Concerts and Tour Dates

Robert Ellis & The Boys Back In Full Swing At Mango's

Zoe CorsonMike Stinson and Pamela Des Barres dodge the dancers at Mango's.​Mango's was packed last night for the return of Robert Ellis & the Boys' Wednesday-night Montrose barn dance. Ellis recently got back into town from a three-week solo tour that took him New York City and Chicago. Only ... More >>

The Watermarks

Cory English as Igor in Young Frankenstein, Where Every Day is Hump Day

You have to get there first before the audience says all your best lines​Cory English, who started out as a dancer before becoming an actor and singer on Broadway, knows that if he doesn't say his lines fast enough, "someone else will."That's because he's now on national tour for Broadway Across A ... More >>

Which ACL Headliners Will Play Houston?

www.eaglesband.comWho knew the Eagles shot their publicity stills for The Long Road Out of Eden at ACL 2005?​When the Austin City Limits festival lineup is released every spring, one of Rocks Off's favorite parlor games besides wondering what sort of Biblical weather-related calamity God will visi ... More >>

Pale Shines At Pershing Middle School Benefit

Photos by Matthew Keever​Monday night, Pale, the Classix and the Pershing Middle School band, which lost all of its band equipment in a recent bus fire, were scheduled to perform in the House of Blues' Bronze Peacock Room. Although the students never showed, the gig was still a success. The ... More >>

Magnolia City Mixtape: Be Hollywood F.L.O.S.S.'s Pen Pal, Roky Erickson Okkervil River, New Something Fierce 7" and Dave Wrangler Mashup

​ Ever wish you had a pen pal like Hollywood F.L.O.S.S. when you were a kid? He's been sending out a mixtape called Art-or-Fiscal Intelligence to various bloggers around the U.S. You can listen online or download here, and read some of the props he's been getting. Austinites Okkervil River re ... More >>

Information on Tomorrow's Lee Powers Benefit Featuring Devin the Dude and Lots More

​Tomorrow afternoon, the friends of late Free Press Houston staff member Lee Powers will be holding a benefit for his family to cover their bills. The event is sure to bring in plenty of money, and every bit of the proceeds will be going directly to the Powers family. A bike ride is the first eve ... More >>

It's Brodeo Time! RodeoHouston Announces Jonas Brothers, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and Brooks & Dunn for 2010

Daniel KramerThe Jonas Brothers at RodeoHouston 2009​ Monday morning, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced the first four entertainers next March's musical entertainment at Reliant Stadium. Jonas Brothers, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, and Brooks & Dunn have all been tapped to perform at ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Steve Young Adds Pasadena House Concert Tonight

Lonesome, Onry and Mean's buddy Kenny Pipes has been hosting a very cool house concert series at his home in Pasadena for a number of years now. Pipes' "Almost Austin" series has not only featured numerous local players, but also stellar left-of-Nashville acts like David Olney, Sergio Webb and (mos ... More >>

Aftermath: Grupo Fantasma at Discovery Green

Photos by Bryan Parras​Grupo Fantasma found their way back to Houston last night to "rock the green" for the third installation of the Capital One Bank Thursday concert series at Discovery Green. Billed as "hip-shaking, horn-blaring, Grammy-nominated Latin funk at its best," Grupo didn't fail ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Last Chance to See the Tontons Until God Knows When - And It's Free

Mark C. Austin​Just a quick reminder that tonight is your last chance to see everybody's favorite Houston indie-rock/psych/jazz/blues/surf/spaghetti-Western quartet, the Tontons, who are going on hiatus until January. Unless you want to talk singer Asli Omar out of going to school in New York, tha ... More >>

Remembering 1969, Part 3: The Beginning of the End for the Beatles

Note: see Part 1 here and Part 2 here. For most of 1969, the Beatles were pretty much comatose - after the disastrous Get Back sessions (which would later spawn the Phil Spector-produced Let It Be), they reconvened to the studio that spring to record the music for what would become their final reco ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Plenty of Tickets Left for Steve Earle Thursday

Craig Hlavaty Lonesome Onry and Mean just bought some tickets to Steve Earle's June 18 Steve show at the Crighton Theater in Conroe and was surprised to learn there are still approximately 90 tickets left. The Earle show is a bonus show added to the citiy's annual Sounds of Texas Music Series. Earle ... More >>

This Just In: Kooks Cancelled; Whigs Still On

Riff Tiffs, Tontons, Fat Tony, Lisa's Sons

Friday Night: The Dresden Dolls at Warehouse Live

Boss Fans Take Note: Springsteen Announces First Local Date Since 2002

A Glimpse of the Future in Hermann Park?

DJ Mike Relm and the Blue Man Group

DJ Mike Relm puts the "go" in indigo

The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker

Drenched in Blog: Fair Warning

Cred Sheet

A guide to being cool

Carrie Newcomer

Thursday, November 10, at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, 713-528-5999.

Ludo

Saturday, October 15, at Java Jazz Coffee House, 419 Gentry, 281-528-8129.

Clay McClinton

Tuesday, September 20, at the Last Concert Cafe, 1403 Nance, 713-226-8563.

Best Blues and Soul Preservationist

Houston Press Music Awards Sound Off '04 with Blue October

Sunday, May 16

Clumsy Lovers, with Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash

Friday, April 2

Denali, with LaGuardia and Groceries

Thursday, March 4

On the News

Henry Rollins brings Kabul home

Best Unsigned Band

J.W. Americana

Benefit for the Children of Danny Armantrout, Featuring Simpleton and Dinosaur Salad

Saturday, July 5

ArrowFest

You'll laugh and cry at this rock tragicomedy

John Wesley Austin

Thursday, January 9, through Sunday, January 12

Glenn Tilbrook

Wednesday, November 27

Project Row Houses Arts and Music Festival

Saturday and Sunday, October 12 and 13

Seabrook Music Festival

October 4-6

Faceplant

Saturday, February 23

Free Radicals

Our Lady of Eternal Sunny Delights (Rastaman Work Ethic)

Blue Houston

The sweetest enigma

Local Rotation

Local Music Reviewed

Animal Magnetism

Sex, drugs and rock and roll make up Monster Magnet

Night & Day

September 10 - 16, 1998

Symphony of Setbacks

Real Deal

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Northern Exposure

Canada's favorites, The Tragically Hip, try to conquer the lower 48 without violence

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