Friday?Newly crowned Best Indie Rock winners Spain Colored Orange bring their florid psych-pop to the Contemporary Arts Museum's monthly Steel Lounge Underground, with Gracie Chavez and a showdown between Sasha Braverman and Henry Chow. 8 p.m.,... More >>
You can leave your hat on...but get the rest of that kit off fast. The ladies don't mess around when it comes to superficially hot, oiled-up dudes (of questionable sexuality, but does that really matter?) getting naked on the... More >>
Rocks Off has a naked lady fetish. It's shameful to admit. We really like seeing naked chicks. It's been something we have dealt with since we were four years old and started sneaking into the women's dressing room when... More >>
?Satin Hooks "Trinity School Road": Houston's Satin Hooks are a noise-punk band in the same sense that Liar-era Jesus Lizard and Incesticide/Bleach-era Nirvana once were: torture-slurred, aggrevied vocals, gunk-gummed stop-and-start guitars that... More >>
The 2009 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase in 300 minutes or less.
By Chris Gray
Thursday, July 30
Five hours is not a long time. It is if you're driving from Houston to Texarkana or Uvalde, maybe. But when hopscotching all over downtown trying... More >>
Outdoor and multi-venue festivals aside, Leave Your Genre at the Door is Houston's premier musical buffet under one roof. As the name suggests,... More >>
Even if you don't know who Peter Case is, you know Peter Case. His first band, the Nerves, was in the same '70s Bay Area power-pop/punk scene as... More >>
Oklahoman Jimmy Webb is unanimously acknowledged as one of only a handful of living songwriting geniuses, with an amazing string of hits made all... More >>
Your guide to the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards showcase
By Houston Press Music Staff
Thursday, July 23
Scattered between Bayou Place, lower Main Street and the Toyota Center district, you could say Sunday's Houston Press Music Awards showcase is as... More >>
Three decades after a metal classic, Judas Priest keeps "Livin' After Midnight."
By Craig Hlavaty
Thursday, July 23
Judas Priest's classic album British Steel turns 30 years old this year. To celebrate, the legendary metal gods are touring the world playing the... More >>
Midtown's casually hip The Mink rededicates itself to live music.
By Shea Serrano
Thursday, July 23
According to FreeDictionary.com, a mink is a furry, weasel-like creature. Strangely enough, except for a couple of guys in tiny vests and big... More >>
There's an arid, sweltering ache about Jessica Lea Mayfield's music that recalls Will Oldham's early material. Darkness creeps from the corners... More >>
It doesn't seem like a decade since Doug Sahm left us. The Westside San Antonio native and musical/literal Texas Tornado was the State Musician... More >>