Killed on his birthday night

Man shot dead in Montrose loud music dispute leaves behind three kids and a punk rock legacy

By Tyler Rudick

10.26.12 | 10:53 am

While a grand jury decides whether to charge the shooter, details about killing of Benjamin Becke in a Montrose apartment building loud music dispute have remained hazy at best. ...

Rare Birds

It's safe to dance! Groundbreaking hardcore electronic punk band finds love in an age of war

By Chris Becker

08.05.12 | 5:17 pm

"My son found out about us through the Disney channel," says Men Without Hats lead singer and conceptualist Ivan Doroschuk. "That's how he found out who I was!" For thos ...

Hidden Houston

Walter's rocks on in its quirky new building: More indie, artsier, even almost clean

By Karen Labuca

05.03.12 | 4:18 pm

Where can you get a cheap, memorable music fix? Walter's in the the north downtown warehouse district (no longer on Washington). Though Walter's on Washington had a catchy, alliterative ...

Rare Birds

Punk rock icon Bob Mould sees the Light: Survived Reagan, rages on to survive Tea Party ignorance

By Chris Becker

07.09.11 | 2:32 pm

I was inspired to pick up punk/indie rock icon Bob Mould’s new autobiography See A Little Light, The Trail of Rage and Melody after catching his recent appearance on late night ...

Opening of It's better to regret something you have done...

10.29.10

Each of the artists in It's better to regret something you have done... work with a keen wit on punk rock sentiment. This selection of work by Jillian Conrad, Nathan Green, Kara Hearn, Jim Nola