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Aftermath: Drive-By Truckers at Meridian

Stepson of Ruggles

Over the Weekend: Houston Artopia at Winter Street Studios

Photo by Daniel Kramer As you should know if you've been following the Houston Press recently (and why wouldn't you?) we held a little get-together called Artopia at Winter Street Studios in the Heights to honor and showcase local artists and performers. Sandwiched in between the railroad tracks ... More >>

Press Picks

Photo by Daniel Kramer As you should know if you've been following the Houston Press recently (and why wouldn't you?) we held a little get-together called Artopia at Winter Street Studios in the Heights to honor and showcase local artists and performers. Sandwiched in between the railroad tracks ... More >>

Free Tickets for Back In Black and Fan Halen

Fan Halen We have been given a handful of tickets to tonight's Fan Halen/Back In Black show at the House Of Blues to give away. Hurry up and come grab a few while they last. The Aqua-Net stench isn't too overpowering as of this posting so we should have a few left for you. Come get them at ... More >>

Static

Fan Halen We have been given a handful of tickets to tonight's Fan Halen/Back In Black show at the House Of Blues to give away. Hurry up and come grab a few while they last. The Aqua-Net stench isn't too overpowering as of this posting so we should have a few left for you. Come get them at ... More >>

Bar Patrons

Fan Halen We have been given a handful of tickets to tonight's Fan Halen/Back In Black show at the House Of Blues to give away. Hurry up and come grab a few while they last. The Aqua-Net stench isn't too overpowering as of this posting so we should have a few left for you. Come get them at ... More >>

Dish

Fan Halen We have been given a handful of tickets to tonight's Fan Halen/Back In Black show at the House Of Blues to give away. Hurry up and come grab a few while they last. The Aqua-Net stench isn't too overpowering as of this posting so we should have a few left for you. Come get them at ... More >>

Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Fan Halen We have been given a handful of tickets to tonight's Fan Halen/Back In Black show at the House Of Blues to give away. Hurry up and come grab a few while they last. The Aqua-Net stench isn't too overpowering as of this posting so we should have a few left for you. Come get them at ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection," "Mary Magsamen and Stephan Hillerbrand: Forced Fields," "The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," "Volker Stelzmann"

Fan Halen We have been given a handful of tickets to tonight's Fan Halen/Back In Black show at the House Of Blues to give away. Hurry up and come grab a few while they last. The Aqua-Net stench isn't too overpowering as of this posting so we should have a few left for you. Come get them at ... More >>

Moonlight Ramble

Cycle under the stars with Bike Houston

Hinder, Papa Roach, Buckcherry

Cycle under the stars with Bike Houston

Tombstone Blues

The Nightfly

KAY'S LOUNGE

Three Wise Men

BEERS, STEERS AND...

Fried Twinkies, $5 bumper cars, Hannah Montana and the hardest working kids in Texas

Double-Decker

Lagniappe Grill

Jack and Coke

Cheers2U

Manhattan Luna

Cheers2U

Hidden Treasures

Introducing some of the best discs you've never heard

Roadie Royalty

Houstonian author and Webmaster Karl Kuenning is a prince among road dogs

Hot 'n' Heavenly

Have a hell of a time at Club Envy's Halloween Ball

Indecent Disposal

James Toback wastes an uninhibited Neve on a cheesy Adrian Lyne rip-off

Feels Like Old Times

With Sammy Hagar back on stage, Van Halen trudges on

Hog Heaven

Get your motor running at the Lone Star Biker Rally

The Real Deal

Who is the more "authentic" bluesman -- Bobby Bland or T-Model Ford?

Capsule Reviews

Our critic weighs in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

MOFRO

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Talk the Night Away

Leave your boogie shoes at home when you visit Level 1 Lounge and U Bar

Bordering on Bennigan's

Is Morgan's on Montrose just an unfortunate chain reaction?

Poison

Friday, May 31

Amplified

Local Music News

Rotation

Tracy Byrd, Jim Hall and Pat Metheny

The Strait Dope

Gettin' jiggy with George Strait at his country music festival

Top 5 Sauces That Make Chains Worth Visiting

​A purist would say a good bread or steak should stand on its own -- to sauce is to sin. But if A1 is the cardinal crime of fine dining, these sauces prove the opposite: a fine one can slather salvation over a culinary insignificancy. 5. Chick-fil-a Polynesian Sauce- In the world of fast-foo ... More >>

Aftermath: Drive-By Truckers' Cathartic, Down-Home Halloween Redemption at House of Blues

