qanda floe Self-released On his first outing as qanda, musician Jordi Baizan expands on some of the songs he played with Houston band The Tiles. The five songs that make up his debut solo effort mostly follow the same, well-worn radio-friendly path as John Mayer, but thankfully Baizan doesn’t rely on the same level of [...]

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Admiral Radley, an indie “supergroup” made up of members of Earlimart and Grandaddy, officially releases its debut album, I Heart California, on July 13th–but you can already purchase the digital version at iTunes. AdRad was one of my favorite picks at this year’s SXSW. You can buy I Heart California from iTunes for $7.99 right [...]

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Wild Moccasins heads back out on the road soon and plays its West Coast Tour kick-off show this Friday night (7.2.10) at Walter’s On Washington. The Eastern Sea and The Wiggins round out the bill. Cover is a mere $5 at the door. This is an all ages show. You can read my recent review [...]

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Wild MoccasinsSkin Collision PastTeam Science Records Anyone who listens to modern music knows that the 80s contains a goldmine of influences, especially for the “indie” realm. But where many bands are content to rehash the sounds of their influences, Houston’s Wild Moccasins instead draws upon the era to create songs that are more inventive. On [...]

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The Jonx Vocabularian Herds Mustache Records On its last album, 2006′s No Jonx Turn Red, The Jonx built upon the punk-meets-math rock foundation it started on its early EPs. Never a band to bow to trends, its latest release further expands the group’s sound, making for more accessible songs that don’t compromise its stripped-down indie [...]

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It’s been years since Norwegian shoegazers Serena-Maneesh have put out a new album. Thankfully, the wait is over: the band’s new release, S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor, was released this week on 4AD Records. You can read a review of the album by Adam P. Newton over at Dryvetyme Online.

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Austin Collins & The Rainbirds Wrong Control Eight Dollar Music It was inevitable with the progression of his albums that Texas musician Austin Collins would eventually make a record as accessible as Wrong Control. The musician’s latest release finds Collins and The Rainbirds–guitarist Dylan McDougall and drummer Craig Bagby–relying less on the twangy riffs and [...]

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I’ll declare it official now: the best band I have seen at this year’s SXSW is Admiral Radley, a band made up of members of Earlimart and Grandaddy. Really amazing performance at yesterday’s The Hype Machine party at Vice. It’s going to be tough to beat that (although Unwed Sailor came very close). Check out [...]

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The Bible Spelled Backwards Does Not Change the Fact that You Cannot Kill David Arquette and Other Things I Learned in the Black Math Experiment Jef With One F Self-published The Black Math Experiment is a quirky Houston rock band that is most famous for getting actress Courteney Cox’s husband to get them to organize [...]

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George Lassos The Moon, the debut album from Chicago’s Scott Lucas and The Married Men, hits stores today (Tuesday, 2.16.10). The music on George… is quite a departure from Lucas’ “day job”: frontman for rock duo Local H, one of the few rock bands from the mid-90′s that remains relevant, and part of electronic rockers [...]

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