AltWeeklies Wire
The Best and Worst Songs About 9/11new
The top (and bottom) anthems to come out of that tragic day.
Houston Press |
John Seaborn Gray |
09-09-2011 |
Music
DJ Shadow: "What Lasts, And What Survives, Is Good Taste"new
ccasionally controversial, and ever-influential, DJ Shadow also has a reputation for being a bit of a shut-in when it comes to the media, so Houston Press jumped at the chance to grab a few minutes with the sampling sorcerer.
Houston Press |
Nicholas L. Hall |
11-08-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gov't Mule's Main Man Says He Takes Time Off, But We Don't Believe Himnew
Warren Haynes reveals the depth of his blues knowledge on Gov't Mule's latest album, last year's By a Thread, which he released on his own Evil Teen label.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
02-23-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: By a Thread, Gov't Mule
Fences Mended, Chamillionaire is Comfortable Being the Rapper Next Doornew
Chamillionaire is the rapper you can take home to mom and dad. His albums contain very little swearing, and he won't even curse when quoting other rappers. He recalls Snoop Dogg's famous "Bitches "Ain't Shit" line as: "B's ain't nothing but hos and tricks."
Houston Press |
Ben Westhoff |
02-09-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The 1969 Texas International Pop Festival is History's Forgotten Festivalnew
This entire summer, pop culture has been inundated with Woodstock nostalgia. But another landmark festival happened just weeks later. While Texas International Pop Festival's attendance was quite a bit smaller than Woodstock's, it was still a lot of folks, perhaps the largest public gathering in the state to date.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
09-08-2009 |
Music
How Michael Jackson (Sort Of) Introduced Me to the Rolling Stonesnew
Now that Michael Jackson's gone, it's how seeing that poster in my cousin's room led to "State of Shock" and a lifelong love of (and occasional obsession with) the Stones that I remember most.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
07-07-2009 |
Music
Tags: Michael Jackson, rolling stones
Defending the Polkanew
What's the difference between an accordion player and a terrorist? Terrorists have sympathizers.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
06-23-2009 |
Music
Tags: Grammy Awards, polka
On Music Royalty Policy, Does the U.S. Belong with the Axis of Evil?new
The only industrialized countries that don't compensate performers when their works are played over the air are Iran, China, North Korea ... and the U.S. The Performance Rights Act hopes to change that.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
06-09-2009 |
Music
The Infestation of Classic Rock Threatens the Cultural Legacy of an Entire Generationnew
Young people who subsist on classic rock are traitors to their contemporaries. Our generation has no lack of quality artists, but the vast majority of us are too lazy to seek them out.
Houston Press |
Ben Westhoff |
05-19-2009 |
Music
Tags: classic rock, commentary
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
Leela James' 'Let's Do It Again'new
Giving classic soul the kind of contemporary kick it's been crying out for, in the end Let's Do It Again only begs one question: "When?"
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
04-28-2009 |
Reviews
Kelly Hansen Joins 'Hot Blooded' Rockers Foreignernew
After more lineup changes than the average Astros season, Mick Jones reconvened Foreigner in 2004 and enlisted Kelly Hansen, formerly of the '80s L.A. heavy-metal band Hurricane, to sing lead.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
04-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Through Being Coolnew
If even McDonald's is making fun of hipsters now, the pretentious shits who live to be in the know about the latest band, boutique or blog — and, more importantly, to make sure everybody else knows they're in the know — are officially just this side of irrelevant.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
03-17-2009 |
Music
R&B Queen Erykah Badu's Egyptian Mystiquenew
Mystical, mysterious Dallas native Erykah Badu is one of the leading ladies of neo-soul, and she reached full cosmic fruition with last year's politically charged, simmeringly funky New Amerykah Vol. 1: Fourth World War. With Vol. 2 due this spring, she broke it down from her house in South Dallas last week.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
03-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Born Liars Set Sailnew
Some of the stories circulating about the glammy garage-rockers make even noted wild men like the Who's Keith Moon or anyone in Motley Crue almost seem like amateurs.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
02-24-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
