William S. Burroughs

Get Lit: Exile on Main Street: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones, by Robert Greenfield

Step Right Up: The favorite Tom Waits songs of tons of local and national music figures

Cyber Phantom

DJ Spooky is a friendly digital ghost, unless you happen to be Tricky

A Horrible Mind

Unlike John Nash, Spider sees little triumph over schizophrenia

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic ... More >>

A Month of Mutt

"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

Absolutely for Sale

Dear jaded consumer: These two Houston artists are now competing for your attention. They sell ads, they're making a vodka billboard, and their client list includes Budweiser and Target. They call it art, but what advertisers want to know is, will it work

Trouble in Tinseltown

Permanent Midnight parades another too-hip heroin addict

Night & Day

November 5 - 11, 1998

Steak, Wine and Pie at Dharma Cafe

November 5 - 11, 1998

Indie Rock Rediscovers the Motherland

Kinky Afro

DVDs

Cannibal Corpse

Isis

Isis performs Thursday, March 1, at Numbers, 300 Westheimer, 713-526-6551.

Burning the Yule Log

Isis performs Thursday, March 1, at Numbers, 300 Westheimer, 713-526-6551.

Up from the Underworld

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music

Up from the Underworld

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music

A Grand Guy

How Steven Soderbergh kept the Terry Southern tale from turning tragic

Moment in the Sun

Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay talks about God, Zionism and rock and roll manners

Duke of Dissonance

Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay talks about God, Zionism and rock and roll manners

Back to the Beat

Source pays homage to Kerouac and company

Five Clips In Memory of L.A. Punk Documentarian Brendan Mullen

Brendan Mullen, documentarian of the early L.A. punk scene, died this past Monday at the age of 60. From the basement of a porno theater to The Decline of Western Civilization, the Scottish-born implant helped chronicle early American West Coast punk both orally and through the written word, ending ... More >>

Naked Lunch

William Burroughs's writings made for a difficult, though not entirely inaccessible, film

NASA's New Comet Recordings: Worth Sampling Or Not?

nasa.govThe Temple 1 comet as seen by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft​On Valentine's Day, NASA's Stardust was able to get within spitting distance of the comet Temple 1. This was the second visit by our spacecraft after Deep Impact buzzed Temple back in 2005, so it gave scientist their first cha ... More >>

Drain You: The 10 Most Expensive Nirvana Items On eBay

​Today officially marks 20 years, yes two decades, since Nirvana's Nevermind hit stores and started a whole new movement in music, er, well at least brought one further above ground. The past month the music world has been awash in articles and blogs about Nevermind, with the three living arch ... More >>