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Under-the-radar Arctic Monkeys still trying to figure out how to make it in America
By Michael D. Clark
08.03.11 | 6:30 am
How under-the-radar have British indie rock sensations Arctic Monkeys flown since hitting pay dirt with 2005 debut single, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," from debut album, Whatever ...
Music Matters
Katy Perry throws sexual innuendo, fantasy and 17 costume changes — sugar-coating included — at Houston
By Michael D. Clark
07.30.11 | 10:06 am
It was so easy to be a parent concerned with what music your kids listened to 25 years ago. Back then pop stars like Madonna, Janet Jackson and Prince sold ...
THIS BAND IS ON FIRE
Shove off Lynyrd Skynyrd: Kings of Leon are the new lords of Southern rock
By Michael D. Clark
07.30.11 | 12:04 am
I would never claim to have the powers of omnipotence and foresight of a Nostradamus, but after perusing some old articles I wrote about rockers Kings of Leon, I have ...
Music Matters
The secret to Katy Perry's popularity: What makes her more special than Xtina, Britney & Gaga
By Michael D. Clark
07.29.11 | 6:30 am
From the first time I heard Katy Perry's first single "I Kissed A Girl" three years ago I knew that this twentysomething had something extra in her standard pop ...
Music matters
No need for oysters before this show: Sade and John Legend bring the love to Toyota Center
By Michael D. Clark
07.22.11 | 10:17 pm
Looking for a can't miss love cocktail for the weekend? Take one part Sade and add just a smidgen of John Legend. Shake it up on Saturday night downtown ...
Oddballs Rule
Who needs New Kids? The man called E brings devils, delights and heartache as the leader of Eels
By Michael D. Clark
07.22.11 | 12:09 am
Sure, recent local performances by the Backstreet Boys, New Kids on the Block and Britney Spears, not to mention the upcoming Houston dates of Katy Perry (July 29th at Toyota ...
Music Matters
It's Britney, bitch & she's not doing throwbacks! Spears flies into Houston with her own rules
By Michael D. Clark
07.12.11 | 4:36 pm
My how time flies when we're watching the Britney Spears Express careen down the pop culture rails. It was a lightning-quick 12 years ago that we marveled at a ...
Diva Month
For her Houston debut, Rihanna promises sex, sass and style — and she'll bring it Loud
By Michael D. Clark
07.08.11 | 4:04 pm
Does anyone in Houston, besides myself, feel a little dissed by Rihanna up to this weekend? Here we are six years, five studio albums, 34 singles (10 of which reached ...
Texas Song Power
Lyle Lovett sells out Galveston
By Michael D. Clark
06.27.11 | 12:28 pm
With all due respect to John Hiatt — a multi-talented singer-songwriter who has played everything from new wave rock to country in a 40-year career — there is a reason the Grand ...
Mystery Lineup
Skate rats' world domination: The power of the Vans Warped Tour eclipses even Lollapalooza
By Michael D. Clark
06.24.11 | 6:05 pm
There was a time when we went to the annual Vans Warped Tour to find out what our favorite new, punk, thrash, skate and grind-core bands would be in the ...
Music Matters
After decades of being a progressive alt-rock frontman has Peter Gabriel run out of ideas?
By Michael D. Clark
06.16.11 | 6:00 am
I’m truly scared for what might happen on Thursday night at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion when Peter Gabriel & The New Blood Orchestra take the amphitheater stage. I’m ...
Get jealous Michael Buble
The Latin Michael Jackson brings his suave love machine power to Houston
By Michael D. Clark
06.11.11 | 12:29 am
Before there was Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Alejandro Sanz and Juanes, there was only one Latin pop solo artist who towered above all others: Luis Miguel. Mexican-reared romance machine Miguel ...
Music Matters
In Metalmucilpallooza, Mötley Crüe and Poison face their future: The New York Dolls
By Michael D. Clark
06.09.11 | 11:03 pm
Of the bands on the Friday metal-fest at Toyota Center that I have dubbed, "Metalmucilpallooza", I'm not sure who - between Mötley Crüe, Poison and the New Yorks ...
ROCK 'N' ROAST
Houston's own Austin City Limits: Summer Fest becomes too hot to miss
By Michael D. Clark
06.03.11 | 4:07 pm
Some will blame hurricane season. Others might offer theories about El Nino, the greenhouse effect or Earth's withering ozone layer. But I am certain that the reason it is ...
Music Matters
All pop, no snap: Houston concert calendar brings a boring "play-it-safe" summer
By Michael D. Clark
05.26.11 | 2:00 pm
It's a shame that, of the nearly 300 concerts that will play clubs, small theaters, arenas and amphitheaters around greater Houston this summer, not one of them will feature ...
Want to Be Like Mike
With her Michael Jackson tribute and her sci-fi funk, Janelle Monae out-rocks even Bruno Mars
By Michael D. Clark
05.19.11 | 2:49 pm
Every time I see movies centered around the old Motown or rock 'n' roll traveling caravans of the 1950s and 1960s — Walk The Line, That Thing You Do!, The Buddy ...
MIXING HIP HOP WITH POP
Lifting pop's shame: Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae bring a little soul with their super bad
By Michael D. Clark
05.18.11 | 12:08 am
Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae may be two of the newest flavors touring the country together this year, but their respective styles and still-budding talent makes their show at Reliant ...
Music Matters
Rock 'n' roll Medusa: It's the '80s all over again when Bon Jovi comes to town
By Michael D. Clark
05.16.11 | 10:07 pm
Ahhhh, 1983. It was a good vintage year for pop music. Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" ruled FM radio, with The Police's "Every Breath You Take" and Irene Cara ...
Not Just Another Pretty Voice
Josh Groban, Saturday at Toyota Center, has a wicked sense of humor to match his pristine set of pipes
By Michael D. Clark
05.14.11 | 10:33 am
I dig Josh Groban and his operatic pipes, but not for the reasons you might think. Most Groban-groupies love him for the pure and powerful classical vocal ability that made ...
Music Matters
Wilco comes to Houston with nothing to sell, which means anything goes
By Michael D. Clark
05.06.11 | 7:34 am
The only thing better than Wilco visiting Houston on a concert trek in support of a new album is a visit from Wilco when they have absolutely nothing to sell ...
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