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2012 Summer Guide: It's a Scorcher

A summer concert season to melt your face off.

Gothic Council vs. Marilyn Manson

I was in high school when Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar came out, and yeah, I played it until everyone around me begged me to stop. Though I've grown to appreciate deeper and better artists, Mr. Warner has always had a place in my heart for introducing me to a darker world. I still think he ... More >>

Long Live the Party

Andrew W.K. still gets wet.

They Don't Have Tacos In the Suck, Part 3

This is Part 3 of a four-part series: They Don't Have Tacos In the Suck, which chronicles an afternoon taco truck crawl with my best friend from college, an Air Force EOD sergeant whom I hadn't seen in 10 years. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. "Let's get a palate cleanser," I told Ryan as we pull ... More >>

Gothic Council Trims the DJ's Set List

Every goth has a song that is a club staple that they simply cannot stand. We don't know if it's some type of gothic hipsteritis, or if we just all have that breaking point that a DJ insists on poking until it crumbles, but there it is. Case in point, we cannot freakin' stand "Warm Leatherette" by ... More >>

Upcoming: Dropkick Murphys, Glen Campbell, Il Divo, Red Fang, Dax Riggs

"The 15th Annual Townes Van Zandt Wake": Sun., Jan. 1. Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe (413 20th St., Galveston), 413 20th St., Galveston, Galveston. Adrian Bourgeois, Street Violence, Art Institute: Tue., Dec. 13. Super Happy Fun Land, 3801 Polk, Houston. Band Of Skulls: Fri., March 16. Fitzgerald's, 2 ... More >>

Amerika: Rammstein Finally Hitting Houston In 2012

Yes, those are fireworks, Beavis. ​Popular German industrial group Rammstein hits Houston on May 25, 2012 for a date at the Toyota Center. This will be the band's first Houston date since their formation, but they have played sporadic dates at points elsewhere in Texas over the years. This is a ... More >>

The Five Worst Music Movies Ever*

* That aren't actual musicals *eye roll*​It would be easy to pick out a bunch of terrible musicals to make fun of. First off, most musicals seem stuck in the 1930s, when every song everywhere sounded like a show tune, and therefore stank. Second, we're afraid of polarizing our audience. You ... More >>

I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing: 5 Songs About Coca-Cola

​It's hot outside, folks. We're starting to think the Aztecs were onto something, and if we could find a virgin and a sharp knife we might see if a little human sacrifice would appease the hateful sun god. Until then, we'll have to settle for staying indoors and drinking many tall glasses of f ... More >>

Duran Duran Through the Eyes of David Lynch

​Better start off by telling you that Duran Duran is huge in the House With One F. The wife has an immense collection of rare singles on vinyl and CD, and bassist John Taylor is referred to only as "Happy Birthday Sweetheart" after wishing her just that when they met at the Four Seasons in Aus ... More >>

GWAR Singer Vows To Swap Sex For Votes

Marc BrubakerGWAR at Fun Fun Fun Fest, Waterloo Park, Austin, November 2010​What do you do when your band is up for a prestigious award against the likes of Rammstein, Iron Maiden and Megadeth? If you're GWAR front "man" Oderus Urungus, you promise to get up close and personal (very personal) ... More >>

Korn Was Not A F**king Emo Show At Sold-Out Verizon

Photos by Matthew Keever​ Seventeen years after its inception, Korn still managed to sell out the Verizon Wireless Theater on Sunday night for the 2010 Jagermeister Music Tour. Most bands could only dream of continuing to sell-out venues for two decades, but a look at Korn's fan base, which ranges ... More >>

Brujeria: Dammit, We Should Have Paid More Attention In Spanish Class

www.myspace.com/brujeriaA rare piece of Brujeria artwork that does not involve a severed head.​ Have you ever noticed how extreme music with vocals in another language sound way more menacing than they do in boring old English? The English version of Rammstein's single "Du Hast" pales compared to ... More >>

Nothing's Wrong

Scott H. Biram cuts back on the craziness...just not in his music.

Tonight: Tokio Hotel at Verizon Wireless Theater

Scott H. Biram cuts back on the craziness...just not in his music.

Meow Mixed

Catwoman prompts both purrs and hisses

Iron Men

Recent releases document the Maiden voyage

Thunderbald

Bond is reincarnated -- sort of -- as a shaved-head punk in xXx

Steve Steele

InfraRed IntroSpective (Self-distributed)

He Be Jammin'

Soulfly's Max Cavalera draws inspiration from a most unlikely source: Bob Marley

Kontroversy

Korn ignores critics of its heavy metal attitude