Concerts and Tours

Free Press Summer Fest Announces July 4 Free Geto Boys Makeup Show

After the much-anticipated Geto Boys reunion at this month's Free Press Summer Fest went off at only two-thirds strengh, resulting in thousands of disappointed fans, FPSF has announced a free makeup show scheduled for July 4 at House of Blues. The Boys' set in the high afternoon heat was delayed ab ... More >>

Cloud Nothings Top Lineup for 22nd Annual KTRU Outdoor Show

The 22nd Annual KTRU Outdoor Show has been announced for March 9, and it features Cloud Nothings as headliners, along with B L A C K I E, Fat Tony, Buxton, Teen Daze, Delicate Steve and Featherface. The event is free, and runs from noon until well into the evening. It is the brainchild of Rice Uni ... More >>

Beyonce Stoops to Conquer Toyota Center July 15

Hot off the heels of her electrifying Super Bowl halftime performance, which some believe had something to do with the mysterious blackout at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome shortly into the game's third quarter, Beyonce announced after the game that she will hit the road later this year for her first w ... More >>

5 Reasons EDM Shows Are Better Than Rock Concerts

Rather than slowly work my way up to my point I'm going to cut to the chase: over the next few hundred words, I'm going to make a case for why EDM shows are better than rock concerts. This statement will be viewed as heretical by many of you, especially those who refuse to believe that these button- ... More >>

Friday Night: Pallbearer, Power Trip, etc. at Fitzgerald's

Pallbearer, Venomous Maximus, Power Trip etc. Fitzgerald's December 21, 2012 When Fitzgerald's changed ownership a couple of years ago, some of us worried that the days of mondo metal shows at the storied club might be over. But as has often been the case of late, Fitz was once again the center of ... More >>

The Rocks Off 100: DJ Sun, Builder of Soular Grooves

Who? The man who goes by DJ Sun was born in The Netherlands, grew up in the small South American country of Suriname and moved to Houston in 1985. He began DJing in 1993 and has headed up KPFT's Saturday-night program Soular Grooves (9 p.m.-12 a.m.) for 18 years. After a couple of EPs and 45s, Sun's ... More >>

The 5 Best Shows In Houston This Week: Rosie Flores, Otep, Mission of Burma, Etc.

Rosie Flores, the Austin-based "Rockabilly Filly" and onetime L.A. cowpunk scenester who played the Continental Club with Mike Stinson in late July, circles back around to celebrate her birthday Tuesday at KPFT's monthy free-show series "Troubador Tuesdays" at Natachee's Supper & Punch. Back then, ... More >>

"Miss Sassy Jazz," Other Locals Lend Library Tunes at Noon

The Houston Public Library would like to give you a little music while you read this month. Friday morning the library announced Tunes at Noon, a new free concert series starting the Tuesday at the main library's Julia Ideson Building (550 McKinney). The first performer, Cassandra Tyson, is an alum ... More >>

Discovery Green's Fall Shows Even Better Than the Spring

Late Monday evening, Discovery Green announced the lineup of its increasingly popular Thursday-evening free concert series, which will resume Sept. 13 with the patchouli-scented Austin group Mingo Fishtrap and Houston rocksteady revivalists the Suffers, who were all over this year's Houston Press Mu ... More >>

Fanning the Flames: The Top 10 Performances at Woodstock 99

This week marks the 13th anniversary of Woodstock 1999, the iconic festival's much-maligned third iteration that kinda dissolved into rape and looting towards the end. As 200,000-strong anarchic gatherings go, everything went off rather pleasantly for much of the festival, but the bonfires, looting ... More >>

Lower Dens

Van Halen

Rocks Off's 2012 ACL Festival Houston Spillover Sweepstakes

This week has seen a temporary lull in festival season, after Bonnaroo and Electric Daisy Carnival this past weekend. Wait. Never mind. According to musicfestivaljunkies.com (who are these people?), three of them start today: BamaJam in Enterprise, Ala.; The Friendly Gathering in Windham, Vt.; and ... More >>

The Manichean Get Classy at the Alley

Houston's best avant-garde band perform new album in a theater setting.

