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March 19, 2012
The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012
The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2012
The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012
If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2011
New Artists Just Added to SXSW's 2012 Lineup
Mary Bell/OC WeeklyDelta Spirit at BuskerFest in Long Beach in 2010South By Southwest revealed a whole slew of new acts confirmed to play at official showcases during the annual music and film conference in Austin. This is the third list of musicians to be released. The venues and dates they ... More >>
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November 7, 2011
We're Calling It Now: Radiohead Is Headlining Coachella 2012
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyWhat does it mean when Radiohead confirms the first 10 dates of its forthcoming 2012 U.S. tour? It can only mean the dates--mostly East Coast and Midwest stops--will be a precursor to their Coachella appearance on two weekends this April, since there are no West Coast date ... More >>
Blogs
October 3, 2011
Gabrielle Jane Nestande, Ex-OC Supe's Daughter, Chided by Hit-and-Run Victim's Father
Speaking out in the media about the death of her daughter, who a former Orange County supervisor's daughter is accused of killing, has mostly fallen to Courtney Griffin's mother. But now the father of the late 30-year-old Austin, Texas, nanny, is chiming in for the first time, vowing that the que ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
Gabrielle Nestande, Former OC Supervisor's Daughter and Rick Perry Campaign Worker, Indicted on Single Charge in Woman's Hit-and-Run Death in Texas
Gabrielle Jane Nestande--the 24-year-old daughter of former Orange County Supervisor and state Assemblyman Bruce Nestande, half sister of Riverside Republican Assemblyman Brian Nestande and former campaign worker for Texas Gov. Rick Perry--has been indicted by the Travis County grand jury on a si ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Long Beach's Cold War Kids Announce Fall U.S. Tour
Long Beach's very own Cold War Kids just announced the second leg of their fall North American tour in support of their latest release, Mine Is Yours (Downtown/DGC/Interscope Records).
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March 18, 2011
Wild Flag, Wu-Tang, Erykah Badu and Yelawolf: What Went Down at the Village Voice/Frank 151 SXSW Party
Shannon Cottrell/Houston PressWu-Tang ClanVillage Voice/Frank 151 SXSW PartyMarch17, 2011Austin Music Hall Of course you wish you were there. According to Houston Press, the all-night line-up for the 2011 Village Voice and Frank 151 Showdown at SXSW was one of the festival's most anticipate ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Missives from SXSW: Exene Cervenka (of X) Sings With Old 97s, Thinks of Japan
Most famous as a punk rock icon and artist, Exene Cervenka (front woman for X, Knitters and Original Sinners) is documenting her adventures for Heard Mentality on the way to Austin's South By Southwest, the country's biggest music festival. Check out her complete tour diary archive here.Raven Lo ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2011
Missives From SXSW: Exene Cervenka Finally Arrives at SxSw
Most famous as a punk rock icon and artist, Exene Cervenka (front woman for X, Knitters and Original Sinners) is documenting her adventures for Heard Mentality on the way to Austin's South By Southwest, the country's biggest music festival. Check out her complete tour diary archive here.Christoph ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Missives From SXSW: Exene Cervenka (of X) Blogs On the Road
Most famous as a punk rock icon and artist, Exene Cervenka (front woman for X, Knitters and Original Sinners) is documenting her adventures for Heard Mentality on the way to Austin's South By Southwest, the country's biggest music festival. Read Day One here. Raven LorthosArizona!I'm in Texas ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2011
Announcing: the 2011 Village Voice and Frank 151 SXSW Party, With the Wu-Tang Clan, Yelawolf, Wild Flag, Fishbone, and More
Ian S. Port/SF WeeklyWild Flag in San Francisco last NovemberIf you're one of the lucky few heading over to Austin in three weeks, it would behoove you to make an appearance at the 2011 Village Voice SXSW party, presented in concert with Frank 151. Who's going to be there? The Wu-Tang Clan, Fi ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Sandra Bullock and Jesse James' OC Home Sells For $4.5 Million
First Team Real EstateThe oceanfront home in Sunset Beach where Sandra Bullock sometimes lived with her cheating biker boy ex-husband Jesse James has been sold for $4.5 million, the Register reports.
