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Tonight: Justin Townes Earle at McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Honky-tonk blues youngun Justin Townes Earle, 26, hits McGonigel's Mucky Duck tonight. Rocks Off called him up last week to ask about last year's first round of tours behind debut release The Good Life, his early hip-hop influences, his new record and how he'll handle a venue with no room to dance ... More >>

Really Super

Honky-tonk blues youngun Justin Townes Earle, 26, hits McGonigel's Mucky Duck tonight. Rocks Off called him up last week to ask about last year's first round of tours behind debut release The Good Life, his early hip-hop influences, his new record and how he'll handle a venue with no room to dance ... More >>

Squeezebox Serenade

Honky-tonk blues youngun Justin Townes Earle, 26, hits McGonigel's Mucky Duck tonight. Rocks Off called him up last week to ask about last year's first round of tours behind debut release The Good Life, his early hip-hop influences, his new record and how he'll handle a venue with no room to dance ... More >>

Hot Plate

Honky-tonk blues youngun Justin Townes Earle, 26, hits McGonigel's Mucky Duck tonight. Rocks Off called him up last week to ask about last year's first round of tours behind debut release The Good Life, his early hip-hop influences, his new record and how he'll handle a venue with no room to dance ... More >>

Tonight: California Guitar Trio at McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Simone Cechetti/ cgtrio.comCreated in 1991 after taking part in Robert Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists, the trio formed by Paul Richards, Bert Lams and Hideyo Moriya forms a rare musical partnership that reaches across various genres without any form of prejudice. During the trio's live se ... More >>

Night & Day

July 30 - August 5, 1998

Swing and Smirk

July 30 - August 5, 1998

Stargazing

Star Pizza

Best Pizzeria

Star Pizza

Larry D. Thomas

The Texas poet laureate makes his first appearance of 2008 at the First Friday series

Deconstructing Joe

Star Pizza

The Gougers

Texas twang meets indie rock

Hamilton Loomis

Don’t miss the chance to see a premiere blues guitarist in a small setting

Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar Has an Open-Mike Night That Doesn't Suck?

Don’t miss the chance to see a premiere blues guitarist in a small setting

Last Concert Café

Hippie wolves haunt and howl at the former whorehouse

Brett Mouton

A local singer/songwriter records a live CD

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

You won’t find any green beer at this St. Paddy’s party

Graham Weber

Settling in Austin by way of Los Angeles and a broken heart, this singer/songwriter is making a name for himself in Americana circles

Asylum Street Spankers

Austin’s vaudevillian country and blues rockers

Noise for Toys

Mucky Duck does it for Christmas

Red Elvises

They’re a novelty — or are they?

Tonight: Gurf Morlix at Cactus Music and McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Gurf Morlix treks into town today for the official Houston release of his new LP Last Exit To Happyland. Whether the former Houstonian and Blaze Foley roommate is working on loping rockers or folksy Americana, Morlix is a master of tone and mood, squeezing maximum subtlety out of a few well-chos ... More >>

Green Day

Gurf Morlix treks into town today for the official Houston release of his new LP Last Exit To Happyland. Whether the former Houstonian and Blaze Foley roommate is working on loping rockers or folksy Americana, Morlix is a master of tone and mood, squeezing maximum subtlety out of a few well-chos ... More >>

Born to Bruise

Jolie Holland takes it to the river

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Jolie Holland takes it to the river

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Jolie Holland takes it to the river

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Jolie Holland takes it to the river

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Jolie Holland takes it to the river

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Jolie Holland takes it to the river

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U.S. Maple, G.W.A.R., Citizen Cope, AM60 and Radney Foster

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U.S. Maple, G.W.A.R., Citizen Cope, AM60 and Radney Foster

The Joy of Cooking

Las Nuevas Tamaleras is a corny kitchen comedy

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Las Nuevas Tamaleras is a corny kitchen comedy

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Las Nuevas Tamaleras is a corny kitchen comedy

Brutal Bronx

More than three decades after Indian, not much has changed

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More than three decades after Indian, not much has changed

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More than three decades after Indian, not much has changed

Those Bastards!

Johnny Cash's legacy lives on

Caribbean Cabaret

Lose yourself under the tiki lights

Harebrained

McGonigel's Mucky Duck

MP3 of the Day: Pickin' Party at McGonigel's Mucky Duck

​ Tonight's installment of the Mucky Duck's monthly Songwriters in the Round series might as well be co-sponsored by Under the Volcano. Taking the stools will be recent Houston transplant Mike Stinson and Lance Smith, who put on a graduate-level seminar in honky-tonk history and current events las ... More >>

Magpies Swoop Into Mucky Duck Sunday

myspace.com/magpiesrock​ One of Lonesome, Onry and Mean's favorite roots-rock bands returns to Houston Sunday to play the Mucky Duck. Cleveland's hard-traveling Magpies fall somewhere in that sweet zone between Tom Petty and the Gourds, meaning they rock it hard but with plenty of twang. With its ... More >>

Mucky Duck Marks 20th Anniversary Tonight

​McGonigel's Mucky Duck, called by USA Today one of the top listening rooms in America, celebrates its 20th anniversary this evening. Originally leased but now owned by proprietors Theresa and Rusty Andrews, the operation has grown from a shoestring-budgeted enterprise to become one of Houston's m ... More >>

Boxing Day at Mucky Duck

​McGonigel's Mucky Duck, called by USA Today one of the top listening rooms in America, celebrates its 20th anniversary this evening. Originally leased but now owned by proprietors Theresa and Rusty Andrews, the operation has grown from a shoestring-budgeted enterprise to become one of Houston's m ... More >>

Assumption Junction

Don't jump to conclusions about Bar Retro.

The Sex Offenders In Five Ritzy Houston Zip Codes

If you live in the Houston area, chances are good there's a sex offender living nearby. That's no matter how well-off your zip code is. The Department of Public Safety's sex offender registry allows you to look up sex offenders by zip code; we chose some of the best neighborhoods in town and took ... More >>

Lexus, Meet Wet Concrete: How Not to Park Your Car

​This photo and other, fuzzier ones have gone up on Reddit of a Lexus whose driver made an operator error today on Norfolk near Kirby. The orange cones are there for a reason, people.