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The Big Sleep has a great band name and a great new album to boot.

Houstonist still likes its classics, though. From the 90's, we have southern-flavored rock from Southern Culture On the Skids and a favorite from Ben Folds Five's album Whatever and Ever, Amen. Our sole 80's entry comes from L.A. new wave band The Sparks. Finally, one of our contributors has spent a little too much time in his 1975 Camaro: he suggested Led Zeppelin and Foreigner.

This looks to be the last big release week of the year, and 2007 is going out with a bang. We'll see you in '08!

The Brits are coming! This Friday night, British indie-rockers Bloc Party will hold their festivities at Warehouse Live, with San Francisco’s Deerhoof and Texas’ own J Versus K. We got a pair of tickets just for you. Bloc Party released their debut album just a couple of years ago, and it quickly became a favorite overseas, garnering “Album of the Year” award from the U.K. music publication NME. Their second full-length album, A Weekend in...

Last night, Warehouse Live played host to the annual Houston Press Music Awards. Houstonist was there to absorb all of the entertainment and was treated to some of the best local music around. The Dimes (pictured above) walked away as big winners, with three awards – Best New Act, Best Indie Rock, and Song of the Year, for “Delilah,” which they performed on stage midway through the night. Other performers included Million Year Dance...

Last week, we spotlighted George Clinton, the iFest headliner from this past weekend. So, why not do it again with this weekend’s headliner – Lucinda Williams. Born in Lake Charles, Lucinda is no stranger to Houston, spending her early years playing at clubs and honky-tonks around the area. Her first album came out 28 years ago, but it wasn’t until the late 80’s when she started to receive critical acclaim and had others singing...

You know that we’re always pushing the good local music here, it’s only because there’s so much of it. For a mere $7, you can catch 60 local musicians (well, that’s if you can be in multiple venues at once) at the Houston Press Music Awards Showcase this Sunday. The showcase is scattered at different venues downtown. All shows begin at 4 p.m. and end at 10 p.m. A complete listing is here. It’s all...