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The Who (Musical Group)

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Lost Tuneage: Sweet (Formerly The Sweet)

    wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_(band)Who 'Dat? From the land of England in 1968 came a band called The Sweetshop, featuring singer Brian Connolly, bassist Steve Priest, drummer Mick Tucker and guitarist Frank Torpey slogging it out on the pub circuit. By 1970, Andy Scott had replaced Torpey, and the band ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2009

    Spain Colored Orange

    Gilbert Alfaro and Eric Jackson sound off.

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    (Another) Local Album of the Week: Spain Colored Orange's Sneaky Like a Villain

    Spain Colored Orange Sneaky Like a Villain www.myspace.com/spaincolouredorange Thanks to differences with Spain Colored Orange's former label Lucid Records, the songs on the local psych-pop quintet's brand-new disc Sneaky Like a Villain are already old hat to the band members. For the rest of u ... More >>

  • Music

    February 19, 2009

    The Born Liars Set Sail

    Spain Colored Orange Sneaky Like a Villain www.myspace.com/spaincolouredorange Thanks to differences with Spain Colored Orange's former label Lucid Records, the songs on the local psych-pop quintet's brand-new disc Sneaky Like a Villain are already old hat to the band members. For the rest of u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Thrift Store Cowboy: The Move

    The best thing about digging around thrift-store CD bins is discovering someone else's cast-offs. The records that people got sick of, or had absolutely no regard for how awesome it could be. Months back, a wife seemingly threw out her husband's entire punk-rock collection during rout ... More >>

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Richie Havens, Still Looking Forward

    The Old Balladeer

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Classic Rock Corner: Blues/Soul/R&B In Memoriam 2008

    Ah, that nasty Grim Reaper took a lot of great musicians this year, and his scythe cut a wide swath across all genres, including many heavyweights in the blues and R&B world. The greatest loss comes in the form of someone who was a man, a song, and a beat all in one... Bo Diddley, singer-songw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Classic Rock Corner: The Greatest Band Logos of All Time, Part 1

    Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gr ... More >>

  • Music

    December 4, 2008

    Texas Music on Sirius/XM's Outlaw Country

    Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gr ... More >>

  • Music

    November 27, 2008

    Noise's Handy Holiday Local-Music Gift Guide

    Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2008

    Aftermath: Tina Turner at Toyota Center

    Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gr ... More >>

  • Music

    September 25, 2008

    The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium

    Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Five Spot: Jack White, The Edge, Jimmy Page and the Mediocrity of Your Life

    Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gr ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 4, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Baby with the Bathwater, Electile Dysfunction, In the Middle of the Ocean

    Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gr ... More >>

  • Music

    August 28, 2008

    Who Stole the Roll?

    Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gr ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 28, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Always...Patsy Cline, Baby with the Bathwater, Electile Dysfunction, In the Middle of the Ocean, Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming

    Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gr ... More >>

  • Music

    August 21, 2008

    Judas Priest's Screaming Seer Rob Halford

    Master of Metal

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2008

    Last Night: Van Halen at Toyota Center

    Master of Metal

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    The TSU Toronadoes

    The twisted history of "Tighten Up"

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    Last Night: Melt-Banana with Dizzy Pilot and Cop Warmth at Walter’s

    The twisted history of "Tighten Up"

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2007

    We’re Getting the Band Back Together! Or Should We?

    The twisted history of "Tighten Up"

  • Music

    September 21, 2006

    Jet Stream

    Chris Cester on Jet's new CD, Shine On

  • Music

    June 15, 2006

    Are They the New Beatles?

    Nope. But the Arctic Monkeys might be the next Who

  • News

    March 23, 2006

    Letter to the Editor

    Nope. But the Arctic Monkeys might be the next Who

  • Music

    December 8, 2005

    Sisters Are Punking It for Themselves

    Mel Hell and Alice Sin lead the charge of the misfit boy-toys

  • Music

    July 28, 2005

    Pop Songwriter Night, with Arthur Yoria, Tody Castillo and Lanky

    Thursday, July 28, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

  • Music

    April 21, 2005

    Link Wray

    Monday, April 25, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899.

  • Music

    February 10, 2005

    Rock Radio (and Rock Romano) Redux

    Bo knows good rock when he sees it. Do Houston radio programmers?

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    Take the Skinheads Bowling All Over Again

    Camper Van Beethoven hates this part of Texas. Just kidding, maybe...

  • Music

    December 16, 2004

    Rotation

    Camper Van Beethoven hates this part of Texas. Just kidding, maybe...

  • Music

    October 21, 2004

    Divide and Convolute

    The Fiery Furnaces' Blueberry Boat has indie rockers confused: Are the brother and sister hacks, geniuses or somehow both?

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Band

    The Fiery Furnaces' Blueberry Boat has indie rockers confused: Are the brother and sister hacks, geniuses or somehow both?

  • Music

    August 5, 2004

    Playbill

    The Fiery Furnaces' Blueberry Boat has indie rockers confused: Are the brother and sister hacks, geniuses or somehow both?

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Letters

    The Fiery Furnaces' Blueberry Boat has indie rockers confused: Are the brother and sister hacks, geniuses or somehow both?

  • Music

    June 17, 2004

    Hallelujah, I Just Loved Him So

    RIP, Brother Ray

  • Music

    May 13, 2004

    Rock and Roll Never Forgets

    Classic rock finds a new generation of fans and keeps on keepin' on into the new millennium

  • Music

    May 6, 2004

    Hang the Airwaves

    Danseparc, Substance and Stereo Bar reinvent the steel wheels

  • Music

    March 18, 2004

    NYC Re-Nu-al

    The Strokes started it, but now stellastarr* and other artsier bands are washing their own scum off the streets

  • Music

    February 12, 2004

    Jet

    Get Born (Elektra)

  • Music

    November 20, 2003

    Neil Young & Crazy Horse

    Greendale (Warner Bros.)

  • Music

    November 6, 2003

    Tennessee Tornadoes

    Preachers' kids Kings of Leon want none of the sounds-like name game

  • Music

    September 11, 2003

    Angry Young Men

    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club takes on a lot of targets with its second album

  • Calendar

    June 5, 2003

    Crash Course on Cuba

    A one-night film fest at the Shrine bookstore

  • Music

    January 9, 2003

    He Ain't Ever Coming Back

    Joe Strummer, a titan of the Clash

  • Film

    November 28, 2002

    What Was Going On

    At long last, the spotlight replaces the Shadows that obscured the Funk Brothers

  • Music

    November 7, 2002

    Ironing Out the Kinks

    Infernal Bridegroom Productions resurrects Ray Davies' A Soap Opera after 27 years in rock limbo

  • Music

    March 14, 2002

    Joey Ramone

    Don't Worry About Me (Sanctuary Records)

  • Film

    September 14, 2000

    People Try to Put Us Down...

    Almost Famous talks about its g-g-generation -- of misguided rock and roll fans

  • Music

    September 14, 2000

    Jailhouse Rock

    Clifford Antone looks to diva Barbara Lynn and others to help him regain some R-E-S-P-E-C-T

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