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The Best Concerts In Houston This Weekend: Fall Out Boy, El Ten Eleven, Journey Agents, etc.

Fall Out Boy Bayou Music Center, June 7 Fall Out Boy, the emo-pop band that took the airwaves by storm in the early '00s, is back and apparently ready to save rock and roll, according to the title of their new album. They've taken the past few years off to pursue other endeavors, but now that they' ... More >>

Jazz Fest Scores With Willie, John Mayer, Frank Ocean, Fleetwood Mac, Patti Smith, etc.

Well, I never thought that I would have John Mayer and Patti Smith together in the same headline with Willie Nelson and Frank Ocean, but that's why I kinda love New Orleans Jazz Fest 2013, whose lineup was released earlier this morning. Rewind: A Texican in New Orleans: Lessons Learned from Jazz F ... More >>

The Saxophone: 8 Songs That Show Off Rock's Underappreciated Horn

Bruce Springsteen is currently in the middle of a world tour with E Street Band, their first without saxophonist Clarence Clemons. "The Big Man" passed away one year ago today from complications resulting from an earlier stroke. His death was sad for many reasons, but the reasons most relevant to ... More >>

Ronnie Laws

Leroy Franklin, Maker Of First Texas Rap Record, Dies At 58

Heavy Light Records​Leroy Franklin, who recorded what many believe is the first rap song in the state of Texas, died Monday in Austin, Franklin's label Heavy Light Records said. He was 58. Heavy Light owner Noel Waggener said the cause was cancer, which had just been diagnosed in December and ... More >>

Distant Early Warning: Britney Spears, Cracker, Eels, The Go-Go's, Ke$ha, Kid Rock, Etc.

​Aiden, Eyes Set To Kill, Get Scared, Vampires Everywhere!: Tue., June 7. Warehouse Live. David Bazan: Sat., July 2. Fitzgerald's. Billy Joe Shaver: Fri., May 13. The Firehouse Saloon. Britney Spears: Wed., July 13. Toyota Center. Centro-matic, Sarah Jaffe: Fri., July 8. Fitzgerald's. Cr ... More >>

Last Night: Diana Ross At Verizon Wireless Theater

Photos by Groovehouse​ Diana Ross Verizon Wireless Theater March 1, 2011 Wham, bam, thank you ma'am. Blame it on David Bowie, but Aftermath couldn't help thinking that while settling into our balcony seat at Verizon Tuesday. Diana Ross and her deluxe band were pounding out "I'm Comin' Out" a ... More >>

25 Famous Bands' Less Famous Previous Names

​As promised, here are the answers to Rocks Off's "Original Band Name" quiz from Tuesday. John St. Lee, if you'd care to email us, we'll see what we can do about getting you a prize. Do you like Devo? 1. Chicago: At about 25 or 6 to 4, the Windy City jazz-rockers realized The Big Thing sucked ... More >>

Match These Bands With Their Awful Original Names

​Provided they didn't take the easy way out and name themselves after a song (Rolling Stones), their hometown (Boston) or each other (Hall & Oates), almost every band that went on to sell millions of records, get tons of radio play and sell out arenas has had some form of the following convers ... More >>

Catfish and Ribs at the Nickel

Robb Walsh gives these pits his seal of approval.​"That's no Southern Pride cooker," Robb Walsh said, gazing with admiration at the two barbecue pits that sit behind the Nickel Sandwich Grill (5601 Lyons, 713-674-8020), belching fragrant gray smoke into the air. "I know you hate Southern Prid ... More >>

2009 Concert Rewind, July: Beyonce, Coldplay, Aerosmith/ZZ Top, Judas Priest, Rod Stewart... and the Trae Day Gunplay

Craig Hlavaty​ Wooden Birds, Other Lives, Walter's on Washington, July 2: "This is Andrew Kenny's latest project away from American Analog Set. That band is currently on hold while Kenny and the rest of the group go off to pollinate elsewhere. The Birds don't fall far from the AmAnSet tree at all, ... More >>

Hustlers Brass Band

Hustlers Brass Band's Big Top Residency Begins Tonight

Jay Lee​ Dismal weather getting you down? Short days got you singing the blues? Are you hungry for some free red beans and rice and funk-drenched brass-band jams? Got five bucks? Then get on down to the Big Top tonight and/or every Tuesday through the end of the year for the Hustlers Brass Band's ... More >>

Dive Bars

A handcrafted tour of the best, most obscure places to lean on a stool in Houston.

Aftermath: Depeche Mode's Black and Blue Celebration at The Woodlands

Photos by Eric Sauseda​ Far, far away from the group once known for bubbly synth-pop anthems like "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Everything Counts," Depeche Mode circa 2009 has pressed its small army of keyboards and electronics into the service of primal urges and raw sexuality. Not terribly surpri ... More >>

Five Ways to Improve 107.5 the Eagle

Paging the Purple One... the Eagle Needs You!For Houston music commentators, picking on the sorry state of the city's commercial airwaves is even more fun than sportswriters must have making fun of the Astros. But on the rare occasion a new format does come along - even if it's hardly "new" - it sti ... More >>

Earth, Wind & Fire

Skybar's Saturday-Night R&B "Party With A View"

Up, Up and Away

DRUMline – Live

Who cares about football? It’s the half-time show that’s the real star

Lowell Sanders

Here’s some advice: You should never date girls younger than your socks

Get Lit: The Pitchfork 500

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Marty Stuart's American Odyssey Does Houston

2007 Music Year in Review

Bob Schneider

One genre isn’t big enough for him

H-Town Zydeco

Dr. Roger Wood and James Fraher serve up another heaping helping of Houston music lore

Natalie He Ain't

2006 Houston Press Music Awards Supplement

The Essence of Soul

Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige and more hit H-town

Black-Ass Fleas

Are they sellouts -- or just really bad rappers?

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

Wack puts this whole Franz Ferdinand thing into context

Color Me Impressed

Houston's Spain Colored Orange drops the Charade and inks an indie record deal

Hot Shows

Summertime concerts that will leave you sweating

Mouth of the Dirty South

The Geto Boys showed the nation hip-hop with real staying power

Shallow Pop

Bernie Mac needs three more hits. He won't likely find one here.

Letters

Shake It Up

An Earthquake in Houston? Watch out

The Music The

If you want poetry, read a book

Destroy All Monsters of Rock!

Please come see Shonen Knife's powerful activity!

The Artist's Life

Tierney Malone turns a few of his favorite things into dramatic graphic images

Wizard of Boz

Boz Scaggs evolves along with his beloved R&B

Sassy Celebration

Dianne Reeves breathes new life into Sarah Vaughan's songs

Trials and Tribu-lations

Austin-based salsa orchestra marries ghetto funk with barrio spice

Wyclef Jean

The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II A Book

Later, Floyd

Laser rock shows at the Museum of Natural Science go the way of the dinosaurs

Gospel According to Matthew

The Good Lord Willing, Songwriter Matthew Levine Plans to Spread the word of Baha'i

The "It" Guy

It's hard not to dig local saxophonist David Caceres

Utility Bassist

Christian McBride can do it all, and do it well

Rotation

Karp, the Good Crap