Mission of Burma

Last Night: Nightfly Goes to the Music Awards

Give Us a Hand

Pop Numerology: How High Can You Go?

RIP Ron Asheton

The Stooges, "No Fun" Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton, whose MC5-inspired gutter blues effectively laid the foundation for punk rock guitar, was found dead this morning in his Ann Arbor, Michigan, home, the Ann Arbor News reported. Asheton's personal assistant contacted Ann Arbor police after not he ... More >>

Personality Crisis

The New York Dolls aren't too long in the tooth to sing "Jet Boy."

Flannel File: The Descendents

One hot morning in August of 1997, my little brother and I hopped on MARTA (Mom wouldn't let me use the car) and moseyed on down to the Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta for the third-ever Warped Tour. Should the writer of a column about experimental music be ashamed of having gone to the Warped Tour ... More >>

Music to Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil

One hot morning in August of 1997, my little brother and I hopped on MARTA (Mom wouldn't let me use the car) and moseyed on down to the Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta for the third-ever Warped Tour. Should the writer of a column about experimental music be ashamed of having gone to the Warped Tour ... More >>

2008 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase

A preview of the 60 bands and five DJs that are taking over downtown this weekend

Jennifer "Miss Pop Rocks" Mathieu's Matagorda Island Discs

A preview of the 60 bands and five DJs that are taking over downtown this weekend

Hootenanny

A preview of the 60 bands and five DJs that are taking over downtown this weekend

Meat Puppets, Rise to Your Knees

CD Review

Ten Years After — the 1997 Houston Press Music Awards

Where are the bands and nominees today?

It's "Anarchy" at the Meridian

Where are the bands and nominees today?

The Death Set

The Death Set perform Saturday, June 30, at Boondocks, 1417 Westheimer, #2, 713-522-8500. Ponytails also performs.

Where You Been?

Alt-rock pioneers Dinosaur Jr. return to the freak scene as seniors

Playbill

Alt-rock pioneers Dinosaur Jr. return to the freak scene as seniors

Remaking the Band

Will the Pixies 2.0 thrive like Mission of Burma, or stumble like Urge Overkill?

NYC Re-Nu-al

The Strokes started it, but now stellastarr* and other artsier bands are washing their own scum off the streets

Shakin' That Smart Ass

DJ /rupture's bombastic genre pastiche is incredibly cerebral, not to mention surprisingly fun to dance to

Start the Guessing Now: Which Fun Fun Fun Fest Artists Will Also Play the Next Block Party?

​ Fun Fun Fun Fest, the scuzzier, noisier cousin to the Austin City Limits Music Festival, announced its lineup this afternoon. Held November 7 and 8 in Austin's Waterloo Park, FFFF is up to 91 artists this year, everyone from rappers the GZA, the Pharcyde and the Cool Kids to electronic/dance act ... More >>

Aftermath: Our Ten Favorite Performances at Fun Fun Fun Fest

Photos by Marc Brubaker/ Click here for slideshows from Day 1 and Day 2Times New Viking​ If there's anything that Aftermath truly loves about music (outside of watching talented people create outstanding art), it's the innate propensity the medium possesses to bring people together. There is somet ... More >>

Something Fierce Rolls Out Don't Be So Cruel

​Tomorrow night at Mango's, Something Fierce releases their new LP, Don't Be So Cruel, their follow-up to 2009 full-length There Are No Answers, and the band's first release since last year's 7" "Where You Goin Man." The trio of Steven Garcia, Niki Sevven, and Andrew Keith has made one of the ... More >>