Chatter
12:00 am
May. 17, 2012
Stryper: Christian-Metal Kings
No other band within modern-day Contemporary Christian music has been more legendary in the metal scene than Stryper. For a secular metal band,...
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Playbill
12:00 am
May. 17, 2012
M83
Big shit poppin': L.A.-based Frenchman Anthony Gonzalez follows up Thursday's House of Blues show with another Houston show October 10 at the much...
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Nightfly
12:00 am
May. 17, 2012
Blanco's: The Time Machine
"Hello walls, how'd things go for you today? Hello window, well, I see that you're still here
Hello ceiling. I'm gonna stare at you a...
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Playbill
12:00 am
May. 17, 2012
Buckwheat Zydeco
The best performers of all time combine a mastery of their chosen style with the kind of charisma that makes the specific type of music they are...
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Rocks Off
4:20 pm
May. 16, 2012
Summer Fest Releases Schedule & Stage Times
By Chris Gray
Time to make some hard choices, folks. Free Press Summer Fest just released the schedule for this year's two-day event June 2 and 3 in Eleanor Tinsley Park.
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Rocks Off
3:45 pm
May. 16, 2012
Shot In The Dark: Angels & A-Holes
By Chris Gray
When you're in the photo pit taking pictures for a publication such as Rocks Off, you can become the unwanted center of attention from both the audience and especially the artists. Most of the t...
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Rocks Off
12:30 pm
May. 16, 2012
Rest Of The Best: Houston's Top 8 Latin Nights
By Rocks Off
Note: This article was written by Rolando Rodriguez and Marco Torres.
In March of this year, Houston beat the likes of Los Angeles and New York as the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area...
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Rocks Off
11:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Top 7 Promotional Music Gimmicks -- Both Used & Unused
By Christina Lynn
One of the most interesting things in the music business is how managers and record companies promote and market their artists. Sometimes they do a great job, and other times they fail.
When they...
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Rocks Off
7:00 am
May. 16, 2012
The CD-R Turns 15 Years Old: A Blessing Or A Curse?
By Craig Hlavaty
This year marks 15 years since recordable compact disc technology trickled down to the public at large. Before this, cassette tapes were all the rage for dubbing, recording, and other at-home use....
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Rocks Off
6:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Gothic Council Wants Katy Perry To Go Away
By Jef With One F
It was noon, the gothic 3 a.m., when the alarm went off. Not the alarm clock, but the big, black one that alerts me to clear and present dangers to goth.
I stumbled to the Internet where my custo...
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Rocks Off
6:20 pm
May. 15, 2012
What Happened To That ZZ Top Show In The Woodlands?
By Craig Hlavaty
A few months back, Rocks Off announced that ZZ Top, 3 Doors Down and Gretchen Wilson would be playing the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on June 23.
Now it appears that it isn't happening, af...
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Rocks Off
2:50 pm
May. 15, 2012
Rap Feud Turns Deadly In Southwest Houston
By Chris Gray
A young man killed in the parking lot of a southwest Houston McDonalds the night of May 4 was an up-and-coming Alief-area rapper, and police believe he was killed by a former bandmate who left ...
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Rocks Off
1:00 pm
May. 15, 2012
Upcoming: Glen Campbell, Toadies, Norah Jones, Crystal Method, Etc.
By Craig Hlavaty
13 Black Coffins, Ese, Zipperneck, The Failed Attempt: Fri., June 1, 7 p.m., $10. Mango's, 403 Westheimer Road, Houston.
23 Shades, The Solidier Thread: Fri., June 1, 8 p.m., $10/$12. The Bronze...
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Rocks Off
12:00 pm
May. 15, 2012
New Idea: Give Fans Your Phone Number
By Chris Gray
Every so often, a ballplayer or musician will accidentally post their private phone number on Twitter, or perhaps a social-media-savvy celeb like Charlie Sheen will tweet out a buddy's digits as ...
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Rocks Off
11:00 am
May. 15, 2012
New Beach Boys Book Digs Deep Under The Sand
By Bob Ruggiero
The Beach Boys FAQ: All That's Left to Know About America's Band
By Jon Stebbins
Backbeat Books, 400 pp., $19.99.
Backbeat's FAQ series of books are the perfect addendum for those who are alread...
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Rocks Off
9:00 am
May. 15, 2012
First Person Shootr: "Punch-Struck" Will Creep You Out
By Jef With One F
I don't know much about First Person Shootr, and naming your band after a genre that makes up roughly 243 percent of all modern video games doesn't exactly make narrowing it down any easier. After...
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Rocks Off
7:00 am
May. 15, 2012
Burn! Music's 12 Best Insults & Jabs
By Christina Lynn
One of the not-so-fun things in the world is to get insulted or, in the words of Kelso from That 70's Show, get "burned." Now, let's imagine what it would be like to be insulted by some musician o...
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Rocks Off
6:00 am
May. 15, 2012
Go Slow: A New Houston Playlist For Your Drive To Work
By Shea Serrano
For parents, it's hard to find a moment of peace.
Watching TV during the day? Please. Reading a book without interruptions that isn't about a gorilla that has to learn manners or whatthefuckeve...
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Rocks Off
3:30 pm
May. 14, 2012
A World Naked Gardening Day Playlist
By Jef With One F
Now, World Naked Gardening Day isn't the kind of thing I'm really going to get behind with anything remotely resembling gusto. It's not the being naked part that irks me, it's the gardening.
Whe...
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