David Cobb

Fried Rice: This just in: The Wild Mocassins and more!

Green Horns

Naderites have got the art car crowd and ample altruistic ardor. But they're still searching for a sporting chance.

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Naderites have got the art car crowd and ample altruistic ardor. But they're still searching for a sporting chance.

SXSW Update: Watch Out for Devo; Peter, Bjorn & John; Justin Townes Earle; Hungry Villagers and More

Devo on the BBC's Top of the Pops 2 With the big bad final band announcement coming next week, all is quiet on the SXSW front. For now. This past week was slow, with the biggest names confirmed being Devo, Cursive, Peter, Bjorn & John, and Justin Townes Earle. Devo will be clos ... More >>

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Devo on the BBC's Top of the Pops 2 With the big bad final band announcement coming next week, all is quiet on the SXSW front. For now. This past week was slow, with the biggest names confirmed being Devo, Cursive, Peter, Bjorn & John, and Justin Townes Earle. Devo will be clos ... More >>

2007 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase

Devo on the BBC's Top of the Pops 2 With the big bad final band announcement coming next week, all is quiet on the SXSW front. For now. This past week was slow, with the biggest names confirmed being Devo, Cursive, Peter, Bjorn & John, and Justin Townes Earle. Devo will be clos ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

Devo on the BBC's Top of the Pops 2 With the big bad final band announcement coming next week, all is quiet on the SXSW front. For now. This past week was slow, with the biggest names confirmed being Devo, Cursive, Peter, Bjorn & John, and Justin Townes Earle. Devo will be clos ... More >>

A Crying Shame

RIP, Cactus Music and Video

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RIP, Cactus Music and Video

Local Rotation

RIP, Cactus Music and Video

Local Rotation

RIP, Cactus Music and Video

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RIP, Cactus Music and Video

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RIP, Cactus Music and Video

The Blog Age

Matt Mullenweg helps usher in the real information revolution, one Web log at a time

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Matt Mullenweg helps usher in the real information revolution, one Web log at a time

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Matt Mullenweg helps usher in the real information revolution, one Web log at a time

MOFRO

Matt Mullenweg helps usher in the real information revolution, one Web log at a time

Letters

Wretched Research, Godwin's On Target, Culture Jocks

The Last Roundup: Paul Weller, South Memphis String Band, Indian Jewelry, Robert Ellis and More

www.breakfastontour.comHere's another installment of what's been blowing up other Houston music Web sites' skirts recently. If you'd like us to look yours over (your site, not your skirt, though we can talk about that too), email hprocksoff@gmail.com. Breakfast on Tour caught the brand-new South Mem ... More >>

How Far Did We Have to Scroll Down In the 2010 Pazz & Jop Poll to Find a Houstonian?

Congratulations, Slim Thug! Your album was Houston's biggest critical success last year... sort of.​Our sister paper in NYC's Cooper Square, the Village Voice, released its Pazz & Jop poll Thursday. The annual coast-to-coast survey of music critics ranks the previous year's best (according to ... More >>

10 Music Writers Walk Into A Bar, Decide Bands Should Get Off Their Lazy Asses

It was Matthew Wettergreen's idea. Wettergreen, who co-hosts KTRU's local-music/news show Revelry Report and is the mastermind behind BandCamp, had a vision of getting a group of Houston-based music writers from all kinds of media together to address the question of how we could better serve the mu ... More >>

Blog Stars

Ten local sites that rock our world

Hlavaty On The Hloose At SXSW

Photos by Craig Hlavaty12:08 p.m.: "Apparently MGMT is playing in that white box tonight."​ While Rocks Off Sr. holds down the fort in Houston, we've dispatched Craig Hlavaty, the Riker to our Picard, as a one-man away team to SXSW, and he's already been a busy boy. Reinforcements will arrive in t ... More >>

Behind The Scenes Of Pale's "Catastrophic Skies" Video

Moody Houston alt-rock band Pale premiered its video for "Catastrophic Skies," a song that was once under serious consideration for one of the Twilight soundtracks, last week. David A. Cobb of Houston Calling was invited to the set and sent in this report... Photos by David A. Cobb​In late Ap ... More >>

Catching Up With Ian Varley Before Drop Trio's Last Show

Photos by Bryan Anderson/ www.beautyinart.com​Self-proclaimed "spaceship jazz" group Drop Trio hit the Houston music scene with a bang in 2002. After a trio of well-received albums and a slew of live shows, the band's members - keyboardist Ian Varley, bassist Patrick Flanagan, and drummer Mike ... More >>

KTRU News Roils, Saddens Local Music Community

UPDATED (5:35 p.m.) to include comments from Rice's B.J. Almond and a new Facebook count. The fate of KTRU's annual outdoor free concert in the spring is one of many things that has yet to be decided.​News of the University of Houston's impending purchase of Rice University student radio stat ... More >>

Arcade Fire Tickets On Sale Next Friday

​We'll lead off this week's Magnolia City Mixtape with, well, the headline. It's 10 a.m. next Friday (March 4) at livenation.com or by phone at 1-800-745-3000. In other late-breaking concert news, Bob Seger hits Toyota Center April 30. Tickets for that one go on sale next Saturday. Our soundt ... More >>

MCM: More Local Music News Than Fried Food At The Rodeo

Each week Rocks Off navigates the treacherous seas of the mysterious Internet, casting nets to bring you the finest and freshest music news from around Houston. Enjoy. ​Scale The Summit's new album, The Collective, was released this week, and the entire thing is up for streaming on Soundcloud ... More >>

Last Night: Pale At Warehouse Live

Photos by David A. CobbPale works the camera's at Thursday's pre-show reception.​Pale, Come See My Dead Person, The Shiny Darks Warehouse Live Studio April 28, 2011 Pale is a transparent band. With a new record under its belt on a new label, a national distribution deal, and a well-known Los ... More >>

Masters of Cyberspace

The Press hands out its first Houston Web Awards.

State Of The Scene Part 1: Growth, Splintering & Change

Fatal Flying Guilloteens, left, in 2007 and their descendents Weird Party (right) at Summer Fest 2011​Thursday is the fourth anniversary of the Live Earth concerts, which Rocks Off remembers today less for any of the music - Madonna and Gogol Bordello is the only thing that readily comes to mi ... More >>

State Of The Scene Part 2: Welcome To Middle Finger City

Craig HlavatyOne Man Wrecking Crew: B L A C K I E at SXSW 2011​Welcome back. Before we proceed with our "State of the Scene" discussion, Rocks Off would like to say a couple of things we didn't get to in our print manifesto this week. The first concerns our former city of residence. Rocks Off ... More >>