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  • Music

    April 19, 2012

    Not Your Kind of People

    Reborn alt-rockers Garbage escape the major-label machinery.

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    November 10, 2011

    Rap Boom Reload

    In 2005, rappers put Houston on the map. Then the spotlight moved on. Some musicians are working hard to turn it back this way.

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Toadies: "We Just Picked Up Where We Left Off"

    Matt Cooper/Kirtland Records​Saturday's BestFest headliners the Toadies were in town fairly recently, and they should be back soon when they promote their next album. In the mean time, however, we'll have them here this weekend, and we're hoping that a lot of you will join us to bask in their ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2011

    Rev. Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy

    Matt Cooper/Kirtland Records​Saturday's BestFest headliners the Toadies were in town fairly recently, and they should be back soon when they promote their next album. In the mean time, however, we'll have them here this weekend, and we're hoping that a lot of you will join us to bask in their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Rise Of Lil B And Odd Future Both A Gift And A Curse

    ​So you've written the greatest song the world has never heard. You spent a good two-and-half hours on those brain-melting metaphors, and another three laying them on wax. Every bar requires repeated listening to fully digest. Your ad-libs are on point like Chris Paul. The beat knocks harder ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Nate Dogg's Seven Best Hooks Besides "Regulate"

    ​Hip-hop lost a genius late Tuesday, when Nate Dogg passed away from causes unknown in Long Beach, Calif. Maybe the man upstairs needed this OG, who was 41 and had suffered strokes in 2007 and '08, to sing hooks in the choir. Meanwhile, Nate's work here on Earth will live on in hip-hop histor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    I Hate My Album: Five Artists Who Dissed Their Own Work

    ​Albums are to artists what children are to parents: You never want your favorite kids to move out, but you can't wait to send the other ones off to college. (Rocks Off should know; we were one of those favorites.) Here, we salute five artists who were brave enough to distance themselves from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Bun B's Seven Most Obscure Guest Features

    Photos by Marco TorresBun B at House of Blues, August 2010​From coast to coast, Bun B is one of the hardest working man in hip-hop. In the course of his century-long career, he's managed to collaborate with nearly every artist in the universe, including some you've probably never heard of. Wal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Tony Yayo Talks Sex, Patron And The Future Of G-Unit

    ​G-Unit soldiers Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo have signed on to headline Saturday's 4th Annual Hip-Hop For HIV Awareness concert at Reliant Center. Tickets are free, but only with an HIV test at one of the City of Houston Department of Health & Human Services' designated testing locations. A list ... More >>

  • Music

    July 15, 2010

    Toadies

    ​G-Unit soldiers Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo have signed on to headline Saturday's 4th Annual Hip-Hop For HIV Awareness concert at Reliant Center. Tickets are free, but only with an HIV test at one of the City of Houston Department of Health & Human Services' designated testing locations. A list ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    50 Cent: Polite, Soft-Spoken, Can F You Up

    Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, albeit sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. We'll incorporate the number five in there somewhere. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Lionel Deluy/ Interscope Records​50 Cent is one of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Five Spot: Linking Jay-Z To Houston, And Not Through Beyonce

    Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Jay-Z is in town Monday. This is huge. Jay is the most commercially, mainstr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Five Spot: Inside E.S.G.'s Everyday Street Gangsta

    Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. ​After you interview somebody in preparation for writing something about th ... More >>

  • Music

    October 29, 2009

    Brand New

    Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. ​After you interview somebody in preparation for writing something about th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Inquiring Minds: Crown of Thorns' and the Plasmatics' Jean Beauvoir

    ​ With his distinctive blonde mohawk, Jean Beauvoir struck not just a memorable visual presence in the '80s, as his hard-charging singing and playing shone first as a member of notorious punks the Plasmatics, then Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul and finally a solo effort, 1986's Drums Al ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2009

    Maryland Bang

    Meet Rye Rye, Baltimore's latest rap sensation.

  • Music

    November 6, 2008

    ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

    Meet Rye Rye, Baltimore's latest rap sensation.

