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Houston's Matt Clark Strums for New Orleans' Glen David Andrewsnew
How a white kid from upper-crust Houston found his calling in New Orleans in funky joints like the Candlelight Lounge, a landmark bar in New Orleans's fabled jazz nexus, the Tremé neighborhood.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Matt Clark
R.I.P. Pimp Cnew
Remembering a Down South legend.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
12-18-2007 |
Music
Tags: Pimp C
Talking Ska with Ryan Scrogginsnew
Maybe there are taller peaks ahead in the career of Scroggins, the former keyboardist in Los Skarnales and now the leader of his own band, the Trenchtown Texans.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Begin Transmission' Fuses Funk-Rap with Trillcorenew
But the Fucking Transmissions have the hard part down: their rap-rock fusion that is both highly melodic and joyfully rhythmic.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
11-14-2007 |
Reviews
Protest Music, Then and Nownew
In contrast to the politically charged music of Vietnam era, the soundtrack to the Iraq war has gone mostly unheard. And it is out there.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
10-23-2007 |
Music
David Rice on Going Too Far Too Fastnew
In the beleaguered mid-1990s Houston rock scene, David Rice seemed like a rare mainstream success story. He had a Columbia Records deal back when such things still mattered.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
10-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Houston's Ten Worst Songsnew
… and we're still not as bad as Dallas
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
10-02-2007 |
Music
Houston's Very Best Songs Evernew
When we originally set about attempting to catalog a list of Houston's top songs ever, we thought it was a stretch. How could there be a list of ten, much less 100, world-recognized songs from this relative backwater of a music city? In fact, the exact opposite is true.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax and Chris Gray |
10-02-2007 |
Music
Trenchtown Texans Create Joyful Skanew
Ryan Scroggins was Los Skarnales's keyboardist, and from the sound of the Trenchtown Texans' debut, also their resident ska fiend.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
09-26-2007 |
Reviews
The Late Big Robert Smith Had a Voice Like a Foghornnew
This is a solid Texas blues disc that recalls those Sunday-evening soirees and Blue Monday jams over on Dowling Street or down in Sunnyside that, sadly, are rapidly slipping into Houston's past.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
09-19-2007 |
Reviews
Lil' Brian Cuts His Creole Sound with Hip-hopnew
"We don't wanna be traditional, we just wanna jam." So runs the refrain of Lil' Brian's "Jam Y'all," and it could serve as this album's title.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Former Los Skarnales Frontman Resurrects the Pachuca Boogienew
Felipe Galvan returns to the Houston scene with his new band, Felipe Galvan y Sus Carnales.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
UGK Strongly Advise You Quit Hating the Southnew
While Underground Kingz doesn't move me the way Super Tight and Ridin' Dirty once did, it feels like a very promising kickoff for the second phase of UGK's career.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
08-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: UGK, Underground Kingz
Hunter Ward, R.I.P.new
Montrose knew him as a Poor Dumb Bastard -- his family knew him as a talented, bright brother and son.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
07-17-2007 |
Music
Bayou Blownew
Coke is the new weed.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
07-10-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
