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Belle and Sebastian

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    The Damn Quails & 10 Other Bird-Brained Bands

    Tonight the Houston Press Concert Series resumes at Pub Fiction with Oklahoma duo the Damn Quails. The Quails' song "Fools Gold," from their 2011 album Down the Hatch, is tearing it up on Texas country and roots-rock radio right now, landing them three Lonestar Music Awards and airplay on BBC roots ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Wild Moccasins: What They Can't Live Without On Tour

    Still younger than springtime, the Wild Moccasins are getting to be old hands at this touring thing. (If you missed their set at BestFest - it was way early - you missed something special.) Lately it seems like the sunny Houston five-piece is either just getting off the road or about to go back on. ... More >>

  • Music

    September 22, 2011

    Midtown Throwdown

    Your guide to our very first Houston Press Best of Houston® BestFest.

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Elaine Greer's Favorite Swimming-Pool Songs

    Elaine Greer on Facebook​Homesick? Not Elaine Greer. Not anymore. The waifish singer-songwriter and 2009 Houston Press Music Award nominee for Best Female Vocals moved to Austin a couple of years back. After the usual adjustment period, she says she likes it "quite a bit." "When I first move ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Happy Hour Scene: Little Woodrow's

    Photo by Craig Hlavaty​The Place: Little Woodrow's 2019 Walker 713-222-2224 www.littlewoodrows.com The Hours: 2 to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The Deals: $.25 off domestics, plus much deeper discounts on daily specials. The Scene: "I wonder what Cradle of Filth is doing in there right n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Top 10 Recent TV-Show Soundtracks

    ​A few choice adjectives come to mind when musing on bawdy Eastbound & Down character Kenny Powers. "Inspiring" is not one of them. However, as Rocks Off watched this week's season finale of the side-splitting HBO series, we were pleasantly surprised as we heard indie troubadour Kurt Vile's a ... More >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2010

    The Way of The Vaselines

    Indie-pop cult heroes never planned to reunite.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Aftermath: Camera Obscura Charms A Surprisingly Well-Mannered Audience

    Photos by Marc Brubaker​ Aftermath is always interested in how the residents of Houston represent our fair city when a touring act with any sort of notoriety comes through town. Houstonians don't always have the best reputation as concert-goers, whether it's because we talk too much during any giv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Aftermath: Wild Moccasins Hit The Highway At Full Speed At Walter's

    Photos by Chris Gray​ It's no longer acceptable to call the Wild Moccasins "cute." The Houston quintet still does cute things, like toss wads of paper back and forth with the crowd and shower them with Silly String during their set, but they no longer have to get by on charm and enthusiasm alone ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Play Ball! Songs That Distract Us From The Astros' Impending Disappointment

    ​This week's He Said She Said is brought to you by the Houston Astros and the letter "D," which stands for disappointment. No other thing in He Said's life, other than a woman, has brought more sadness and dysfunction. But at least the Astros have never broken off an engagement with us or punched ... More >>

  • Music

    December 10, 2009

    George Jones

    ​This week's He Said She Said is brought to you by the Houston Astros and the letter "D," which stands for disappointment. No other thing in He Said's life, other than a woman, has brought more sadness and dysfunction. But at least the Astros have never broken off an engagement with us or punched ... More >>

  • Film

    November 26, 2009

    What's Wrong with Wes Anderson?

    A decade after Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, Generation Y's anointed auteur tries for a comeback with Fantastic Mr. Fox.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Next Time You're Bored at a Party, Amuse Yourself With Some "Musical Profiling"

    ​ Recently, Rocks Off found ourselves skulking around the edges of a birthday party wondering what the hell we were doing there. The week had brutally kicked our ass, and the only place we really wanted to be at that juncture was sitting on our couch watching the Syfy channel with a very strong dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Sorry Dave, We Had To: Top Ten Songs to Listen to While Having Sex With Co-Workers

    If The Late Show with David Letterman hasn't seemed very funny lately, it's probably because Dave has been spending more time apologizing for banging his subordinates than he has making fun of Paul Shaffer. Admittedly, it was a bold move: coming forward and confessing his past missteps in order to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Aftermath: Flight of the Conchords at Jones Hall

    Photos by Craig HlavatyThe thing about musical comedians is that if the humor is there but the tuneage is not, you can pretty much cash your chips in and give up and steal some of Louis CK's jokes and start selling out basketball arenas. New Zealand's Flight of the Conchords almost has too much musi ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2009

    Aftermath: SXSW

    Photos by Craig HlavatyThe thing about musical comedians is that if the humor is there but the tuneage is not, you can pretty much cash your chips in and give up and steal some of Louis CK's jokes and start selling out basketball arenas. New Zealand's Flight of the Conchords almost has too much musi ... More >>

  • Music

    December 18, 2008

    The Best Christmas Album of 2008 is... Metal?