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

Ezra Washington

Trinity Jazz Festival

You're Not Fooling Anybody: The Case Against Encores

I find it greatly amusing when people bring their children to rock shows. Not babies or toddlers mind you, which is just awkward, but 8 to 12 year olds; kids old enough to have intelligent thoughts and vocalize their natural curiosity at the often strange behavior that people are allowed to get awa ... More >>

Where to Party This Cinco de Mayo

Salt, tequila and lime

Awready Kickoff Artist Reception & Graffiti, B-Boy and B-Girl Exhibition

Soul Nite 2012

Cowboy Mouth

Trinity Jazz Festival

Texas Buzz: 94.5 FM Hands Out 2011 Local Music Awards

Photo by groovehousethelastplaceyoulook​The voting members of the Texas Buzz have spoken, and we have the results. For those unfamiliar with the showcase, Houston's 94.5 The Buzz gives the spotlight to local artists Sunday evenings beginning at 9 p.m., and the program is called The Texas Buzz ... More >>

2011 Rewind: Concert Tickets From An Alternate Universe

This originally ran on June 8, but seeing that the year is coming to an end, we are looking back at some of our favorite blogs we gave to you these past 12 months. One of the best dreams we ever had was of covering a Clash show for Rocks Off. Yeah, dreaming about work isn't something to brag about ... More >>

Girl in a Coma on Fans Making Up Lyrics and 12 Hours in a Van

Girl in a Coma performs at Cactus Saturday as part of the Rocks Off sponsored in-store concert series.​Rocks Off told you yesterday about our sponsorship of the Cactus In-Store series of concerts. We caught up with Girl in a Coma's percussionist Phanie Diaz who'll be in town for the second ti ... More >>

Epic Meal Time

Deadmau5 feasts on the energy of enthusiastic electronica fans.

Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners

Discovery Green Lands Roots-Rock Royalty For Free Fall Concerts

Jason WolterTexas Tornados at Discovery Green, September 2010​A return engagement from Tex-Mex supergroup the Texas Tornados, reunited (after a fashion) roots-rock polymaths NRBQ - now featuring a former Houstonian on drums - and the honky-tonk hero who told Tiger Airways a thing or two highli ... More >>

Carolyn Wonderland, John Egan

Free Concerts Keep Skateboarding And Rock Connected

Disfrutalo!​"The genesis of the Skate & Rock Free Concert Series was to bring live music into our skate park," says Barry Blumenthal, a skater who helped put together the upcoming concert series and also assisted in raising funds to build the Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark just west of downtown. ... More >>

Last Night: The Walkmen At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Jim Bricker​The Walkmen Fitzgerald's March 3, 2011 "Play the rock, already!" yelled an impatient spectator toward the empty Fitzgerald's stage. Fans at Thursday's sold-out show (an understatement) were awaiting New York rockers The Walkmen - and impatiently so, evidently. Touring ... More >>

Kings Of Leon Playing Free Final Four Discovery Green Show

Marc BrubakerKings of Leon at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, September 2010​According to Houston's KHOU-TV, Tennessee studs Kings of Leon will play a free show at Discovery Green from 12-4 p.m. the afternoon of Saturday, April 2, as part of the Final Four weekend festivites as the NCAA men's ... More >>

Yngwie and Ozzy: Nothing Beats Your First Concert

Yeah, I said it.​"How long will it be before I get my hearing back?" My girlfriend Cathy's 12-year-old niece, Jade, asked me that question Monday night after the final strains of "Paranoid" had finished reflecting off the walls of the Toyota Center. "It will probably be a couple days," I said ... More >>

Free Press Houston New Year's Eve Cataclysm

GhoulsFest

The Black Ryder Growing A Cult Of Its Own

The Black Ryder on Facebook​Hayden Scott, whom we met recently when he was drumming for Gram Rabbit at Last Concert Café in August, emailed Lonesome Onry and Mean to say that he's playing drums with The Black Ryder, the Sydney, Australia rockers who are opening The Cult's current tour. Accord ... More >>

Bowling For Soup

Mike Stinson, Robert Ellis

KUHF Silent Film Concert Series: The Unknown

It's so hard to give someone a hug when you haven't got any arms

Houston Heart & Soul Blues Benefit Concert

Honor Society

KUHF Silent Film Series: The General

Graham Reynolds helps a classic film score

Secret Saturday Show One Year Anniversary

The Houston Press Best of Houston® winner for Best Concert Series celebrates its first birthday

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

The Toyota Center

Monotonix

The Tel Aviv trio performs its raw rock

UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra

Conductor Charles Dutoit and pianist Martha Argerich join the international youth orchestra for a world tour

Rough Night at the Remo Room

The Fertle family takes on a gangster’s paradise

Hoob Job

Primus Sucks (On-Screen)!