Consumers try hawking "old" digital music files through new Web sites.
By Eliot Van Buskirk
Thursday, June 18
Carting a crate of used CDs to your local record store so you can make rent is a rite of passage as ancient as it can be tearful. But what about... More >>
The Veronicas aren't exactly what Gloria Steinem had in mind.
By Steve Haruch
Thursday, June 18
I recently came across an article about The Veronicas that, in addition to mentioning the Australian-born duo in the same breath as Katy Perry... More >>
What's the difference between an accordion player and a terrorist?
Terrorists have sympathizers.
Yes, that's a joke, but you can forgive the... More >>
Ever since he discovered the photography of Gordon Parks (who passed away in 2006) during his teenage years, Jason Woods knew he found someone to... More >>
Mango Punch's Walter Suhr is a great front man (as multiple Houston Press Music Awards wins prove), but his real talent lies in songwriting. His... More >>
Having fought a prescription-pill addiction and mourned his murdered friend Proof, Eminem has chosen new album Relapse as his therapy. Whereas he... More >>
Even though you generally don't get to take off work, Texas state holidays just seem cooler than their federal counterparts. Who needs the Fourth... More >>
Two years ago, Rilo Kiley played a set to a sold-out Warehouse Live ballroom that left more than a few of the L.A. band's fans wishing their... More >>
I've always loved the story that the 13th Floor Elevators were the one band the Grateful Dead didn't like to follow. Anyone who saw the original... More >>
The ex-Talking Heads front man takes stock of his homeland on his second Brian Eno collaboration.
By Brian J. Barr
Thursday, June 11
We can forgive the Presidential Inauguration Committee for leaving David Byrne out of January's Obama festivities. After all, when you're trying... More >>
The self-proclaimed best live music venue in North Houston just might live up to the billing.
By Shea Serrano
Thursday, June 11
Each month during the summer and fall, testosterone-driven awesomeness takes over Gary's Spot (14083 FM 2920) in Tomball at "Blood, Sweat and... More >>
Still proud of her family band, Susan Cowsill does her own thing now.
By William Michael Smith
Thursday, June 11
The Cowsills became a national bubblegum-rock sensation when MGM released "The Rain, The Park, and Other Things" in 1967. Seven-year-old Susan... More >>
Song titles can be misleading. In the case of Houston trio O Pioneers!!!, for example, "Saved by the Bell Was a Super Good Show" doesn't dwell on... More >>
New Wave pop glimmer, meet noisy, lo-fi reverb; you'll be working together closely on Summer of Hate, the debut from San Diego's Crocodiles.... More >>
It's still quite shocking that Grizzly Bear's debut, Yellow House, caused the commotion it did. The Brooklyn four-piece was clearly adept at... More >>
I can't help but approach the Yo! MTV Rap Fest, a show I'm just gonna assume MTV has nothing to do with, with both fond nostalgia and pity. Sure,... More >>