Timothy J. O'Brien

These days it's not uncommon for a musical artist's career to last not much longer than it takes to nuke a burrito. In this climate of millisecond shelf lives, it's hard to judge an artist's impact. Disposable pop stars are manufactured, exploited and forgotten with such assembly-line efficiency that it...

Even if you find indie rock boring and annoying, the genre is more than palatable in the hands of locals the Kants. These rock philosophers play a ringing, melodic brand of the stuff that would fit nicely on Washington, D.C.'s Dischord label or with '90s-era Touch & Go bands like...

It's been five years since a new Mavericks disc graced the bins. The Miami band never broke up -- instead they took a working sabbatical. Vocalist Raul Malo recorded a solo album, did some producing and appeared on Canto, the second Los Super Seven album, while bassist Robert Reynolds played...

After exploding out of League City with their astonishing debut a couple of years ago, this overlooked band releases their second CD posthumously. The chief songwriter and guitarist, Greg Ashley, has moved to California, though he is back in town this week (see the minibill in Music Listings, page 100)...

League City native Greg Ashley is similar to one of those American jazz or blues musicians who had to leave the country to attain proper recognition for their art. Only Ashley didn't have to get a passport -- instead, he relocated to the still-simmering psychedelic hotbed that is the San...