TTNG, 13.0.0.0.0
There’s a strangely insectile feel to Oxford-bred trio TTNG’s newest album, 13.0.0.0.0, I think in part because the band (singer/guitarist Henry Tremain, guitarist Tim Collis, and drummer Chris Collis) never really stop moving...
David Ramirez, The Rooster
That voice right there, that’s the voice of a man who’s crawled through hell and up out the other side, and now he’s standing back on his own two feet, albeit a little unsteadily. With Apologies, Austin’s David Ramirez chronicled his recovery...
Laura Stevenson, Wheel
Alright, so I’d liked Laura Stevenson when I’d heard her previously -- the songs were good, her voice was stellar, and the whole thing had a nicely warm, friendly feel to it that I enjoyed. After hearing Wheel, though, I’m left with a far...
Adelaine, Currents
Okay, this going to sound bad -- potentially really bad -- but I promise, if you bear with me, you’ll (hopefully) see that it’s not. See, as the two munchkins who live in my home get older and speak more, they tend to point out things that...
No Joy, Wait To Pleasure
Right from the first menacing squall of feedback on opening track “E,” No Joy makes it clear that they don’t give a good goddamn about that whole “nu-gaze” tag. The Canadian trio (Jasamine White-Gluz, Laura Lloyd, and Garland...)
WE LIKE THINGS 2012: Telling you all about the awesome things you (maybe) missed last year.
Yes, another year gone by, and another (ridiculously-late) set of top ten lists from us folks here at SCR of all of the good/amazing/awesome things we ran...
SXSW Report 2013: Young Dreams, The Tontons, Family of the Year, J. Thoven, The Livids, Featherface, & More
As it does every year I’ve gone (six times since 2004), SXSW overwhelms me...
Just Telling Stories: Peter Beste & Lance Scott Walker Help Houston’s Hip-Hop History Speak
Once upon a time, Houston hip-hop was a secret. Beyond a couple of well-known names like the Geto Boys or UGK (who, hell, were actually from...)
Oblivion
No, it’s not the movie version of the hit video game. That would be awesome. Instead, Oblivion is Joseph Kosinski’s follow up to 2010’s Tron: Legacy, this time featuring Tom Cruise as one of the last survivors...
Adam Bricks, City Songs
First things first: Adam Bricks is an unabashed, head-held-high folksinger, the kind of musician and songwriter that used to push music forwards but these days gets relegated to the dingy club while vapid electronic beats bounce...
Trance
The crime film is a tricky beast; there are no two ways about it. On the one hand, the plot needs to be appropriately twisty, surprising the audience at every bend. On the other, even past masters like Raymond Chandler have discovered...
Mikey & The Drags, “Spill Your Guts”/“Solstice”
Alright, so I went into Mikey & The Drags’ official debut release pretty much figuring I’d like it; it just seemed like a foregone conclusion, given how much I already liked the stuff I’d heard from ‘em so far, so why worry? And in the end...
Chase Hamblin & The Roustabouts, VAUdeVILLE
Step right up, folks; duck your head as you make your way inside the tent, then prepare yourself for Chase Hamblin & The Roustabouts as the roll and ramble through their long-awaited full-length, VAUdeVILLE...
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Oh, G.I. Joe, will you never get the respect that Transformers does? Will you always be in their shadow, no matter how much slightly, marginally better your movies are? The answer is “yes,” when marginally better is compared to...
Preview Time: The March Divide at Super Happy Fun Land, This Friday
Odds are if you’ve only ever heard one song by The March Divide, that song would be “Still Analog.” In that catchy pop song, Jared Putnam (formerly...)
Dntel, Life is Full of Possibilities (Deluxe)
Given that The Postal Service will be headlining this year’s Free Press Summer Fest, it seems appropriate to revisit the album that brought together Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello. Long before the Iron...
Live: The Wheel Workers/The Wandering Bufaleros/Jealous Creatures/Second Lovers
When you have been in bands for 25 years, you can tell when a band has put everything they’ve got into a performance. This kind of effort was on display...
Bang Bangz, Red City
There’s something about Bang Bangz’s Red City -- the band’s music in general, really -- that makes me want to get out. I feel like I need to just to get up and walk out the door into the darkness, and just keep walking until something...
