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Saturday Night: Kendrick Lamar at House of Blues

Kendrick Lamar, Jhené Aiko House of Blues December 29, 2012 There have been many monumental moments in House of Blues' rap history. There was Jay-Z's show in 2008 that christened the venue and kickstarted its now four-year run as one of Houston's eminent music halls, while Trae Tha Truth's Street ... More >>

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Top 10 restaurants on Washington Avenue

Tops Drop: A Larger-Than-Life Fat Tuesday Playlist

​Happy Fat Tuesday, y'all! Rocks Off mentioned in a previous post, about rappers and Houston restaurants, that some of the best artists are "Big" and "Fat": Big Pokey, Fat Pat, Big Moe, etc. Every day is Fat Tuesday for these rappers. They're all about overindulgence and that's why we love th ... More >>

We Love Food

Our 100 favorite dishes in Houston.

Scoremore: College Rap Promoters Bank On Diversity, Sharp Ears

He Shoots, He Scores: Scoremore's Sascha Stone Guttfreund​Sascha Stone Guttfreund is a 22-year-old UT-Austin graduate who has already accomplished more than most concert promoters who have been in the game longer than Guttfreund has been in college. In 2008, the Los Angeles native booked his ... More >>

The 2011 BET Awards, Or The Vindication Of Chris Brown

​6:58: High-five to the Houston Press for flying us out to Los Angeles to cover the BET Awards. Cool move. Thus far, it's been extra fun. We ran into Kobe and, um, saw some people filming a movie, and... uh... there were some angels or something, and... there... there was... eh, shit. We're n ... More >>

He's Only a Perv

Court rules video voyeur not a child pornographer

Alan Ray Steen: Just a Perv, Not a Child Pornographer

A tanning bed is not sexy, court rules​The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has formally ruled: Alan Ray Steen is a pervert, he's not a child pornographer. Steen liked to go to tanning salons and stick a video camera over the cubicle wall to tape women; one day the person he taped turned out ... More >>

SXSW 2011 Still Untainted By Houston Artists

listenlisten: Not playing SXSW 2011... yet.​Rocks Off just got the latest list of names for next year's SXSW conference and festival in Austin, and just like the last time, the conference remains unsullied by any performers from Houston's filthy, rotten, disgusting, in-need-of-quarantine music ... More >>

Snow: The Product That Will Wake Up Your Hip-Hop and Political Games

Let us be forthcoming about 22-year-old, San Jose, Calif., native Claudia A. Feliciano. We'd put her up against any female MC in the game, and we're confident she'd give anyone of them a run for their money... or take their money. She's a versatile, bilingual lyricist who can fluently chop you up i ... More >>

He Might Be a "Lil Young," But He's Not Stupid

​ The first time Rocks Off ever went to Houston's Show Palace Cabaret, we took eight tequila shots in a row in less than ten seconds (we have witnesses). Our friend Billy, who lost the tequila-shot contest, filled up three urinals with food he consumed that night and probably all the way back to t ... More >>

We've Got Flatline. Clear! Houston Can Jump-Start the Heart of a Music Career

Flatline feat. Trae, "Fuckin With Texas" @ Yahoo! Video Back in 2007, we came across a hip-hop video on YouTube that featured Trae, so naturally, we eagerly clicked on it. The track starts off with a sick Bun B sample. "You fuckin with Texas, you fuckin' with the best/ I ain't hard to find/ I'm in T ... More >>

Montrose Does Its Part To Protest California's Prop 8 Decision

Photo by Melanie PangAfter waiting in anticipation to hold either a party or a protest, the LGBT community can take another collective exasperated sigh. It's back to the grind after Tuesday's California Supreme Court ruled to uphold Proposition 8, but also maintain the validity of approximately 18, ... More >>

An Evening with Thee Armada, Houston's Next Big Thing

Rock, Shock and Load

This Just In: Rock the Bells Canceled

Mims & "This Is Why I'm Hot"

New York rapper's hit single

Hip-hop, Year Two AJ

Still no Jigga, but Kanye, some lovable limeys and a great Beyoncé substitute held it down

Den of Iniquity

A gay "bear" learns to parent his nephew in a delightful Spanish drama

San Francisco Treat

Catching up with League City's Greg Ashley in that other city by the bay

Playbill

Hip-hop, Tejas

Latinos take on rap music and make it their own

Big Steps

Moy Rivas used break dancing to go around the world. Question is, Where does he go next?

The Fire Next Time

Nobody knows what AFI's next album will sound like, least of all the band members

Home from La-La Land

Tony Avitia picks up the pieces of his Broken Note

Payback Time?

Dick DeGuerin beat the IRS. Now there's a bigger war over basic rights.

Houston Press Music Awards 2000

Your guide to the Music Awards Showcase

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Rotation

After him, the deluge

Thank the Lord, Jesus Christ above, this is Bob Lanier's last term as mayor of Houston. Now that he's bankrupt every city service, he's leaving the whole mess to somebody else. But who?