors (you will never encounter so much charisma in one room). The Black Keys Health The Cribs Soundtrack of Our Lives Friday, March 14 12:00pm - 5:00pm La Zona Rosa 612 W. 4th Street Austin, TX 78701

  February 14, 2008

• Looking Ahead to South by Southwest

  The annual sonic bacchanal known as South by Southwest goes down March 12-16. Every year, several thousand music-biz types, musicians and ordinary mortals with more money than sense descend upon downtown Austin, Texas, cramming five months of musical activity into five days. I'll be blogging about all the awesome and heinous stuff I see/hear while I'm there, but for now, here's a lil' sneak preview of the festivities. OC/LBC bands making the trek to the Lone Star state's capital include Free th

  March 3, 2008

• What you missed over the weekend: Part XIII

  Patrick Chavis got a taste of Pinoy pop culture at UCI Friday night, where he caught Bambu, Rhythm Natives and the Fighting Cocks. Pat also ran into a tagger who dreams of letters. Read his review and see some photos here. Rich Kane spent his Saturday morning reviewing the past week in the Orange County Register. The Reggie didn't fare very well. . .click here to see why. Rich will check in with the Reg-O-Meter next Saturday, so do drop by to see if our favorite local daily can rise from the gr

  March 10, 2008

• Norwegians Do It Better

  Austin, Texas - First day of SXSW is always stressful. So are the second, third and fourth days. No matter where you are at this huge musical clusterfuck, you're always haunted by the thought that something better is happening somewhere else. Unless you've mastered the ability to be in five places simultaneously, you have to settle for one performance at a time. Humans are so limited... I arrived late Wed. evening and didn't get my badge till 9 p.m. My plan to was to make a beeline to the Thir

  March 13, 2008

• Lou Reed on the Odious Audio of MP3s

  Lou Reed is an asshole—but a very talented, sharp-minded asshole. Below, hear the rock legend drone on about the inferior sound quality of MP3s during the just-completed South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. I love much of Lou Reed's music (especially that of the Velvet Underground, whose canon is essential), but I sure wouldn't want to live with him. In honor of his notorious prickliness, check out a video of his band doing “Vicious” live in 1974. (I do like Lou as a speed-freak blond—

  March 17, 2008

• Last Night: Ink-N-Iron Festival at the Queen Mary

  Last Night: Ink-N-Iron Festival at the Queen Mary June 1st, 2008 Better Than: Getting a tattoo from a shady parlor. Download: The First Vietnamese War from their first album Passover. I thought I was in a hornet's nest when I heard the consistent buzz of tattoo needles as I walked into the Queen Mary. The Queen Mary had been transformed into a giant tattoo parlor with multiple floors of artists with bottles of ink at their disposal. The Ink-N-Iron festival was already in full swing. After c

  June 7, 2008

• The 90s Didnt Suck

  December 23, 1999

• Feel the Gastro-Ambient Love!

  May 25, 2000

• Accidentally Legit

  March 29, 2001

• SXSW Slices

  March 29, 2001

• First Crop of SXSW Acts Announced, OC/LB Bands Conspicuously Absent

  A certain music festival and conference held annually in the sleepy hamburg of Austin, Texas announced their initial slate of performers this year, and there's not an Orange County or Long Beach band among them. We had several acts in last fall's CMJ Music Marathon, so this is kind of a bummer. Keep in mind, though, that they only announced a little under 140 bands (I counted!) today, and there are plenty more to come--South by Southwest usually hosts about 10 times that.As usual, it looks to be

  January 8, 2009

• 'Heard Mentality': Definitely Not Going to SXSW

  A lot of people are packing up and headed to Austin, Texas as we speak, but none of us here at OC Weekly are among then. I know, sad, right? I've never even been to Texas. I'm not even sure it exists.

  March 17, 2009

• Not the Beer?