    Photos by Craig HlavatyThe thing about musical comedians is that if the humor is there but the tuneage is not, you can pretty much cash your chips in and give up and steal some of Louis CK's jokes and start selling out basketball arenas. New Zealand's Flight of the Conchords almost has too much musi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Tonight: Gentleman Auction House at Rudyard's

    Lauren Winchester Within about 20 seconds of "A Banner Year," the opener of Gentleman Auction House's new Christmas In Love EP, the St. Louis indie-pop hydra has managed to recall Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire and another dozen or so boy-girl bands that are equally earnest and invigorating. I ... More >>

  • Music

    December 4, 2008

    Think Buckcherry Has Mellowed? Crazy Bitch...

    All Lit Up Again

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Get Lit: The Pitchfork 500

    All Lit Up Again

  • Music

    October 30, 2008

    Music to Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil

    All Lit Up Again

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2008

    Is It True That Pandora Is Dying?

    All Lit Up Again

  • Music

    May 22, 2008

    Jennifer "Miss Pop Rocks" Mathieu's Matagorda Island Discs

    All Lit Up Again

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    Anyone Else But Kimya Dawson

    Coming to terms with the Juno soundtrack star

  • Music

    January 31, 2008

    Local Motion at Sound Exchange

    Coming to terms with the Juno soundtrack star

  • Music

    January 31, 2008

    Various Artists: Juno: Music from the Motion Picture

    Coming to terms with the Juno soundtrack star

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    Last Night: Dan Deacon at Walter's on Washington

    Coming to terms with the Juno soundtrack star

  • Music

    September 20, 2007

    Vinyl Heads

    They're turning to needles, looking for purity

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    The Bards of Baytown

    Scattered Pages' urban art-country music is as pretty as its hometown is ugly

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    Camera Obscura

    Let's Get Out of This Country

  • Calendar

    June 8, 2006

    Droning On

    Let's Get Out of This Country

  • Music

    April 13, 2006

    Pretty Girls Make Saves

    As video games go indie, Wack imagines a few likely pairings

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Clan Ferdinand

    It takes a true Scotsman to get to the bottom of this whole Franz Ferdinand thing

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2006

    South By Southwest

    It takes a true Scotsman to get to the bottom of this whole Franz Ferdinand thing

  • Music

    February 23, 2006

    Belle & Sebastian

    The Life Pursuit

  • Music

    October 13, 2005

    If It's Not Scottish, It's Crap!

    Wack puts this whole Franz Ferdinand thing into context

  • Music

    September 22, 2005

    Guitar-Shredding on the High Seas

    Built to Spill and the Decemberists offer alternate takes on alt-rock

  • Music

    March 31, 2005

    Elf Rock

    The Decemberists bring their magic-realist, Picaresque new album to town

  • Music

    September 30, 2004

    Playbill

    The Decemberists bring their magic-realist, Picaresque new album to town

  • Music

    September 9, 2004

    Boogie for Bush!

    Dubya and Franz Ferdinand have made it okay for white guys to dance

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2004

    Like a Prayer

    FrenetiCore's latest production sings praise without being preachy

  • Music

    March 11, 2004

    The Decemberists

    Her Majesty (Kill Rock Stars)

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2004

    H-Town Goes Cowtown

    It's rodeo time in the city

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Nightlife Trend

    Bike rides

  • Film

    February 7, 2002

    The Dollhouse Is Burning

    Storytelling ups the ante on Solondz's bluster of sex, rage and insanity

  • Music

    January 3, 2002

    Party of Helicopters

    Friday, January 4

  • Music

    July 17, 1997

    Rotation

    Friday, January 4

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