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Buzzcocks

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    When Car Commercials And Rock And Roll Collide

    This weekend is the big Houston Art Car Parade, where children and adults of all ages can gander at their fellow Houstonians' labors of car love. Each car is a marvel to the ingenuity and the insanity of this race known as the modern Texan. The Art Car festivities have cars on our brains. Rock a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2012

    Coachella: The Buzzcocks' Steve Diggle Beats The Heat

    You're hot, uncomfortable, overwhelmed by the 106-degree temperature and don't know what to do. The good news? Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle empathizes with you. As a veteran of the punk-rock circuit and festival scene, Diggle knows a thing or two about surviving in the elements. Here are the fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Hippie Hour Scene: Last Concert Cafe

    Knock, knock.​The Place: Last Concert Café 1403 Nance 713-226-8563 The Deals: $2 draft beers, $3 margaritas The Hours: 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. Mondays The Scene: This Monday, Houston's (alleged) longest happy featured one kind of draft beer (Shiner, ran out about 10:30 p.m.) and some mix-heavy ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Friday Night: Something Fierce Record Release Party at Mango's

    Photos by Marc Brubaker​Something Fierce Mango's April 1, 2011 There are terms in music that cause audible groans and visual displeasure at their mere mention, and while these vary from person to person, some are fairly universal. Emo, yacht rock, muzak, and pop punk all fall into these categ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    25 Famous Bands' Less Famous Previous Names

    ​As promised, here are the answers to Rocks Off's "Original Band Name" quiz from Tuesday. John St. Lee, if you'd care to email us, we'll see what we can do about getting you a prize. Do you like Devo? 1. Chicago: At about 25 or 6 to 4, the Windy City jazz-rockers realized The Big Thing sucked ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Five Reasons The Main Street Block Party Worked

    Photos by Jim BrickerLady In Red: Tontons singer Asli Omar​ Were you there? You might want to look for yourself in this slideshow of crowd shots. Be sure to also check out the pics of the bands. Around 9 p.m. Saturday, Rocks Off was walking out of Tacos A Go-Go and ran into Main Street Block ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Saturday Night: The Adolescents At Walter's On Washington

    Photos by David Ensminger​The Adolescents Walter's on Washington January 1, 2010 In a revealing scene during the seminal punk documentary Another State of Mind, Minor Threat plays a show to a swelling and heaving early 1980s crowd in Baltimore. The P.A. system was yanked away by worried sound ... More >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2010

    The Adolescents

    Photos by David Ensminger​The Adolescents Walter's on Washington January 1, 2010 In a revealing scene during the seminal punk documentary Another State of Mind, Minor Threat plays a show to a swelling and heaving early 1980s crowd in Baltimore. The P.A. system was yanked away by worried sound ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    The Adolescents: Still Punk Rock Kids From The Black Hole

    "We were little pricks, but bored out of our minds..." The Adolescents on the 2007 Warped Tour​For 30 years, seminal Orange County punk band the Adolescents has unleashed anthemic teen angst, since mutated into wise adult aggravation, in intermittent bursts. Sure, members come and go at revol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Last Night: Billy Idol At House Of Blues

    Photos by Marc Brubaker​Billy Idol House of Blues August 25, 2010 See a slideshow of snarls and sweat from last night's show. Hot in the city. Tonight. Billy Idol, that ever-grinning Dorian Gray of rock and roll, didn't really need to yell "Sweat! Sweat! Sweat!" during "Dancing With Myself" ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    Rudyard's 31st Anniversary

    Photos by Marc Brubaker​Billy Idol House of Blues August 25, 2010 See a slideshow of snarls and sweat from last night's show. Hot in the city. Tonight. Billy Idol, that ever-grinning Dorian Gray of rock and roll, didn't really need to yell "Sweat! Sweat! Sweat!" during "Dancing With Myself" ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    No Exit

    Blondie casts a wide net indeed on the band's Last.fm station.

  • Music

    July 16, 2009

    Rancid

    Blondie casts a wide net indeed on the band's Last.fm station.

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Something Fierce: There Are No Answers

    Blondie casts a wide net indeed on the band's Last.fm station.

