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December 9, 2008
Tonight: Peter and the Wolf and More at ArtStorm
Austin's Peter and The Wolf does road music. Not road music in the sense that Sammy Hagar did songs for the open road. Chief P&W songwriter Red Hunter's songs remind Rocks Off of walking down gravel roads, occasionally wiping sweat from our brow and meandering with no destination. Hu ... More >>
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December 22, 2008
Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008
Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
This Week in SXSW: Katy Perry Kisses the "Lake of Fire"
There's now less than a month to go until we here at Rocks Off throw sobriety and sane living to the wind at this year's SXSW festival. This past week we learned of a boatload of new stuff about the weeklong liver-damaging voyage in March, so here goes... The list of bands keeps growing and gro ... More >>
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March 12, 2009
Through Being Cool
There's now less than a month to go until we here at Rocks Off throw sobriety and sane living to the wind at this year's SXSW festival. This past week we learned of a boatload of new stuff about the weeklong liver-damaging voyage in March, so here goes... The list of bands keeps growing and gro ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
R&B Queen Erykah Badu's Egyptian Mystique
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February 5, 2009
Moments the Grammy Awards Would Rather Forget
Soy Bombed
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June 18, 2009
Local Motion: Top Sellers at Area Record Stores
Cactus Music 2110 Portsmouth, 713-526-9272 www.myspace.com/cactusmv1. Springfield Riots, Say When EP 2. Todd Snider, The Excitement Plan 3. Jubal Lee Young, Last Free Place in America 4. Sonic Youth, The Eternal 5. Steve Earle, Townes 6. Elvis Costel ... More >>
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July 2, 2009
State of Shock
How Michael Jackson (sort of) introduced me to the Rolling Stones.
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July 9, 2009
Enjoy the Silence
Singer-songwriter Robert Ellis stands up for piping down.
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October 4, 2009
ACL 2009 Day Two: Aftermath
Photo by Mark C. AustinWas it something we said or did? Aftermath openly gushed about how great the weather was on Friday and how it seemed that maybe, just maybe, we were going to finally attend an Austin City Limits (ACL) that didn't consist of heat and dust. Well, it seems that the powers ... More >>
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October 4, 2009
ACL 2009 Day Three: Mud!
Photo by Craig HlavatyNo, that is not Rocks Off.At this point Rocks Off is so jaded from mud, rain, bro-dudes, and janky taxi-cab politics that Eddie Vedder himself could be standing before us and we wouldn't know him from Adam Lambert. As Willem Dafoe said in Platoon "The worm has turned for you ... More >>
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October 4, 2009
ACL 2009: Best Tweets Of The Weekend
Armed with our sort-of handy cellphone we were able to Tweet from ground level at the festival, with sometimes hilarious and vulgar results. Mostly the latter, because we are foul people. Over time, our Twitter updates devolved into angry rants, as you will see below.@hprocksoff sez:Oh god they real ... More >>
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October 4, 2009
ACL 2009 Day Two: Live Shots
Photos by Mark C. AustinMute MathThe second day of the festival was so busy (and so rainy) that we barely had time to get back to our laptops and card readers to upload photos. So - one day late - enjoy our favorite shots from Day Two of ACL, featuring Bon Iver, Citizen Cope, Grizzly Bear, Mute M ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
Five Recent Movies That Needed A John Hughes Soundtrack
Even though John Hughes had not made a decent movie since 1991's Dutch (missile twisters FTW) when he died one year ago today, the world still mourned the loss of one of the best filmmakers to ever take on the human experience. Hughes may have only dealt with dysfunctional Midwesterners, but ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
Three Songs, No Flash: Mark C. Austin's Life In The Pit
All photos by Mark C. AustinGwen Stefani of No Doubt in The Woodlands, May 2009This evening, local rock photographer Mark C. Austin unveils his first exhibit of his work since he began shooting bands almost five years ago. Austin's work has appeared in print and online for the Houston Press a ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Kanye's Best My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Lyrics
It doesn't hit the streets, legally, until Monday, but Kanye West's long-gestating My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy leaked a few weeks back. Since then, Rocks Off has been spinning our preview copy quite a bit at the office. It's not the completely finished version about to hit stores and ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Top 10 Worst Top 10 Lists Of 2010
Now that's a headline, ladies and germs. It has the added benefit of being succinct as well. That's exactly what we're summing up here, the worst Top 10 lists our peers have written this year. Let's get started, as we've got a lot of ground to cover. 10. This One Not really, this is just t ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
10 Albums That Grew On Us Over Time
The King of Limbs has now been out less than a week, and Radiohead's latest effort has people torn, even fervent fans who think that Thom Yorke and his crew can do no wrong. Craig's Hlist listened to the half-hour album at least three times last Friday, just hours after it was released, and came f ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Peter Gabriel Coming To Houston June 16
It's been eight years since former Genesis front man and mainstream avant-garde pop artist Peter Gabriel has performed in Houston, and on June 16 he will remedy that with what is sure to be a sold-out affair at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Last Saturday on his official Web site, Gabr ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
The 25 Most Influential Bands Of The '90s
