No matter how much he loathes it, Texan and musical-firebrand Mark Deutrom forever might be inextricably linked with Melvins, the legendary Gods-of-Thunder quartet whose debut he released on Alchemy 30-odd…
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Singer-songwriter Drew Kennedy’s eighth album, At Home In The Big Lonesome, was not an easy undertaking. The first day of recording at Sony Tree in Nashville, his manager, Scott Gunter,…
My first exposure to the bizarre genius of U-Men came when I first tracked down a vinyl copy of the scene-setting C/Z Records comp. Deep Six back in the early…
Conventional time signatures, beware the Kraken! Polyrhythms rule the roost on Separate | Migrate, the new record from Austin’s The Kraken Quartet, self-released by the band this Friday. On songs…
Back in August, I told you about a little band called Just Walden, their album High Street Barton Blues, and frontman Danny Ferraro, who went from Wall Street to London and…
There’s a set of lyrics on the new Sarah Jaffe record, out with much anticipation next month, that sums up the whole over-produced and uneven affair. ”Most people tell you…
Listen to the first song from Eisley’s upcoming Currents album, “Drink the Water.”
Taking it back to where the legend began, Epic makes a Legacy of Texas Flood.
Bottom Feeders moves into the letter T in earnest this week — and kicks over a long-forgotten video whose horror will irreparably damage your soul.
Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi TV reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad last December, was released from prison on September 15…
An incredible-looking fan-made trailer for Warner Bros.’ upcoming Green Lantern adaptation has had the Web all aflutter recently — and now its maker, Jaron Pitts, talks about it in a new interview with Lance Berry.
Imagine a band with a sultry female singer, an impressive new-wave pedigree, a sound that expertly blends Motown soul with contemporary pop/rock, and oodles of international success over more than…