Eve (Rapper)

The 25 Creepiest Heavy Metal Album Covers

BY JEFF ROCHE, LA WEEKLY Halloween is the time where it's acceptable to wallow in the creepy, the crawly, the dark, and the macabre. Sounds like the themes of heavy metal, year-round! Here then, are those most spine-tingliest metal album covers, for your All Hallow's Eve viewing pleasure. Step insi ... More >>

Bayou City Boo

This year's best Halloween parties.

#MadeInAmerica: The Rain, Restrictions & Randomness of Day 2

Day two of the first-ever Made In America music festival felt considerably less hectic and crowded than day one. The blazing heat of the previous day was replaced with scattered showers, and the humidity that follows, making for a sticky and slippery situation on the Ben Franklin Parkway. The crowd ... More >>

True Blood: I Think White Wolf Is Gonna Sue Somebody

Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under.He's lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood -- which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston. The fifth season of True Blood continues to underwhelm as a whole, ... More >>

Bun B: On the Road with the Trill OG During Gumball 3000

Bun B is a busy man. A quick search of this publication finds him supporting the local music scene, doing his duties as an associate professor at Rice University, rallying over social issues and even receiving an official proclamation from the mayor of Houston. He is active in the local food-truck s ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Cosi fan tutte, Dear Santa, Speed-the-Plow, There Is a Happiness That Morning Is, When the Day Met the Night (a moosehunt experience)

Out Today: New West Strikes Gold On Robert Ellis, Old 97's Discs

​It's a light batch this week as far as new releases go, with the Independence Day holiday cutting into the label's schedules. As it stands now, Rocks Off is holding a jug of coffee in our hands to try to wake up from the food and chill-time coma we embarked on last Friday. We are surely not in th ... More >>

David Sha: The Politics Behind Not Wearing Any Drawers

​Songs end up in our inbox all of the time. All of the time. Sometimes they go there to flourish, to (eventually) be posted here with praise and e-high-fives. Sometimes they go there to die, a Bad Music Graveyard, if you will. Rarely, though, are they the sole reason why someone or some band i ... More >>

Is Rap Bad For Your Mental Health?

The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place - lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good - so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Have something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. ... More >>

Skeleton Dick: 3-D And Dinosaurs For Christmas

​Rocks Off is convinced we're going out on Christmas Day to do some of that rock and rolling thing that seems to be so popular with the kids. But where shall we go? The goth in us is leaning towards dropping by Numbers for Underworld's Christmas Party. Then again, there's always the ERASEtheVI ... More >>

Houston Symphony on New Year’s Eve at the Centrum

Turbo Fruits: Now That's A Band Name!

Photos courtesy Tell All Your Friends PR​Rocks Off likes Turbo Fruits a lot. It's a loud, rock-roll-icky, semi-glam group out of Nashville that is more than capable of using sick sounds to seduce your mom and making you watch. Frankly, that image - using various mothers - is all that runs thr ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: 9 to 5, The Good Body, The Little Dog Laughed, To Cross the Face of the Moon

The Top 10 Female-Friendly Rap Songs

streethop.comLadies Love Cool James: LL Cool J on The View​Chris Rock once said that women don't pay attention to rap lyrics. Truth be told, most casual hip-hop fans - male and female - rarely pay attention to lyrics. As long as the beat is catchy, they'll drop down and get their eagle on all ... More >>

Does Being An Actor Compromise Your Rap Career?

Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Every Monday that isn't a national holiday, Rocks Off will have some of them discussing issues relevant to their culture. This Week's Panel: Paul Wall, Damien Randle, Sam Sneed Not Invited: Freekey Zeekey, for getting Dipset back together ... More >>

Lilith Fair's Top 5 Headline-Grabbing Moments

​Friday, while Rocks Off was enjoying a blissful if soggy day off, Lilith Fair canceled the final ten dates of this year's summer resurrection, including all three scheduled Texas stops. The news was hardly shocking: One headliner, Norah Jones, had already bailed, and The New York Times report ... More >>

Bun B Hurt At Gumball 3000 Rally Concert

Careful there, Bun.​Bun B jumps onstage at Houston-area hip-hop concerts so often that the idea of the II Trill rapper getting hurt under the lights is almost inconceivable. But apparently that's what has happened. Allhiphop.com is reporting that Bun, whose presence will no doubt be missed at toni ... More >>

How Low Can He Go?

Ludacris escorts female MCs into hip-hop's boys-only club, but it's a bit gross.

9th Ward Ramblers

New Orleans's Zydepunks embody the polyglot culture of their hometown...loudly.

Capsule Stage Reviews: Fault Lines, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, The New Century

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Flu Season, Machinal, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, The Women

Ask A Rapper: Big Body Click's Harole Wayne da Cande Man on... RAPPER SEX TAPES

The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Have something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email it to introducingliston@ ... More >>

He Said She Said: Songs That Make Us Feel Like a Natural Woman

​ Despite what Shania Twain may think, feelin' like a woman isn't always about going totally crazy in men's shirts and short skirts. The life of a modern woman is often more about balancing work and social obligations, maybe even with motherhood, while still trying to look good (if you even care a ... More >>

Glee: Rachel Goes Sad Clown Hooker

There were some great, brutally honest moments in last night's Glee, "Hairography," but it also felt like padding for the main event. We finally got to see the other two schools that the McKinley High glee club will compete against at sectionals, though they were first referenced weeks ago. Plus c ... More >>

Social Distortion: Killing Tom Softly With MySpace's Song

Oh, 2006. Long lost 2006. The Golden Age of MySpace. Remember MySpace? That social networking site you logged into obsessively before the advent of Facebook and after Friendster's demise? Where Microsoft Paint made a fourth-quarter comeback in the image editing (and annotating) arena? Where b ... More >>

Rap's Rapidly Vanishing Female MC

The Why Chromosome

Eve of Christmas Eve Party

‘Twas the night before the night before Christmas and there was plenty to entertain, including a band based on “pain.”

Montrose Crawl

Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, give something good to drink

Retro Fits

Roll Bounce skates on its '70s vibe

Make Mine a Guinness

The author discovers his genetic Irishness

Pop-Up Pop Stars

With the help of city government, Matthew Knowles hopes to find the next Destiny's Child. You got a problem with that?

Mouse Rap

Okayplayer -- the Roots' home on the Net -- is more than just a Web site. For some hip-hop heads, it's a way of life.

Gettin' Windy in the City

The Chicago clip crew gleefully gabs on in Barbershop 2

Boys Night Out, Moneen and Senses Fail, with the Beautiful Mistake and For the Time Being

Friday, February 6

Live Through This

Where were you when Kennedy was shot? Nellie Connally was in the car with him

Pimpadelic

April 26

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

Halfway Tree (Motown)

Racket

Clear Channel keeps the air free of insensitive songs

Dr. Jekyll and Jim Carrey

The freewheeling comedic actor has double the fun in Me, Myself & Irene

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Ruff Ryders boast about boozing; Cash Money brags about billfold size. At least the rap's good.

Illuminating the Stage

Director Mike Leigh explores the politics and process of theater in Topsy-Turvy

Rotation

New Releases Reviewed

Night & Day

April 29 - May 5, 1999

In the Groove

Shallow feels swell in McMillan-inspired Stella

Rotation

Night & Day

July 9 - 15, 1998

Adam and Eve Hit the Sauza

Gay Old Time

American Potluck

At WorldFest, variety doesn't always prove spicy