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YouTube Commercial for Westheimer Block Party March 28

Tue Feb 24, 5:41 PM

This hilarious clip features cameos by John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, the cast of Mortal Kombat (the video game, not the awful movie), a bunch of low-riders and some bangin' techno beats. Thanks to our pals at Free Press Houston.... More >>

Three Screamin' Ladies: Karen O, Brody Dalle and Lisa Rieffel of Killola

Tue Feb 24, 5:18 PM

Josh Wildman/ www.yeahyeahyeahs.com Yeah Yeah YeahsWhat a week last week was for three of rock and roll's preeminent screamin' ladies. In a few short days, our heroines have unleashed major news and two new singles. Let's recap. Karen O... More >>

Devin the Dude, Inadvertent Virtual Realtor?

Tue Feb 24, 3:56 PM

We were idly trolling around the Houston Association of Realtors Web site the other day and came across this, um, as a real estate agent might put it, "near North Side charmer" at 417 Bishop St. The house itself... More >>

Art Rock: Cowboy Mouth at House of Blues

Tue Feb 24, 3:00 PM

Poster by Uncle Charlie... More >>

Features

  • Punk en Español
    The heavily Hispanic roots — and present — of Houston's punk scene
    Thursday, February 19
    Hispanics have helped shape punk rock since the Zeros and the Bags fomented a brown shade of musical resistance in the late 1970s. Years earlier,... More >>
  • The Born Liars Set Sail
    Thursday, February 19
    The Born Liars aren't even four years old, but they already deserve a good-size chapter in the Big Book of Houston Rock and Roll Urban Legends.... More >>
  • Bubblin' Crude at Drillers
    Bringing Inner Loop pizzazz way up north
    Thursday, February 19
    If you're headed to Drillers(15135 North Fwy., No. 800) anytime soon, know this: Diana Rivas will not tolerate your disorderly attitude. The... More >>
  • Here Come The Chieftains
    Dublin Calling
    Thursday, February 19
    Chieftains tin whistler and Uilleann pipe-master Paddy Moloney is either the easiest interview in the world or the hardest. A simple "How are... More >>
  • DJ Sun: Para EP
    Thursday, February 19
    DJ Sun has been the DJ laureate for Houston at large for almost two decades. His KPFT radio show Soular Grooves was required listening for all... More >>
  • Antony and the Johnsons: The Crying Light
    Thursday, February 19
    Antony Hegarty, the man behind New York City's Antony and the Johnsons, is nothing if not enigmatic. He rarely tours, almost never takes pictures... More >>
  • Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel: Willie and the Wheel
    Thursday, February 19
    The late Jerry Wexler, who passed away last August at age 91, was best known as an advocate and producer for top R&B; and soul artists like Ray... More >>
  • Mark Olson & Gary Louris: Ready for the Flood
    Thursday, February 19
    Minnesota's Jayhawks — co-led by singer/songwriter/guitarists Gary Louris and Mark Olson — were one of the finest bands to come out... More >>
  • Missy Higgins
    Thursday, February 19
    Although singer-songwriter Missy Higgins is a star in her native Australia, she's little known in the U.S. So prior to the stateside release of... More >>
  • Funeral Party
    Thursday, February 19
    With East L.A. (working-class Whittier) disco-punk fever, these lads crack dance-floor doldrums with clanging cowbell, bass licks that make hips... More >>
  • Loretta Lynn
    Thursday, February 19
    Where to start with Loretta Lynn? Whether it's her Grand Ole Opry heyday in the '60s, 2004's Jack White-assisted crossover Van Lear Rose or the... More >>
  • Lucinda Williams, with Buick 6
    Thursday, February 19
    Lucinda Williams goes so far back into Houston's rich musical history it's almost a shame we have to keep writing about her to keep her in the... More >>
  • Son Volt
    Thursday, February 19
    Jay Farrar doesn't really sweat fickle musical tastes. The Son Volt founder and front man shrugs them off during "6 String Belief" on 2005's... More >>
  • Midgets, Convicts and the Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
    All in the Family
    Thursday, February 12
    The morning after playing a party for his high-school graduation, Josh "Reverend" Peyton woke up with severe pain in his hands. Doctors thought... More >>
  • Musicians on Twitter
    Is the "microblog" Internet phenomenon the next leap forward or just a tweeting waste of time?
    Thursday, February 12
    Saturday night, your musical options include the grinding punk-blues of ­Austin-based Ohio transplants Heartless Bastards, whose new album... More >>
  • Unusual Suspects at The Usual
    Trackside bar welcomes amateur karaoke stars — and everybody else
    Thursday, February 12
    Karaoke performers make you really appreciate musicians. Most of 'em do, ­anyway. The Saturday-night karaoke affair at The Usual (5519... More >>
  • Selecting The Proper Valentine's Day Soundtrack
    A Fine Romance
    Thursday, February 12
    Feeling crazy in love this Valentine's Day? Well, his or her mix CD better include some great love songs. Recently dumped? Then you're probably... More >>
  • The Snake Charmers: Been Gone Too Long
    Thursday, February 12
    Contrary to popular belief, the blues is mostly about restraint; a few carefully chosen and timed notes are almost always preferable to a shower... More >>
  • Frank Sinatra: Seduction: Sinatra Sings of Love
    Thursday, February 12
    Ten years after his death, Frank Sinatra's cocksure shadow looms as large as ever over affairs of the heart. Francis Albert was the "world's... More >>
  • Van Morrison: Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl
    Thursday, February 12
    It's strange to imagine a Van Morrison concert without "Brown Eyed Girl," but that was exactly what happened last November, when the Irish-born... More >>

Slideshows >

National

Music from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

Philly's Dr. Dog brings its swirly sunshine sounds to Culture Room.

It's a little after 11 on a recent Friday morning in downtown Philadelphia, and if it's not the... More >>

Dallas

The Early Republic Is Dallas' Latest Retread

Two weeks ago, when the news first broke that area new wave powerhouse Black Tie Dynasty was... More >>

Denver

Meet Extra Kool, the Creature From the Whack Lagoon

Extra Kool has been rapping since the late '90s, most notably as part of the duo Optik Fusion... More >>

Kansas City

30 Rap: Having parted ways with Tech N9ne’s Strange Music, Skatterman and Snug Brim get their grown man on

As rap divorces go, this one is pretty amicable. After five years with Tech N9ne's label,... More >>

Miami

Former Mavericks Frontman Raul Malo Returns

The South Florida homeboy releases a new solo album.
Tapping into tradition isn't exactly a shortcut to notoriety. But when the Mavericks set out to... More >>

Phoenix

Landmine Marathon's Grace Perry Is Hot, but She's Also Got the Growl

Even witnessing it up-close and in person, the transformation is hard to believe. Grace Perry,... More >>

San Francisco

Sleepy Sun rises in the local psych scene

As much as talent, drive, and determination factor into a band's chances for wide recognition,... More >>

Seattle

Byrne’s-Eye View

The former Talking Head finds faith in the ordinariness he once spurned.
We can forgive the Presidential Inauguration Committee for leaving David Byrne out of the Obama... More >>

St. Louis

Voices Carry: Shirley Brown, the forgotten soul sister, sings on

The year is 1974; the place is Memphis, Tennessee. In the Stax studios on McLemore Avenue, a... More >>

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