Food
September 9, 2010
Puffy the Magic Taco
[Hole In the Wall] Arturo's Puffy Tacos may be in Whittier, but La Habra loves it all the same
Blogs
March 25, 2010
Watch: Local Natives Perform for Pitchfork
Pitchfork's love for OC-turned-LA quartet Local Natives has been well-documented around here. So, too, has been the clutch of local bands who ventured to Austin last week for the South by Southwest festival. Here's a late-breaking melding of those two themes: Local Natives performing in some ru ... More >>
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March 22, 2010
Videos: Local Bands play SXSW
We know how much you wanted to go to SXSW last week. But for those not willing to take a week off work and spend a butt-load of cash to get there, here's an entertaining set of live videos from Austin showcasing some of our hometown talent on stage, spreading the gospel of rock & roll in a varie ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
Alex's Bar and John Reis Team Up For SXSW
Flickr user BenGoettingJohn Reis performing with the Night Marchers at Alex's Bar, Long Beach, Feb. 10, 2008.Long Beach and Orange County bands aren't the only locals headed to the cheerfully soul-trying SXSW music-biz death march in Austin this week. 562-ers Alex's Bar and owner Alex Hernandez w ... More >>
Music
March 11, 2010
OC/LBC Bands Representing at SXSW
Local acts aim to create buzz in Austin
Blogs
February 13, 2010
Carrie Rodriguez on Touring with Los Lonely Boys and Alejandro Escovedo
Carrie Rodriguez gained fame in the alt-country world after releasing three great albums with Chip Taylor, a singer/songwriter who cashes fat royalty checks for standards like "Wild Thing," "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" and "Angel of the Morning"--and is also known for being a badass professional ... More >>
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September 3, 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 annou ... More >>
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June 12, 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, EXCLUSIV ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2009
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 SAM ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 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.
Blogs
January 8, 2009
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 ... More >>
Calendar
May 15, 2008
Not the Beer?
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Music
March 20, 2008
[Sprawl of Sound] Dave Does SXSW
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Blogs
March 10, 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 C ... More >>
Music
March 6, 2008
OC Bands Free the Robots, God's Good Soldiers, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band at South By Southwest
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 C ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 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 a ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 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 ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2008
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 Au ... More >>
Music
March 22, 2007
Endless Music Vs. Endless Promotion
Recapping South by Southwest
Music
March 8, 2007
Crash Course
Asteroid #4 speed toward your stereo
Blogs
November 22, 2006
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 ... More >>
Music
September 21, 2006
Denim, Diamonds and Dudes
Meet the new face of country: Nashville Star
Music
February 2, 2006
Everything Come Through
Black Angels move right in
Features
March 24, 2005
Give Him Some Water so He Wont Die
South By Southwest by OC Weekly
Music
March 10, 2005
Low Ball Ass Chatter
Texas is the reason
Music
March 25, 2004
SXSWXOC
Our annual South By Southwest report
News
October 10, 2002
Barrels of Fun!
Register engages in reckless gunplay
Unknown
March 21, 2002
Texas is the Reason
Register engages in reckless gunplay
Music
July 19, 2001
Sick of Bad Music?
The Alejandro Escovedo is for you
Music
July 5, 2001
The Great Uniter
Bluesman W.C. clark brings the races together
Music
March 29, 2001
Accidentally Legit
Inside Americas most ostentatious, alternative music fest
Music
March 29, 2001
SXSW Slices
Vignettes on a barbecue-sauce-stained notebook
Unknown
February 22, 2001
Cashed Out
Vignettes on a barbecue-sauce-stained notebook
Features
September 14, 2000
Supernova
Vignettes on a barbecue-sauce-stained notebook
Unknown
May 25, 2000
Feel the Gastro-Ambient Love!
Vignettes on a barbecue-sauce-stained notebook
Music
March 30, 2000
Our Annual South by Southwest Report
Vignettes on a barbecue-sauce-stained notebook
Music
January 20, 2000
They Coulda Been Contenders
It mightve been great for the Goods
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