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008
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    August 21, 2008

    Klever, Fashen, The Knux

    Nothing says back-to-school like a little corporate-sponsored rump shaking.

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    All in la Familia at Azteca's Bar and Grill

    Fathers, sons and "Mustang Sally"

  • Music

    April 27, 2006

    No More Pussy

    Fabricated pop groups are nothing new, but these Dolls are more than bad -- they're a threat

  • Music

    September 15, 2005

    Riot Girl

    Kitchen-sink revolutionary M.I.A. has the beats to make you bang

  • Music

    July 14, 2005

    Thug Life

    Slim Thug has paid the cost to be the Dirty South boss

  • Music

    March 31, 2005

    The Return of the Band of Rhythm and Pleasure

    The Hollisters reunite to rock the East Texas pines

  • Music

    October 14, 2004

    Playbill

    The Hollisters reunite to rock the East Texas pines

  • Music

    July 29, 2004

    Paradise Found

    Two years ago, the Velvet Teen took the road less traveled, and that has made all the difference

  • Music

    January 8, 2004

    Oral Surgery

    Reconstructing Smash Mouth

  • Film

    December 4, 2003

    Not the Sweetest Thing

    What a bad feeling -- and taste -- Honey leaves behind

  • Music

    November 13, 2003

    Bang Your Head

    The Yeah Yeah Yeahs finally catch big air with their new record

  • Music

    June 5, 2003

    Dirty Mothers For Ya

    The Supersuckers clean up their act offstage, but the songs remain the same

  • Music

    November 21, 2002

    Sweet...and a Little Sour

    Getting politicked out of the Black Eyed Peas was a bitter pill for Kim Hill

  • Music

    August 15, 2002

    Home from La-La Land

    Tony Avitia picks up the pieces of his Broken Note

  • Music

    May 9, 2002

    The Burden Brothers

    Saturday, May 11

  • Music

    November 22, 2001

    Bilal

    Saturday, November 24

  • Music

    September 27, 2001

    Farewell, Fair Toadies

    The departure of founding bassist Lisa Umbarger spells doom for the Metroplex band

  • Music

    March 22, 2001

    Got Legs

    The perpetually self-doubting Todd Lewis stands tall on the Toadies' long-overdue second album

  • Music

    December 21, 2000

    Bagging Its Own

    Groceries doesn't plan to sell its produce to major distributors

  • Music

    November 16, 2000

    No Pimps Allowed

    Common and Black Eyed Peas dare to raise the artistic standards of hip-hop

  • Music

    July 22, 1999

    Celebrate Good Times, C'mon!

    Merge and Matador reach ten years of indie success

  • Music

    July 15, 1999

    Rotation

    Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Jordan Knight, Juno

  • Music

    July 9, 1998

    Riding the Rap

    A new book chronicles the bloody rise and fall of Death Row Records

  • Music

    January 30, 1997

    Sound Check

    A new book chronicles the bloody rise and fall of Death Row Records

  • Music

    July 4, 1996

    Road Rules

    The Toadies have two addresses -- one on wheels, the other on-stage

  • Music

    November 3, 1994

    The Soul of Storyville

    The Toadies have two addresses -- one on wheels, the other on-stage

  • Music

    October 20, 1994

    Dismounting dead horse

    Michael Haaga splits from Pasadena's premier practitioners of metal

  • Music

    October 20, 1994

    Bad Motocaster

    Michael Haaga splits from Pasadena's premier practitioners of metal

  • Music

    September 1, 1994

    Juicy Stuff

    Ames gets sued; the Juice -- Brutal and O.J.-- take to vinyl

  • Music

    August 18, 1994

    Requiem

    Dead at 33, David Catney leaves Houston a special jazz legacy

  • Music

    April 28, 1994

    Sprawling Toward Spunk

    Weeping at the Metropolis, hiding in the Abyss

  • Music

    March 24, 1994

    Down and Dull in Austin

    South by Southwest disappoints -- again

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