AltWeeklies Wire
The Hype of Marchnew
The indie hype machine has its day in the sun at South by Southwest.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-21-2006 |
Music
Frustration Aboundsnew
Listening to this CD is kinda like watching tennis on 10x fast-forward.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Three Fantastic
Feel This Mannew
If you think R. Kelly is anything less than the greatest recording artist alive, you're wrong!
Houston Press |
Brian McManus |
03-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: R. Kelly
Best Served Coldnew
She Wants Revenge made the journey from hip-hop to new wave -- just don't compare them to Interpol.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
03-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: She Wants Revenge
Misery Loves Companynew
Four great songwriters join forces to ratchet up the emotional torque.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
02-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Undertow Orchestra
An Expanded Scopenew
Pollard's new album can get a bit exhausting in its almost macho, chip-on-the-shoulder ambitiousness, but he sounds anything but tired.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
02-21-2006 |
Reviews
Band Suicidenew
Why do so many Houston music groups self-destruct right on the brink of having it made?
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
02-21-2006 |
Music
Eccentric and Dynamicnew
This disc is an apparent gene-splice of Tom Waits with Lou Reed, as backed up by members of the Band and Lambchop.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
02-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Winch, The Lullabadeer
Revisiting a Legendnew
Snooks Eaglin somehow fits an entire jazz band into his guitar.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
02-14-2006 |
Reviews
Drugged and Disorderlynew
The Hold Steady keeps it cinematic.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
02-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hold Steady
That's the Way They Get Bynew
Spoon's Britt Daniel turns his camera on.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
02-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spoon
Throw Them Horns Upnew
The University of Texas' national championship and the rise of Texas rap -- coincidence or symbiosis?
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
01-24-2006 |
Music
Seventies Glam-Disco Partynew
Of Montreal proves there's life, funk and creativity after Elephant 6.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
01-24-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Of Montreal, The Sunlandic Twins
Bunnyface Killahsnew
A veteran Liverpudlian rock band and a kung-fu-obsessed Staten Island MC have more in common than you think.
Houston Press |
Brian McManus |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Slick Dancehall Monotonynew
Former water polo star Sean Henriques reinvented himself as Sean Paul and became dancehall's urban-crossover poster child, but success may have gone to his head.
Houston Press |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sean Paul, The Trinity
