Subject: Pixies

• Live Shots: Kings of Leon

  May 14, 2007

• Retro Active: 1987, Here We Come

  August 2, 2007

• Give Us a Hand

  October 9, 2007

• Rotation

  January 9, 1997

• Hail to the '80s

  A rash of new compilations makes a case for the Me Decade's place in rock history

  December 11, 1997

• Sad Like Crazy

  Love Songs to Death (Ojet)

  August 2, 2001

• Aftermath: Kings of Leon at Verizon Wireless Theater

  October 29, 2008

• Tomorrow Night: The Paper Chase at Walter's on Washington

  Much like their associates in Houston's own Bring Back the Guns, the Paper Chase (a.k.a. the pAper chAse) combine the infectious weirdness of the Pixies with the wry self-consciousness of the Dismemberment Plan and the menace of Drive Like Jehu. The Dallas quartet is led by acclaimed independent producer John Congleton - among his clients is Explosions in the Sky, who selected PC to perform at All Tomorrow's Parties UK earlier this year - and they make producer's records. If J. Robbins

  December 5, 2008

• Things That Make Us Feel Old: The Year 1989

  "Hey Ladies" As another year begins, record labels start unleashing commemorative editions of classic albums to take advantage of anniversaries of release dates and more importantly, yo' money. We already got wind of the impending Pearl Jam reissues a few weeks back. Now we get word that the Beastie Boys polished up their sampling-as-art opus Paul's Boutique for re-release on January 27. The new edition of the 1989 classic was lovingly remastered by the Beasties, and will include expanded artw

  January 8, 2009

• Mom Muse

  March 30, 1995

• Tailless and Grotesque

  June 29, 1995

• Back in Black

  January 14, 1999

• Pixies Founder To Develop A Musical In Houston

  Photo by Free-ersHey...There's news for Houston fans of the Pixies: The heart of the band, Frank Black (going by his name Charles Thompson), is going to be working with the Catastrophic Theatre to produce a "musical play" based on his album Bluefinger. (Which was released under the name Black Francis, but we're tired of trying to keep up with it all.) Bluefinger studies the life of Herman Brood, a controversial Dutch artist who committed suicide in 2001. The new production will feature so

  March 12, 2009

• Working With A God: How That New Musical By Pixies' Frontman Came About

  Photo by Keith PlocekWe told you yesterday about how Pixies founder Black Francis is collaborating with Houston's Catastrophic Theatre on a new musical play. Now we have the details of how the seemingly improbable event came about.Jason Nodler, formerly of Infernal Bridegroom but now the heart (or, at least, one of them) of Catastrophic, is a hard-core Pixies fan. "Working with Black Francis is, to me, one step removed from working with Bob Dylan," he says. "It turns out he's an incredibly graci

  March 13, 2009

• Working With A God: How That New Musical By Pixies' Frontman Came About

  Photo by Keith PlocekWe told you yesterday about how Pixies founder Black Francis is collaborating with Houston's Catastrophic Theatre on a new musical play. Now we have the details of how the seemingly improbable event came about.Jason Nodler, formerly of Infernal Bridegroom but now the heart (or, at least, one of them) of Catastrophic, is a hard-core Pixies fan. "Working with Black Francis is, to me, one step removed from working with Bob Dylan," he says. "It turns out he's an incredibly grac

  March 13, 2009

• Michael Berry vs. Bill White

  Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  March 26, 2009

• Totimoshi: Milagrosa

  August 7, 2008

• The Deal sisters bring back the Breeders

  Role Playing

  May 1, 2008

• Local Motion at Sound Exchange

  February 28, 2008

• The Service Industry

  Limited Coverage

  February 14, 2008

• Tired of the Hype, But That's All There Is

  Next month, Houston gets to be a cool kid. But only for a week.

  February 14, 2008

• Black Math Experiment, La Sed, MK Ultra

  October 11, 2007

• Local Motion

  September 13, 2007

• M.I.A.

  Kala

  September 13, 2007

• KENNEALLY'S IRISH PUB

  Irish Coffee

  April 19, 2007

• Waking Ashland

  The Well

  April 19, 2007

• Jay Reatard

  Blood Visions

  January 4, 2007

• Nirvana

  Nirvana: In Utero -- A Classic Album Under Review

  November 23, 2006

• Our top DVD picks for the week of November 9

  November 9, 2006

• Frank Black

  Frank Black appears Wednesday, October 11, at the Meridian, 1503 Chartres. Call 713-225-1717 for more info.

  October 5, 2006

• Frank Black

  Fast Man Raider Man

  June 22, 2006

• Partners in Rime

  People Under the Stairs fix the leak

  May 25, 2006

• The Tipsy Clover

  Closer

  May 4, 2006

• The Sounds, with Morningwood

  Monday, April 3, Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483

  March 30, 2006

• Where You Been?

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

  March 30, 2006

• Morningwood

  Morningwood

  January 26, 2006

• Another Look at a Legend

  October 6, 2005

• Oasis

  Don't Believe the Truth

  June 23, 2005

• Trend-Spotting

  In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote

  December 23, 2004

• Trend-Spotting

  In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote

  December 23, 2004

• The Thermals

  Fuckin A (Sub Pop)

  June 3, 2004

• Remaking the Band

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

  May 27, 2004

• People-Watchin'

  The Westheimer Street Fest returns to its rightful home

  June 26, 2003

• The Pixies

  Pixies (Spinart)

  July 25, 2002

• Flogging Molly

  Friday, March 29

  March 28, 2002

• Rotation

  August 25, 1994

• MUGSY'S JUICE BOX

  July 9, 2009

• Stirred and Shaken: Mugsy's Juice Box

  Photo by Troy FieldsThe new Mugsy's (2239 Richmond, 713-522-7118) is in the building formerly occupied by LZ Pub (RIP). If I had a dime for every night I spent posted up at the corner of the bar at LZ's, I'd have a shitload of dimes. Circa 2002-2003, no weekend bender was complete without at least one stop there for a Big Timer and a few Pixies tunes on the jukebox. But the times they are a-changin', and the dependable crew from the old Mugsy's on Kirby now resides in the space. Some remodeling

  July 8, 2009

• Kings of Leon Update: OK, Maybe Only By the Night Is a Pretty Decent Record

  ​Rocks Off is back with one final update on our continuing quest to understand/appreciate/give a damn about Kings of Leon before the Tennessee family quartet - sort of like the Statler Brothers with more Penicillin prescriptions - takes the stage at Toyota Center tonight. Doors are at 7, and don't miss opener White Lies. We just finished listening to their latest two albums, and totally stand by what we thought about Because of the Times the first (and only) time we heard it when it showed up

  October 6, 2009

• Oregon Trail

  October 22, 2009