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The Best Concerts In Houston This Week: Imagine Dragons, fun., etc.

Imagine Dragons House of Blues, February 12 You've seen the name all over, from Blog A to Blog B, and the haircuts should look mighty familiar. This Las Vegas act has a sound in the same vein as Passion Pit and AWOLNATION, two acts with a veritable stranglehold on the rock dollar these days. Their ... More >>

Twitter Fight! LeSean McCoy's Baby Momma Goes Insane

Super Bowl week is off and running, and if it's Super Bowl week it means that there's a chance we could get some NFL-related drama. Back in the day, that drama would be limited to actual shenanigans the night before the game (Barrett Robbins heading to Tijuana, Stanford Jennings getting his drug on, ... More >>

Special Texas Edición: Why do Mexicans Love Ska?

And why are Mexican Indians so poor?

Recipes from the Swanky Casa de Don Julio Event: a Salute to Mexican Independence Day

Slowly but surely, I am making my way around the world via Houston's diverse restaurants and special events. Last week, I was taken on a trip to India by way of Kiran's. A couple of days later, I had the pleasure of being transported to Mexico by way of Casa de Don Julio, a ritzy event put on by Do ... More >>

Santa Muerte: Know Your Narco Saints

The religious iconography of the drug trade.

Know Your Narco Saints: The Religious Iconography of the Drug Trade

Santa Muerte, the newly-popular Grim Reaper-like Mexican folk saint, and subject of this week's cover story, is not the only object of supernatural devotion in the drug trade. Far from it. In fact, she's something of a Johnny-come-lately in Mexican folk religion. For as long as there have been smug ... More >>

Isn't DACA Just a Ruse to Identify and Deport DREAM Act Students?

And why might a Mexican family hate a wealthy Mexi-and-white couple?

Special Best Of Edition: Why Do Mexicans Put Stickers Honoring the Dead on Their Car Windows?

And why do Chicano Studies professors always wear guayaberas?

Hurt Pride and Ethnic Identity

Murder Capital of the World: Documentary on Mexican Drug War & America's Complicity

The documentary Murder Capital of the World debuted in Houston last night at Premier Cinema in Greenspoint Mall. Despite the seemingly over-the-top name, it wasn't a horror flick, but there were several scenes that did manage to horrify the audience. You can't make this shit up. It would be impossi ... More >>

Julieta Venegas

Special Navidad Edition

Cloaked Brutality

The feds bury border patrol abuses of immigrants, but what’s been unearthed reveals a culture of cruelty.

Shock the Junkie

Is ibogaine really an addict cure-all?

Cage Match: Bare Wires Vs. Adam Lambert

Bare Bare Wires' new LP Seeking Love is out now on Castle Face Records.​Ladies and gentlemen, tonight a battle for your musical soul will be waged here in Houston. In this corner, wearing the failure-colored trunks and sporting a haircut worthy of a wedgie, Adam Lambert at the Hobby Center. A ... More >>

The worst of times? Take a hike!

Special Regional Anti-Mexican Slur Edition

Brujeria: Dammit, We Should Have Paid More Attention In Spanish Class

www.myspace.com/brujeriaA rare piece of Brujeria artwork that does not involve a severed head.​ Have you ever noticed how extreme music with vocals in another language sound way more menacing than they do in boring old English? The English version of Rammstein's single "Du Hast" pales compared to ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: "Cheddar" and the Doors

App Your Way Through The Big Easy

​Every modern metropolis needs one. An urban playground within weekend driving distance, that is. Where what happens within the city limits stays within the city limits for all eternity. Well, except for the gift that keeps on giving. But it's not a jaunt of any consequence if you don't re ... More >>

Top 7 Couples' Costumes for Halloween

Halloween is coming, and that means many, many costuming mistakes will be made by normally sane adults. To help stop this scourge, each Thursday we will be offering tips and analysis of what to avoid, or possibly what to do. Check out past entries here, here and here. There's one thing -- or should ... More >>

All Things Mexican!

Aftermath: Archgoat, Blaspherian and Thorn Spawn at Walter's on Washington

Photos by Craig Hlavaty This week has been one of many firsts for Aftermath. Sunday night, we attended our first drunken Tejano show at an icehouse in Pearland while visiting the parents. It was an eye-opening experience, full of balls-out accordion breakdowns and Freddy Fender covers that reminded ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Tremoloco Headed Back Under the Volcano

Doug Sahm is probably up in heaven with a bottle of Big Red in his hand and a huge smile on his face and bending God's ear about Tremoloco. Lonesome, On'ry and Mean has received an early warning that Tremoloco is returning to Under the Volcano July 22, after a 13-month absence. Composed of Los Lobo ... More >>

Mexicans in the Movies

Immigrant vs. Immigrant

Sonidos Y Mas: Mariachi Real de San Diego's Mariachi Classics

Mariachi Real de San Diego Mariachi Classics www.mariachi4u.com/usa/Real_de_San_Diego.htmMariachi music has been present in American culture as long as I can remember - I recall watching old Hollywood films set in Mexico or Southern California, where the inevitable trio would come out for a song o ... More >>

¿Quieres Chingar?

amd other suave ways of getting in her chonis

Striped Donkeys, Hep Pachucos and Defensive Driving

Lightsabers and Tits Don't Quite Hide Soul Calibur IV's Lack of Ideas

A Bit Force-ed

Racism at Work and Tijuana Bibles

Drenched in Blog: Top Five Videos of 2007

Murcof, Cosmos

CD Review

Free Waffle Fries

Free Waffle Fries

Black Lips

Concert preview

The Small Stars

Small Stars perform Friday, February 2, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main Street, 713-529-9899. Scott Biram also performs.

Communication Breakdown

Storytelling gimmicks can't save this vapid, globally conscious puzzle-film

Kickin' K.A.

What Have You Got Against "Hispanic"?

The Mexican replies

Nortec Collective

Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3

Swallow Your Pride

A big dose of dance parties and concerts is coming your way

Ely Guerra

Sweet & Sour, Hot y Spicy (Higher Octave)

Pepper-Spraying José

A "Bubba Mexican" polices the border in Buford Gomez

H-Town Goes Cowtown

It's rodeo time in the city

He Ain't Heavy, He's a Boxer

Lighter fighters keep it real at Reliant

The Fringes of Twang

Calexico and Clem Snide stretch alt-country to the breaking point

Science Made Easy

How to avoid bacteria this summer? Don't eat shit.

Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash

Walk Alone (Ultimatum Music)

Nuevo Voss

Escalante's: south of the border, west of the Loop, high on profile and middling on menu... so far