In a city that hosts ACL and South by Southwest, it's easy for smaller, more genre-targeted festivals to get overlooked. Not that people aren't taking notice of Chaos in Tejas, though. This year's iteration of the punk/hardcore/noise festival is its seventh, and features more bands than ever before swarming into the Red River district. Timmy Hefner has curated the festival's strongest lineup yet, replete with big names in the scene from across the globe. more ›

Naming one’s band is an art - the sobriquet needs to be memorable and convey something about the combo’s sound and/or attitude. By that criterion, there are few bands in the world as awesomely named as Guitar Wolf. more ›

If you were planning on sitting at home tonight knitting and listening to Lawrence Welk or something, we highly recommend you redirect your energies towards one of the fine rock 'n' roll shows that's going to be gracing our city tonight. Maybe Black Rebel Motorcycle Club would be up your alley? Call it garage rock, call it blues revival, but regardless, the sound is all guitars, all the time, acoustic and electric jangling along... more ›