During their final sweep of the U.S. ‘Catacombs’ shows, alternative-metal act Queens of the Stone Age stopped by Bass Concert Hall on Nov. 19 with opener Paris Jackson, a folk-country singer native to Los Angeles for a night of orchestral mayhem.
Read MoreAs they were dragged from the Scottish Highlands onto the global rock stage, the bagpipes found themselves caught in a frenzy of musical history. Rather than kilts and rolling grassland, the instrument would come to be surrounded by drum sets and guitars in the ‘70s and ‘80s, exemplifying the epochal desire to do the not-yet-done.
Read MoreEven 50 years after releasing A Night at the Opera, Queen continues to reign by way of this legendary album. Not only did it birth the timelessly brilliant "Bohemian Rhapsody,” it also reinvented rock music as a genre.
Read MoreRiding the wave of his rising popularity, MJ Lenderman and his backing band, The Wind, treated the first day of Austin City Limits weekend one to an hour of brilliantly irrational slacker rock.
Read MoreNether Hour, Underground Springhouse, and Nico Little and the North Americans performed a twangy, vibrant set at Sagebrush on Feb. 27.
Read MoreAfter signing with a major record label, Bring Me The Horizon refined their metalcore sound with its fourth album, creating a unique combination of heavy electronic tracks leading to lasting success 10 years after Sempiternal’s release.
Read MoreHow Roy “Professor Longhair” Byrd’s individualistic and experimental piano-playing style revolutionized the New Orleans music scene and paved the way for rock and soul.
Read MoreThe angsty rock bands that dominated the early 2000s created classics which continue to live in our hearts today. But until nostalgia kicked in two decades later, these musicians had to figure out how to change with the times to keep their names in the limelight.
Read MoreJust as the age-old genre looked like it was falling out of mainstream favor, it has been revived by none other than some of the biggest pop and hip hop acts. In the words of rock-inspired pop icon Olivia Rodrigo, Good 4 U(s).
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