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Elf Rocknew
It's no surprise to learn that, as a child in Montana, Decemberists front man Colin Meloy wanted desperately to be an elf.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
I Love Menew
The idiosyncratic singer-songwriter and painter Joseph Arthur says narcissism is the only way to make real art.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Stay Young and Stupidnew
It is imperative that we not let this man become Sting -- a once-deified innovator slowly buffed and sanded and neutered by constant attention from nefarious purveyors of Old People Music.
Houston Press |
Rob Harvilla |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Apocalypse Pretty Soonnew
No one band illustrates with bolder clarity the weaknesses of Pitchfork, the most influential Web site in indie rock.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Deep in The Throesnew
The lyrics of Adam Stephens are as death-laden and world-weary as those of Townes Van Zandt at the same age.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
02-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cope With Thisnew
Finally, someone has figured out how to craft an interesting rock/hip-hop blend.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
02-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Holly's Hobbynew
The elusive Brit who's become a garage-rock cult figure says she went about becoming a musician haphazardly, with no particular strategy. It just happened. She could have been a truck driver.
Houston Press |
Michael Roberts |
11-08-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Star Is Rebornnew
Mike Haaga may no longer be the metal merchant he was in dead horse, one of Houston's most beloved bands of the 1990s, but he's still every bit the genius he was then.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
09-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blackbird Fly: Americana the Way It Ought to Benew
The Houston native's music manages to sound both Depression-era vintage and strikingly contemporary, while her songs are full of pleas for good old-fashioned morphine and desperate failed romances, not to mention the talking starfish and singing mermaids that gambol and frolic on the beaches of her adopted San Francisco home.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
08-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