Features/Reviews
Born Liars, Show Some Couth
Ah, the Born Liars. No matter what else is going on in life, I can always, always, always count on these four guys to bring the raw, sharp-edged, snarling/spitting …
TTNG, 13.0.0.0.0
There’s a strangely insectile feel to Oxford-bred trio TTNG’s newest album, 13.0.0.0.0, I think in part because the band (singer/guitarist Henry Tremain, guitarist Tim Collis, and drummer Chris Collis) never …
David Ramirez, The Rooster
That voice right there, that’s the voice of a man who’s crawled through hell and up out the other side, and now he’s standing back on his own two feet, …
Laura Stevenson, Wheel
Alright, so I’d liked Laura Stevenson when I’d heard her previously — the songs were good, her voice was stellar, and the whole thing had a nicely warm, friendly feel …
Adelaine, Currents
Okay, this going to sound bad — potentially really bad — but I promise, if you bear with me, you’ll (hopefully) see that it’s not. See, as the two munchkins …
No Joy, Wait To Pleasure
Right from the first menacing squall of feedback on opening track “E,” No Joy makes it clear that they don’t give a good goddamn about that whole “nu-gaze” tag. …
WE LIKE THINGS 2012: Telling you all about the awesome things you (maybe) missed last year.
Yes, another year gone by, and another (ridiculously-late) set of top ten lists from us folks here at SCR of all of the good/amazing/awesome things we ran across in 2012. …
SXSW Report 2013: Young Dreams, The Tontons, Family of the Year, J. Thoven, The Livids, Featherface, & More
As it does every year I’ve gone (six times since 2004), SXSW overwhelms me, exhausts me, and most of all makes me glad to be a musician and music fanatic. …
Just Telling Stories: Peter Beste & Lance Scott Walker Help Houston’s Hip-Hop History Speak
Once upon a time, Houston hip-hop was a secret. Beyond a couple of well-known names like the Geto Boys or UGK (who, hell, were actually from Port Arthur), nobody …
Oblivion
No, it’s not the movie version of the hit video game. That would be awesome. Instead, Oblivion is Joseph Kosinski’s follow up to 2010′s Tron: Legacy, this time …
Adam Bricks, City Songs
First things first: Adam Bricks is an unabashed, head-held-high folksinger, the kind of musician and songwriter that used to push music forwards but these days gets relegated to the dingy …
Trance
The crime film is a tricky beast; there are no two ways about it. On the one hand, the plot needs to be appropriately twisty, surprising the audience at …
Mikey & The Drags, “Spill Your Guts”/“Solstice”
Alright, so I went into Mikey & The Drags’ official debut release pretty much figuring I’d like it; it just seemed like a foregone conclusion, given how much I already …
Chase Hamblin & The Roustabouts, VAUdeVILLE
Step right up, folks; duck your head as you make your way inside the tent, then prepare yourself for Chase Hamblin & The Roustabouts as the roll and ramble through …
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Oh, G.I. Joe, will you never get the respect that Transformers does? Will you always be in their shadow, no matter how much slightly, marginally better your movies are? …
Preview Time: The March Divide at Super Happy Fun Land, This Friday
Odds are if you’ve only ever heard one song by The March Divide, that song would be “Still Analog.” In that catchy pop song, Jared Putnam (formerly of The …
Dntel, Life is Full of Possibilities (Deluxe)
Given that The Postal Service will be headlining this year’s Free Press Summer Fest, it seems appropriate to revisit the album that brought together Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard …
Scout, All Those Relays
My first notes regarding listening to this album included: “Probably won’t like this, it’s kind of indie country.” After listening to this album several times, I have not changed …
Live: The Wheel Workers/The Wandering Bufaleros/Jealous Creatures/Second Lovers
When you have been in bands for 25 years, you can tell when a band has put everything they’ve got into a performance. This kind of effort was on …
Bang Bangz, Red City
There’s something about Bang Bangz’s Red City — the band’s music in general, really — that makes me want to get out. I feel like I need to just …
Posts
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 2: Face to Face + This Year’s Tiger + Space City Revue + Born Liars (Rev’d!) + Brewfest + King’s X + More
sigh. This, folks, is what happens when House Stuff interferes with Other Really Important Stuff You Needed To Do Today (“Today,” in this instance, being Saturday, May 18th). …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 1: Riot Grrrl Dance Party + The Wrong Ones + Allen Stone + Indie! Or Die! + Roxy Roca + Grady Gaines + More
Hey, all — I know it’s been somewhat quiet over here in recent days; sorry about that, but yours truly’s been pretty well snowed-under by multiple things, and blog postings …
Yr. Weekend, Addendum Time: Valens, Tigerparty, & More at White Swan
Dangit, I knew I was going to do that; somehow I completely missed out on posting about a cool-ass show going on tonight (Fri., …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 1: Philip Glass’s Dracula + Titus Andronicus + The Lotus Effect + Tom Keifer + D.R.I. + More
