Gary Numan

The Wayback Machine: Five, Ten and 15 Years Ago in Houston Music

Radar Eyes: Peeking Under Shakes Gown

SAN FRANCISCO -> BERLIN -> SAN FRANCISCO -> BEYOND!!! Chris Rolls is the mastermind behind the high-energy San Francisco music machine known as Shakes Gown. Radar Eyes: Name, social security no., purpose for living, etc. Shakes Gown: Chris Rolls, and my purpose is to procreate... or so ... More >>

King of the Mild Frontier

Adam Ant is still dressed up, and now has somewhere to go

Big Trouble at Brittle Spy

Another Saturday Asian Night, another dead body on NoDo's streets

Black Math Experiment, La Sed, MK Ultra

Another Saturday Asian Night, another dead body on NoDo's streets

Nu Shooz

Film School grows better as it grows older -- shoegazer comparisons be damned

Seat Belts and Eye Shadow

If the Lost Boys can't get young Hispanic males to buckle up, nobody can!

Junior Boys, with Caribou and the Russian Futurists

Thursday, May 12, at Mary Jane's Fat Cat, 4216 Washington Avenue, 713-869-5263.

Faux Fox

Black Glove or White Glove (Quartz Inc.)

Music Awards Survey

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

Edwyn Collins

Friday, September 5

We Are the Spazbots

Pretense + idiocy + costumes + great music = Oregon new-wave band the Epoxies

12 Rods

Lost Time (Self-released)

Hot Tunes, Summer in the City

Houston Press Music Awards Showcase 2002

Chris Whitley

Friday, May 3

Minibill

The Faint

He Said She Said: 10 Artists Who Never Got Their Due, Part Deux

It's the plight of every musician. You struggle and struggle to make it big in the business, only to find that even the most modest margin of fame barely comes with a modicum of respect. Even artists with a lot of influence on later, more popular musicians fall by the wayside in the annals of rock ... More >>

Post-Valentine's Day Blues? San Antonio's Hyperbubble Will Cheer You Up

​This is the happiest music in the world. This is the best electronic album to come out of Texas since Asmodeus X's Morningstar. This is a like a synthpop version of The Wall. This is a really fucking awesome CD. Hyperbubble is a married keyboard/vocalist duo from San Antonio. They first came to R ... More >>

Will The Real Fun Fun Fun Fest Lineup Please Stand Up?

Marc BrubakerMetallagher at Fun Fun Fest 2009​Lots of late-night intrigue in the Twitterverse, as anticipation for the announcement of the lineup for Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 builds to a boil. Late Wednesday, Austin blog Party Ends published a list including Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance, Ga ... More >>

Stars

Marc BrubakerMetallagher at Fun Fun Fest 2009​Lots of late-night intrigue in the Twitterverse, as anticipation for the announcement of the lineup for Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 builds to a boil. Late Wednesday, Austin blog Party Ends published a list including Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance, Ga ... More >>

The Seven Ages Of Goth

​This is not meant as a complete history of goth, as that would be a huge book. Instead, we're aiming to give a simple overview of the musicians, songs and albums that have most defined the genre. Many deserving artists have been left out, and some that we're sure some people feel are not wor ... More >>

Gary Numan: Five Essential Songs On His Birthday

​At the gym where Rocks Off wastes time and money every few days, there is a dude that looks like Gary Numan from the cover of his solo Pleasure Principle album, so much so that we want to ask him daily if he is a part of a Houston Numan/Tubeway Army cover band we don't know about. Any idea? ... More >>

The Best Songs From 1958

​This Saturday is Craig's Hlist's father's birthday, and the man turns 53. Sorry to out your age, Dad, but it's for science. This week while doing other research, we found that most people whose art we enjoy were actually born in 1958. People like Alec Baldwin, Prince, Jello Biafra, Jools Holl ... More >>

Last Night: Battles At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Craig HlavatyBattles​Battles, Nisennenmondai Fitzgerald's October 20, 2011 Lately, this here fella in Rocks Off has been gravitating towards music with few or minimal words. Maybe a few yelps. Howls. Bloody-murder screams: The Fucking Champs, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Sunn0))), Don Caba ... More >>

Boots Electric

Photos by Craig HlavatyBattles​Battles, Nisennenmondai Fitzgerald's October 20, 2011 Lately, this here fella in Rocks Off has been gravitating towards music with few or minimal words. Maybe a few yelps. Howls. Bloody-murder screams: The Fucking Champs, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Sunn0))), Don Caba ... More >>