Seattle. Heavy. Brutal. Think early Soundgarden. Think Tad. This is Akimbo. Three that sound like ten. All with sledgehammers. Sledgehammers pounding on large, jagged chunks of steel. Smashing this steel. Smashing it into something brutally beautiful. They can stretch this metal. They can make it move like taffy. Taffy made of rebar. Rebar that is bent and folded back on itself... [more] || [Andrew Perkins] || [10/30/08]

Blimey, mate! Last Saturday night at the Houston-area Stafford Centre was an incredible, retrofitted return to the musical influences that once resonated from the original British Invasion era in American rock music. Frontman Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits brought with him an entourage of fellow musicians to recapture moments from this previous mid-'60s style of pop-rock fare. The set list from the show reads like a veritable radio city menu of Anglophonic music from this pivotal period... [more] || [Bill Reed] || [10/27/08]