Looking for a hit

Mike Stinson, whose song "The Late Great Golden State" was recorded by Dwight Yoakam, is the kind of act Nashville record execs and publishers usually run away from. Songs...

Repeat Offender

There is no way of sidestepping the issue, so why not jump right into it: Infamous, this year's retelling of how Truman Capote wound up in Kansas writing his nonfiction novel...

Capsule Reviews

DiverseWorks: J Hill's Sound Installations You can hear the Sonny Liston/Muhammad Ali fight in the bathroom at DiverseWorks. It's part of an ongoing series of sound...

Letters to the Editor

Story SoReal On the Matt: I just wanted to take a minute to let you know how much I enjoyed reading your recent article on HoustonSoReal's Matt Sonzala ["Party Boy," by Keith...

Give Me a "V"

Please pay attention, because I only want to say this one time: Ladies, when you wear tight jeans, your crotch area should resemble the letter V. For those of you walking...

Lord Have Mercy

God is in the details no matter what you believe, but Jesus Camp is content to introduce its appalled exposé of Christian youth indoctrination with shots of a fast-food- and f...

Dear Mexican, How can you explain the disparity between Japan and Mexico? Japan is a nation a fraction the size of Mexico, with zero natural resources, and it suffered a...

Image of the Week

Frankie J

Frankie J must be a record exec's dream: He's got smooth vocals that effortlessly go from pop to R&B to cumbias, looks that are the perfect blend of pretty and thug, and an...

Hometown Legend

They say youse can never go home again. Nevertheless, Queens-bred big-timer Dito Montiel revisits his old Astoria stomping grounds in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, a...

Planes Mistaken For Stars

Though Planes Mistaken For Stars have been associated with the screamo movement since the quartet's inception in 1997, on the band's latest release, Mercy, it seems as though...

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

It's been three years since the last proper Bonnie "Prince" Billy release, but the once and future Will Oldham has been far from idle. Aside from releasing a confusing,...

Silk

Atlanta quartet Silk hit all the right notes on Always and Forever, a collection of R&B covers. Each tune is a flawless rendition of a former grind-groove hit, including "Nite...

Los Abandoned

Lady P, lead vocalist for Los Abandoned, claims she's classically trained -- on the ukulele! Ah, okay. Lady P does play the ukulele on some of the group's tunes, but...

Two Gallants

"Desperate times call for desperate men," howls Two Gallants vocalist Adam Stephens during the opening track of his band's most recent CD, What the Toll Tells. He follows up...

Robbie Fulks and Danny Barnes

"Thirteen linear feet of duo" is how Danny Barnes describes his collaboration with alt-country maverick Robbie Fulks. The two have been collaborating during the last year,...