?Rocks Off is here to help. That's why we keep an eye out for stories that, while they may not have anything to do with Houston per se, can still provide a valuable lesson. So as much as we deligh... More >>
Far be it from Rocks Off to rain on anyone's Super Bowl parade, but are we the only ones bothered by this massive, conveniently timed outpouring of love and affection for New Orleans? It started ... More >>
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Are you READY for Rocks Off's Washington Shore party this Thursday? If not, this video of Jersey Shore's Snooki interviewing Phoenix on MTV will melt your brain.
If you read even one Hou... More >>
?Of all the things you don't want to see in a rearview mirror, a marauding police car ranks pretty high. Especially if you have had a little too much to drink, which is something that Rocks Off k... More >>
Fences with Paul Wall mended, upcoming tour planned, Chamillionaire is comfortable being the rapper next door.
By Ben Westhoff
Thursday, February 04
Chamillionaire is the rapper you can take home to mom and dad. His albums contain very little swearing, and, in fact, he won't even curse when... More >>
Comedy and jazz commingle downtown in the clouds (or smog, whatever).
By Shea Serrano
Thursday, February 04
Sitting in a lobby chair next to a smallish stage, Mark Towns looks pretty ordinary.
He's medium-built, maybe six feet tall, with his lean legs... More >>
The Blaggards warm up for an Irish tour by rocking the Rory Miggins Memorial Irish Stew Cook-Off.
By Chris Gray
Thursday, February 04
Like St. Patrick's Day itself, the Blaggards' "Stout Irish Rock" is a Hibernian-American tradition, folding Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues"... More >>
It's hard to believe that Coral Springs, Florida's New Found Glory is now entering its 13th year of syrupy-sweet pop-punk carnage. The lineup has... More >>
Chances are, subconsciously, you know the entire Bellamy Brothers catalog by heart. That's the magic, for better or worse, of siblings David and... More >>
Now here's something you don't see every day: a local band headlining House of Blues. In the big room. On a weekend. But head over to the Houston... More >>
Johnny (Wolfe) Falstaff has been pounding honky-tonk hardwood floors around here so long he's on his second name. The veteran of the Sundowners,... More >>
Jazz fans sure like Ben Allison. The New York-based musician's ninth CD, Think Free, was released just a little more than three months ago, and... More >>
Indie-rock scholars Yo La Tengo forge a unique sound through tireless study of others' music.
By Nicholas L. Hall
Thursday, January 28
Yo La Tengo is easily one of the most critically acclaimed, fanatically popular and longest-lived groups of indie-rock's first age. Long known as... More >>
Patti Smith's new book makes good on her 20-year-old promise to Robert Mapplethorpe.
By Chris Kornelis
Thursday, January 28
Twenty years after the death of her friend and former lover, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, punk-rock pioneer Patti Smith has released Just... More >>
Breaking Curfew, Houston rapper MC Kane explains the protocol for putting people down.
By Shea Serrano
Thursday, January 28
Clothing designer and hip-hop entrepreneur Marc Ecko's Complex magazine recently compiled a list of Jay-Z's greatest lyrical put-downs, including... More >>
For the past several releases, it seems that the mad-scientist half of Fiery Furnaces has been winning, lending a strikingly experimental edge to... More >>
To simply call Jonathan Richman "quirky" is to simply call the late Tiny Tim "weird." Once described as the "Godfather of Punk" primarily for his... More >>
Aside from our hard-hitting investigative reporting, on-the-spot blogging and tireless tweeting, the Houston Press also knows how to throw one... More >>
Bay Area rockers Girls have found a suitable moniker for their mushily emotional sunshine-pop, which chimes brightly enough to make you forget... More >>
The most underground music in Houston right now isn't rap or indie rock...it's jazz.
By Chris Gray
Thursday, January 21
We won't go so far as to say it means we're "maturing," but one sure sign Noise is getting older is that recently we've begun paying much more... More >>