Email Author Hobart Rowland

1998 Stories by Hobart Rowland

• All That Glitters

  published February 12, 1998

  It's safe to say that the Crystal Method's Scott Kirkland isn't losing a wink of sleep over electronica's soggy commercial performance in 1997.... More >>

• Rotation

  published February 12, 1998

  Various Artists In tha Beginning ... There Was Rap Priority In tha Beginning ... There Was Rap might seem like a kooky, harmless... More >>

• Static

  published February 12, 1998

  No gong required... A contestant's name is called midway through Scott Gertner's weekly Talent Search night at Cody's, and most in the crowd crane... More >>

• Static

  published February 5, 1998

  Jinkies' last stand... Leave it to the Jinkies to turn in what was possibly their finest performance ever on the eve of their unraveling. And... More >>

• Ready for Recess

  published February 5, 1998

  The most interesting time in a band's career is often when they're on the edge of mainstream success. Marcy Playground are at that point now,... More >>

• Static

  published January 29, 1998

  Latin twist... At first glance, Calvin Owens and Norma Zenteno might seem an unlikely musical match. But they use their world of differences to... More >>

• Exceptional Bass

  published January 29, 1998

  Quick, count the number of bassists you know who have led memorable jazz bands; if you have to use more than one hand to keep track, you're ahead... More >>

• Pillow Talk

  published January 29, 1998

  "Women aren't the only ones with bosoms, you know." With that statement, Cornershop's soft-spoken leader, Tjinder Singh, is attempting to... More >>

• Static

  published January 22, 1998

  Post-Teens trauma... Though Scott Ayers has been spending a lot of time holed up in his southwest Houston house since his band the Pain Teens... More >>

• Uncommon Cause

  published January 22, 1998

  At times, Consolidated seem less like a band than a cause-waving freak show. The quasi-militant San Francisco Bay-area trio is, quite literally,... More >>

• Static

  published January 15, 1998

  Uncomfy niche... Over the last few years, Clandestine has become such a reliable part of Houston's Celtic folk landscape that it's been tempting... More >>

• Rotation

  published January 15, 1998

  H-Town Ladies Edition Relativity Back in 1993, three local boys with the handles G.I., Shazaam and Dino made good nationally... More >>

• Static

  published January 8, 1998

  Fly girl... It's hardly a revelation that an unfortunately large number of Houston artists see leaving town as the only way for them to get... More >>

• Rotation

  published January 8, 1998

  B.B. King Deuces Wild MCA At 72, B.B. King is something of an enigma. He's still a tremendous blues performer, someone whose... More >>

• Rotation

  published January 1, 1998

  Hurricane #1 Hurricane #1 Sire/Warner Bros. The American public has been largely monogamous -- if serially so -- when it comes... More >>

• Static

  published January 1, 1998

  The year in lists... The word that best sums up popular music in 1997 is "potential" -- not because there was so much of it, but because there... More >>