Some of the music I have been enjoying so far in 2008:
Sleepercar, West Texas
This is an alt-country-ish side project from former ATDI member and current Sparta frontman Jim Ward. It rocks in a Tom Petty-ish sort of way and hits stores in April. You can read my review in the April issue of Envy, my […]

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Something Fierce and The Monocles play tonight at Dean’s Credit Clothing downtown.

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The “Houston 100” is this weekend at Fitz’s and features a lot of local alt-rock and metal bands playing short showcases in the hopes of getting noticed by some label reps. The Skyline Network took some time to sample a few of the bands’ music and posted some musings on Friday.
The Mr. T thing had […]

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Long-time readers know I’m an old fan of The Smiths. After a couple of releases though, I lost interest in Morrissey’s solo career until a couple of years back when he released You Are The Quarry. Now, capitalizing on the strength of his recent releases, the Moz is putting out a new greatest hits collection.

The […]

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Here’s a small excerpt from a Chicago Sun-Times interview with Pitchfork‘s Ryan Shreiber, about the upcoming Pitchfork.tv online music station.
Q. Wait a minute, Ryan: Pitchfork has gotten to a position over the last 12 years where it has a lot of power now; I think you’re aware of that, and you and I have talked […]

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HCC Central Music presents percussionist Billy Martin (of Medeski, Martin, and Wood fame) in a solo concert tonight (Wednesday, 3.26.08) at 7:30pm in Central’s Heinen Theatre (3517 Austin @ Holman, in Midtown). This performance is the second in Central’s New Music Series, whose goal is to bring innovative artists to the college for concerts […]

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Voyager One
Afterhours In The Afterlife
Loveless Records
Voyager One vocalist/guitarist Peter Marchese definitely takes his words to heart. On “The Future Is Obsolete,” he sings, “Let’s start again,” an idea that mirrors the musical shift the band makes on their latest album. The Seattle group expands on the dreamy walls of sound showcased best on 2005’s Dissolver […]

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Local musicians Calvin Stanley (Pale), Hank Schyma (Southern Backtones), and Arthur Yoria will each play an acoustic set tonight beginning at 9pm at Etro in Montrose. It is located just off Westheimer (1424 Westheimer is the address, but it’s kind of behind whatever’s on the corner there.)

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Despite the mostly half-assed review I gave British Sea Power‘s latest release, Do You Like Rock Music?, in a recent issue of Envy magazine, the album has quickly become one of my favorite releases of 2008 so far. So it pleased me greatly when I found out that the band is coming to Houston on […]

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More info at www.rudyards.com.
Check out the bands at the link below:
Orange Is In | Pale | People Noise

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