Copenhagen

Step Right Up: The favorite Tom Waits songs of tons of local and national music figures

Romper Room

Lucky enough to be one of Playboy's best

Manet, Monet, Money

The Museum of Fine Arts tries to draw in the crowds with a "Season of Impressionism"

Pink Slip Exhibits

When the cash-flush MFAH vows no layoffs, don't believe it

Home Fires Burning

A soldier returns a changed man in the gripping Danish drama Brothers

Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Post-Denmark, Pro-Texans, Really Jetlagged Edition

You're not going to believe this, but last week, I wrote a post in which I predicted the Texans would defeat the Browns. But I headed back out for Europe, and things got lost in the shuffle, so that post never ran. But trust me, I actually did write that the Texans were going to defeat the Cle ... More >>

Press Picks

You're not going to believe this, but last week, I wrote a post in which I predicted the Texans would defeat the Browns. But I headed back out for Europe, and things got lost in the shuffle, so that post never ran. But trust me, I actually did write that the Texans were going to defeat the Cle ... More >>

Press Picks

You're not going to believe this, but last week, I wrote a post in which I predicted the Texans would defeat the Browns. But I headed back out for Europe, and things got lost in the shuffle, so that post never ran. But trust me, I actually did write that the Texans were going to defeat the Cle ... More >>

Missing Link

You're not going to believe this, but last week, I wrote a post in which I predicted the Texans would defeat the Browns. But I headed back out for Europe, and things got lost in the shuffle, so that post never ran. But trust me, I actually did write that the Texans were going to defeat the Cle ... More >>

Kyoto Protocol: Chill Out

Skeptical environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg questions the Kyoto Protocol's effectiveness

Stingaree Music Festival

Hayes Carll hosts a sandy shindig in a reverse hurricane

After the Wedding

What comes after the nuptials in this Danish melodrama? A hell of a lot more than the reception

Party Boy

Matt Sonzala puts on Houston rap parties all over the world

Bois and Grrls

Genderqueer: Straight or gay, these kids refuse to play dress-up by the rules

Redneck Renaissance

Gretchen Wilson’s return to town makes us wonder, What’s really behind all these songs about Wal-Mart, cheap beer and NASCAR?

Mystery Meeting

What happened when Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr spoke in 1941?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

What happened when Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr spoke in 1941?

Romancing the Bones

Danish psychobilly band Nekromantix lampoons America with twangy satire

Language Lessons

Six lonely strangers connect in the beguiling Italian for Beginners

Birth of a Texas Bar Band

Named after a beer, Honeybrowne strives to be more

Danish Dealers

The Pusher's convincing, despite the familiar turf

Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

The Pusher's convincing, despite the familiar turf

Tonight: Volbeat at Warehouse Live

Photo by Andreas BondingEvery time us Yanks think we've got the market cornered on strangeness, along come those darn Europeans to show us how much we still have to learn. It's most entertaining when they do it by re-interpreting classic American concepts such as gangsters, country music and punk ro ... More >>

Flannel File: Primus

Primus circa 1998, Copenhagen, DenmarkAs the title of this feature might suggest, '90s nostalgia is in full swing, and one of the orders of the day is reexamining the aesthetic reputation of bands we liked when we were teenagers but of whom we subsequently became embarrassed, swapping them in our es ... More >>

ACL 2009 Updates From the Field: The Raveonettes Cancel Apperance

​We've just received notice this morning that Danish pop-rock duo The Raveonettes couldn't get out of Copenhagen and had to cancel their appearance, and we mean they literally couldn't get out. The American Embassy in Copenhagen is apparently swamped this week and was unable to help the band get t ... More >>

7 Days of Giftmas: Baby Things

Sick of corporate Christmas? Try shopping local. Hair Balls presents a 12-part series highlighting ideas for holiday gifts made and sold in Texas. Ahh, the joy of parenthood. New parents have enough to think about without having to worry about Christmas. Lucky for you, Hair Balls has found a few pe ... More >>

The White House Wasn't Pleased Obama's Call To The Mayor Went Public

Photo courtesy White House Flickr Group​Ever leave an extremely personal voicemail for someone, only to have what you thought was a private message broadcast to complete strangers -- or even worse, your friends? You know, maybe something about a burning sensation when you pee, or that you thi ... More >>

A Royal ABBA Salute And Other Scandinavian Musical Delights

Photos by Brittanie SheyThe Royal Band outside Stockholm Palace​Välkommen from Scandinavia! More specifically, Gothenburg, Sweden, the country's "second city" and home to some of Rocks Off's favorite bands from recent years, including El Perro Del Mar, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives and The Knif ... More >>

What Does Katy Perry Taste Like?

​Last week when we gave Kesha a bloggardly shellacking, we compared her and other female pop stars of her ilk to burritos. You may remember we said she was a gas-station burrito and Miley Cyrus was a Big Mac wrap. It was either a stroke of genius or the starved ramblings of a music writer subs ... More >>

What Does Katy Perry Taste Like?

​Last week when we gave Kesha a bloggardly shellacking, we compared her and other female pop stars of her ilk to burritos. You may remember we said she was a gas-station burrito and Miley Cyrus was a Big Mac wrap. It was either a stroke of genius or the starved ramblings of a music writer subs ... More >>

First Look at Piola

Photos courtesy of Piola because I also managed to forget my camera last night on top of everything else.​Between a dead car battery and an inhaler emergency (thanks for nothing, Walgreen's) last night, I didn't make it to Piola (3201 Louisiana, 713-524-8222) either on time or in my typical ca ... More >>

Lufkin Couple Heads To Jail After Pregnant Woman Smokes Cig

Not the Lufkin woman, who we're sure doesn't have tats​According to a police report summarized in the Lufkin Daily News, 33-year-old Roosevelt Lee Williams III called police out to discuss a Mother's Day altercation with 26-year-old mama-to-be Dominique Bryan that had just ended. He told pol ... More >>

This Just In: SXSW Announces First Round Of 2012 Showcasing Bands, Including Fat Tony and Something Fierce

Photo By Marco TorresFat Tony at a day show at SXSW '11​Sweet lord, it's not even Thanksgiving yet and South By Southwest is making us excited for March in Austin already. Today the industry festival announced a few bands coming to the capitol city next year, and a few Houston names and Rocks ... More >>

Memoir From Early AC/DC bassist Mark Evans Sheds Light On Band's Beginnings

​Get Lit: Dirty Deeds - My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC By Mark Evans 288 pp., $19.95, Bazillion Points Books The Thunder from Down Under that is AC/DC has been blasting eardrums for nearly four decades, continuing to move millions of records and tour huge arenas worldwide. And though the li ... More >>