Trent Reznor, you know, before the Oscar and all the weightlifting. As a music writer, we are asked constantly to compare the new with the old, to decipher the periphery where modern bands' influences come from to understand where we are going and what we are seeing. We can hear everything Ke ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Out Today: My Morning Jacket Back In Form, Vedder's Ukulele Slays
This week brings a new My Morning Jacket album, an Eddie Vedder ukulele outing, the umpteenth Dave Matthews Band live collection, and Ozzy's past barks at the moon. We are just now hitting the busy summer release period, so these blogs in the next few weeks will be getting jam-packed. In th ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Your Favorite Bands: How To Correctly Pronounce Their Names
Back in December 1998, when Eminem was just hitting MTV and rap radio, we remember people pronouncing his name as "Eee-mine-im," and not the candy-inflected way it actually was. We even made the mistake during our first viewing of "My Name Is" late at night on the video channel and calling a ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Peter Gabriel & the New Blood Orchestra
Back in December 1998, when Eminem was just hitting MTV and rap radio, we remember people pronouncing his name as "Eee-mine-im," and not the candy-inflected way it actually was. We even made the mistake during our first viewing of "My Name Is" late at night on the video channel and calling a ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Out Today: Bon Iver's Bandwagon Bait, Weird Al Goes Gaga
Greetings From Bon Iver Land! Now, grab a rifle. It's almost dinner time.In the next few weeks, you may be reading about the new Robert Ellis album, Photographs, so we are just giving you fair warning. It's a stunner through and through, and goes nicely with early morning traffic. Have you ev ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Forrest Gump & Other "Generation-Defining" Soundtracks
The Forrest Gump soundtrack debuted on June 28, 1994, a week ahead of the film itself, which would go on to smash box-office records, win numerous awards and become one of the most beloved movies of the past 20 years. It is still endlessly quotable, emotional, and entertaining, and the soundt ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Fun Fun Fun Fest Leaking 2011 Lineup On Turntable.fm
After leaking artists including Okkervil River, Odd Future, X and - most people believe - Slayer, Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest has officially begun announcing its 2011 lineup via the brand-new file-sharing/social-media hybrid Turntable FM. Fun Fun Fun began streaming songs from this year's arti ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Kanye West Vs. Adolf Hitler: Tale Of The Tape
Photo illustrations by Monica FuentesActual line from Watch the Throne's "Who Gon' Stop Me": "This is something like the Holocaust/ Millions of our people lost"Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies, formulated by humorist and writer Mike Godwin, states that eventually, any heated discussion (especi ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Nothing Is Wrong
With fans Jackson Browne and Robbie Robertson on board, Dawes settles in for the long haul.
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September 17, 2011
ACL Last Night: Kanye West At Zilker Park
Marco TorresBy the end of the first night of this year's Austin City Limits, Kanye West had gone over his allotted set time by 15 minutes, turning in one of the most un-rap, rap shows, injecting a Bjork and Talking Heads stage-commanding sensibility into a collection of champion singles. It w ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Spinning the Black Circle
Is the music industry stabilizing?
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December 1, 2011
From Hayes Carll To Cults: Rocks Off's Top 50 Albums Of The Year
It's that time of year again when we add our two cents to the cyber-orgy that are year-end best-of lists. Music blog Paste and British mag Q threw down with their top 50 earlier this week, so why not Rocks Off? These things just keep starting earlier and earlier each year, like the holiday sh ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Five Curiosities from the Grammy Nominations List
Photo by Matthew KeeverSkrillex at Verizon Wireless Theater in September.The Grammy nominations were officially presented last night. Not surprisingly, Adele, who is considered a front runner in nearly every category she is nominated in, cleaned up with six nominations for her album 21, but w ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Ten Songs We Want to See Mike Tyson Cover Besides "Girl from Ipanema"
Mike Tyson (second from right) in The Hangover.Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson has been everywhere over the last few years, trying to re-invent himself and rehabilitate his image. From his impersonation of Herman Cain on Funny or Die to his hilarious turn in The Hangover, Tyson has been d ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Where Did Matisyahu's Beard Go? We Found It!
Rapper Matthew Paul Miller, stage name Matisyahu, made waves this week by tweeting a picture of his face, shorn of the trademark Chassidic beard, along with a message promising "an amazing year filled with music of rebirth." The message on his personal site also mentioned "rules" in his chose ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
The 39th Pazz And Jop Poll Features Quite A Few Surprises
And by surprises, I mean that I didn't like most of the albums in the top ten. Usually I fall lock-step in with the crowd, but this year not so much, with my love for arena-rock and Americana dominating my list. Pazz And Jop is the Village Voice's annual critics' poll, with critics from music ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Know Your Subgenre: The Bros(tep)
Photo by Matthew KeeverThe Doom That Came To Dubstep?Subgenre: Brostep Parent Genre: Dubstep Imagine that you're a genre of music. You've been on the underground for a few years taking the sounds of your parents and evolving in to something new. For a long time few noticed but the last fe ... 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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