Arthur Yoria

Friday Night: Sideshow Tramps CD Release At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Jason WolterHayes Carll (left) and Craig Kinsey go down the road.​Sideshow Tramps Fitzgerald's September 9, 2011 If Aftermath doesn't have to be at the office first thing in the morning, sometimes we let our personal hygiene slide a little. Some days stretch well into the afternoon ... More >>

Summer Fest Releases Stage Schedule, Set Times

Jermaine Rogers​If Rocks Off learned anything at iFest these past two weekends, it's that we should have started our own bottled-water franchise. And that when you go to a music festival, it's a good idea to know who is playing and when. Running around willy-nilly is all well and good unless i ... More >>

Arthur Yoria Hates "Happy Birthday"

Arthur Yoria on Facebook​We sat down with Arthur Yoria to see what we could learn about the stoner-rocker in 30 seconds. Rocks Off: What is the worst song in the world? Arthur Yoria: "Happy Birthday." I don't like the changes and the lyrics are trite. RO: What is the best lyric in the wor ... More >>

Arthur Yoria Following His Heart To New York City

​Longtime Houston pop-rock scenester Arthur Yoria is moving to New York City in December. And for all the right reasons. "There's a gal involved," Yoria chuckled when we spoke by phone this week. Yoria noted he's likely to take a pay cut along with his move to the Big Apple. "I've actual ... More >>

Hands Up Post: Honky-Tonk Houston's Done Got Out Of Hand

​A recent thread on the Hands Up Houston message board found poster "honky honk" complaining (and mangling the English language): Dear Houston. Why are you excepting [sic] this right wing, overtly white genre of music known as honky tonk or country? Why do we have to travel that far back ... More >>

Signing Off from the HPMA Awards Ceremony

Photos by Marco TorresLee Alexander, Best Male Vocalist​Ed note: The full list of winners will be published on Rocks Off within the next half hour, so please be sure to check back Rocks Off had been using our Flip cam since before 6 p.m., so by the time Tax The Wolf took the stage at 10:10, t ... More >>

"Main Street Music Festival" With Screwtape, Spain Colored Orange, Young Girls, The Watermarks

Main Street Music Festival

Houston Vinyl Junkies May Get Some Relief Soon

• Above is a video from Arthur Yoria's Web site which seems to document his recently wrapped-up "Protest Jingle" tour, but it was posted with commentary so we aren't 100% sure. • It's a quiet start to the week around these parts. Magnolia City Mixtape thinks most of Houston's music blogospher ... More >>

Houston Leading "Ford Fiesta Movement" Bonnaroo Contest

myspace.com/blackqueenspeaksBlack Queen Speaks​ For what seems like months now, Rocks Off has been seeing emails and posts about Team Houston, Ford Fiesta, Backseat Jukeboxes, and the battle of the bands this Saturday at Warehouse Live. To clear up any confusion, Rocks Off recently asked local pho ... More >>

Magnolia City Mixtape: Buxton, Wild Moccasins, Fight Pretty, Fat Tony, Fiskadoro And Still More SXSW Stuff

MCM doesn't really understand this Ford Fiesta Movement clown-car nonsense, but we do know Buxton - as lensed by sometime Rocks Off shutterbug Mark C. Austin - manages to sound awesome even packed into the back of a tiny sedan. The Wild Moccasins' tour kickoff will be April Fool's Day at Walte ... More >>

Miami New Times Music Blog Shouts Out Houston's Lee Alexander

www.myspace.com/alexanderlee​ Congratulations to Houston singer-songwriter Lee Alexander, whose Mayhaw Vaudeville was selected as one of 2009's best under-the-radar albums by Lee Zimmerman of Houston Press sister paper Miami New Times' music blog Crossfade. In fact, it was the first one listed by ... More >>

Distant Early Warning: Cactus Music Second Anniversary, Delbert McClinton, the Marley Brothers, Mindy Smith, Queen Latifah, the Slackers, Vallejo, etc.

​"Cactus Music 2nd Anniversary Party" With The Flamin' Hellcats, DJ Joey McKeel: Fri., Oct. 30, 7 p.m. Cactus Music and Video. Arthur Yoria, Colin Lake: Wed., Oct. 28. Warehouse Live. Delbert McClinton: Sat., Dec. 26. Verizon Wireless Theater. Dir En Grey: Mon., Nov. 2. Warehouse Live. "ArrowFest ... More >>

Vinyl & Compilations

Alternatives to the full-Length CD are back with a vengeance.

Arthur Yoria: 281

Over the Weekend: Houston Artopia at Winter Street Studios

Photo by Daniel Kramer As you should know if you've been following the Houston Press recently (and why wouldn't you?) we held a little get-together called Artopia at Winter Street Studios in the Heights to honor and showcase local artists and performers. Sandwiched in between the railroad tracks ... More >>

Houston Press Artopia

The art/food/fashion mega-event might be the new kid in town, but it’s making one hell of a debut

Stageside Blogging: A Brief Interlude

Fried Rice: In the Hot Seat with Ryan (ADR) from The Skyline Network

Music Awards Nominees Announced Today; UGK, Indian Jewelry, Arthur Yoria, Tontons Head List

Recession Thursday at Numbers Tonight; MP3s from Arthur Yoria and Woozyhelmet

Step Right Up: The favorite Tom Waits songs of tons of local and national music figures

Mp3: Arthur Yoria’s “The Libyans”

This Week's MuxTape

Houston Press Music Awards Winners

Devin the Dude, Katie Stuckey and The Dimes clean up

Exile on Main Street

Racket and the new guy take the annual Houston Press Music Awards Showcase plunge

Lost in Rotation

Rounding Up Recordings by HPMA Nominees

Arthur Yoria

His new CD Handshake Smiles

Houston International Fest 2007

The Bayou City's biggest festival continues making strides toward total recovery

Need Something to do This Weekend?

2006 Houston Press Music Awards Supplement

Rev It Up

Roaring engines, screaming guitars and...Net safety?

Gooooaaaal!

A few locals are afflicted with World Cup mania; also: Chango Jackson, KPFT and what touring bands really think of Houston

Fat Beats

The real reason Houston stays near the top of the chunkiest-city charts

Surls's World

A seminal local arts icon and teacher shows his work at Blaffer Gallery

Pop Songwriter Night, with Arthur Yoria, Tody Castillo and Lanky

Thursday, July 28, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

One More for the Road

Local musicians regale us with more tales of woe, joy and debauchery

Christmas in July

Six dozen of Houston's finest bands for a mere $7

Dreamfest 2

Saturday, May 28, at Walter's and Mary Jane's Fat Cat, 4215 and 4216 Washington Avenue, and at the Rhythm Room, 1815 Washington Avenue

The Sick Old Man of the Festival Circuit

An open letter to the organizers and music bookers of the Houston International Festival

The Bolivar Kid Strikes Again

Hayes Carll continues H-town's hot streak with Little Rock

Todymania!

Houston's scene sees the release of its second great pop-rock CD in six months; also: March Music Madness hits town on the touring front

Music Awards Survey

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

The Power of 12

Arthur Yoria and Matt Maloney launch a new local label with a roster of one

Battle Cries

SXSW finds itself covered in thoughts of war

The Velvety One

Arthur Yoria is no indie rocker. He only plays one on CD.

Best Unsigned Musician

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can you still look adorable (K Oso)

Hot Tunes, Summer in the City

Houston Press Music Awards Showcase 2002

Music Awards 2001

A preview of this year's show