Superchunk

Retro Active: 1987, Here We Come

Streets of Philadelphia

Marah tries and fails to escape comparison to the Boss. Good thing their new album is a classic.

A Month of Mutt

"That small band" Dyn@mutt pursues the weird science of Houston rock

Unbroken Chunk

"That small band" Dyn@mutt pursues the weird science of Houston rock

Rotation

"That small band" Dyn@mutt pursues the weird science of Houston rock

Rotation

"That small band" Dyn@mutt pursues the weird science of Houston rock

Unpromised Land

Jolene strives to make sense of life's punches -- and make a living

Aftermath: Annuals at Walter's On Washington

Photos by Liz Countryman If you could squeeze music from the udders of a cow, pour it a cup, mix in equal parts chocolate sauce and broken up pieces of stained glass stolen from the Vatican, drink it while on the down-slope of a roller-coaster, go home and sit on the back-porch and listen to your gr ... More >>

Modest Chunk

Photos by Liz Countryman If you could squeeze music from the udders of a cow, pour it a cup, mix in equal parts chocolate sauce and broken up pieces of stained glass stolen from the Vatican, drink it while on the down-slope of a roller-coaster, go home and sit on the back-porch and listen to your gr ... More >>

Tired and on a Farewell Tour?

Photos by Liz Countryman If you could squeeze music from the udders of a cow, pour it a cup, mix in equal parts chocolate sauce and broken up pieces of stained glass stolen from the Vatican, drink it while on the down-slope of a roller-coaster, go home and sit on the back-porch and listen to your gr ... More >>

From Boys to Men

Photos by Liz Countryman If you could squeeze music from the udders of a cow, pour it a cup, mix in equal parts chocolate sauce and broken up pieces of stained glass stolen from the Vatican, drink it while on the down-slope of a roller-coaster, go home and sit on the back-porch and listen to your gr ... More >>

Local Rotation

Local Music Reviewed

Reverse Fairy Tale

From Beverly Hills to Omaha with Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis

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

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

John Vanderslice, with Portastatic, Spain Colored Orange

Wednesday, October 26, at Walter's on Washington, 4215 Washington Avenue, 713-864-2727.

Rock Star 101

Panic in Detroit learned to play before they learned to party

Moneen

Saturday, July 19

Soul Mates

Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel enjoy a State of love and trust

Walla Confusion

Death Cab for Cutie sees itself as just a guitar band. You might not agree.

French Connection

Stereolab: The best band you've never understood

Celebrate Good Times, C'mon!

Merge and Matador reach ten years of indie success

Spoon to Engage In Transference at Stubb's SXSW Wednesday

Yes, Houston, they'll be back...​Whenever Rocks Off thinks about Spoon - which, over the past decade, has been quite a bit - the one word that always comes to mind is "punctuation." No other band we can think of consistently crafts songs that are so heavily punctuated, from Britt Daniel's sharp-a ... More >>

We've Got Surfer Blood, The xx and Superchunk for Our SXSW Party This Year, Y'all

Village Voice Media, the Houston Press' daddy company, has announced the line-up for this year's SXSW day party at La Zona Rosa, set for March 19 at noon. The show hasn't disappointed since Rocks Off has been aboard, with 2008 bringing the Black Keys, HEALTH and ...Trail Of Dead and last year the C ... More >>

SXSW News: Adds Include DEATH, Voivod, Neon Indian, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Trae Tha Truth and Chamillionaire & Paul Wall, Together Again

This past week a few Houston musicians began getting their dreaded SXSW rejection notices; most notably we heard that Robert Ellis' entry was not accepted. That's a tough bullet to take, considering how well his band does on Wednesday night at Mango's and the quality of his solo album. Either way E ... More >>

SXSW As It Happens: SXXpress, Kindles, Paradise for Little Girls and Finding Free Food

Photo by Dan OkoRock and roll hall of fame inductee and founder of Sire Records, Seymore Stein, answers questions oustide the "Stories From CBGBs" panel, Friday.​Adam Newton, 12:46 p.m.: I'm at Paradise for Little Girls, a Canadian act making Bauhaus-inspired post-punk. There are three Jewish- ... More >>

SXSW As It Happens: Superchunk - The Superheroes of the Village Voice Media Party

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​A series of texts from Brandon K. Hernsberger, starting at 2:46 p.m.: Lil Wayne bumpin' the speakers. Best opener ever. Who knew Superchunk bumped to Lil Wayne? What a sight. Nobody beats Superchunk. Nobody. Except Pavement. Writers versus photographers. Who wi ... More >>

SXSW Aftermath: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Get In The Groove

South by Scorsese: The festival in a single 6th St. tracking shot. Video by Craig Hlavaty It didn't take long for Aftermath to remember you don't have to look very hard at all for music at SXSW; in fact, we were barely even awake when it happened. After arriving in Austin late, late Thursday night, ... More >>

Further On Up the Road

Excerpts from the Press's copious online coverage of SXSW.

Noise For The Ages: Top Post-Hardcore Guitarists Through the Years

The album that basically made the genre.​While it may not often be recognized by "mainstream listening audiences," post-hardcore is not a dead genre. Though its popularity has often waxed and waned throughout the years since its inception in the mid '80s, there are always great upstart bands k ... More >>