Subject: Geoffrey Muller

• Announcing the 2007 Houston Press Music Awards Winners

  August 1, 2007

• The 2008 Houston Press Music Awards Ceremony

  UGK for Life

  August 7, 2008

• 2008 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase

  A preview of the 60 bands and five DJs that are taking over downtown this weekend

  July 24, 2008

• Saw Workshop

  May 8, 2008

• The Smoking Ban

  Has it been good for Houston? A dozen local music figures sound off

  November 29, 2007

• Houston Radio Still Sucks

  David Sadof shares his dream station with Racket

  May 10, 2007

• Rants About Stuff

  A Bevy of Bad News

  October 5, 2006

• 2006 Houston Press Music Awards Supplement

  July 27, 2006

• Best Band Stage Show

  September 23, 2004

• The Whole Package

  Medicine Show is packed with talent, youth, and charm

  January 2, 2003

• The 2009 Houston Press Music Award Nominees

  Here they are, folks. You nominated 'em, we mulled 'em over and sorted out the stuffers, and now the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards ballot is set. Normally Rocks Off would say something cute like read 'em and weep, but since we've been listening to almost nothing but '80s hard rock and new bands that totally sound like '80s hard rock (Low Man's Joe, The Answer, Charm City Devils) for the past couple of days, we'll just say this: Eat 'em and smile. Just kidding. We know this is serious stuff, an

  May 21, 2009

• Houston Press Music Awards: And The Nominees Are...

  Here they are, folks. You nominated 'em, we mulled 'em over and sorted out the stuffers, and now the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards ballot is set. Normally Rocks Off would say something cute like read 'em and weep, but since we've been listening to almost nothing but '80s hard rock and new bands that totally sound like '80s hard rock (Low Man's Joe, The Answer, Charm City Devils) for the past couple of days, we'll just say this: Eat 'em and smile. Just kidding. We know this is serious stuff, a

  May 21, 2009

• Running the Numbers

  May 28, 2009

• MP3 of the Day: Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys

  As if Wednesday night's drunken, surly and bearded Clutch show wasn't enough for the House Of Blues staff, tonight they get to rassle with the musical stylings of one David Allan Coe, openers 1100 Springs and Sean Reefer & The Resin Valley Boys. Long a fixture on the Houston honky-tonk scene, Reefer and the Resins' odes to marijuana, cocaine, whiskey, pills and No-Doz are the stuff of local legend. Never before have we encountered such a weed-tastic group of pickers since that old red-headed

  July 16, 2009

• 52 Pick-Up

  July 23, 2009

• In the Hot Seat with Nick Cody from Wild Moccasins

  The Wild Moccasins aren't playing the Showcase this year, but we caught up Nick Cody and asked him what he was doing here.Who are you here to see?I want to see Buxton and the Tontons. I'm also going to play with Tontons, a song that Tom wrote and he's going to play guitar to it. I'm going to be on bass. Also, Fat Tony but I think he's playing the same time as the Tontons.Who are your HPMA picks?Nick Cody for Best Bassist. (Are you really nominated?) No, I'm not popular. Best Local Song: I've ne

  July 26, 2009

• ReFried Rice: In the Hot Seat with Chris Wise from Buxton

  ​Chris Wise was going to do an interview but instead he decided to try and pick up Geoffrey Muller from the SideShow tramps. The two are currently discussing Muller recent stroll down dress lane at the I am Mesmer CD release show. Oh, Muller just said he would "be honored" to help out with the next Buxton release. Wise is happy about that. Muller: What would I do? Just hang out in my dress?Wise: It helps the Sugarhill vibe.Okay, Chris, now it's time to get in the hot seat.Who are you here to

  July 26, 2009

• HPMA Aftermath: Peekaboo Theory, Sideshow Tramps and the Afterparty at Mosaic

  Photos by Nicholas L. Hall​ With all the bright promise of this year's HPMA showcase, it's a damn shame that Aftermath could only make two sets. What we saw both depressed and encouraged us, in that I missed so much and in that there was so much to miss. Peekaboo Theory manages to thrill us every time. The deep-space throb of analogue synth wash; echo-laden turntable fading in and out like cosmic radio scatter; guitars that alternate between the angular stab of post-punk, the riffing crunch o

  July 27, 2009

• HPMA: We Have Some Winners: Geoffrey Muller, D.R.U.M., Speakerboxx, Wild Moccasins, Los Pistoleros

  Chris Gray​Groovy, groovy acoustic reggae from Ryan Scroggins & the Trenchtown Texans, featuring Sideshow Tramps' Geoffrey Muller, plus Pat Kelly banging on a couple of 4X4s. Singing about people watching "that old devil box." We guess if they're watching on Channel 39, it's OK. For tonight.So far, our host Johnny Bravo of Jack FM gets a conditional fail for trying a little too hard to be funny. Cool Metallica tee though.Best Miscellaneous Instrument: Geoffrey Muller, Sideshow/Mesmer, for

  July 30, 2009

• The 2009 Houston Press Music Award Winners

  Chris GrayScarface (right) and 2009 Best Punk winners Flamin' Hellcats​ Best Local CD/LP: Bun B, UGK for Life Best Local EP/7-inch: Wild Moccasins, Microscopic Metronomes Best Local Song: Mechanical Boy, "She Does" Best New Act: Roky Moon & BOLT Songwriter: B L A C K I E Local Musician of the Year: Little Joe Washington Best Guitarist: Little Joe Washington

  July 31, 2009

• Slide Show: Sideshow Tramps and Lots More Summer Fest

  Amber Roussel​ Craig Kinsey (left) and Geoffrey Muller of Sideshow Tramps led a foot-stomping hillbilly hallelujah revival at Summer Fest Sunday, inspiring a mosh pit with overstimulated takes on gospel/blues standards like "St. James Infirmary" and "John the Revelator." Lots more where that came from: Click here for a slideshow more than 140 pictures strong.

  August 10, 2009

• Wednesdays are Honky-Tonk Heaven In Houston, and Thursdays are Hillbilly Hell

  Photos by Chris GrayRobert Ellis & the Boys, under the blue neon​ It's no secret Rocks Off is a big fan of the country music, which is why we're starting to get a little excited about the inner-loop honky-tonk scene that's taking root. Over the weekend, we caught Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys doing their hemped-up Hank Williams thang at the West Alabama Ice House, and Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers' Sunday-evening sets (6-9 p.m.) at the Continental Club, a fine way to wind d

  November 5, 2009

• Honky-Tonk Revival

  November 19, 2009