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Los Lobos Leaves Disney to Reembrace Their Aztlan Rootsnew
Los Lobos are nothing short of a national treasure. Maybe their blend of norteno, cumbias, boleros, blues, country, funk, soul and good old rock and roll is not the signature sound for all of America, but it certainly is for that part which some view as "Aztlan," which includes both Texas and the band's East L.A. home turf.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-28-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Los Lobos, rock music
The Allen Oldies Band Unleash Summernew
With this characteristically delirious tribute to the fast-disappearing, vintage (mostly) American rock and roll of the early '60s, Hill and his tightly anarchic band do nothing to disgrace any of those positions.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-24-2008 |
Reviews
Bill Bentley Creates Website for Boomer Music Fansnew
April marked the launch of Sonic Boomers (www.sonicboomers.com), a website Bentley hopes will serve as something like Pitchfork for the older set, or maybe something like No Depression on the web.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-24-2008 |
Music
God, Texas and Tom Waitsnew
Tom Waits may not come from Texas, but a good chunk of his favorite music does.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bun B's Delivers on 'Ill Trill'new
Back in 1987, when Chad Butler and Bernard Freeman were first writing the rhymes that would become their debut cassette The Southern Way, neither one of them ever would have dreamed that their music would one day echo off the walls of a Louis Vuitton boutique in the Galleria.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-03-2008 |
Reviews
Is Monotonix the Best Live Band?new
Though a studio recording, Monotonix's Drag City debut EP Body Language is best appreciated as a memento of the delirious tumult this band puts on live.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-29-2008 |
Reviews
Stealing the Shownew
New Orleans musicians blew into Houston on Katrina's winds and everything was magic for a while.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-21-2008 |
Music
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans
Sitting Down with La Porte's Buxtonnew
One of the things I like about Buxton is that they both shoot for grandeur and better yet, attain it.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Buxton Unveils a Stunning Albumnew
A Family Light is great highway music, big sky songs that are cinematic in scope.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-08-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: A Family Light, Buxton
763 MP3s and Nothing Onnew
Paul Ford heard more SXSW acts than anyone else, without leaving New York.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-01-2008 |
Music
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
