The 10 Best '70s Monster Rock Riffs
What? No Stairway? Denied! Nah, we're totally lying. There's plenty of "Stairway" below, because bitchin' rock riffs are precisely what we're looking for. Ladies and gentlemen, whip out the Ben-Gay and...
View ArticleIggy Pop's 10 Best Guest Vocal Appearances
I'm one of those people who grew up thinking David Bowie was a genius from beyond the realm of human evolution, but the older I get the more I tend to believe that Iggy Pop is the true wizard within...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Quintessential Old Jazz Songs
The best thing about old jazz is how just one good song will serve as a reminder of how brilliantly romantic that time period was. The soulful cry of artists like Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Butt-Rock Bands in Recorded History
Note: this article originally appeared on April 17, 2014. Happy Thanksgiving! What is butt-rock, you ask? As usual, we've got all your answers, courtesy of Urban Dictionary: A derogatory term for any...
View ArticleRetro Musicians Still Make Houston Swing
Louis Armstrong once said, "The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago."...
View Article10 Badass Anti-Holiday Songs For Your Grinchy Side
Know what's infinitely better than songs about jingle bells and Santa and holly? Songs about hating jingle bells and Santa and holly. Face it: Christmas music sucks. And no matter how hard you try,...
View Article10 Songs You'll Like If You're Still Drunk
Note: this article originally appeared in April 2014. Drink up! Boozy playlists are the very best, better still when they randomly appear on your playlist the day after you've knocked back a few beers....
View Article10 Songs That Make Us Miss the '90s
You know, the '90s gets a little screwed when it comes to nostalgia, which is perhaps a bit unfair. Sure, the '80s gave us Scrunchies and ALF, and we got to show off our Lisa Lisa cassette with pride....
View Article10 '70s Songs That Will Give You Your Groove Back
Hey, does anyone feel like gettin' on up like a sex machine? Well, we do, and we think you should join us. The music that emerged during the '70s is some of the very best, even now. Artists like Marvin...
View ArticlePhil Collins's No Jacket Required Is Still a Masterpiece
"Do you like Phil Collins?" To many young fans, Patrick Bateman expounding on the artistic genius of Phil Collins in the film American Psycho is their primary reference point for America's unlikeliest...
View ArticleWow..."We Are the World" Is 30 Years Old
If you '80s children need a reason to feel extra-old this week, here's a good one: "We Are the World" is exactly 30 years old. In 1985, the evening of the American Music Awards -- which back then were...
View Article10 Auspicious 1985 Musical Debuts
HELLOWEEN, Helloween EP Heavily influenced by Iron Maiden down to the outrageous album covers, German power-metal meisters Helloween layered welcome tongue-in-cheek humor into their arcane epics about...
View ArticleThe Best Biography of Lynyrd Skynyrd to Date
Whiskey Bottles and Brand New Cars: The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd By Mark Ribowsky Chicago Review Press, 288 pp., $27.95 Of all the major American classic-rock bands, is there any...
View ArticleThese Scientists Are Wrong: '80s Pop Music Is Not Boring
Sorry, '80s fanatics, but may be time to surrender your beloved Genesis records. It seems that science has proven pop music from that decade isn't nearly as awesome as you remember it. According to a...
View ArticleThe 10 Worst Guns N’ Roses Songs
The first four albums I ever owned were the first four albums Guns N’ Roses ever made. I wouldn’t even say that they were my favorite band growing up because there weren’t other bands. Music would...
View ArticleJordan Vs. Morrison: A Two-Way Tie For Best/Worst '90s House-Party Song Ever
Here’s a question: how often have you gone to a house party? Better yet, how often have you gone to a house party where late-‘90s-early-‘00s Rockets legend Moochie Norris is dancing with complete...
View ArticleThe Value of Seeing Billy Corgan and Marilyn Manson in 2015
Can you put a price on nostalgia? This summer, Houston is bedazzled by nostalgia acts hitting the touring circuit, and the price has never been higher. As interest in seeing these aging rock stars...
View ArticleSmashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson Put on the Feel-Good Show of the Summer
Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, Cage NRG Arena July 16, 2015 The pale, skinny man in a corset with his ass hanging out on MTV. The bald man with a guitar and a "Zero" shirt. The alien with red hair...
View Article10 Acts Who Haven't Aged Very Well
You know that old Beatles song "Let It Be," the one that instructs listeners to let it be, let it be, and so on and so forth? These bands must have never listened to that song. They've also never...
View ArticleRemember When Ringtone Rap Ruled the World?
A couple of weeks ago, my friend overheard a trilling sound from my phone. It was a familiar one, because their eyes lit up and mind started twisting out a formula to say the right thing. “Is that the...
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