Happiness

Solondz uncovers suburbia's dirty secrets.

"...Philip Seymour Hoffman, Louise Lasser, Camryn Manheim, Rufus, Cynthia Stevenson, Elizabeth Ashley, Jon Lovitz and Marla Maples. Let it..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Descendents’ Uncontrollable Urge

Fun Fun Fun punks anew – coffee, documentary, and album

"...and resulted in short, surging, melodic songs. Founding drummer Bill Stevenson developed the official Descendents Bonus Blend...."

Jan. 27, 2014 Music Post by Claire Gordon

Descendents

Saturday, 8:45pm, Black stage

"...Descendents drummer and noted coffee enthusiast Bill Stevenson has a full cup for this year's Fun..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Flag

Friday, 8:55pm, Black stage

"...singer Morris, bassist Chuck Dukowski, guitarist/vocalist Dez Cadena, drummer Bill Stevenson – were in Black Flag. (Flag is rounded..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Hot Luck Review: Blackillac

Dynamic rap duo ready for prime time

"...sing-speak street poet à la Lou Reed. That’s bassist/vocalist Bill Stevenson, best known as the low end for Black..."

May 27, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Review: Descendents

Milo Aukerman and the punks for president!

"...Behind the big beats of Bill Stevenson, the band hit highlights “Clean Sheets” and “Suburban..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Friday SOS Record Reviews

Hypercaffium Spazzinate (Epitaph)

"...– a heart attack for bassist Karl Alvarez, skinsman Bill Stevenson's brain tumor. "Victim of Me" cuts zero slack..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: Flag

First Black Flag singer Keith Morris dishes

"...Flag singer Keith Morris replaces Henry Rollins, third drummer Bill Stevenson supplants Robo, and Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton steps..."

Nov. 6, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Ready Not to Fall

Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair talks success and Straight Edge

"..."my mentor," former Black Flag/Descendents drummer and punk producer Bill Stevenson: Not only had he produced two Hagfish albums..."

Jan. 15, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Chilling With ScoreMore

Austin promoters ScoreMore tap San Antonio

"...Editor Louis Black's essay on Daniel Johnston, esteemed contributor Bill Bentley charting the growth of Charlie Sexton, and Margaret..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback

Fun Fun Fun Fest reels off some greatest hits and more

"...all-stars FLAG (aka Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Bill Stevenson, and Stephen Egerton), post-hardcore cultists Quicksand, and noiseniks..."

July 12, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Come and Take It

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' lightning strike sophomore disc, Scandalous, stops in for a G&T at the Mustang Ranch

"...legendary shouters without slavish imitation. Matthew Strmiska's chunky drums, Bill Stevenson's big bass, and Ernst's guitar sting open "Mustang..."

April 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tour Diary: On Being A Lemonhead

How a SXSW connection led to On Being An Angel’s debut tour

"...backup on “Bit Part” in Denver with fill-in drummer Bill Stevenson (of the Descendents, and a Lemonheads himself at..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Music Post by Paige Applin

The Time I Ruined a Marriage Proposal

Walker Lukens turns my misdeed into a Song Confessional

"...Löwin, Cara Tillman from Moving Panoramas, Blood Pumps singer Bill Stevenson, and Aaron Blackerby of Major Grizz tasked with..."

Aug. 13, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Go Make Your Own Movie

Local filmmaker tackles the Big Boys

"...Austin musician/cool cat] Chepo Peña. We'll also be interviewing Bill Stevenson and Karl Alvarez from the Descendents. After that..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Descendents

At 35, Milo’s lot hasn’t gotten old

"...from 1985’s I Don’t Want to Grow Up. Drummer Bill Stevenson and bassist Karl Alvarez were locked tight, nailing..."

Nov. 10, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Flag

This is not Black Flag – only it is

"...these men – Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, and Bill Stevenson – used to be Black Flag...."

Nov. 9, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Black Joe Lewis

"...Frey and Joe Woullard, trumpeter Derek Phelps), longtime bassist Bill Stevenson, drummer Eduardo Torres, and producer Stuart Sikes (White..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

The Descendents

"...performance of the entire balmy, dust-bowl weekend: Aukerman, drummer Bill Stevenson, and stringers Stephen Egerton and Karl Alvarez covering..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Nightmare on Wilson Street

Aug. 12, 2010 Postmarks

All

Saturday

"...vocals and sturdy bass lines, Stephen Egerton's consummate guitar, Bill Stevenson's transcendent drums, and Price's vocals. Good to see..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Review by Francesca Camillo

Ann Beretta To All Our Fallen Heroes (Lookout!)

SXSW Records

"...weren't sequenced with the stronger songs up front. All's Bill Stevenson provided the CD's monstrous production, guitars, drums, and..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...Don Stevenson: drums, vocals..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Looking Back on the Champions Tract Rezoning

Does this development belong in this particular corner of the Hill Country?

"...County district court. Their suit, filed by local attorney Bill Aleshire, demands that Council's Champions vote be voided –..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Steady As He Goes

From cosmic cowboys and Americana to punk rock and legacy acts, Freddie Steady Krc keeps the beat

"...of Fame, and at an inaugural ball of President Bill Clinton. He moves easily from cosmic cowboys and Americana..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Westside Residents Turn to Lege to Escape From Austin

Homeowners living in some of the city's priciest lakeside properties want to ditch the city's tax roll

"...to remove themselves from the city by petition (Senate Bill 659 and House Bill 1653); the West Rim neighborhood..."

April 9, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Playback: Black Friday? End of an Ear!

End of an Ear's new digs thrive just in time for Black Friday

"...On the local front, RSDBF pumps Bill Callahan's Apocalypse Tour LP/DVD and a Gary Clark Jr...."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...he mostly played in the Bizarros, which also featured Bill Bentley...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

'It All Leads Back to Texas'

Robert Bryce on the Texas-Washington-international crony network

"...in the 1948 Senate race, when Johnson beat Coke Stevenson. A lot of conservative Texans were supportive of Stevenson..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The Memory of Music

Discovering Moby Grape's Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it's new tribute album, More Oar

"...Now, unexpectedly, thanks to the ever-amazing Bill Bentley (see accompanying article), Skip Spence is being rediscovered...."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Louis Black

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