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Alejandro Escovedo

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Shot In The Dark: Put Down Your Phones And Watch The Show

    Take a picture, they say. It'll last longer. But fans weren't always able to do that. Only in the last five years or so, with the rise of digital cameras and smartphones, has photography even been an option. Even now, some artists insist on no photography at their shows, and a few venues still ask ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    SXSW: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Rock ACL Live

    Bruce Springsteen's Thursday started with a keynote speech in one of the big ballrooms at the Austin Convention Center, and ended with a mythic three-hour set at ACL Live across town, in front of a few thousand people cooing "Bruce". The keynote and the show went hand in hand. If you weren't there ... More >>

  • Music

    June 23, 2011

    Peter Case

    Bruce Springsteen's Thursday started with a keynote speech in one of the big ballrooms at the Austin Convention Center, and ended with a mythic three-hour set at ACL Live across town, in front of a few thousand people cooing "Bruce". The keynote and the show went hand in hand. If you weren't there ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    Steve Poltz & Peter Case

    Bruce Springsteen's Thursday started with a keynote speech in one of the big ballrooms at the Austin Convention Center, and ended with a mythic three-hour set at ACL Live across town, in front of a few thousand people cooing "Bruce". The keynote and the show went hand in hand. If you weren't there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Skarnales, Escovedo, Gaines Make Rockin' Nightlife Tour

    Photos by Lisa RosatoLos Skarnales​Friday was one of those nights when Rocks Off wished we operated one of those "show you the nightlife" tour buses filled with people from Omaha, Chicago, Des Moines, and Berlin. When's the last time Houston had a gentle north wind cooling the evening in mid-M ... More >>

  • Music

    May 12, 2011

    Street Soul

    Alejandro Escovedo puts strings on ice for the penetrating rock of his past two albums.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Friday The 13th Escovedo, Skarnales Fans' Lucky Day

    Jason WolterAlejandro Escovedo, Sensitive Boy​While Friday the 13th is universally considered a day of bad luck, in fact it just turned out to be Houston's lucky day. This afternoon Miller Outdoor Theatre announced a free show for that date starring none other than Alejandro Escovedo and the S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Last Night: Alejandro Escovedo At House Of Blues

    Photos by Jason Wolter​Alejandro Escovedo House of Blues Bronze Peacock Room March 3, 2011 This never would have happened in Austin. In our fair state capital, Alejandro Escovedo is worshiped like a god, and more people would show up to watch him wash his car than came out to House of Blues' ... More >>

  • Music

    February 17, 2011

    Carrie Rodriguez

    Photos by Jason Wolter​Alejandro Escovedo House of Blues Bronze Peacock Room March 3, 2011 This never would have happened in Austin. In our fair state capital, Alejandro Escovedo is worshiped like a god, and more people would show up to watch him wash his car than came out to House of Blues' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Roots-Rocker Chuck Prophet Heads Under the Volcano For St. Patrick's Day

    myspace.com/chuckprophetofficialAlejandro Escovedo and Chuck Prophet​Chuck Prophet won't be skipping Houston on his upcoming tour as he makes his way toward Austin and South By Southwest. Under the Volcano announced yesterday that Prophet will play there Wednesday, March 17. The Bissonnet bar has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Happy Anniversary Texas Music Magazine, or "Austin and (Maybe) Everything After"

    ​Towards the end of last week, Rocks Off got the latest issue of Texas Music magazine in the mail, which just happens to mark the quarterly periodical's tenth anniversary. Naturally, as just about every publication does when it reaches such an august milestone - no mean feat for a magazine in this ... More >>

  • Music

    January 7, 2010

    Love and Theft

    The decade with no name left behind plenty of memorable music.

  • Music

    July 30, 2009

    Peter Case benefit

    The decade with no name left behind plenty of memorable music.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Monday MP3s: Two from LL Cooper's Tucson

    When it comes to salt-of-the-earth working-class roots-rock, groups (especially around Houston) don't come much more solid than LL Cooper, the semi-eponymous band led by Houston/Austin roots vet Larry Cooper. "For my money, very few acts sound better accompanying a round of Lone Stars in a smoky bar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Aftermath: The Krayolas at Cactus Music

    Photos by Chris Gray The coolest band in Houston this weekend couldn't find a club or venue to play. Not at night, anyway - San Antonio's the Krayolas did manage to play Dan Electro's during Saturday afternoon's live broadcast of KPFT's Joe's Roadhouse, and Cactus Music an hour or two thereafter. If ... More >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2009

    Various Artists: Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm

    Photos by Chris Gray The coolest band in Houston this weekend couldn't find a club or venue to play. Not at night, anyway - San Antonio's the Krayolas did manage to play Dan Electro's during Saturday afternoon's live broadcast of KPFT's Joe's Roadhouse, and Cactus Music an hour or two thereafter. If ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Top Five SXSW Performances

    Chris Gray Black Joe Lewis and a couple of HoneybearsWell, thank God that's over. SXSW 09 is history now, so before we completely block it out of our mind for another 11 months, here's Rocks Off's top five reasons it was worth going to after all. Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    SXSW: Austin Music Awards at Austin Music Hall

