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January 5, 2012
Tori, Tool, TLC And The Other Musical Debuts Of 1992
1992 was a pretty heady year for music in general, with the masses gobbling up all the gangsta rap, grunge, and pop-country they could. That year would see the release of not only R.E.M.'s Automatic For The People, Peter Gabriel's Us, Pantera's Vulgar Display Of Power, but also what is arguab ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Flying High Again: Five-ish Guys That Made the Flying V Famous
Photo by Jeff BalkeMy ultra-classy Gibson guitar refrigerator magnets including the V (second from right).There are few instruments more distinctive than the Flying V. It's odd that a guitar this funky looking has been commonly used by a wide range of guitar players from country and blues to ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Gigantour Hitting Houston March 2 With Motorhead And Megadeth
Photo By GroovehouseMegadeth's Dave Mustaine in Houston in March 2010And just like that, my normally non-soiled jeans were not. Yes, March 2 the traveling metal bonanza Gigantour is hitting Houston's Verizon Wireless Theater, with Megadeth, Motorhead, Lacuna Coil, and Volbeat in tow. Are we e ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Beyonce's Baby Shower: Celebrity Gift Suggestions
Proud parents?With every gossip site on the planet reporting that Beyonce has given birth to Blue Ivy Carter just yesterday, Rocks Off suddenly realized that we haven't gotten her a thing! While we make a quick Target run, we thought it might be fun to ponder what sort of gifts Beyonce and J ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
2012 RodeoHouston Lineup Features ZZ Top, Train, Kid Rock, John Legend, Enrique Iglesias
Photo By Jim BrickerZZ Top onstage in 2010.The Houston Livestock And Rodeo continues it's march it's non-country waters with today's musical announcement, with Houston's own ZZ Top (March 8), Train (March 16), Kid Rock (February 29), John Legend (March 2), and Enrique Iglesias (March 6) toppi ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Jon Black Dreams Up Five Collaborations The World Needs
The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Have something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email it to sheaserrano@gmail. ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
20 Years of Hip-Hop Soul Hits: Happy Birthday, Mary J. Blige
Photo by Marco TorresEvery time we hear a new Mary J. Blige single on the radio, we ask ourselves, "REALLY, MJB? Again? OK, girl." We literally said that in the car last week when we heard her new single "Mr. Wrong." Of course, the proclaimed "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" has never given us reaso ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Ray Price
Photo by Marco TorresEvery time we hear a new Mary J. Blige single on the radio, we ask ourselves, "REALLY, MJB? Again? OK, girl." We literally said that in the car last week when we heard her new single "Mr. Wrong." Of course, the proclaimed "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" has never given us reaso ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Wu-Tang Clan
Photo by Marco TorresEvery time we hear a new Mary J. Blige single on the radio, we ask ourselves, "REALLY, MJB? Again? OK, girl." We literally said that in the car last week when we heard her new single "Mr. Wrong." Of course, the proclaimed "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" has never given us reaso ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
A God-Fearing Boogie Man
Reverend K.M. Williams says the blues aren't the devil's music.
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January 11, 2012
With a Rebel Yell: 10 Rockers Gone Country
Photo by Matthew KeeverAaron Lewis at the Verizon Wireless Theater in 2010.When Staind singer Aaron Lewis rolls into Verizon Wireless Theater tomorrow night, odds are he'll leave his mudshuvel back at the hotel. As modern rock radio turns to the next generation of angst, the former Fred Durs ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Rach Fest! 1 - Rach 3
Photo by Matthew KeeverAaron Lewis at the Verizon Wireless Theater in 2010.When Staind singer Aaron Lewis rolls into Verizon Wireless Theater tomorrow night, odds are he'll leave his mudshuvel back at the hotel. As modern rock radio turns to the next generation of angst, the former Fred Durs ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Last Night: Wu-Tang Clan at House of Blues
Photos by Katya HornerIt's probably not bad advice to say that if you're planning to catch a Wu-Tang show, you better be ready to lose control. Method Man, for one, hates lazybones. His twin requirements for an ideal concert: weed and energy. "The energy that you give to us, we gonna give bac ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Lord Lordy, Look Who's Forty: The Best Albums Of 1972
Last week I told you about the best debut albums of 1992, making a lot of us feel old in the process. Hell, I was only nine when those came out and I felt feeble making the list. This week we look at the best albums of 1972, now four decades in the hole, but no less fulfilling and influenti ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Beats By Dre, Monster Headphones To Split
GizmodoDr. Dre At CES 2008 Premiering Beats By DreWell time to pass the tissue to those of you who love walking through IAH or Hobby with $200 headphones around your head like a fashion statement. In news more likely to occur than Dr. Dre's Detox album, Monster has announced that it will no longe ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Rap Round Table: If You Could Only Listen To One Musician For All Of Time, Who Would It Be?
Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Each week Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. This Week's Panel: Killa Kyleon, Zavey, kyle Hubbard, Brad Gilmore, Mac, Doughbeezy, A.D.D., Medicine Girl, more. Not Invited: The guy at our sons' ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
10 Rock Stars the GOP Should Nominate for President
Now, we're talking!As the 2012 presidential race begins to heat up in earnest, Rocks Off can't help but feel that the front-runners for the Republican nomination are lacking a certain je ne sais quoi. Call it star power. Call it sex appeal. Whatever it is, these guys ain't got it. If the G ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
The Space City Beat Battle & The Best H-Town Producers Ever
Despite a venue conflict, the championship edition of the Space City Beat Battle will go on Saturday evening at the Mercury Room. If you've never been to one it's almost like watching a ritualistic rite of passage where cocksure arrogance and chest pounding reign supreme. Sample based produce ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Etta James: A Closer Look Into One Of The Greatest Voices Ever Heard
Etta James, almost universally praised as one of the finest voices of our era, has passed away at 73. Ironically, Ms. James had been discovered and recorded by rhythm and blues pioneer Johnny Otis, who passed away only two days ago. Ms. James, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
New York Woodwind Quintet
Etta James, almost universally praised as one of the finest voices of our era, has passed away at 73. Ironically, Ms. James had been discovered and recorded by rhythm and blues pioneer Johnny Otis, who passed away only two days ago. Ms. James, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Google Shuttering Popular Photo Editing Tool Picnik: Top 8 Alternatives
Google announced that as of April 19, it will shut down Picnik, an online photo editing tool acquired by the company in 2010, and bundle some of the editing tools into their over-arching Google platform. The staff of Picnik remains with Google and apparently is working to add features from t ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Enjoy Your Lunar New Year With Some Of Music's Greatest Butts
According to Chinese reckoning, today marks the lunar new year. It's the Year of the Dragon. Specifically, the Year of the Water Dragon, which I'm told will bestow a peaceful energy on the coming year, favoring the ideals of negotiation and forward thinking. I know, right? BOOORING. We Ameri ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Show Me Your GIFs: Great Classic Rock 'N Roll GIFs Galore
It seems to me that musical history is made up of fragments of indelible images, good and bad, that inform each person's experience. Then there are the swatches of tunes that grab you by the heart strings or the throat, making you a fan for life. But it's those moving pictures that you first ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Announces Houston Date: Includes Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax And More
Photo By Marc BrubakerSlayer's Kerry King making Austin bleed at Fun Fun Fun Fest last NovemberThis morning, the lineup for this summer's mega-metal fest, the Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, was released. It includes re-activated act Slipknot, warhorses Slayer, Anthrax on the Jagermei ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
App of the Week: Pandora vs. iHeartRadio
If you haven't been paying attention, a very tiny little war has been brewing over access to the ears of people who like to listen to radio online or on their smart phones. I say it's a tiny war because, at the moment, it is. While many of us who love music and like to listen to it a lot will ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Why 50 Cent Should Consider Retirement
InterscopeI was in college when Get Rich or Die Tryin' dropped. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing "In da Club"-- house parties, techno clubs, AA meetings, everywhere. My friends used to sit around and debate 50's feud with Ja Rule. Anyone brave enough to take Ja's side was ridiculed to ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Before We Cared: 10 Bit Players Who Became Superstars
"Whole Lotta Love" it wasn't.On this day in 1965, British songstress Petula Clark reached number one on the charts with "Downtown," a pop classic with an unforgettable hook that has become a mainstay of oldies radio, film soundtracks and TV advertisements in the years since. The song even se ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Last Night: Mutemath at House of Blues
Photos by Barry SigmanLet's get something straight right off the bat: Mutemath is not a Christian band. Sure, the band members are all lifelong Christians, but the New Orleans-based act sued their label, Warner Music Group, in 2006 for breach of contract and negligent representation when th ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
4 Warnings -- Your Guide To Listening To Super Bowl Week Talk Radio
Jock talk radio: Few surprisesSuper Bowl hype week is underway, and I know that many of you will be consuming sports talk radio this week in an effort to get ready for the big game. (I know many of you won't be, and I understand that as well. I hate me some me sometimes, too. It's okay.) The ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
I'm Going To Hell For This One: NOFX's Most Sacrilegious Songs
Photo By GroovehouseFat Mike of NOFX at the House Of Blues in January 2011Aside from the blood, bruises, beer, and the bands, the one thing you could always count on punk-rock for was to provoke unpopular thought. To make you go against what polite society and your parents had taught you. NOF ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Excuse Me, Rapper. Would You Like To Be Played On The Radio?
The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place - lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good - so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com.̴ ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Noise For The Ages: Top Post-Hardcore Guitarists Through the Years
The album that basically made the genre.While it may not often be recognized by "mainstream listening audiences," post-hardcore is not a dead genre. Though its popularity has often waxed and waned throughout the years since its inception in the mid '80s, there are always great upstart bands k ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Hip-Hop, Interrupted: 7 Rappers That Should Be More Active
Photo via GizmodoDr. Dre - the poster child for eternally delayed hip-hop albums, but he's not alone.Hip-hop is a genre full of guys who put out a new album or mixtape seemingly every single month. They just can't stop, even when they're incarcerated in some cases (see: Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
The Adicts
Photo via GizmodoDr. Dre - the poster child for eternally delayed hip-hop albums, but he's not alone.Hip-hop is a genre full of guys who put out a new album or mixtape seemingly every single month. They just can't stop, even when they're incarcerated in some cases (see: Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Fast and Ferocious
Marcus Manchild eyes national acclaim.
