Subject: Caroline Collective

• Weekend Music: Allen Oldies Band, True Colors Tour, Tom Waits and a Really Strange Japanese Guy

  June 20, 2008

• Over the Weekend: Mugsy's, Big Easy, SW Foodservice Expo, Tom Waits and Astros

  June 23, 2008

• HPMA Showcase Preview: Videos from Wild Moccasins, Miss Leslie, Tontons, Southern Backtones, Hearts of Animals and Born Liars

  July 25, 2008

• Fried Rice: Live-blogging the HPMA VIP Party

  July 27, 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. Hunter's voice has the kind of wisp that brings to mind Elliott Smith and maybe even a less mournful Bon Iver. P&W's latest, Mellow Owl, comes with hand-drawn one-of-a-kind artwork on

  December 9, 2008

• Local Rotation: The Snake Charmers' Been Gone Too Long

  The Snake Charmers Been Gone Too Long www.snakecharmers.net Contrary to popular belief, the blues is mostly about restraint; a few carefully chosen and timed notes are almost always preferable to a shower of technically precise show-offery. Luckily, the Snake Charmers don't have this problem. The Houston quartet's latest CD, Been Gone Too Long, opts out of anything flashy, with just enough instrumental adornment to supplement singer Marie Angell's sultry vocals. The songs are mostly standar

  February 5, 2009

• Tonight: Twestival Houston at Caroline Collective

  Wayside DriveTonight at Caroline Collective, Houston will be joining over 175 cities across the world for the Twestival. The Twitter-spawned event was set-up to benefit Charity:Water, a nonprofit group that helps build wells in underdeveloped countries to help bring fresh water to their communities. The all-volunteer event begins tonight at 5:30 p.m. with musical guests Wayside Drive, the Snake Charmers, Blue Funk Zone, and R.C. & The Pirates. A ton of local businesses and institution

  February 12, 2009

• Slideshow: Houston Twestival at Caroline Collective

  Last night at Caroline Collective, hundreds of Houston Tweeters gathered for charity, conversation and music. Mark C. Austin brought back plenty of photos. Follow us on Twitter here.

  February 13, 2009

• Wayne Dolcefino Brings Art People Together (Really)

  Photo courtesy KTRKWayne Dolcefino, friend of the Houston art world?That seems unlikely after his reports late last year ripping arts funding in town, which took the tone of "Do you know what crazy so-called 'art' your tax dollars are paying for?" (It also, to be fair, exposed some boondoggly stuff.)But the reports, which raised a firestorm of protest in the arts community, have triggered a new effort to get people in that community to share information on fund-raising, surviving and getting new

  February 24, 2009

• Tonight: Houston SXSW Mixer at Caroline Collective

  If you're from around these parts and headed to SXSW - whether the film, music or interactive festivals - or just curious about who is, head down to Caroline Collective, where this year's Houston delegation will be rubbing elbows and quaffing drinks starting at 5 p.m. "Our goal is for Houstonians attending SXSW to have the opportunity to share ideas, goals and contacts before going to what is arguably one of the better networking and promotional conferences each year," writes CC di

  March 12, 2009

• Slideshow: Pre-SXSW Party at Caroline Collective

  We just loaded up some photos from Thursday's pre-South By party at Caroline Collective. Click here for more action.

  March 17, 2009

• Slideshow: Pre-SXSW Party at Caroline Collective

  We just loaded up some photos from Thursday's pre-South By party at Caroline Collective. Click here for more action.

  March 17, 2009

• Houston's SXSW Strategy

  Seeing the Elephant

  March 19, 2009

• Musicians on Twitter

  Is the "microblog" Internet phenomenon the next leap forward or just a tweeting waste of time?

  February 12, 2009

• Foul Ball and Quick Fix

  November 6, 2008

• Music's Ickiest of the Icky, Circa 2008

  Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

  October 30, 2008

• "Made From Ike"

  The Fresh Arts Coalition auctions off hurricane creations for relief efforts

  October 23, 2008

• This One Time at BandCamp

  October 16, 2008

• Can Alternative Venues Jump-Start the Local Music Scene?

  July 17, 2008

• Ten Things I Love About the Houston Music Scene

  June 26, 2008

• Social Distortion: Sweet Caroline's First Birthday (Only 17 Years 'Til She's Legal)

  Photo by GroovehouseIf you weren't at Caroline Collective's anniversary affair this past Saturday evening, chances are you're pretty much as lame as they come. Or you hate Houston's burgeoning artistic and technological communities. Take your pick. Amidst what was described by revelers as "the most interesting mix of people," Caroline Collective celebrated its first birthday with as much gusto as on its inaugural eve one year prior. Although there were no fiddlers on the roof to speak of thi

  June 8, 2009

• Distant Early Warning: Al Green, Arctic Monkeys, Living Colour, Meat Puppets, Melvins and More

  Al Green: Fri., Sept. 11. Arena Theatre. Arctic Monkeys: Sat., Oct. 3. House of Blues. The Beauvilles, Flowers To Hide, The Live Lights: Sat., July 25. Meridian. The Black Crowes, Truth & Salvage Co: Wed., Oct. 14. House of Blues. "Broke Lizard: Live": Thu., Oct. 15. House of Blues. Cold, Taproot, Midnight To Twelve, The Killers And The Star: Mon., Aug. 17. Scout Bar Clear Lake. Deadmau5: Sun., Nov. 8. House of Blues. The Get Up Kids: Tue., Nov. 17. House of Blues. Hell City Kings (CD Relea

  July 14, 2009

• Hell on Earth

  July 16, 2009

• Progress Report

  July 23, 2009

• Inquiring Minds: Is Houston the New Austin?

  But more importantly, do we want it to be? And, God help us, what if it already is? When Rocks Off polled a cross-section of Houston music insiders for his "dead-tree" column this week - thanks for the term, Jeremy at Space City Rock - he was forced to omit one question from the final version for space reasons. It was a question he didn't even really want to ask, but given Houston's tenuous relationship (especially from a musical point of view) with our neighbors to the north and northwest, he f

  July 23, 2009

• The Tontons

  July 23, 2009

• Bayou Beat: Half Price Live Nation Tickets, Last Call for Photo Contest, First Call for Poster Exhibit, Final "They, Who Sound" (For Now) This Sunday

  ​ Live Nation's weekly Wednesday "No Service Fee" ticket offer is pretty stiff this week: Buy one ticket for dozens of shows at House of Blues or Verizon Wireless Theater - such as Alice Cooper, O.A.R., Jewel, Goodie Mob, Bob Saget, Drive-By Truckers, Hanson, Peaches, Stryper, Zappa plays Zappa and many more - and get another one free. Or buy two and get 'em both at half price. (And they tell us we sucked at math in school.) As always, today only; more information at www.livenation.com.Speakin

  October 7, 2009

• Adobo Hoedown: Filipino Food For a Charitable Cause

  Photo by Katharine ShilcuttFilipino pastries from Godo's​When Typoon Ketsana hit the Philippines on September 25, it was the worst weather-related disaster the country and its capital city of Manila had seen in decades. Severe flooding caused an evacuation of an enormous portion of the city, displacing nearly 600,000 people, while mudslides and flood waters have claimed nearly 250 lives to date. The damage from the typhoon is estimated at $100 million, resulting in the Philippine governme

  October 12, 2009

• All Good Again

  October 15, 2009