Photos by Jay Lee​ It took Aftermath most of Friday to figure out why we were in such an awful blue funk after Thursday's Pogues show, especially after the band delivered a more brilliant set than even this 20-year fan thought they were capable of. But after leaving work early and relaxing for a w ... More >>

Aftermath: Deer Tick Remembers Lightnin' Hopkins - Do You? - at Warehouse Live

Photos by Eggs/ breakfastontour.com​ Deer Tick's set Sunday night at Warehouse Live, opening for the lovely and photo-shy Neko Case, was the perfect capper to a weekend that saw us become sleep-challenged conspiracy hounds and road-weary travelers all within the span of a day. Too bad that the ban ... More >>

Cutout Bin: France's Biggest Rock Star in Fight For Sa Vie

​The world's biggest rock and roll star you've never heard of is now in an L.A. hospital, recovering from botched surgery. Johnny Hallyday is one of the most famous men in the French-speaking world. He rose to stardom in the early 1960's doing Francophone covers of American rock and roll songs, a ... More >>

Songs for Naughty Children

As Rocks Off grows older we have to come to terms with the fact that many of our friends are having children. Usually we can just scroll quickly past the offspring-related Facebook updates or send those 12 MB emails containing brood photos into the Trash folder unread. No harm, no foul. But the hol ... More >>

Buh-Bye 2009

As Rocks Off grows older we have to come to terms with the fact that many of our friends are having children. Usually we can just scroll quickly past the offspring-related Facebook updates or send those 12 MB emails containing brood photos into the Trash folder unread. No harm, no foul. But the hol ... More >>

Stirred and Shaken: Howl at the Moon's Tennessee Tea

Photo by Troy Fields​The musical act is the main draw at Howl at the Moon (612 Hadley, 713-658-9700), a dueling-piano bar in Midtown (and in Scottsdale, Charlotte, Baltimore, etc.). The bar features a stable of multi-instrumentalists whose job it is to work the crowd while plunking out up-temp ... More >>

HOWL AT THE MOON'S TENNESSEE TEA

Photo by Troy Fields​The musical act is the main draw at Howl at the Moon (612 Hadley, 713-658-9700), a dueling-piano bar in Midtown (and in Scottsdale, Charlotte, Baltimore, etc.). The bar features a stable of multi-instrumentalists whose job it is to work the crowd while plunking out up-temp ... More >>

Buh-Bye 2009

Photo by Troy Fields​The musical act is the main draw at Howl at the Moon (612 Hadley, 713-658-9700), a dueling-piano bar in Midtown (and in Scottsdale, Charlotte, Baltimore, etc.). The bar features a stable of multi-instrumentalists whose job it is to work the crowd while plunking out up-temp ... More >>

Live with Me

Photo by Troy Fields​The musical act is the main draw at Howl at the Moon (612 Hadley, 713-658-9700), a dueling-piano bar in Midtown (and in Scottsdale, Charlotte, Baltimore, etc.). The bar features a stable of multi-instrumentalists whose job it is to work the crowd while plunking out up-temp ... More >>

Stirred and Shaken: Rebels Honky Tonk's Mother-Effer

Photo by Troy Fields​At Rebels Honky Tonk (5002 Washington, 713-862-7172), the classics are relegated to the bathroom. The record jackets mounted on the men's-room wall feature the likes of Willie Nelson and Marty Robbins, but on a recent Wednesday night a couple KILT-FM DJs were pumping nothi ... More >>

Stirred and Shaken

Photo by Troy Fields​At Rebels Honky Tonk (5002 Washington, 713-862-7172), the classics are relegated to the bathroom. The record jackets mounted on the men's-room wall feature the likes of Willie Nelson and Marty Robbins, but on a recent Wednesday night a couple KILT-FM DJs were pumping nothi ... More >>

Tasting Barbecue Sauces

​In trying to find the top five barbecue sauces, we put our favorites on a list to try, added others we had read awesome things about, and went to HEB and picked up a basket of sauces to try (along with other snacks to dip them in). We set some rules in selecting sauces -- if it was from a Tex ... More >>

American Idol: Later, Lacey

We w@nt t* punch Ke$ha !n the f@ce.​Last night was my first real elimination round of American Idol. Sure, they've been thinning the ranks for weeks, but that was a rapid-fire bloodletting that sent home four bad singers a week. This is the big show, the top 12, with more lights and makeup and ... More >>

Idol Beat: Later, Lacey

We w@nt t* punch Ke$ha !n the f@ce.​Last night was my first real elimination round of American Idol. Sure, they've been thinning the ranks for weeks, but that was a rapid-fire bloodletting that sent home four bad singers a week. This is the big show, the top 12, with more lights and makeup and ... More >>