  May 15, 2008

• [Sprawl of Sound] Dave Does SXSW

  March 20, 2008

• OC Bands Free the Robots, God's Good Soldiers, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band at South By Southwest

  March 6, 2008

• The Great Uniter

  July 5, 2001

• SXSWXOC

  Our annual South By Southwest report

  March 25, 2004

• Endless Music Vs. Endless Promotion

  Recapping South by Southwest

  March 22, 2007

• Crash Course

  Asteroid #4 speed toward your stereo

  March 8, 2007

• Denim, Diamonds and Dudes

  September 21, 2006

• Everything Come Through

  February 2, 2006

• Pillow Talk

  April 21, 2005

• Give Him Some Water so He Wont Die

  March 24, 2005

• Low Ball Ass Chatter

  March 10, 2005

• Someone Else Would Dream a Song

  July 29, 2004

• Our Civic Shame, Their Filmic Pride

  March 11, 2004

• Pounding Out The Passion

  December 11, 2003

• Rather Read a Book?

  April 24, 2003

• South By Southwest

  April 3, 2003

• Barrels of Fun!

  October 10, 2002

• Love American Analog Set Style

  July 18, 2002

• Sucking Strap-ons

  March 28, 2002

• Texas is the Reason

  March 21, 2002

• High Colonic for the Eardrums

  January 24, 2002

• Sick of Bad Music?

  July 19, 2001

• Position Wanted

  July 19, 2001

• Cashed Out

  February 22, 2001

• Supernova

  September 14, 2000

• Who Lost High-Tech?

  July 27, 2000

• Our Annual South by Southwest Report

  March 30, 2000

• They Coulda Been Contenders

  January 20, 2000

• The Punkiest Man in Punk

  October 14, 1999

• Guest Blogger: Sameer Gadhia of the Jakes Shares Thoughts on First Night of eVocal Residency

  Keith MayEach Tuesday in May, Newport Beach's the Jakes will be playing--along with a rotating cast of bands from OC and beyond--at eVocal. And also each week this month, Sameer Gadhia, lead singer of the Jakes (pictured) will be sharing his thoughts on the shows. Here's the first installment:BY SAMEER GADHIAWelcome to the first of four blog spots that have been gifted to me by the local music enthusiasts at the OC Weekly who have helped generate buzz about our May KROQ "Locals Only" residency a

  May 7, 2009

• Disneyland Women's Triathlon Lacks Water

  Photo by Rick Kent An Amy Poehler look-alike crosses the finish line at the Trek Women Triathlon in Austin, Texas, where she had to get wet first.The caps are their's as the Trek Women Triathlon Series bills itself as "the ONLY women's triathlon series CREATED BY WOMEN, RUN BY WOMEN, EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN." Nothing wrong with that. But it seems from our game-day broadcasting booth high in the sky over Anaheim that their triathlon at Disneyland Sunday morning is not a triathlon at all. Acc

  June 12, 2009

• Tustin/Long Beach Band Vast Atlantic Call it Quits

  ​Big time late slip to us on this one, but Tustin/Long Beach band Vast Atlantic have broken up. Sad times.They've been favorites of ours for a while, having been profiled last fall in Locals Only by Erin DeWitt, and included in our "Citizen Blast" compilation last year, so we're bummed. They announced the news last month via a MySpace message, so forgive our tardiness in just catching wind of this now. Lead singer Jarrett Killen was dealing with some injuries and is now based in Austin, Texas;

  September 3, 2009

• Free Moral Agents Announce Tour, No California Dates Yet

  ​Yesterday, it was announced that Long Beach psych-rock jam artists Free Moral Agents (pictured) are hitting the road with their El Paso compadres Zechs Marquise. Their tour, which starts November 7 in ZM's hometown, is set to run for about three weeks at this point, with dates to be added shortly. It's worth noting that both bands share a pretty obvious Mars Volta connection, with FMA keyboardist/brain child Ikey Owens and ZM drummer Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez sharing the stage in that band.Marce

  October 8, 2009