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Yep Roc Records

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    May 3, 2012

    Nick Lowe Tries to Recapture That Old Magic

    Artist was once the Jesus of cool

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    August 4, 2011

    Rev. Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy

    Artist was once the Jesus of cool

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    July 14, 2011

    Half a Paycheck

    Dave Alvin is an inveterate troubadour and staunch advocate for Houston's blues history.

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    March 10, 2011

    The Fleshtones, Ivan Julian

    Dave Alvin is an inveterate troubadour and staunch advocate for Houston's blues history.

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    July 29, 2010

    Million Miles Away

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    June 3, 2010

    Reverend Horton Heat, Cracker, Legendary Shack Shakers

    Plimsouls rocker Peter Case bounces back from heart ­surgery.

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    A New Peggy Sue To Make Buddy Holly Proud

    ​Only weeks after being blown away by British power folkies Mumford and Sons, Lonesome, Onry and Mean got another pleasant shock from Yep Roc Records' latest artist, Peggy Sue. Their new album Fossils and Other Phantoms has been in continuous rotation for a week now and we aren't tiring of it yet. ... More >>

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    February 18, 2010

    No Longer Bulletproof

    Reckless Kelly look to an old Idaho mentor on new album Somewhere in Time.

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    February 12, 2010

    Roots-Rocker Chuck Prophet Heads Under the Volcano For St. Patrick's Day

    myspace.com/chuckprophetofficialAlejandro Escovedo and Chuck Prophet​Chuck Prophet won't be skipping Houston on his upcoming tour as he makes his way toward Austin and South By Southwest. Under the Volcano announced yesterday that Prophet will play there Wednesday, March 17. The Bissonnet bar has ... More >>

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    December 15, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: A Christmas Album That Doesn't Suck

    It's no secret that Lonesome Onry and Mean usually thinks of Christmas music at about the same moment the concept of suicide pops into our head. But a few days ago we were pleasantly surprised to receive a Christmas album that actually doesn't suck. Along with 2002's excellent 'Tis The Season for L ... More >>

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    October 13, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: Chuck Prophet's ¡Let Freedom Ring! Doesn't Disappoint

    "American man in the laundry pile/ With the rain check claims and the skateboard child" - Chuck Prophet, "American Man"​We admit to being full-fledged, card-carrying members of the Chuck Prophet Party, but it still took Lonesome, Onry and Mean longer than usual to get the ears and head wrapped aro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: R.I.P. Amy Farris

    ​Fiddler Amy Farris, an Austin native who played most recently with Dave Alvin's Guilty Women band, died last weekend in Los Angeles. Information is still sketchy at this point, but a press release from Yep Roc Records Wednesday stated that Farris had passed away Sept. 26 "after battling a long il ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: How Much Does Nick Lowe Rule?

    I first heard Nick Lowe - and Stiff Records mates Dave Edmunds, Wreckless Eric, Ian Dury and Elvis Costello - when I lived in Europe in 1977. That Live Stiffs album not only saw me through a stint in northern Europe, it stayed with me for seven more years as I criss-crossed Asia with a Sony Walkman ... More >>

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    March 26, 2009

    Aftermath: SXSW

    I first heard Nick Lowe - and Stiff Records mates Dave Edmunds, Wreckless Eric, Ian Dury and Elvis Costello - when I lived in Europe in 1977. That Live Stiffs album not only saw me through a stint in northern Europe, it stayed with me for seven more years as I criss-crossed Asia with a Sony Walkman ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney

    Chris Gaffney Right on the heels of Wednesday's announcement of Vanguard's new Doug Sahm tribute album comes Yep Roc's tribute to Chris Gaffney, The Man of Somebody's Dreams. Ironically, it includes some of the same high-profile roots artists who pay tribute to Sahm: Dave Alvin, Los ... More >>

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    January 8, 2009
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    January 6, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: The Gourds, Part 1

    LOM recently conducted a wide-ranging interview with Kevin Russell of the Gourds. The Austin roots-rockers - for lack of a better term - released their 9th studio album, Haymaker! (Yep Roc), today, and play a Cactus Music in-store January 9 and later that night at the ... More >>

  • Music

    November 13, 2008

    Dave Alvin

    LOM recently conducted a wide-ranging interview with Kevin Russell of the Gourds. The Austin roots-rockers - for lack of a better term - released their 9th studio album, Haymaker! (Yep Roc), today, and play a Cactus Music in-store January 9 and later that night at the ... More >>

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    September 4, 2008

    The Iguanas

    LOM recently conducted a wide-ranging interview with Kevin Russell of the Gourds. The Austin roots-rockers - for lack of a better term - released their 9th studio album, Haymaker! (Yep Roc), today, and play a Cactus Music in-store January 9 and later that night at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2008

    Friday Night: Doyle Bramhall at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck

    LOM recently conducted a wide-ranging interview with Kevin Russell of the Gourds. The Austin roots-rockers - for lack of a better term - released their 9th studio album, Haymaker! (Yep Roc), today, and play a Cactus Music in-store January 9 and later that night at the ... More >>

  • Music

    March 27, 2008

    Southern Culture on the Skids

    LOM recently conducted a wide-ranging interview with Kevin Russell of the Gourds. The Austin roots-rockers - for lack of a better term - released their 9th studio album, Haymaker! (Yep Roc), today, and play a Cactus Music in-store January 9 and later that night at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2006

    Best Albums of the Year, 2006 Part II

    LOM recently conducted a wide-ranging interview with Kevin Russell of the Gourds. The Austin roots-rockers - for lack of a better term - released their 9th studio album, Haymaker! (Yep Roc), today, and play a Cactus Music in-store January 9 and later that night at the ... More >>

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    December 8, 2005

    Pop Rocks

    Ten albums that'll snap and fizz in your ear buds all winter long

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    December 8, 2005

    Down-Home Delights

    Ten of the best from Nashville and elsewhere

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    March 24, 2005

    Southern Culture on the Skids

    Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26. Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899

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    December 25, 2003

    The Class of '03

    Grab your gift certificates and trade in your white elephants -- here's what you really wanted for Christmas

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    October 9, 2003

    Claire Holley

    Friday, October 10

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    December 19, 2002

    Xmas Marks the Spot

    A guide to new holiday discs, from surprise presents to Tannen-bombs

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