We are currently nursing one hell of a sun hangover, but we have a video from yesterday's Vans Warped Tour to hold you over until Monday morning. Have a safe and happy Independence Day from all of us at Rocks... More >>
Here in America, we enjoy more personal freedoms than most countries. We can say what we want (provided we don't swear on network TV or radio), do what we want (provided we're not one of these people who wants... More >>
Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Last week we wrote... More >>
If you're celebrating independence from a lot of money this Fourth of July weekend, believe us, Rocks Off feels your pain. If you can pry yourself away from the barbecue pit, here's a few other things to do that... More >>
We all know Houston's reputation as a city disinterested in, if not downright disdainful of, its past. Local scribes with a modicum of interest... More >>
The new, cavernous Ei8ht dwarfs its Washington Avenue neighbors in size and status.
By Shea Serrano
Thursday, July 02
Wow.
It's 11:45 p.m. on a Saturday evening at Washington Corridor's phonetically correct nightclub Ei8ht (5102 Washington), and it's utterly... More >>
It's been four years since we've heard from Fort Worth native Andrew Kenny, former front man of American Analog Set. But Magnolia, the debut LP... More >>
Austin six-piece The Belleville Outfit, whose latest CD Time to Stand has the capital city on its feet, combines country, blues and rockabilly to... More >>
Houston's sweltering summer weather sounds like a peculiar way to promote a festival (or anything, really), but the Texas Heat Music Festival... More >>
A Static Lullaby could be a case study in the question of when a band ceases to be itself. Over its eight-year career, the band's lineup has... More >>
Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.
By Vickie Chang
Thursday, June 25
As the sun sets over the parking lot of the Long Beach Courthouse, one of the best and busiest session drummers in the industry is standing... More >>
Most of the milestones we use to measure our lives are pretty pedestrian. Friends come and go, relationships blossom and wilt, jobs appear and... More >>
>With a sonorous voice and brooding storytelling, Georgia country singer Larry Jon Wilson haunted the outskirts of 1970s Nashville, releasing... More >>
It's interesting to watch a scene coalesce in real time, taking on a personal musical identity heard and felt by its denizens and noted by the... More >>