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February 1, 2012
Mary Sarah Sings With the Oak Ridge Boys
Mary Sarah is Houston's fastest rising star. At 16 she's already a veteran of the road with big name gigs under her belt like performing the national anthem for the Astros and the Texans, and a recording project that we're not allowed to tell you about yet but can assure you is something that ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Bedtime Stories: The Naughtiest Madonna Videos Ever (Semi-NSFW)
That old special feeling...This weekend, the grand dame of American pop music, Madonna, will grace the halftime stage at Super Bowl XLVI. This is a major improvement from last year's more-inhuman-than-human Black Eyed Peas performance, which tested the resolve our country, and even the world. ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Together Always: Country Duets for Valentine's Day
Maybe it's because I'm a Libra, but I believe that everything in life should be as harmonious as possible-love, especially. Duets might be the ultimate musical testament to such a theory. I'm not talking about the resonance that's created when a woman is vacuuming while her man watches televi ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Trinity Jazz Festival
Maybe it's because I'm a Libra, but I believe that everything in life should be as harmonious as possible-love, especially. Duets might be the ultimate musical testament to such a theory. I'm not talking about the resonance that's created when a woman is vacuuming while her man watches televi ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
'90s Soundtrack Battle: Angus & Batman Forever Duke It Out
The movies couldn't be any more different. One is about an obese, kindly high school guy with a heart of gold. The other is about an crime-fighting millionaire orphan inside a cartoonish world full of super-villains, cringe-worthy puns, and Jim Carrey at his muggiest. Obvious Angus is a bette ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Randy Travis' Arrest: Five Other Country-Music Arrests That Sound Like Country Songs
Randy Travis: Life is like a country songRandy Travis' arrest sounded like nothing more than the opening verse to a country song. The singer is drunk, late at night outside a Baptist church, drinking wine out of the bottle. If that doesn't set you up for a redemptive last verse after you've ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
We Get It, Twitter: (Not) All The Tweets About Tom Brady Having Sex With Gisele Bundchen
The twitter world blew up when Gisele Bundchen, supermodel wife of not-so-super QB Tom Brady, endearingly defended her man to boorish Giant fans, throwing his teammates under the bus in the process. But that is apparently not the most important thing to know about Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen. The ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Van Halen's A Different Kind Of Truth: A Track-By-Track Breakdown
First off, Van Halen's first album in 14 years, A Different Kind Of Truth is - in the words of my friend Lisa - "better than it should be." And I agree. The guys could have slacked off on this and coasted on their legend - however possibly tarnished in the eyes of fans - but Truth is no cas ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Drum Kit From Hell: With Bill Ward Out, 5 Replacement Drummers For Black Sabbath
Drummer Bill Ward, furthest right, has left the band.Black Sabbath's big reunion plans seem to be cursed. First, guitarist and the only consistent member of the band Tony Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma. Then they had to drop out of playing Coachella due to Iommi's diagnosis. The latest spe ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Machine Head
Drummer Bill Ward, furthest right, has left the band.Black Sabbath's big reunion plans seem to be cursed. First, guitarist and the only consistent member of the band Tony Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma. Then they had to drop out of playing Coachella due to Iommi's diagnosis. The latest spe ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Great Britten
Houston Grand Opera presents a timeless classic in a handsome, moving production.
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February 9, 2012
Smooth: 10 Definitive Neo-Soul Tracks
Nearly 12 years after the release of Voodoo, Michael Eugene Archer, better known for his stage name, D'Angelo, has emerged out of his self-imposed exile. After doing battle with drugs and alcohol for a decade, last week the singer kicked off a European tour entitled The D-Tour, for his first ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Avenue Q
Nearly 12 years after the release of Voodoo, Michael Eugene Archer, better known for his stage name, D'Angelo, has emerged out of his self-imposed exile. After doing battle with drugs and alcohol for a decade, last week the singer kicked off a European tour entitled The D-Tour, for his first ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
We Tell You Who Will Win Grammys So You Don't Have To Watch Them
SPOILER ALERTThe best thing about the annual Grammy nominations and awards shows is the clamor of anger that rises up when the mere mention of the event even comes up. Immediately people begin calling it a travesty, trotting out all the people who have been snubbed -- Jethro Tull beats Metall ... More >>
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February 12, 2012
Who The Eff Is The Ron River?: A Journey Into The Heart Of The Two Americas Of Bon Iver
Justin Vernon of Brand Ever winning Best New Artist at last night's Grammy ceremony."Who the fuck is Bon Iver" went the story last night on Twitter as indie musician and soft-spoken beardo Justin Vernon's Bon Iver project won a Best New Artist Grammy. Never mind that the man has been on the s ... More >>
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