Brooklyn

Late Night Scene: Gotham Pizza

​There's a scene in an early Sex and the City episode (yeah, I went there) where a guy frequents a particular restaurant with a girl he's embarrassed to date because he knows no one will see them there. If anyone could use a similar place in Houston for a late weekend bite, look no further tha ... More >>

Free Press Houston Announces Westheimer Block Party Lineup

​Our friends and neighbors at Free Press Houston just posted the lineup for the next Westheimer Block Party, November 14 and 15 on lower Westheimer. Rumors it's soon to become the Washington Avenue Block Party in an attempt to coax some of those sweet, sweet yuppie ad dollars out of the Social, Pe ... More >>

The H-Town Countdown, No. 16: Bushwick Bill's Little Big Man

Roughly 84,000 rap albums that have been released in Houston since 1989. We're counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the list? Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email it to sheaserrano@gmail.com. Bushwick Bill Little Big Man (Priority, 1992)​"Get to the house, ... More >>

I Wanna Be Your Dog (Or Cat): Fat Dogs, Happy Dogs, All-Knowing Cats

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe," Rutger Hauer says at the end of Blade Runner, a film which Hair Balls has never actually seen in its entirety, because we've fallen asleep during every attempt. But in looking through this week's batch of amazingly adoptable animals at the Bureau of An ... More >>

ACL Fest Preview: School of Seven Bells and Prescott Curlywolf

Amanda MertenSchool of Seven Bells​For the next three weeks, Rocks Off will be bringing you two or three short previews a day of artists playing the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park October 2-4. That's right, ACL is 17 days away - where is this year going? (Same place as all the ot ... More >>

Openings and Closings

​The big news this week is once again related to Bedford, the restaurant in the Heights that was up until very recently the home of heralded chef Robert Gadsby. A little birdie told us a few weeks back that Reef's executive chef and co-owner Bryan Caswell had big plans for the space, and they wer ... More >>

Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest

Cordero: De Donde Eres

Dear Sy~3nc3

It's Go Texan Day! Hope You Don't Have Any Out-Of-Town Friends Coming In

Today, of course, is Go Texan Day, marking the opening of the rodeo.It's the day when secretaries all over downtown wear "western" blouses and skirts, adventurous guys sport bolo ties and cowboy hats, and the rest of us cringe.Longtime Houstonians know to never, ever schedule any friends to come vis ... More >>

Aftermath Extra: The Best Concerts of the Year, Part 7

Jay-Z, House of Blues, October 16: "Jay-Z and his dozen-man band tore through the Brooklyn rapper's phone-book-thick catalog -- topped by the thunderstruck, 'Back in Black'-­borrowing "99 Problems" -- as Bun B, several Houston Texans (and Texans Cheerleaders) and the rest of the sold-out house ... More >>

Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dry ... More >>

Tonight: Wilderness at the Mink

"(P)ablum," live in Brooklyn Anyone who thought Wilderness fell into a slump with Vessel States, the year-after follow-up to 2005's arresting self-titled debut, will be glad to hear that the cryptic Baltimore band has altered its approach somewhat on the new (k)no(w)here. Born as a sin ... More >>

This Just In: The National at Rice University Tomorrow

The Death Set, with Matt and Kim

Foals: Antidotes

Chess Masters at UT-Brownsville

An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.

SXSW: Carbon/Silicon, Ting Tings, Santogold, MGMT, The Cribs, White Rabbits, Supersuckers and Robyn

Pistolera

Kevin Devine, the Jealous Girlfriends

Whodini, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, Willie D

Who Played Ya?

An Online Casting Call Seeks A New Biggie Smalls

Ladybug Transistor

concert preview

Opera Vista

Opera Vista proves the fat lady lives with its inaugural program

Rotation - The Walkmen

The Damnwells

Air Stereo

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

We Are Scientists

Thursday, June 8, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-LIVE

The Essex Green, with I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

Thursday, May 11, at Walter's on Washington, 4215 Washington Avenue, 713-862-2513

Merengue Mosh

Introducing the punk-infused Latin rock of Cordero

Nine Black Alps

Tuesday, March 21, Walter's on Washington, 4215 Washington Avenue, 713-864-2727

Buckshot & 9th Wonder

Chemistry

Fannypack

See You Next Tuesday

The Break-Up, with Clueless, Harris Newman and Swayback

Sunday, March 20, at Super Happy Fun Land, 2610 Ashland, 713-880-2100.

Mama's Got a Brand-New Bag

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings carry old-school funk into the new millennium

Best Video Store

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

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Louden Up Now (Touch and Go)

The Bamboo Kids, with Pearlene and the Bloody Hollies

Sunday, March 21

Race for the House

Chris Bell finds it's lonely being white on this campaign trail

Without Warrant

Some traffic court offenders find horror in their junk mail

Son Set

Disorganized crime turns boys into men in Knockaround Guys

Best Place to Turn Back the Hands of Time

James Coney Island

David Morales

Friday, January 18

The Bored Patrol

Border Patrol agents in South Texas contend they are getting paid to stay put as illegal immigrants go around them. Is this how the much-hyped crackdown along the Rio Grande is supposed to work?

The Bit Player

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

International Film Festival 2000

Film Reviews

Lee Brown's Crown Heights Problem

The Year in Film

Though not great, 1995 still produced some movies worth seeing (and reseeing)

Critic's Choice

All Bottled Up