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  Night Cobra Strikes Fast with In Praise of the Shadow

  October 29 at 4:30 a.m.

  Supergroup. It’s a hot potato music term because it’s tossed around loosely and it shifts a band’s focus from making incredible music to juggling high expectations. Christian Larson knows some people might consider his latest project, Night Cobra, a supergroup. But, he said, the reasons the band formed have kept...

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  Get Your Live Punk Show Fix, Courtesy of Flogging Molly and NOFX

  September 17 at 7:02 a.m.

  Live punk shows aren’t really back yet, but a pair of events this weekend starring some of the genre’s giants might help show-starved fans amble from the pit of housebound despair to a (virtual) punk rock mosh pit. The fun kicks off this afternoon with Flogging Molly’s Halfway to St...

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  For a Master Class in Band Survival During the Live Music Slowdown, Go to Grade 2

  August 20 at 4 a.m.

  A lifetime ago in March of this year, the Houston Press spoke by phone with Sid Ryan, bassist for the surging street punk band Grade 2. Ryan was in Canada with his band mates, guitarist Jack Chatfield and drummer Jacob Hull. The band had played the first show of a...

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  Love In The Midst Of Mayhem: A Timely Message From Joe Ely

  June 30 at 4 a.m.

  Love is a tricky thing that's been called everything from a bitch to the only thing we need. Texas songwriting legend Joe Ely has made it the main focus of his newest album, Love In The Midst Of Mayhem. The ten track album was released digitally in mid April and...

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  In Praise of Drummers: Goodbye Arthur Hays

  June 19 at 4 a.m.

  Arthur Hays was an irreplaceable figure in music scenes that included San Antonio, Austin, and most recently Houston. A Texas native son born who graduated from high school in the early 1970s, he was a rock'n'roll drum legend whose sheer titanic pounding, flexing rhythmic force, and sheer velocity filled records by The Next, The Ideals, Mystery Dates, Bang Gang, Hickoids, and more, including the project of a lifetime, Screech of Death, an old school punk unit anchored by the love of his life Lisafer/Lisa Pifer. Arthur was a genuine figure that endured some tough times, including multiple stints in prison, but he found a state of grace in the end through his music community and punk family values.

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  Coronavirus Sobriety Check-In: April Hartman, Apes of the State

  May 18 at 4 a.m.

  In a few weeks, April Hartman will mark six years of sobriety. Hartman is a busy musician who splits her time between three Pennsylvania-based bands. Her music and the people it reaches have shaped her successful recovery. Many of her followers and fans contact her directly for support staying clean...