My Bloody Valentine

Smashing Pumpkins at Bayou Music Center, 5/15/2013

Smashing Pumpkins Bayou Music Center May 15, 2013 This is not a Smashing Pumpkins review. Sure, the title of this post hints otherwise, but I assure you -- the Smashing Pumpkins broke up in Chicago, on December 2, 2000. I was there. Props to front man Billy Corgan for trying like hell to keep hi ... More >>

The 30 Best Texas Albums

Ranking the 30 best Texas albums of the past 30 years seemed like an impossible task. We did it anyway.

Last Night: School of Seven Bells at Fitzgerald's

The last time we'd seen New York group School of Seven Bells, in 2009, they packed Chicago's Empty Bottle to the brim. Last night at Fitzgerald's, however, there were far fewer people in attendance (though the band's 10:30pm weeknight set-time couldn't have helped their draw). Furthermore, also inst ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Food Trinity #2: Cheese, Oatcakes, and an Irish Blonde

As a warm-up to St. Patrick's Day, I am going back to my Irish roots and preparing three mini-meals consisting of three Irish items of food and drink. A trinity of trinities, you might say. Some dishes will be more or less authentic than others; all will promote mirth and therefore be in the spirit ... More >>

Last Night: Ringo Deathstarr & Friends At Walter's

Ringo Deathstarr, New York City Queens, Featherface, Olajuwon Walter's February 23, 2012 Ringo Deathstarr drowned Walters in honey-sweet reverberation Thursday, with the volume turned up as if they were playing to a packed venue. The crowd was sparse but mighty, with most of the audience looking an ... More >>

Last Night: The Raveonettes And Tamaryn At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Jim Bricker​The Raveonettes, Tamaryn Fitzgerald's April 13, 2011 Oh man, did any of you go to that Tamaryn show Wednesday night at Fitzgerald's? Yeah, we think that The Raveonettes might have been there as well. First, let's talk Tamaryn. It's a neo shoegaze/dreampop band fronted ... More >>

Ghosts of Washington Avenue

Noise goes whistling through the scenester artery's music venue graveyard.

Album of the Week: St. Vincent's Actor

Not to sound like an American conditioned on the stuff of the patriarchy, but thank God St. Vincent is a woman; to say Annie Clark is a saint among female musicians would be way too obvious. It's a shame that critics feel forced to throw in the caveat 'female' when writing about female musicians (es ... More >>

Totally Fucked Up

Perhaps the best-named band of all time

Adam Franklin

The Return of the Last DJ

Former Lunar Rotation host David Sadof could be back regularly on the FM dial after a seven-year hiatus

Playbill

Music Awards Survey

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

Yawn Darts

Iconic post-rock or drowsy jazz? Tortoise just might be both.

Hot Tunes, Summer in the City

Houston Press Music Awards Showcase 2002

Rotation

Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Jordan Knight, Juno

Rotation

Labor of Love

For Austin's Sixteen Deluxe, fun and hard work are one and the same

Smear Campaign

Blur searches for America's kindly embrace -- just so they can shrug it off

Ever Earnest

Static

Pond Rising