Email Author Brett Koshkin

2007 Stories by Brett Koshkin

• The TSU Toronadoes

  published December 13, 2007

  "Skipper Lee, tell us your story. When did you come to Houston and why? This is my story. Last night as I tried to sleep, it seemed I could... More >>

• Willie D's Birthday Party

  published November 1, 2007

  The world now views Houston as a hip-hop hotbed, and rightly so as UGK, Devin the Dude, Chamillionaire, Trae, Paul Wall and numerous others... More >>

• Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Quantum Fucking

  published October 25, 2007

  Four years after Get Knifed, the Fatal Flying Guilloteens have finally spit out their third album. The Houston-bred racket makers are... More >>

• Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival

  published October 11, 2007

  Most Texans can appreciate a good fish fry. A typically family-oriented event, this weekend's Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival features arts and... More >>

• The Houston Record Convention

  published October 11, 2007

  So you’ve been looking for an original copy of the Beatles’ White Album for years now, but can never find it, right? Or digging... More >>

• DJ Screwfest

  published September 27, 2007

  DJ Screw would never have imagined that one day a festival large enough to require Reliant Arena would be held in his honor. Sadly, the... More >>

• The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker

  published September 13, 2007

  If you thought Tennessee soul music died with Stax Records, you're dead wrong. Nashville proves it's still as funky as ever by melding older... More >>

• Roy Head, Archie Bell, Barbara Lynn, Barbara Mason

  published August 30, 2007

  Those names may not be familiar to anyone younger than 40, but any classic soul lover will testify they're among the genre's greatest singers... More >>

• Melt Banana

  published May 24, 2007

  Four Japanese lunatics escaped from a funny farm and are now touring the United States as a band named Melt Banana. Or at least that's what you... More >>

• The Rapture

  published May 10, 2007

  Few bands spawn a bidding war for their first album, but after the release of the Rapture's Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks EP on Sub... More >>

• PPT

  published February 8, 2007

  For years now, it seems that if someone uses the words "Texas" and "hip-hop" together, they're referencing some sort of Dirty South sound.... More >>

• The Jonx

  published January 25, 2007

  Four years and four releases after their start, it's still tough to pin down the sound of The Jonx. Maybe it's the unique time signatures that... More >>