Subject: Joan Jett

• Rotation: Avril Lavigne

  April 12, 2007

• Joan Jett. Dan Patrick. Bob Costas. Craig Biggio. And Plenty More.

  September 11, 2007

• MySpaced Out: A MySpace Mixtape

  February 29, 2008

• SXSW Extra: What's In My Pockets (Again)?

  March 14, 2008

• Last Night: X at Warehouse Live

  June 4, 2008

• The NFL Pregame Shows Suck. Here's How to Save Them.

  July 15, 2008

• Joan Jett: Still Fierce at 50

  September 23, 2008

• Fannypack

  Saturday, July 12

  July 10, 2003

• Aftermath: Madonna at Minute Maid Park

  Photos by Daniel Kramer “Did you cry?” Aftermath asked a new friend during the mass exodus from Minute Maid Park after Madonna’s first Houston show since she opened 1990’s Blonde Ambition tour at the Summit. “Yes,” she said, and from what Aftermath could gather from an informal straw poll, she was far from the only one. Madonna’s memory may be faulty – “I’ve never played Houston before,” she said at one point – but that’s about it. Now 50, the pop icon thrilled th

  November 17, 2008

• The Best Christmas Gift Idea Evar

  Thanks to Idolator, Rocks Off nearly had a stroke when he saw Mattel's new "Goth Punk Barbie," available exclusively at the Hard Rock Cafe's online Rock Shop for the not-so-low, low price of $70. Bitchin' lemon-yellow guitar sold separately, though this bad-girl Barbie does come with her own stand and, ahem, "Certificate of Authenticity." Hard Rock already offers "Runway Barbie," with "retro, revival-inspired attire," which it might as well have just named "Beyonce Barbie." What's nex

  November 28, 2008

• And I Ran (From the '80s)

  December 2, 1993

• Hip and Hawaiian

  November 7, 1996

• Press Picks

  April 24, 1997

• Rotation

  November 6, 1997

• Album of the Week: Girl in a Coma's Trio B.C.

  Girl in a Coma Trio B.C. www.girlinacoma.comIt's so nice to type the words "Girl in a Coma" for something that has nothing to do with the San Antonio trio's March altercation with some off-duty Houston police officers at Chances, which landed two band members a weekend in jail and a court date later this summer. It's especially nice because GIAC's new album Trio B.C. - the band's second for Joan Jett's Blackheart Records, after 2007's Both Before I'm Gone - is a richly textured document of alte

  May 29, 2009

• SXSW: Kylesa at Red 7

  Craig HlavatyAftermath's favorite kind of shows are the ones where people end up on the floor or skating on beer. This was Kylesa last running through material from the new epic Static Tensions at Red 7 with lead screamer Laura Pleasants making like a really, really, really pissed off Joan Jett.

  March 21, 2009

• Girl in a Coma: Trio B.C.

  June 4, 2009

• Happy Birthday, "Louie Louie"

  Forty-six years ago today, a group of teenagers gathered in a Portland, Oregon, studio to record a ridiculously simple anthem that would go on to become one of the most influential - and most misunderstood - songs in rock history. The group was the Kingsmen - none of whom was over age 17 - and the song was, of course, "Louie Louie," which sent shockwaves through the music world that are still being felt to this day. As ubiquitous as it is now, "Louie Louie" spent the first decade of its l

  April 13, 2009

• Girl In A Coma

  December 11, 2008

• For Those About to Rock... Again

  Rock Band 2

  October 2, 2008

• Girl in a Coma

  September 25, 2008

• Rock and Roll Swirlie

  Manhattan's Toilet Boys keep '80s hair metal and '70s glam rock from circling the drain

  March 28, 2002

• Vanessa Handrick

  A Letter Home to You (Self-released)

  December 20, 2001

• Would Morrissey Approve

  May 1, 2008

• Texas Albums

  2007's best Texas albums, from Houston, Austin and beyond

  January 3, 2008

• Free for All

  A brief history of musicians giving it away

  November 8, 2007

• Cage Match

  concert preview

  August 9, 2007

• Girl in a Coma

  Monday, August 21, at the Engine Room, 1515 Pease, 713-654-7846

  August 17, 2006

• Peaches

  Impeach My Bush

  July 13, 2006

• Punk-o-Rama

  Our intrepid reporters set out to experience the Vans Warped Tour -- so you don't have to

  June 29, 2006

• Now Dirtier than Ever

  January 26, 2006

• Morningwood

  Morningwood

  January 26, 2006

• Rev Run

  Distortion

  October 20, 2005

• Rivers Runs Dry

  Weezer's sullen front man trades good songwriting for meditation. Such a pity, indeed.

  September 8, 2005

• Time to Grow Up

  No more excuses for the Houston Texans

  September 8, 2005

• The Voodoo Chile's Slight Return

  Greg Ashley resurrects the Mirrors for a summer tour; also: beware of Zipperneck

  August 4, 2005

• You Ain't Punk 2004

  Saturday, April 10

  April 8, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  January 15, 2004

• Baring Fangs

  Heavily hyped L.A. punks the Distillers jump to the majors with a highly guarded new album

  December 4, 2003

• Bang Your Head

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

  November 13, 2003

• Peaches

  Fatherfucker (Beggar's Banquet)

  October 16, 2003

• Tough and Well Preserved

  Joan Jett and Pat Benatar team up for a tour

  August 7, 2003

• The Briefs and Fabulous Disaster, with the Kimonos

  Thursday, February 27

  February 27, 2003

• Mag Hags

  What's wrong with the state of music journalism -- and how to fix it

  January 2, 2003

• The Googe

  Saturday, May 18

  May 16, 2002

• Moment in the Sun

  Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay talks about God, Zionism and rock and roll manners

  March 14, 2002

• Normal Al Yankovic

  March 16, 2000

• Just Bitchin'

  7 Year Bitch does it faster and harder

  September 29, 1994

• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, the Smithereens

  April 30, 2009

• He Said She Said: Our Top Ten Girl-Crushes

  Ask any musician: there is something basically and viscerally masculine about the industry itself, and that masculinity can seep into the most feminine of rocker chicks and indie music queens. That swagger, that attitude, that confidence coupled with soft hair, a pair of soft lips and a softly lilting voice can make any girl fall in love with their favorite female musician. It's called a girl crush, and it's all good.​Similar to its kissing cousin, the man-crush, a girl crush isn't so much an

  September 4, 2009