After turning 18, psychedelic rock pioneer (and Austin, Texas native) Roky Erickson dropped out of high school and formed the band The Spades, pictured above.
The Spades
Monthly Archives: March 2014
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Mission Possible – Bike Safety
Comatose teens “Dirty Larry” and “Careless Carol” wreak bicycle havoc on the streets of Austin until a rag tag bunch of kids save them from themselves.
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Zoot Suit Riot
For a generation of Chicano youths in 1940s Los Angeles, zoot suits were pure swagger.
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A Los Angeles Youth Sampler
In anticipation of our West Coast opening this Friday at the Laemmle Noho 7, here are some highlights from Los Angeles teenage history that we’ve covered.
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K-Hole’s Youth Mode
K-Hole is a collective of artists and trend-foreasters, whose latest work “Youth Mode: A Report on Freedom” is available to download.
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Teenage Clips Collected
In anticipation for Teenage’s New York opening this Friday at Sunshine Cinemas, lots of clips from the movie have debuted across the web.
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Chandra Sings “Kate”
With buzzing synths, a stomping post-disco beat and bratty, commanding vocals, “Kate” by Chandra is a New Wave classic.
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BABYMETAL
Fourteen year olds Moametal and Yuimetal back up sixteen year old Su-Metal in a Japanese band that peddles a mind bending amalgamation of sugary, mechanized J-pop and neck snapping nu-metal.
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Fifteen in Brooklyn
Austin based photographer Ilana Panich-Linsman offers up a beautiful and candid look into the sometimes cloistered emotional and social world of teenage girls with her series Fifteen.