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Holidays with the family are great, but let's be honest: After hours upon hours of togetherness, you're ready to peel off that festive sweater and slip into something a little more comfortable.

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: the Big Pink, the Jesus Lizard, Melt-Banana, the King Khan & BBQ Show, Municipal Waste, and more By Peter Margasak , Miles Raymer , Monica Kendrick , Bill Meyer , Kevin Warwick and Ann Sterzinger Music Picks archives>> friday27 click to enlarge Jennie Warren Crystal Antlers THE BIG PINK, CRYSTAL ANTLERS ...

Alberta Cross, 10 p.m. Jan. 29, Schubas; $12. On sale at noon. Badfish, 6:30 p.m. Feb.

Blame it on the Bottle Rockets. Shilah Morrow was having a nice career in the corporate world, working her way up to product development manager for the giant Warner Elektra Atlantic record group.

EW Home // TV // 'Jon & Kate Plus Eight' recap: Playtime SHOULDERING IN The focus on Kate and Jon has seemed to take away from the kids' airtime but the butterfly trip sure was cute TLC All About Jon & Kate Plus Eight By Darren Franich The title of last night's episode was ''Butterflies and Bottle Rockets,'' which would be a good name for a punk ...

Bottle Rockets perform "The Way It Used To Be" and "Give Me Room" at Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC on Sept 29, 2009.

The Loop will be bumping tonight. First up, the Bottle Rockets is doing a two-night stand at the Duck Room, tonight and tomorrow night.

As promised on Friday , the Bottle Rockets made a new setlist for the last night of their stint at the Duck room, The band started with "Gas Girl" from its self-titled debut album, which kicked off a stretch of eight classics.

While the Bottle Rockets could command a larger venue, it would be a shame to lose the intimacy the quartet fosters at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room.

For downsized, work-a-day Americans, if not their CEOs, the concept of "do more with less" is a joke without humor.

Brian Henneman is calling his band's Sunday Carbondale tour stop a happy accident.

Missouri's the Bottle Rockets used to be billed as being from Festus. They now reside in St.

Back in '94 Missouri's Bottle Rockets released their second album, The Brooklyn Side , which scored North American airplay for the rollicking, cops'll-get-you single "Radar Gun" but is best remembered for infectious rockers like "Gravity Fails", "I'll Be Comin' Around", and the evocative ballad "Pot of Gold". Tracks like "Sunday Sports" and ...

Bloodshot BBQ It's an alt-country geek roots-rock dream come true. Eight bucks, eight bands, and some world-class ones at that, starting with the Clash-meets-Cash Waco Brothers, Dan Baird and Terry Anderson's the Yayhoos, Brian Henneman's stalwart Bottle Rockets, and ingeniously tongue-in-cheek songwriter Robbie Fulks.

In 2006, author Stephen King called 'Zoysia' The Bottle Rockets' "best album ever - tuneful, soulful, and best of all, loud." King is right - The Bottle Rockets are best when they're loud, and they aren't shy about turning up the sound on their latest album, 'Lean Forward.' The St.

In the two decades the Bottle Rockets have been at it, the music industry certainly hasn't gotten any easier to navigate.

Musicians typically regard day jobs as a necessary evil, something to be endured rather than enjoyed.

The band name Drunken Prayer doesn't actually stem from the time singer/songwriter Morgan Geer and keyboardist Audra Fleming spent holed up in a cabin in California's wine country.

Here's a list of some new CD releases for the week of Aug. 11: Behemoth - "Evangelion" The Bottle Rockets - "Lean Forward" Cavo - "Bright Nights, Dark Days" Cobra Starship - "Hot Mess" Florence and the Machine - "Lungs" Kal Hourd - "Haven't Even Met Yet" Michael Jackson - "Stripped Mixes" Jessie James - "Jessie James" The Manvils - "The Manvils" ...

And what a week this will be for the St. Louis-based band - their newest offering, the rockin' 'Lean Forward,' will be released tomorrow, and they're throwing a big release party at Vintage Vinyl to celebrate their latest sonic acclompishment.