Burt Bacharach

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Four Lost Neil Diamond Covers

Thom Bell and the Sound of Brotherly Love

While the ubiquitous songs of Detroit's Motown get anthologized and commercialized ad infinitum, and the critics salivate over the gritty southern soul of Memphis' Stax, the third great movement/label of '60s and '70s soul has always gotten short shrift. Until now, that is, with the release of the ... More >>

Rotation

While the ubiquitous songs of Detroit's Motown get anthologized and commercialized ad infinitum, and the critics salivate over the gritty southern soul of Memphis' Stax, the third great movement/label of '60s and '70s soul has always gotten short shrift. Until now, that is, with the release of the ... More >>

Shiny Happy People?

Sweden's Cardigans aren't as warm and fuzzy as they let on

Heavy on the Lite

Ultra Lounge puts on paper a simple truth: Easy listening ain't easy

Petty Woman

Wedding smothers the romantic comedy -- by embracing it hard

Rotation

Wedding smothers the romantic comedy -- by embracing it hard

Static

Wedding smothers the romantic comedy -- by embracing it hard

Baby, It's Him

Burt Bacharach isn't making a comeback -- he never left

Letters

Burt Bacharach isn't making a comeback -- he never left

Best of Burt

Burt Bacharach isn't making a comeback -- he never left

B.J. Thomas

Burt Bacharach isn't making a comeback -- he never left

Cracker

Sunday, April 14

The Velvet Viking

Norwegian phenom Sondre Lerche brings his precocious sunny-day pop straight outta the fjords

Dionne Warwick

Norwegian phenom Sondre Lerche brings his precocious sunny-day pop straight outta the fjords

Season's Greetings

With summer almost over, the theater scene's heating up

The Postmarks

The Postmarks

True Aim, Blue Flame

How Elvis Costello turned his eclectic nature into career gold

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Keeping Promises

Against all odds, Main Street Theater's new show manages to be likable

Flat Fee

Employee relations get sticky in Promises, Promises

Playbill

Employee relations get sticky in Promises, Promises

Candy Caine

Jude Law's Alfie puts a pretty face on what was an ugly story

Alpha

Stargazing (Special Edition) (Nettwerk)

Bacharach Meets Isley

Here I Am (DreamWorks)

Triggerfish

Life on Dry Land (Self-released)

Dwight Yoakam

Thursday, August 21

Flush 'Em All

2002 -- the year Houston nightlife cleaned its colon

Elvis Costello

When I Was Cruel (Island Def Jam)

Bertrand Burgalat

The Sssound of Mmmusic (Tricatel/Emperor Norton)

Bowing to Pop

A Muslim by choice, Jawad couldn't deny the will of his music

Mousetrap

Stuart Little's thick sugar coating is fine for kids. All others, beware.

What's So Funny 'Bout Burt Bacharach?

Stuart Little's thick sugar coating is fine for kids. All others, beware.

Playbill

Ozomatli, dc Talk, The New Morty Show

He's Ba-ack

Burt Bacharach's swanky pop stylings return to hipness

Rotation

Burt Bacharach's swanky pop stylings return to hipness

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Forever Changes Never Does

Love's Forever Changes is a crucial element of the soundtrack of my coming of age. With its acoustic guitar base, smart orchestral arrangements (strings and mariachi horns), art-rock feel and poppy lyrics, it stands apart from the most of the music of the psychedelic era. The album is best known for ... More >>

Jimmy Webb

Love's Forever Changes is a crucial element of the soundtrack of my coming of age. With its acoustic guitar base, smart orchestral arrangements (strings and mariachi horns), art-rock feel and poppy lyrics, it stands apart from the most of the music of the psychedelic era. The album is best known for ... More >>

Leon's Lounge Needs Some Soul. Brett "Dirty Honey" Koshkin Has The Platters.

​ Leon's Lounge, the venerable Midtown throwback dive, is currently closed for renovations as new owner Pete Mitchell (Under the Volcano) gives it a good scrubbing, but it should be back open before too much longer. Maybe as soon as next month. Earlier this week, Rocks Off heard some equally good ... More >>

A Very White Guy Explains Why "Granite State of Mind" Is Better Than Jay-Z's Original

To: Jay-ZFrom A Very White PersonRe: Why "Granite State of Mind" is better than your originalSir:First, I'm sure you're wondering how I, a very pale Irish-American, might be quailifed to critique so-called "rap" music. My answer is simply that, as a white person who reads the Internet, I feel qualif ... More >>

Glee: Marking Time

​At the outset, it looked like another Sue Sylvester-heavy episode. First, she gave Mercedes (and, less emphatically, Kurt) an ultimatum to lose weight or be dropped from the squad, then she commandeered the McKinley High auditorium for an entire week, forcing New Directions to secure a new l ... More >>

Glee: Marking Time

​At the outset, it looked like another Sue Sylvester-heavy episode. First, she gave Mercedes (and, less emphatically, Kurt) an ultimatum to lose weight or be dropped from the squad, then she commandeered the McKinley High auditorium for an entire week, forcing New Directions to secure a new lo ... More >>

Ben Folds

​At the outset, it looked like another Sue Sylvester-heavy episode. First, she gave Mercedes (and, less emphatically, Kurt) an ultimatum to lose weight or be dropped from the squad, then she commandeered the McKinley High auditorium for an entire week, forcing New Directions to secure a new lo ... More >>

The Top Five Bank-Robbery Scene Soundtracks

​It's been quite a summer for bank robberies in the Bayou City. It seems like more banks are being plundered than ever before by a rogue's gallery that includes the XXXL Bandit, the "Master of Disguise" and the Bicycle Brigands. Whether coincidence or felonious response to a dismal economy, th ... More >>

Christopher Cross

​It's been quite a summer for bank robberies in the Bayou City. It seems like more banks are being plundered than ever before by a rogue's gallery that includes the XXXL Bandit, the "Master of Disguise" and the Bicycle Brigands. Whether coincidence or felonious response to a dismal economy, th ... More >>

10 Awesome, Awful & Odd "Hey Jude" Covers

​This week in 1968, The Beatles inaugurated their Apple Records label in a most auspicious fashion, releasing "Hey Jude" as a 45. The B-side was "Revolution." Written by Paul McCartney and employing a 36-piece orchestra, "Jude" did nothing to dispel the perception that Paul was the "soft" Beat ... More >>

Six Songs We Bet You Didn't Know Were Written by Burt Bacharach

​A number of years ago, Rocks Off went to see Burt Bacharach perform with the Houston Symphony. We knew a little bit about his music and were familiar, or so we thought, with many of his bigger hits like "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" and "What the World ... More >>

B.J. Thomas

​A number of years ago, Rocks Off went to see Burt Bacharach perform with the Houston Symphony. We knew a little bit about his music and were familiar, or so we thought, with many of his bigger hits like "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" and "What the World ... More >>