Baroness, "Wanderlust," 2007
In the same way that Houston rarely inspires photos of snow flurries, people tend not to associate heavy metal with the South. But, if you look hard enough, you'll find a rich history of hard music with roots planted firmly in Southern soil.
In the '80s and early '90s, Louisiana produced sludge-metal bands such as Crowbar, Acid Bath and Down. Currently, Austin's retro-metal The Sword is gaining national attention by opening for Metallica, like they and Down did
This week, Hair Balls is examining the many and varied roads Galveston could take to recover from Hurricane Ike. This week's cover story explores the possibility of casino gambling, while an earlier post here discusses Galveston relying on its existing, tried-and-true economic drivers. A third envisions Galveston as the Hong Kong of the Gulf of Mexico, and one from a few weeks back casts Galveston as a commuter rail suburb of Houston. This one looks away to Dixieland -- Savannah, Ga. to be exact
Photo courtesy Anita BumpHouston may not be getting the Super Bowl again for a while, but we've got a shot at the next best thing: home of America's Next Drag Queen Superstar.Self-titled Bayou City Bitch Anita Bump, who performs weekly at the totally-not-gay-bar Rich's, has tossed her boa into the ring for a chance to be on the Logo network's RuPaul's Drag Race. She'll be competing with the likes of Hedda Lettuce, Mimi Imfurst, and Savannah Georgia, for a chance to audition for RuPaul's show. Th
Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com.Each week when we write the Artist of the Week column, we try to work in some way to subtly talk about ourselves. We've gotten pretty good at doing it, too. But if you don't mind, we're gonna go ahead and skip right over tha
