The Clash (Musical Group)

The Vibrators

Get Lit: I Hate New Music: The Classic Rock Manifesto by Dave Thompson

If productivity alone conferred greatness, then flinty rock scribbler Dave Thompson would be the Trollope of pop-culture quick reads. I Hate New Music is the latest of over 100 titles this insta-book wizard has blinked into being. And dig the intro penned by the legendary Richard Meltzer, the Big Ba ... More >>

Turkey Trot

Artists choose the songs that rocked their 2008 worlds

Take Our Shuttle Quiz And See If You're A Space Expert

NASA is back in space, via a dramatic nighttime launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. The mission will expand and repair the International Space Station, and exchange out crew members. NASA has largely dropped from public consciousness -- at least until the "Mars, Bitches!!" program begins -- ... More >>

Get Lit: The Clash by the Clash

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The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium

NASA is back in space, via a dramatic nighttime launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. The mission will expand and repair the International Space Station, and exchange out crew members. NASA has largely dropped from public consciousness -- at least until the "Mars, Bitches!!" program begins -- ... More >>

DVD Review: Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten

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SXSW: Carbon/Silicon, Ting Tings, Santogold, MGMT, The Cribs, White Rabbits, Supersuckers and Robyn

NASA is back in space, via a dramatic nighttime launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. The mission will expand and repair the International Space Station, and exchange out crew members. NASA has largely dropped from public consciousness -- at least until the "Mars, Bitches!!" program begins -- ... More >>

SXSW: Iglu and Hartly, How’s Your News?, Boyz Noize and Hanson

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Local Punks Something Fierce Try to Act Their Age

We Were the Young Americans

Free for All

A brief history of musicians giving it away

Retro Active: A Nuclear Era, But I Have No Fear

A brief history of musicians giving it away

Get Lit: Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer, by Chris Salewicz

A brief history of musicians giving it away

Unknown Legend

Roots renegade Joe Ely never achieved pop stardom, but that's all right by him...sorta

2006 Houston Press Music Awards Supplement

Roots renegade Joe Ely never achieved pop stardom, but that's all right by him...sorta

Shell Game

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything

Oh No! I Left It in My Other Suit!

Gang of Four rematerializes to show the kiddies how it's done

Riot Girl

Kitchen-sink revolutionary M.I.A. has the beats to make you bang

The Voodoo Chile's Slight Return

Greg Ashley resurrects the Mirrors for a summer tour; also: beware of Zipperneck

¿Niño A?

¡No! Café Tacuba is more than the Mexican Radiohead.

MewithoutYou and Make Believe, with Veda

Sunday, June 26, at Mary Jane's Fat Cat, 4216 Washington Avenue, 713-869-5263.

Swede Emotion

Capitalism gives the leftists in the (International) Noise Conspiracy a raw deal

Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza

Here are a bunch of hilarious misheard lyrics. Now send us more.

String Theory

Twinemen get the ball rolling again after the untimely demise of Morphine

Playbill

Twinemen get the ball rolling again after the untimely demise of Morphine

God Save the Scene

Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop

God Save the Scene

Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop

Rotation

Handsome Boy Modeling School, Molotov and Rufus Wainwright

The Libertines

The Libertines (Sanctuary)

Gabba Gabba Henh

The Ramones bopped toward history and an unhappy end

How Long, Oh, Lord, How Long

Another outpost of crap plops onto the Houston dial, as this open letter reveals

Future Shock

Michael Winterbottom paints a plausibly problematic tomorrow in Code 46

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Michael Winterbottom paints a plausibly problematic tomorrow in Code 46

Billy Talent

Tuesday, February 17

Drat!

Racket proposes a rock radio revolution. Clear Channel beats him to the punch.

Pop-Punk Penance

A cool kid seeks heavenly redemption

U.K. Subs

Thursday, November 6

Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow

Southern soul gets the AC/DC treatment in the John Sparrow's cage

Ground Control to Spider One

Your album's dead / Can you hear us, Spider One?

War on War Songs

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Ted Leo

Hearts of Oak (Lookout)

He Ain't Ever Coming Back

Joe Strummer, a titan of the Clash

The Year of Living Dangerously

Cinema 2002 counterbalanced a treacherous world

The Whole Package

Medicine Show is packed with talent, youth, and charm

The American Plague

Thursday, February 7

Pep Rally

Bring It On lacks conflict but earns cheers nonetheless

Ready to Rock?

Supagroup and the Violent Femmes

Burning Down the House

Looking for connection but finding only escape, the principals in This Is Our Youth rail against the cold comfort of the '80s

Highway to Heck

Though Christian on the inside, MxPx is pure punk on the outside

Amplified

Punk: The Same in Any Language