Jon Spencer

Playbill: Quintron and Miss Pussycat

Don't Be So Literal

Ironic, heady, elusive, instinctual, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion embraces all its contradictions

Hiatt Regency

Spend a few stolen moments in the grand hotel of songwriters -- a perfectly good performer lives there too. Plus: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Ray Stevens Lives!!!

Todd Snider's novelty tunes will tickle your jaded fancy

Critic's Choice

Appalachia Calling

Wild Man Blues

Hasil Adkins drinks too much, screws too much and rocks too much

Rotation

Hasil Adkins drinks too much, screws too much and rocks too much

Overlooked in '05

Ten great discs that were underserved by the media but are more than worthy

Underwater Dance Club, For Reals

New Orleans husband-and-wife duo Quintron & Miss Pussycat cheat death and struggle to keep their freak scene from going under

Warped Minds

A day at punk rock's biggest summer tour takes more than just stamina

Playin' Possum

An elderly gang of seedy Mississippi bluesmen anchors Fat Possum Records and the label's documentary

The Black Godfather

The wit and wisdom of Andre Williams

Wigged Gigs

A selection of some of the wildest, weirdest, and most dangerous bands and shows in Houston history

Roll Over, Eric Clapton. And Tell Stevie Ray the News.

The blues is back -- rawer and louder (and punker) than ever

Blues Power

Now matter how slickly you package him, R.L. Burnside still exudes raw intensity

Blues Brothers

When not exploding with Jon Spencer, Judah Bauer testifies with kin as 20 Miles

New Blues

Alternative rock robs pop's cradle

Never Mind Twilight, Here Are the Best Werewolf and Vampire Music Videos

​ Werewolves and vampires have been at each others' throats long before Twilight: New Moon (opening tomorrow) had them making pouty duck-faces at one another. Thankfully, the tradition of the vampire and the werewolf in the art of the music video is a much richer one than the antics of the crybaby ... More >>

A Musical History Of The Color Green

​It's St. Patrick's Day, and as many of you have discovered, it is the only day out of the year when our normally free and enlightened society requires you to wear a certain color lest sudden and shocking violence be inflicted upon you. Every year on March 17, pinch-related emergency room visi ... More >>