Running behind due to family illnesses & whatnot, I’m afraid; it’s been a rough week yet again, and the past 24 hours has been pretty much the worst part…sigh. There’s …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 3: Houston Roxx Fest + the last place you look + The Devil Makes Three + El Desmadre + More
Hey, all — moving slow today, after a long, long, looooong day spent solo with our youngest, taking him to see snakes at the Zoo, taking him on the METRORail …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 2: New York City Queens + A Sea Es + Brand New Hearts + P-Funk + Summer Street Fest + Craig Kinsey + More
Busy, busy day coming up, on into Saturday, May 3rd — there’s a ton going on, so much that I’m not going to have time to really talk about even …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 1: Alkaline Trio + Sing Your Life Showcase + Shabazz Palaces (MP3!) + Shellee Coley (MP3!) + More
It’s that time again — Friday, and this time it’s Friday, May 3rd, with a decent-sized pile of good stuff going on. Not as much as some recent Fridays, …
Free Press Summer Fest Schedule, Now Online (and Yes, Fun to Play With, Too)
Got word today that yes, the official-schmofficial schedule for this year’s Free Press Summer Fest is now online…
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 3: Man Or Astro-Man?, Knights of the Fire Kingdom, Caddywhompus, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Shellee Coley, + More
Yep, it’s Sunday, April 28th, and I hope everybody out there survived yesterday’s deluge; we took in a couple whose SUV got swamped while they were headed to their engagement …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 2: Clinic + No Joy + Adelaine + Holy Fiction + Square and Compass + Kristine Mills + Houston Celtic Festival + More
On into Saturday, April 27th, today, and again, there’s a crapload of good stuff happening. Here’s what looks/sounds good to me…
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 1: Second Lovers + Black Mountain + Co-Pilot + My Jerusalem + Sevendust + Canconier + Crawfish Fest + More
What a freaking week; looking back over the past handful of days, I feel like I’ve been sucked down a black hole that absorbs all attempts at progress and work …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 2: Mills-McCoin Rock ‘N Roll Circus + Skate & Rock + Bootsy Collins + Record Store Day + More
Holy freaking wow. Today, Saturday, April 20th, is looking like a bona-fide red letter day — there’s a crap-ton of stuff going …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 1: Peloton + Knights of the Fire Kingdom + Chris Murray + Le Castle Vania + Will to Live + New York City Queens + More
Too much to do, too much to do, and time tick-tick-ticking away, but dangit, there’s a lot of stuff going on this evening (er, right now, as a matter of …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 3: Quiet Company + Fight Cancer Benefit + Leroy Sibbles + Lager Rhythms + More
Ah, Sunday; usually the day so quiet and laid-back I don’t need to worry about posting about it, but that’s definitely not the case today, April 14th — there’s actually …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 2: Adam Bricks (rev’d!) + Bang Bangz + Black Flag Tattoo Party + Space City Beat Battle + Woodlands Waterway Arts Fest + More
Moving into Saturday, April 13th, now, and there’s still a crapload of excellent things going on. Quite a few are early in the day, for some reason, so I’m …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 1: Featherface + Dick Dale + Angry Samoans + Guilt Party + Carolyn Wonderland + A Sundae Drive + More
Whoa. There’s a ton of stuff going on tonight, Friday, April 12th, so much of it that I feel like I’m just barely skirting the edges of what looks/sounds …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 3: Cancer, It’s Over! + Mikey & The Drags + Black Congress + More
Last day of the weekend today, seeing as it’s Sunday, April 7th, but there’s still some good stuff going on, and I wanted to make sure it didn’t slip through …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 2: MS Understood + Our Scene United + Local Live Houston + Young Mammals + The Suffers + The Fox Derby + More
It’s looking like one hell of a day/night today, Saturday, April 6th, so I’ll skip the usual blather and just get right to all the cool things happening. Here …
Tomorrow: MS Understood Benefit Full of Awesomeness Up at Fitz
There’s a small pile of benefit-type shows coming up, and hey, each one’s excellent and worthy in its own unique way, certainly. I must confess, though, to being somewhat …
Yr. Weekend, Pt. 1: The Wheel Workers + Lila Downs + New York City Queens + She Has Hope + Vestibule + More
Yeah, it’s looking like a pretty damn good weekend, folks, starting with tonight, Friday, April 5th, and rolling on from there. Here’s what I happen to think looks cool…
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