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The ten dumbest things overheard at SXSW

By Craig Hlavaty
Mar 16, 2013

Photos by Marco TorresSwag is rampant again at SXSW this year.For every insightful conversation I have heard or had at SXSW over the years, whether it was talking to Matt Pinfield while walking the streets of Austin talking about David Bowie, or telling The Clash's Mick Jones that he was...
Primus

Monday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 18, Ogden Theatre, 1-888-929-7849.

By Craig Hlavaty
Oct 11, 2011

Check out the influences of just about any bass player going these days, and you'll find a sworn allegiance to Primus's Les Claypool, who for seven albums and countless side projects and guest appearances has been warping the fat-stringed minds of rock bass men everywhere. Otherwise jokey in his lyrics,...
Dax Riggs

Friday and Saturday, June 24 and June 25, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

By Craig Hlavaty
Jun 22, 2011

It took almost three years for Dax Riggs to release a proper followup to 2007's We Sing of Only Blood or Love. Last year's Say Goodnight to the World is an entirely louder and more menacing affair than Love — if that's possible — echoing Roy Orbison, the Stooges, Julian...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Who will be inducted next? Gaze into our crystal ball.

By Craig Hlavaty
Jan 25, 2007

In March, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will see the induction of Patti Smith, R.E.M., Van Halen, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and the Ronettes. These blessed few will be inducted in an extravagant ceremony full of hirsute paunches, stale pot smoke and enough Ben-Gay to choke...
Rockumentary

Music biopics Hollywood won't make.

By Craig Hlavaty
Dec 14, 2006

Hollywood adores making big-budget biopics about rock stars and their eternal struggles with booze, broads and diverse demons. And we love watching them. Some they nailed, others not so much. Jamie Foxx was a respectable Ray Charles, for instance, and Gary Oldman made a fine Sid Vicious. But Joaquin Phoenix...

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