Email Author Chris Gray

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• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published February 10, 2011

  "Getting Past the Bouncer"

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2009 Stories by Chris Gray

• Recent Super Bowl Halftime Highlights and Lowlights

  published January 29, 2009

  It's time once again for that annual binge of pageantry and advertising dollars known as Super Bowl Sunday. The matchup on the field this year... More >>

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  Bruce Springsteen Confirms Second Houston Show in a Year

  published Jan 27, 2009

  Alejandro Escovedo with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band,"Always a Friend," Toyota Center, April 14, 2008 After last year's sold-out show that ended with both Alejandro Escovedo and Jo... More >>

• Ume

  published January 29, 2009

  A couple of years ago, word began circulating around Austin about a trio fronted by a lovely young lass — who turned out to be former... More >>

• Pioneers of Hip-Hop Tour

  published January 29, 2009

  As the nation's first president to blast hip-hop on his iPod takes office, this package tour could be considered a Council of Cultural... More >>

• The Zydepunks

  published January 29, 2009

  Musically speaking, the Zydepunks' name is a little misleading. Yes, accordion and gnashing guitars are an essential part of the New Orleans... More >>

• Soundtrack This Crazy Tweaker Video

  published Jan 27, 2009

  A friend emailed this clip of some cops separating a shirtless dude from his beloved drug lab, but Rocks Off thinks the snarky cookie-cutter commentary - even from Kids in the Hall and The Lar... More >>

• Lil Wayne, Live In Living Color

  published Jan 27, 2009

  After all the hype and air-guitar awards-show appearances, Lil Wayne's much-anticipated debut as a full-on rock performer, "Prom Queen," has finally leaked. This will be above-the-fold news ... More >>

• Art Rock: Flowers to Hide and Dizzy Pilot at Boondocks

  published Jan 26, 2009

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• Mail Call: Diagonals, Fountains of Wayne, Jason Isbell, Chess Records, Sally Crewe and More

  published Jan 26, 2009

  After a hot minute, Mail Call returns in a slightly revamped format... Pick of the Litter Diagonals (Austin), Valley of the Cyclops (Monofonus Press) They Say: "A sweet-and-sour dark-po... More >>

• Art Rock: Repo! Genetic Opera at Numbers

  published Jan 24, 2009

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• Art Rock: Houston Music Revival at Meridian

  published Jan 24, 2009

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• Art Rock: Sounds of Texas at Conroe's Crighton Theater

  published Jan 24, 2009

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• Art Rock: The Wild Moccasins, Buxton and Teenage Kicks at Walter's on Washington

  published Jan 23, 2009

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• The Cornbreadd Report: A Moral Victory, If Nothing Else

  published Jan 23, 2009

  Well, things didn't quite pan out for Houston MC Cornbreadd on MTV's 50 Cent: The Money and the Power. After a good run, he came in third, lasting until last night's season finale. A couple of do... More >>

• Art Rock: Cornbreadd Watch Party at Boondocks

  published Jan 22, 2009

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  Tonight: Cornbreadd's Season Finale Watch Party at Boondocks

  published Jan 22, 2009

  Houston MC Cornbreadd, frontman for vicious rap-rockers Tha Fucking Transmissions, is one of those people you call with a couple of simple questions and wind up on the phone with for... More >>

• Young Mammals Wrapping Debut CD... Today

  published Jan 22, 2009

  Some exciting news for fans of Westside indie-rockers Young Mammals, of which Rocks Off understands there may be a few out there in Houston (including himself). The Strokes-ish quartet is wrapping i... More >>

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  Upcoming Texas Twists on 30 Rock

  published Jan 22, 2009

  Regular readers may be aware that Rocks Off has become somewhat obsessed with NBC's 30 Rock lately. Actually, that's not true. He's been obsessed with the show since the first time he saw i... More >>

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  Doug Sahm Tribute Album Due March 24

  published Jan 21, 2009

  Vanguard Records (Billy Bob Thornton & the Boxmasters, Kim Richey, the Watson Twins) announced today it will release Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm, a 14-song disc honoring the late music... More >>

• At Last: Beyonce Serenades President & Mrs. Obama

  published Jan 21, 2009

  Beyonce stepped back into her Cadillac Records character Etta James to sing "At Last," and sing the hell out of it, for President and Mrs. Obama's first dance at last night's HD Neighborhood Inaugur... More >>

• Annual Pazz & Jop Results Released

  published Jan 21, 2009

  Congrats, TV on the Radio! This morning our sister paper in Manhattan's Cooper Square, the Village Voice, released the results of its annual Pazz & Jop poll, where hundreds of music writers an... More >>

• Freddie Krc

  published January 22, 2009

  Foggy London town seems like the last place on Earth to inspire a country album. A polyglot postmodern road map like M.I.A.'s Arular or... More >>

• Leave Your Genre at the Door

  published January 22, 2009

  Who doesn't love a good buffet? Or a good sequel? This second installment of Leave Your Genre at the Door — the stylistic hodgepodge of... More >>

• Trinity Jazz Festival

  published January 22, 2009

  Since 2002, the Trinity Jazz Festival has brought some of the top names in jazz (Ellis Marsalis, Jason Moran) to Houston in a most sanctified... More >>

• Dollyrockers, Hellbound Hoedown

  published January 22, 2009

  Funny. The last thing I wrote before this review was something about how little I cared about American Idol starting up again. Albums... More >>