Ian Varley

Bring Back the Jams!

Exile on Main Street

Racket and the new guy take the annual Houston Press Music Awards Showcase plunge

The Orange Show

Spain Colored Orange takes home four Press Music Awards

Band Suicide

Why so many Houston music groups self-destruct right on the brink of having it made

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, with Drop Trio

Thursday, December 1, at the Engine Room, 1515 Pease, 713-654-7846.

2006 Houston Press Music Awards Supplement

Thursday, December 1, at the Engine Room, 1515 Pease, 713-654-7846.

Houston's Gone Gaaga for Haaga

A former king of the Texas metal world unites Houston's warring rock tribes and wins a passel of Music Awards

Christmas in July

Six dozen of Houston's finest bands for a mere $7

Hand It to Herbie

Houston's jazz-piano cats salute a giant in their field

Local Rotation

Houston's jazz-piano cats salute a giant in their field

¡Viva H-town!

Latinos come to the fore in this year's music awards

Music Awards Survey

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

Three-Ring Circus Maximus

For avant-garde instrumental progressive funk jazz lovers, Drop Trio's the only game in town

Drop Everything

"Funk Jazz Fridays" get rolling at Cafe Brasil

Drop Trio

Big Dipper, Self-Released

Racket

Great moments at the Press's Music Awards Showcase

Rock You like a Hurricane

The Press Music Awards Showcase brings a category-five storm of tunes

The Last Roundup: Paul Weller, South Memphis String Band, Indian Jewelry, Robert Ellis and More

www.breakfastontour.comHere's another installment of what's been blowing up other Houston music Web sites' skirts recently. If you'd like us to look yours over (your site, not your skirt, though we can talk about that too), email hprocksoff@gmail.com. Breakfast on Tour caught the brand-new South Mem ... More >>

ACL 2009 Day Three: Everybody Knows What Black Joe Lewis' Name Is Now

Photo by Katharine Shilcutt​It was almost like being back in Houston: Sunday was sticky and steamy as Rocks Off arrived at Zilker Park around noon, and the only way we knew we could make it through was with a stiff straight shot of Southern soul. Luckily, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears were ... More >>

Somewhere Trouble Don't Go

The best Texas albums of 2009...or what we could squeeze in.

SXSW Aftermath: Black Joe Lewis, Raphael Saadiq and Smokey Robinson

Photos by Katharine ShilcuttBlack Joe Lewis and the Honeybears​Joe Lewis alternated between sweating profusely into his harmonica and howling into the microphone, doubled over on the stage with the pain and joy of their fourth show of SXSW, as the white-shirted Honeybears -- minus keyboardist ... More >>

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

Photos by Katharine ShilcuttBlack Joe Lewis and the Honeybears​Joe Lewis alternated between sweating profusely into his harmonica and howling into the microphone, doubled over on the stage with the pain and joy of their fourth show of SXSW, as the white-shirted Honeybears -- minus keyboardist ... More >>

Aftermath: Black Joe Lewis And Little Joe Washington Steam Up Walter's

Photos by Brittanie Shey​ Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears played Walter's Friday night, fresh off half a dozen gigs at SXSW last month, including a high-profile show with soul father Smokey Robinson. The Houston gig was smoky in its own way, with Lewis and band debuting a few new songs and open ... More >>

Catching Up With Ian Varley Before Drop Trio's Last Show

Photos by Bryan Anderson/ www.beautyinart.com​Self-proclaimed "spaceship jazz" group Drop Trio hit the Houston music scene with a bang in 2002. After a trio of well-received albums and a slew of live shows, the band's members - keyboardist Ian Varley, bassist Patrick Flanagan, and drummer Mike ... More >>

Top 20 Throwback TV Theme Songs Part 1

​We grew up on television. Whether it was Saturday morning cartoons, afternoon re-runs, Sunday Disney and Wild Kingdom or Thursday night "must see" TV, we saw it. We noticed that on November 2, 1985, the Miami Vice soundtrack went to number one on the Billboard charts where it would stay for ... More >>