Music List

Critical Lone Star Indie Rock

By T. Cole Rachel

Texas might not immediately spring to mind as the most obvious wellspring for weird indie rock, but the Lone Star State has produced a lot more than country crooners, sleazy bar bands and ZZ Top. Some of the best and weirdest rock and roll has rolled out of Texas over the past two decades, thus proving that the state really is like a whole other country.

CRITICAL LIST

Kill the Moonlight

Spoon

Relationship of Command

At The Drive-In

The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

Explosions in the Sky

Possum Kingdom

The Toadies

Hairway to Steven

Butthole Surfers

The Trials of Van Occupanther

Midlake

I Am An Elastic Firecracker

Tripping Daisy

From Our Living Room to Yours

American Analog Set

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...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead

What Fun Life Was

Bedhead