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  The Glorious Sons Wage a Six-Man War

  January 27 at 4:30 a.m.

  Well, you can’t say that The Glorious Sons don’t give their fans truth in advertising. It’s not just for shock value that their third and most recent studio record is titled A War on Everything. For while the music’s pendulum swings back and forth between pop and hard rock, the...

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  Steve Harris' British Lion Loudly Roars its Own Identity

  January 20 at 4:30 a.m.

  For any new (or new-ish) band based in Europe, the first tour of America is something that’s usually looked forward to with equal levels of anticipation and anguish. English hard rockers British Lion will probably experience those feelings, with nearly 20 gigs booked across the United States in January and...

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  Dirty Honey: Not Changing Their Act for Instagram Moms

  January 14 at 4 a.m.

  In music culture, everything is cyclical. And one glance at today’s Top 40 charts dominated by hip-hop, pop, rap, and balladry means it’s time for yet another round of hoary “rock is dead” stories (insert yawn here). But newer and younger bands like the Struts, Red Sun Rising, Greta Van...

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  Year-end Ruminations on Classic Rock, "Farewell" Tours, Aging, and Concert Resolutions

  Friday, December 13, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Since a former Houston Press music editor dubbed me “Classic Rock Bob” ages ago, it’s no surprise that the majority of shows I attended in 2019 fell squarely into that genre. But there were a bit fewer than last year, which was even fewer than the year before. And that’s...

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  Kansas Returns to the Point of Know Return

  Friday, November 22, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Kansas guitarist Rich Williams vividly remembers a certain day in 1977 that still has an impact on his life and career in 2019. His band had just finished playing a show in Chicago when they headed for a studio which had been set up for them to be filmed miming...

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  Coco Montoya's Hot New Record Sparks Houston Memories

  Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 5 a.m.

  It’s a common tale in the annals of contemporary music that a newly-minted blues fan first discovers the genre not from any of the African-American originators and descendants, but through the mutations played by white, younger, and often English blues rock acolytes. That’s was certainly the case for the Coco...