Welcome back to The Five Spot, Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com.?Next month, Cypress Hill will re-up their... More >>
?When it comes to fight songs, the Big 12 lacks an undisputed classic. There is no nationally recognized rival to the instantly familiar and rousing battle cries of Notre Dame, Michigan or the Naval Academy. And before we start ranking... More >>
Photos by Nicholas L. HallDeath Vessel? Aftermath made it to Walter's just in time to catch the last gasp of News on the March's opening set, a hyperkinetic barbershop quartet vamp about a pretty lady. The energy from just that... More >>
Ask any musician: there is something basically and viscerally masculine about the industry itself, and that masculinity can seep into the most feminine of rocker chicks and indie music queens. That swagger, that attitude, that confidence coupled... More >>
Shins sideman Eric Johnson's Fruit Bats is a side project no longer.
By Nicholas L. Hall
Thursday, September 03
"Playing in the Shins is like being an astronaut in my day job," says Fruit Bats front man Eric Johnson while en route to a set of shows in San... More >>
This entire summer, pop culture has been inundated with Woodstock nostalgia. Warner Home Video got the ball rolling back in June with a deluxe... More >>
There's nothing pretty about the music of Austin's Scott H. Biram, with his raspy howl and gutbucket guitar picking dominating the air, but it... More >>
The 22-year-old singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini confounds most expectations, from his name on up. Despite its Mediterranean sound, Nutini hails... More >>
As Kris Kristofferson so aptly noted years ago, there's just not much that's as miserable as a Sunday morning coming down. Not long ago, Cosmos... More >>
For four simple letters, The Cult had a devil of a time settling on its name. The Yorkshire-formed group's origins stretch back to Southern Death... More >>
Synth-pop icons Depeche Mode do read their reviews.
By Chris Gray
Thursday, August 27
If Dave Gahan is the voice of Depeche Mode, and Martin Gore the brooding alternative icons' principal songwriter, then who is Andy Fletcher?... More >>
Though the hoopla surrounding Woodstock's 40th anniversary has (mostly) subsided, one of the most anticipated performances at that little outdoor... More >>
DJ, promoter and Hands Up Houston regular Rad Rich is a walking encyclopedia of local scene lore, so much so that we're thinking about giving him... More >>
An important early influence on Jane's Addiction, Kommunity FK has been haunting L.A.'s Goth underworld for 30 years. Patrik Mata is the dark... More >>
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