Gin Blossoms

Friday Night: "Last Summer on Earth" Tour at The Woodlands

"Last Summer on Earth" Tour Feat. Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Cracker Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion July 20, 2012 As Nathan Smith said a few hours ago, his partial '90s nostalgia show at House of Blues Friday was more than a sight harder than the throwback bill ... More >>

Readers Poll: What Are Your Favorite Summer Albums?

You know technically if you live in Houston, summer never really goes away. It just sort of lingers on top of the region, every now and then rousing from slumber to pound us with heat and humidity. Northern parts of the country have a firm line separating the seasons, but thankfully global warming ... More >>

Last Night: Old 97's at House of Blues

Oh, dutiful journalism, the places I will go in your name. Last night, one of those places just had to be House of Blues. It's always a pleasure to watch Old 97's and I would put up that good fight to keep my spirits high in what is arguably my least favorite venue in town. But enough with the pouti ... More >>

Distant Early Warning: Kenny Rogers, Ting Tings, Helstar, Styx, Yann Tierson

​The Bad Plus: Sat., May 5. Da Camera, 1427 Branard St., Houston. Colin Hay: Wed., March 21. Dosey Doe Coffee Company, 25911 I-45 N., Spring. D.R.I., Carry The Storm, Fallacy: Sat., March 10. Scout Bar Clear Lake, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston. Eastern Sea, Darwin's Finches: Sat., Jan. 14. ... More >>

Toad The Wet Sprocket: Not Bikers' First Choice

'90s alt-rockers Toad the Wet Sprocket, playing House of Blues tomorrow night, may be an established act now, but back on the heels of their second album, 1990's Pale, the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based quartet had to take their lumps just like everyone else who has ever left the practice sp ... More >>

Cred Sheet

Stuff you need to know to avoid musical ostracism

Rich Hopkins and Luminarios

Friday, January 27, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

Drain You

An often-exasperating boxed set offers the final word on Nirvana's legacy

Pop Quiz

Think you know local music? Take the Bayou City Music Mindbender and find out.

Letters 06-01-2000

Tough Customer

Rotation

Static

Fresh Focus

Having tried the major label route, Wakeland is now happy to go its own way

Sound Check

Hold the Tonic

Learning Curve

Once the music's in place, what, the Orphans ask, comes next?

Rotation

Let It Rock

The Nields turn up the volume on their folk-tinged sound

Rotation

Sound Check

Ardent Idea

Can a Spot from Dallas do better than a Big Star from Memphis?

The Song Remains the Same

The Smithereens don't have a hot new angle, only solid old sounds

The Lame and the Great

Lists you've been waiting all year for, in no particular order

Somber News from Nashville

Townes Van Zandt hospitalized with lung problems

Rock Death in l993

How cool are you when you're dead? Here's the ultimate sick scorecard of musical hipness.

End Game

This is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, not with a bang but a ... year-end roundup