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    China Girls (and Boys)

    By Chris Gray
    Published: July 2, 2009

    We all know Houston's reputation as a city disinterested in, if not downright disdainful of, its past. Local scribes with a modicum of interest in Bayou City history, yours...

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    Burnin' for You

    By Chris Gray
    Published: June 25, 2009

    Most of the milestones we use to measure our lives are pretty pedestrian. Friends come and go, relationships blossom and wilt, jobs appear and disappear. Children grow up,...

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    Defending the Polka

    By Chris Gray
    Published: June 18, 2009

    What's the difference between an accordion player and a terrorist? Terrorists have sympathizers. Yes, that's a joke, but you can forgive the polka community for not laughing...

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    Fight for Your Right

    Does the U.S. belong with the Axis of Evil?

    By Chris Gray
    Published: June 4, 2009

    It's not every day you can flip on C-SPAN and see chrome-dome Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, an image reminiscent of...

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    Running the Numbers

    By Chris Gray
    Published: May 28, 2009

    In the end, all you're left with is the numbers. Sifting through and counting up the nomination ballots for this year's Houston Press Music Awards, the raw material for the...

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    Screen Plays

    By Chris Gray
    Published: May 21, 2009

    At left, you'll see SF Weekly music editor Jennifer Maerz's assessment of Anvil! The Story of Anvil, director Sacha Gervasi's documentary about the Canadian metal band with...

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    Vinyl & Compilations

    Alternatives to the full-Length CD are back with a vengeance.

    By Chris Gray
    Published: May 14, 2009

    It seems like the last thing local guitar-type bands or musicians want to do these days is release a full-length CD. So far this year, the lion's share of notable Houston indie...

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    Dear Sy~3nc3

    By Chris Gray
    Published: May 7, 2009

    First things first. Peekaboo Theory is not TV on the Radio. Granted, some people might notice a similarity or two between the Houston and Brooklyn bands. Both play an intense,...

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    Got Live If You Want It

    Our Spring/Summer concert preview, part deux

    By Chris Gray
    Published: April 30, 2009

    As promised, here's the second part of Noise's spring/summer concert preview. It's nice to know there are too many venues – and too many shows – in town to fit in...

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    Hello, Houston!

    Noise breaks down the months of live music ahead

    By Chris Gray
    Published: April 23, 2009

    "I remember you so clearly, the first one through the door...I return to find you drifting, too far from the shore" — Tom Petty, "Don't Fade on Me" (Wildflowers,...

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    iFest: This Is Our Party

    Better music than ACL and fewer hippies

    By Chris Gray
    Published: April 16, 2009

    This weekend, Noise will finally become a true Houstonian. Despite growing up in Friendswood and living here the past 21 months, it will be the very first time he attends the...

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    Spain Colored Orange

    Gilbert Alfaro and Eric Jackson sound off.

    By Chris Gray
    Published: April 9, 2009

    Psychedelic pop group Spain Colored Orange, winner of Best Band at the 2006 Houston Press Music Awards, finds itself in a curious position for its Warehouse Live show Friday...

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    Playing Favorites

    By Chris Gray
    Published: April 2, 2009

    About a week before SXSW, where he knew he would be on foot almost constantly, Noise did something that until recently would have been completely incomprehensible to him. He...

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    Aftermath: SXSW

    By Chris Gray
    Published: March 26, 2009

    Well, thank God that's over. There's no bigger feeling of relief than watching Austin recede in the rearview mirror on that post-SXSW Sunday afternoon. Though some aspects of...

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    Houston's SXSW Strategy

    Seeing the Elephant

    By Chris Gray
    Published: March 19, 2009

    South by Southwest is less a music festival than a force of nature, a ravenous beast that for one week in March consumes everything in its path and the surrounding countryside....

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    Through Being Cool

    By Chris Gray
    Published: March 12, 2009

    The other morning, Noise heard a commercial on the radio for McDonald's, which is apparently selling espresso now. The spot was called "Confessions of an Ex-Hipster," and some...

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    Spring Cleaning

    By Chris Gray
    Published: March 5, 2009

    With the rodeo upon us and SXSW nearly so, there's no better time for Noise to set his house in order than right now. Actually, he probably should have done this awhile back,...

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    Could Alternative Country Work at the Rodeo?

    By Chris Gray
    Published: February 26, 2009

    RodeoHouston starts up again Tuesday, with a sure-to-be sold-out show by a group that makes critics cringe worse than about any other, megaplatinum Nashville ­country-pop...

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    The Born Liars Set Sail

    By Chris Gray
    Published: February 19, 2009

    The Born Liars aren't even four years old, but they already deserve a good-size chapter in the Big Book of Houston Rock and Roll Urban Legends. (Which, by the way, someone...

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    Musicians on Twitter

    Is the "microblog" Internet phenomenon the next leap forward or just a tweeting waste of time?

    By Chris Gray
    Published: February 12, 2009

    Saturday night, your musical options include the grinding punk-blues of ­Austin-based Ohio transplants Heartless Bastards, whose new album The Mountain is drawing raves, at...

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