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Local Rotation: Something Fierce's There Are No Answers

    Something Fierce There Are No Answers www.somethingfiercemusic.com Open letter to the Warped Tour: If you don't include Something Fierce on your 2009 80-something band docket, you deserve to have Andy Macdonald or Kyle Loza do one of their extreme-sports stunts right into your figurat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Aftermath: Duran Duran at Verizon Wireless Theater

    Photos by Chris Gray Alone among its pretty-boy peers in the early and mid-'80s, Duran Duran was the blackest band to regularly hit the pop charts from either side of the pond. Only the Aussies in INXS had anywhere near the same level of interest in funk and disco, and the chops to pull it off. ... More >>

  • Music

    September 18, 2008

    The Queers

    Photos by Chris Gray Alone among its pretty-boy peers in the early and mid-'80s, Duran Duran was the blackest band to regularly hit the pop charts from either side of the pond. Only the Aussies in INXS had anywhere near the same level of interest in funk and disco, and the chops to pull it off. ... More >>

  • Music

    August 21, 2008

    Cute Lepers

    Photos by Chris Gray Alone among its pretty-boy peers in the early and mid-'80s, Duran Duran was the blackest band to regularly hit the pop charts from either side of the pond. Only the Aussies in INXS had anywhere near the same level of interest in funk and disco, and the chops to pull it off. ... More >>

  • Music

    July 31, 2008

    The 2008 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase Is Filled with Talent and Absurdity

    Some of the best rock and roll in town right now is en español

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2008

    HPMA Aftermath: Indian Jewelry, Wild Moccasins, Espantapajaros, Poor Dumb Bastards and More

    Some of the best rock and roll in town right now is en español

  • Calendar

    June 19, 2008

    The Red Dons

    This Portland foursome is packed full of post-punk influences

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    The Wayback Machine: 15, 10, and five years ago in Houston music

    This Portland foursome is packed full of post-punk influences

  • Music

    April 17, 2008

    Byron Dean's Matagorda Island Discs

    (In which locals sound off on the ten records they would take to Matagorda Island, the nearest major unpopulated sandbar to Houston.)

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    SXSW: Health, The Cribs, The Black Keys, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead

    (In which locals sound off on the ten records they would take to Matagorda Island, the nearest major unpopulated sandbar to Houston.)

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    SXSW Last Night: Coconut Coolouts, Black Angels, Young Mammals, Tontons, Studemont Project

    (In which locals sound off on the ten records they would take to Matagorda Island, the nearest major unpopulated sandbar to Houston.)

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2008

    Last Night: The Slits and Friends at Numbers

    (In which locals sound off on the ten records they would take to Matagorda Island, the nearest major unpopulated sandbar to Houston.)

  • Music

    February 21, 2008

    Local Punks Something Fierce Try to Act Their Age

    We Were the Young Americans

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    The Lawrence Arms

    This band breathes new life into pop-punk’s flaccid, bloated corpse

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2007

    Drenched In Blog: Day One Da Nang

    This band breathes new life into pop-punk’s flaccid, bloated corpse

  • Music

    July 20, 2006

    RIP, Syd. And RIP, 'Cid.

    A psychedelic pioneer and the drug that helped do him in are both sorely missed

  • Music

    June 29, 2006

    Punk-o-Rama

    Our intrepid reporters set out to experience the Vans Warped Tour -- so you don't have to

  • Music

    April 27, 2006

    Taking Back Sunday

    Louder Now

  • Music

    October 6, 2005

    Oh No! I Left It in My Other Suit!

    Gang of Four rematerializes to show the kiddies how it's done

  • Music

    December 9, 2004

    Local Rotation

    Gang of Four rematerializes to show the kiddies how it's done

  • Music

    August 12, 2004

    Playbill

    Gang of Four rematerializes to show the kiddies how it's done

  • Music

    June 10, 2004

    Playbill

    Gang of Four rematerializes to show the kiddies how it's done

  • Film

    May 20, 2004

    Nice Pussy

    A killer cat steals a wonderful movie

  • Music

    April 8, 2004

    You Ain't Punk 2004

    Saturday, April 10

  • Music

    February 19, 2004

    Ronald Reagan's Army

    In your heart, you know the Yuppie Prick$ are right

  • Music

    February 12, 2004

    Billy Talent

    Tuesday, February 17

  • Music

    February 5, 2004

    Pop-Punk Penance

    A cool kid seeks heavenly redemption

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2003

    The Unplugged Menace

    New Model Army's show will have all of punk's power -- at a reasonable volume

  • Music

    June 19, 2003

    The Cruel and Unusual, with Poor Dumb Bastards, Hobble, Dick Delicious and Southern Riot

    Friday, June 20

  • Music

    May 29, 2003

    Buzzcocks

    Friday, May 30

  • Music

    February 27, 2003

    The Briefs and Fabulous Disaster, with the Kimonos

    Thursday, February 27

  • Film

    August 29, 2002

    New Order World

    In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths

  • Music

    January 16, 1997

    Rotation

    In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths

  • Music

    September 26, 1996

    Good Girl, Bad Girl

    In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths

  • Music

    February 8, 1996

    Rotation

    In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths

  • Calendar

    December 9, 1993

    Picks

    In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths

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