Subject: Hilary Sloan

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

  June 12, 2008

• Aftermath: The Magpies and Sideshow Tramps at the Continental Club

  Photos by Chris Gray It didn't look good at the beginning. A few minutes after 9 p.m. Wednesday, the posted start time for visiting Cleveland roots-rockers the Magpies, the "count" at the Continental Club front door was all of 16 paying customers, and the band was nowhere in sight. Two chicken tacos at Tacos a Go-Go and one Lone Star at the Big Top later, things were much improved. The room was considerably fuller - and would go on to be one of the biggest Wednesday-night crowds Aftermath ha

  January 8, 2009

• Katie Stuckey & the Swagger

  February 28, 2008

• 9th Annual Village Bluegrass Festival

  September 6, 2007

• Merle the Pearl

  Is the Hag the greatest three-tool talent in country music history?

  June 28, 2007

• Hot Sounds, Summer in the City

  A few local discs to sizzle with

  June 21, 2007

• Houston Radio Still Sucks

  David Sadof shares his dream station with Racket

  May 10, 2007

• SXSW Manifesto

  A local indie rocker hatches a scheme to get Houston its due at next year's confab

  April 5, 2007

• Houston Band Cartography

  The launch of our blog brings forth a quixotic attempt toward a local music atlas

  July 6, 2006

• Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers

  Honky Tonk Revival

  October 20, 2005

• The Sick Old Man of the Festival Circuit

  An open letter to the organizers and music bookers of the Houston International Festival

  April 21, 2005

• Playbill

  February 24, 2005

• Music Awards Survey

  A rundown of every act on this year's bill

  July 22, 2004

• Medley Fool

  DJ Jester mixes and mashes up Willie Nelson, Ice-T, the Carpenters and LL Cool J

  February 26, 2004

• Midtown Honky-tonkin'

  Trains and the vintage sounds of the Swank Countrypolitans bring a time warp to the Continental Club

  January 15, 2004

• Go Weston

  A jazz great visits Houston

  September 4, 2003

• Rock You like a Hurricane

  The Press Music Awards Showcase brings a category-five storm of tunes

  July 24, 2003

• Musical Chairs

  It's never the same show with the Good Luck Band

  January 17, 2002

• 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