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The Aardvark Is Closing
Everything ends. Maybe not on a cosmic level, but here on earth, in the laughably brief duration of human lifetimes, the institutions of men...
Movies About Maids
The Help looks poised to be a huge hit this weekend, and everyone is healthily chewing over the book and the film’s racial politics....
Caged Bird
The bride wore a black miniskirt. (She is nicknamed “Legs,” after all.) The groom wore gray stripes.
The minister omitted the part about the groom...
Leroy the Prophet Frontman Arrested for Sexual Assault, Abuse
Gabriel Gomez, frontman for long-time local hard-rockers Leroy the Prophet, was arrested earlier this month and charged with sexual assault of a child under...
Cover Songs on Movie Soundtracks: A Brief History
I appreciate a good movie soundtrack when I hear one, and in between feeling guilty about failing to mention The Chemical Brothers’ propulsive soundtrack...
Radioville, Simon Flory (Self-released)
It’s fair to say Simon Flory is comfortable being old-fashioned. Flory, a native of rural Indiana, purveys a sound that is a melting pot...
The Me-Thinks’ “Mr. Dude,” “Rock Deaf”
The Me-Thinks
“Mr. Dude,” “Rock Deaf”
(Indian Casino Records)
If you ask me, the whole notion of “songwriter” as a type of music is meaningless. Even the...
Big Red Ants’ Last Year’s Big Fall
Big Red Ants
Last Year’s Big Fall
Big Red Ants’ debut album, Last Year’s Big Fall, is a 10-song collection of catchy alt-rock tunes. Occasionally, the...
Double Feature
The popular Horseman Club on Bryant-Irvin Road closed its doors last weekend.
The 14,000-square-foot dancehall has been sold to a Houstonian who, according to former...
Slammin’ Sounds
Shotgun Friday is blending music with craft beer know-how into an eclectic mix of sounds that co-frontman and banjoist Tony Drewry has dubbed “hill-hop,”...
