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Dust Off Your Flannel

Does the looming '90s revival presage a Nirvana-style breakthrough?

Friday Night: The English Beat & the Romantics at Fitzgerald's

The English Beat, The Romantics Fitzgerald's June 15, 2012 I've often wondered if people who experienced the '80s in adulthood had as much fun as the music still makes it sound today. Probably not, but try coming of age on the cusp of the '90s and all these rain-clouded Seattle bands pissing all ov ... More >>

Gimme Some Truth: What Happens When Rabid Fans & Bands Meet

​We have all been there. You may have had a few drinks, you are at your favorite band's show, and you come to find yourself in the vicinity of one of your heroes. Word vomit. Torrential word vomit. But you mean well. "I really think youse guys is great and your albums really means a lots to ... More >>

Peter, Bjorn & John Giving Away Free Food At 4 p.m.

PB&J: Live from the ribeye.​If there's anything Houston is known for more than live music, it's food trucks. So leave it to Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn & John to combine the two. What else would you expect from a band named after a popular sandwich? Seriously, it's hard to find decent food on t ... More >>

A Scorching Playlist For This Massive Heat Wave

Oh God... Will it ever end?​This morning a childhood friend of Rocks Off's who happens to be moving back to Houston texted us to say "64 degrees as I leave LA this morning. Better relish this moment 'cause I won't be experiencing this again for a while." To which we replied "Fuck no you won't ... More >>

Will The Real Fun Fun Fun Fest Lineup Please Stand Up?

Marc BrubakerMetallagher at Fun Fun Fest 2009​Lots of late-night intrigue in the Twitterverse, as anticipation for the announcement of the lineup for Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 builds to a boil. Late Wednesday, Austin blog Party Ends published a list including Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance, Ga ... More >>

Aftermath: Dinosaur Jr., Built to Spill and a Whole Lotta Gear at Warehouse Live

Photos by Jody Perry​ Fans in the crowd at Warehouse Live's Dinosaur Jr. show Friday night should have known what was in store for them when J Mascis' roadies began setting up his equipment. Six amps for a single guitar player. If you thought the show was loud, imaging standing three feet in front ... More >>

Doesn't It Make You Feel Better: Songs About Swine

[Update: Now with the Loco Gringos' "Nurture My Pig" and Houston's own Flying Fish Sailors' "Flu Pandemic."] April is almost over and we're coming into Sweeps Week, when commercial sponsors look at TV ratings to decide where they're going to advertise, and you know what that means: time for another ... More >>

Tonight: Women at Rudyard's

Women Women www.flemisheye.com Allegedly recorded on boomboxes, gathering in garage pop, tape loops, lo-fi folk and chiming math-rock, the eponymous debut from Calgary quartet Women is an unpredictable and untotalizable mess. Casual listeners drawn in by minor blog hit "Black Rice" will find ... More >>

Tapes 'N' Tapes: A Cassette-Only Label?

Yesterday, Bright Men of Learning (right) guitarist and solo performer Ben Murphy (far left), known to everyone on the Hands Up Houston message board as "bdm," announced his intention to start a cassette-only label whose first release would be a tribute tape to pacesetting '90s indie-rockers ... More >>

My Music Tastes Suck Now and I Couldn’t Care Less

Free for All

A brief history of musicians giving it away

Live Shots: Sebadoh

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Sebadoh performs Friday, April 13, at Walter's on Washington, 4215 Washington, 713-862-2513. The Bent Mustache also perform.

Guitar-Shredding on the High Seas

Built to Spill and the Decemberists offer alternate takes on alt-rock

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Marrying the Mainstream

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records

Marrying the Mainstream

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records

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Highway Stars

After 15 years of ups and downs, Swell is on the rise again

No Haters Here

OrchestraX plays for peace

Prolific Pop

Guided By Voices does things assembly-line style

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New Releases Reviewed

Confessional Confections

Sebadoh keeps it real -- with pop intent

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All-Terrain Vehicle

Rock, country, punk, pop: Freewheeling Old 97's don't discriminate

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Lo-fi, High Expectations

Will Sebadoh end up ruling the DIY world it helped create?

Think Hard

Celindine is bent on a musical formula that takes everything, and nothing, for granted

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Static

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Sound Check

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Ecstatic Static

Guided By Voices' low-fi revelations

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End Game

This is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, not with a bang but a ... year-end roundup