Yo La Tengo

Last Night: Yo La Tengo at Fitzgerald's

Yo La Tengo Fitzgerald's May 2, 2013 It's such a treat to see a band like Yo La Tengo perform at a club the size of Fitzgerald's, and that was clear during their headlining set on Thursday night. Sure, they play to hundreds more people at most of their other gigs, but anyone in attendance - includi ... More >>

Slow Fade: Yo La Tengo

The Best Concerts In Houston This Week: The Airborne Toxic Event, Paul Van Dyk, etc.

The Airborne Toxic Event House of Blues, April 29 What happens when you layer dynamic, symphonic arrangements, painfully guttural vocals, and a wicked viola player? You wind up with The Airborne Toxic Event, the L.A.-bred indie-rock band known for its rich, lyrically moody folk-rock. Driven by nove ... More >>

You're Such a Groove, Please Don't Move, Please Stay Here [And Pour Me A] Mendocino

It's funny, the way we form associations with things. Names are a big one. In recent discussion with a sister-in-law, regarding potential names for a potential kid, we cast names aside willy-nilly, citing former relationships and kids we hated in our youth. At one point, someone advocated Jolene (I ... More >>

How Bizarre: How the Hell Are These Songs All 15 Years Old?

"Simple. Fifteen years have gone by." Nineteen ninety-seven may have been one of the most magical years in trash-pop history. You had the Spice Girls, Hanson, Shania Twain, Puff Daddy, Toni Braxton and Aqua burning up the radio as old-timers like David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac and Elton John made retu ... More >>

NRBQ

Discovery Green Lands Roots-Rock Royalty For Free Fall Concerts

Jason WolterTexas Tornados at Discovery Green, September 2010​A return engagement from Tex-Mex supergroup the Texas Tornados, reunited (after a fashion) roots-rock polymaths NRBQ - now featuring a former Houstonian on drums - and the honky-tonk hero who told Tiger Airways a thing or two highli ... More >>

Top 10 Most Underrated Music Video Artists

The Material Girl. The King of Pop (and his sister). The Chili Peppers. Mr. West. Very few artists have become the musical equivalent of the two-sport athlete: Making memorable music and monumental videos. When those people had a new video to premiere, it wasn't a just a video, it was an event. I ... More >>

Everything in Between

No Age makes punk palatable.

The Worst Local Crowds Of 2010

Jason Wolter​Editor's Pick: I am so sick of complaining about Houston crowds, ill-behaved as they are, but I will say to whoever decided it would be funny to take Bobby Bare Jr.'s glasses off the stage at Hayes Carll's Warehouse show Tuesday night and put them on: That was not cool. Neph Bas ... More >>

The Top 10 Rock-Musician Film Scores

​David Fincher's Facebook creation tale The Social Network has been the No. 1 film in America the past two weekends, and no doubt it will continue that streak this weekend, barring an assault by Jackass 3-D which comes out today. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone is already hailing Network as a ... More >>

Communication Breakdown

Local music writers and online commenters discuss how musicians might draw media attention.

Magnolia City Mixtape: Houston's Grammy Haul, A Brown Dog Affair, New York Times Lauds Houston Symphony, And A Bunch of New Music

Once we realized what she was singing, Rocks Off was hoping Beyonce would include the "Would she go down on you in a theater?" line when the six-time winner sang Alanis Morrissette's "You Oughta Know" at Sunday night's Grammys. She didn't, and she didn't drop the f-bomb either (though she came pret ... More >>

Beyond Fake

Indie-rock scholars Yo La Tengo forge a unique sound through tireless study of others' music.

Inquiring Minds: A Lengthy Chat With Yo La Tengo Bassist James McNew

[Ed. Note: Nicholas L. Hall asked Rocks Off if we wouldn't mind publishing the entire transcript of his recent interview with Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew, the raw material of this week's print music feature. We're only too happy to oblige.] Jesper Eklow​Rocks Off: When last I spoke with your p ... More >>

Magnolia City Mixtape: New Videos, 7-Inches, Poster Shows, National Blogpress... Enough to Make You Think We've Got an Actual Scene Around Here

Well, the Justice Department has approved the Live Nation/Ticketmaster monopoly merger. What does this mean for you, the average concertgoer? Well, even more inflation on the already-ridiculous $6 Lone Stars at House of Blues. Free Press Houston had a well-written cover story last spring about the ... More >>

Rocks Off Has Some Issues This Morning, But Not as Many as This Guy

​Rocks Off came into the office this morning to discover we had been beset by a bad case of the gremlins. One of our photographers' Web site was down, there was another mix-up with the Willie Nelson photos from Saturday night (which has since been fixed) and... well, it's just a Monday. However, w ... More >>

Distant Early Warning: Better Than Ezra, Cursive, Flogging Molly, Jay-Z, John Mayer, Yo La Tengo, etc.

​40 oz. To Freedom (Sublime Tribute): Fri., Jan. 22. Scout Bar Clear Lake. "4th Annual Rudz Thanksgiving Eve" With Born Liars: Wed., Nov. 25. Rudyard's. Bowling For Soup, Smile Smile: Sat., Dec. 5. Scout Bar Clear Lake. "104.1 KRBE Not So Silent Night" With All-American Rejects, Justin Bieber, Co ... More >>

Alamo Heights

San Antonio's the Krayolas steam into their second act.

Ghosts of Washington Avenue

Noise goes whistling through the scenester artery's music venue graveyard.

Dear Sy~3nc3

Short Films from Emily Hubley

Aurora Picture Show presents a woman, her issues and her award-winning shorts

Single File

Tonight: Gentleman Auction House at Rudyard's

Lauren Winchester Within about 20 seconds of "A Banner Year," the opener of Gentleman Auction House's new Christmas In Love EP, the St. Louis indie-pop hydra has managed to recall Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire and another dozen or so boy-girl bands that are equally earnest and invigorating. I ... More >>

The Return of Mail Call

It's been a while, but let's see what's been lurking in the bin... *Kenton & Hill (Houston): "A side project from Last Soul Descendents producer Darren Roberts, this masterpiece brings together live jazzy, funky, hip-hop grooves with heavy dance beats to create a unique sound." D-Fu-J- ... More >>

Jad Fair

Holiday Road: Linus Pauling Quartet Hits Terrastock

SXSW Ephemera, Part Deux: More Random Notes from the Field

SXSW: Lou Reed. Live. For One Song. Lou Freakin’ Reed.

SXSW Ephemera: Random Notes from the Field

My Morning Jacket, Yo La Tengo

Drenched in Blog: SXSW Rumblins'

Hootenanny

Yo La Tengo in Hoboken

A Hanukkah pilgrimage

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

The bad boys of folk music hit the big screen

The Axiom

Remembering the Axiom, 20 years later

Retro Active: 1987, Here We Come

No Sleep for Brooklyn

Indie-rap fireplug El-P returns...bombastically bleak as ever

Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo performs Friday, April 6, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483. David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights also appear.

Scott Faingold Listens to Everything

The man continues to randomly listen to every promo CD sent his way, regardless

Pretty Girls Make Saves

As video games go indie, Wack imagines a few likely pairings

The Hanukkah Songs

Wherein we find the coining of our new favorite word: Jewpergroup

Biirdie

Wednesday, August 17, at the Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199.

Take Me Out...

...to the ball game. Lauding baseball-in-rock's finest moments.

Singapore Sling

Sunday, November 9

License to Steal

Rice's unique radio station may lose its musical soul, all in the name of sports

Ever Earnest

Rotation

Critic's Choice

Listen to the Quiet (and Loud)

Rotation