Guardian Music — US photographer and film-maker who chronicled the heyday of folk and jazzGeorge Pickow, who has died aged 88, was a photographer and film-maker whose images were used on many album covers in the US – jazz, folk and pop – and who made a significa... more info

Topix — The New Orleans Hustlers Brass Band, which plays Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations Saturday at the Rothko Chapel and Sunday at Under the Volcano's soul-food cookoff, has essentially called Houston home since Hurricane Katrina . more info

DrivenFarOff — Underoath are set to start their winter headlining tour with Thursday on January 20th in Houston. Check out a promo video for the tour below. Ticket can be found here and a few $59 VIP meet and great, Limited edition shirt, autographed poster and U... more info

Perez Hilton — Sooooo exciting!!!! We are just a few months until the pop deity Kylie Minogue brings her highly anticipated Aphrodite - Live 2011 show to North America! The tour will kick off April 28th in Montreal and end May 22nd in Las Vegas, playing such marke... more info

ACountry — The 2011 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo concert lineup features some of music’s biggest stars.  Sugarland, Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Zac Brown Band, and Alan Jackson anchor a star-fill... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Video from a recent DJ Premier tour-stop in Houston.   LiveFromTheHQ a2a_linkname="DJ Premier And Khaleel Perform In Houston (Video)"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2011/01/08/dj-premier-and-khaleel-perform-in-houston-video/"; a2a_h... more info

melophobe — Smith Westerns - “All Die Young” by forcefieldpr I grew up with an irrational sense of doom. If there was any generation that could be fucked, I was sure mine would be it. The lyrics in “All Die Young” reflect that need to not see th... more info

melophobe — I wasn’t kidding when I said bands are spitting out tour dates lightning fast. Well, I didn’t say that verbatim in the previous post on 2011 tours, but I’m saying it now! This batch has dates from: Deftones and Dillinger Escape Plan, The Pains ... more info

ContactMusic — Mexican singer EMILIO NAVAIRA struggles to remember his own lyrics since he was left brain damaged after crashing his tour bus while intoxicated in 2008, a court has heard.The Grammy winner was thrown through the window of his tour bus while driving ... more info

melophobe — Now that the new year has started, several bands are announcing left and right that they are spending their 2011 on the road. I’ve accumulated some of the announced tour dates from the past day or so, including: Chromeo, Surfer Blood, . . . And You... more info