    Photos by Mark C. AustinAustin is full of ghosts, and not just at the Driskill Hotel. (Say hi to LBJ's mistress for us, though, those of you staying there.) Some of the ghosts aren't even dead. Take the Dicks (above), Austin's early-'80s hardcore trail-blazers who reconvened to play Wednesday night' ... More >>

  • Music

    March 19, 2009

    Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra

    Photos by Mark C. AustinAustin is full of ghosts, and not just at the Driskill Hotel. (Say hi to LBJ's mistress for us, though, those of you staying there.) Some of the ghosts aren't even dead. Take the Dicks (above), Austin's early-'80s hardcore trail-blazers who reconvened to play Wednesday night' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Bruce Springsteen Confirms Second Houston Show in a Year

    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 Joe Ely duetting with the Boss, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are headed back to Houston for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney

    Chris Gaffney Right on the heels of Wednesday's announcement of Vanguard's new Doug Sahm tribute album comes Yep Roc's tribute to Chris Gaffney, The Man of Somebody's Dreams. Ironically, it includes some of the same high-profile roots artists who pay tribute to Sahm: Dave Alvin, Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Doug Sahm Tribute Album Due March 24

    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 musican known as Sir Doug, March 24. Artists include Delbert McClinton, Los Lobos, Alejandro Escovedo, Da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: Miss Leslie Takes Top Honors in Freeform Americana Radio Awards

    Miss Leslie and Her Juke-Jointers, "Yes Ma'am" Houston's own Miss Leslie Sloan of Miss Leslie and Her Jukejointers was tipped for a slew of honors in the most recent Best of 2008 voting by FAR (Freeform Americana Radio) members. She was voted Female Artist of the Year over Eliza Gilkyson and C ... More >>

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    2008 in Texas Albums and Local EPs

    Miss Leslie and Her Juke-Jointers, "Yes Ma'am" Houston's own Miss Leslie Sloan of Miss Leslie and Her Jukejointers was tipped for a slew of honors in the most recent Best of 2008 voting by FAR (Freeform Americana Radio) members. She was voted Female Artist of the Year over Eliza Gilkyson and C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: 2008's Heavy Rotation

    For the second (third?) year in a row, LOM didn't vote in either the Nashville Scene's best of country music poll or the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop best of American music poll. I'm just not a good list-maker. Detest that stuff. Just trying to compile a list of possibles makes my brain hate me. ... More >>

  • Music

    November 27, 2008

    Turkey Trot

    Artists choose the songs that rocked their 2008 worlds

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    ACL Notebook Dump, Pt. 1: Gentrification, Acid, Obama Shirts and More

    Artists choose the songs that rocked their 2008 worlds

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    This Just In: Alejandro Escovedo Up Close

    Artists choose the songs that rocked their 2008 worlds

  • Music

    July 10, 2008

    Alejandro Escovedo: Real Animal

    Artists choose the songs that rocked their 2008 worlds

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2008

    The Wayback Machine: Five, Ten and 15 Years Ago in Houston Music

    Artists choose the songs that rocked their 2008 worlds

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Has ACL Festival Jumped the Shark?

    Artists choose the songs that rocked their 2008 worlds

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2008

    Weekend Music: No Money, No Problem

    Artists choose the songs that rocked their 2008 worlds

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2007

    Give Us a Hand

    Artists choose the songs that rocked their 2008 worlds

  • Calendar

    August 10, 2006

    Return of the Alt-Country King

    Artists choose the songs that rocked their 2008 worlds

  • Music

    August 3, 2006

    The Got-It-Good Blues

    Then and now with Tony Vega

  • Music

    June 1, 2006

    The Examined Life

    After a brush with death, Alejandro Escovedo cleans up, digs deep and resurfaces with a gem

  • Music

    December 16, 2004

    Playbill

    After a brush with death, Alejandro Escovedo cleans up, digs deep and resurfaces with a gem

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Music Store

    After a brush with death, Alejandro Escovedo cleans up, digs deep and resurfaces with a gem

  • Music

    December 11, 2003

    Rallying Round Al

    Houston pitches in to help an ailing Austinite; also: Dennis Kucinich hits the hip-hop hustings

  • Music

    January 18, 2001

    Silent Type

    The multitalented Alejandro Escovedo prefers to let the music do the talking

  • Music

    August 3, 2000

    Debt Releaf

    Cigarette companies get crafty

  • Music

    June 10, 1999

    Rum Punk

    Though Alejandro Escovedo has kicked the booze, he still churns out symphonic hardcore

  • Music

    March 20, 1997

    Rotation

    Though Alejandro Escovedo has kicked the booze, he still churns out symphonic hardcore

  • Music

    August 1, 1996

    Balancing Act

    Alejandro Escovedo teeters between rock and restraint

  • Music

    April 11, 1996

    Hillbilly Revenge

    Alejandro Escovedo teeters between rock and restraint

  • Calendar

    March 30, 1995

    Press Picks

    Alejandro Escovedo teeters between rock and restraint

  • Music

    June 16, 1994

    Beck's Prime

    Alejandro Escovedo teeters between rock and restraint

  • Calendar

    April 21, 1994

    Press Picks

    Alejandro Escovedo teeters between rock and restraint

  • Calendar

    January 6, 1994

    Picks

    Alejandro Escovedo teeters between rock and restraint

  • Music

    December 23, 1993

    End Game

    This is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, not with a bang but a ... year-end roundup

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