Lee Howard

"I think the alternative scene is disgusting," says Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul on the eve of his band's new world tour. "I don't know how these bands can feel good about robbing a dead man's grave. To me, every one of them sounds like fucking Nirvana." Like its music, Pantera's...

Tish Hinojosa's new album, Dreaming From the Labyrinth/Sonar del Laberinto is the most provocative and accomplished recording of the Austin singer/songwriter's career. But you won't hear it on mainstream radio for two reasons: It's musically complex and it's bilingual. Forget that those same factors contribute mightily to the CD's luminescence...

Underworld has already showed European club kids that electric guitars and live vocals can peacefully co-exist with techno. Now the British trio is using the same music to teach us Yanks a different lesson--that techno can too rock. With the recent U.S. release of Second Toughest in the Infants, Underworld--Karl...