Lollapalooza

The Five Most Disappointing Goth Albums: Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Rapture

All this week we're going to look back over albums from undeniable goth icons and talk about their failures. By the time Siouxsie and the Banshees released The Rapture in 1995, they had been together for almost two decades. They'd blazed a path with a dark and daring sound that still had just enoug ... More >>

Why Electric Daisy Carnival Texas Should Be In Houston

The largest music festival in the United States in terms of attendance is not Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, or Austin City Limits. While each sees thousands of music fans pass through the gates every year, the real attendance champ is Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas. The 2012 version of the e ... More >>

The Great Outdoors

Your 2013 music-festival outlook, Texas edition.

Web Extra: The Rebirth of Underground Rock

I remember the first big boom in underground rock, because I was definitely not part of it. Instead, I was one of those kids for whom Nirvana's Nevermind (and their January 1992 Saturday Night Live appearance, in my case) kicked open the door to a much cooler musical world than the one I had been li ... More >>

Top 9 Comments On Summer Fest 2012: Where's The Women?

As most of Houston and the surrounding area knows by now, Free Press Summer Fest announced its 2012 lineup in the wee hours this morning. By now Rocks Off has had a few more hours to reflect on the festival, entering its fourth year at Eleanor Tinsley Park June 2 and 3, and also to take a shower. O ... More >>

Crazy Times: 5 Festivals That Need DVD/Blu-Ray Box Sets

Music festivals have played an indefinite part of pop culture history. From the various Woodstock festivals, Us Festivals, and even Lollapalooza - they have played a part in defining their generations. Unfortunately some of these amazing festivals have only seen the light of day in the form of eit ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun Fest: Houston Shines And Scares In Austin With Fat Tony And B L A C K I E

Photos By Marc Brubaker​In a weekend that was fraught with Danzig's sad faded rocker antics and dust dust dust, two Houston artists brought their "A" games to Fun Fun Fun Fest's inaugural Auditorium Shores appearance in Austin. B L A C K I E and Fat Tony, two wildly different kinds of rappers, ... More >>

A Band to Save Me

The first Best of Houston® BestFest makes itself at home in Midtown.

Epic Meal Time

Deadmau5 feasts on the energy of enthusiastic electronica fans.

For Anthony Weiner, Eight Awkward Dongs From The Movies (NSFW)

Did not make the cut.​In my review of The Hangover Part II, I made a comment about the seeming preponderance of male genitalia on the big screen lately. The phenomenon has been limited primarily to comedies because, let's face it, penises are pretty damn funny looking. Judging by that screeni ... More >>

ACL 2011 Rumors: Ten Bands Who Could Make The Cut

Marco TorresWill ACL close with classic rock again, like with the Eagles last year? Neil Young?​The Austin City Limits Music Festival's big 2011 lineup announcement is imminent, scheduled for May 17, and Rocks Off will surely be on top of the news after it hits. Last year we sat on the compute ... More >>

Dead People We Wish We'd Seen

​Regrets, sang Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Sid Vicious, I've had a few. (Or, for Sid, a feee-yooouuu.) So have we all. But if you review concerts for a living, there's nothing worse than someone you like dying before you get the chance to see them live. So for this week's Round Table, Rocks Off ... More >>

ACL Day 1 Recap: Sonic Youth, Spoon, The Strokes, Nice People...

Brittanie SheySonic Youth​ For lots more pictures from Friday, see our slideshow here. Rocks Off wonders what kind of guitar budget Sonic Youth has. They aren't very gentle with their instruments. This occurred to us as we were standing a few feet from the large screens projecting their exte ... 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 >>

Summer Tours We'd Like To See: Bring Back Texxas Jam!

Reminder: Tickets for Lady Gaga's Toyota Center show next year go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m.​ Summer concert season doesn't last as long as hurricane season, and leaves somewhat less damage in its aftermath, but at least it gives us something to look forward to during those long, hot months. This ... More >>

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

With or Without You: Memoirs of a U2 Adolescence and Young Adulthood

...I may regret this.​So there was a time, not long ago by geological reckoning, that I was a U2 fan. Growing up during the pre-Internet late 70s/early 80s in a town where the only place to buy music was a Camelot Music in the mall limited your options somewhat. Nevertheless, the Edge's loud, ring ... More >>

Some Further Thoughts on iFest, and Festivals

Photos by Chris Gray Skyscrapers - something you won't see at Austin City Limits. Western Swing maidens the Quebe Sisters performed in the shadow of the Jesse H. Jones Library.Previously, Rocks Off's idea about what a "festival" should look like, and what to expect, came from his exper ... More >>

Austin City Limits Goes Grunge; Tickets On Sale Today

Just in time for tickets to go on sale - as in now - leaks have conveniently begun to spring in C3 Entertainment's carefully under wraps lineup for this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival, scheduled for October 2-4 in Zilker Park. (Don't worry, Longhorn fans: Unlike last year, that's UT's ... More >>

Barnstorming Georgia Trio The Whigs

Complete Control

Tonight: Back Door Slam at Warehouse Live

The Black Keys Doggy-Paddle from Akron to Stardom

Rubber City Roots

Tonight: The Melvins and Big Business at Warehouse Live

Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears

Texans Electric Touch Top Amazon's MP3 Chart

Weekend Music: Murder on Memorial Day

Yesterday Afternoon: Westheimer Block Party at Numbers, Mango's and Avant Garden

Your Government at Work

The Kids Are All Right

Classic rock lives on in the hands of youngsters the Redwalls

Can't Touch the MMMBop

A new boxed set excavates the '90s

Jane's a-DJ

Alterna-god Perry Farrell's been caught spinning

Back to School

Big Daddy Kane and friends revisit the era of the flattop

Moddening Crowds

DJ Mod Scott brings '60s pop to Helios

DJ Peretz

Friday, January 11

Freaks and Geeks

The Girly Freak Show

Amplified

Punk: The Same in Any Language

Rotation

Night & Day

December 10 - 16, 1998

This Year's Model

Night & Day

May 21 - 27, 1998

Off the Wagon

Corrosive Talent

Soul Men

Okay, the name is stupid. But Soul Coughing is still a great band.

It's a Happening!

Bring your money, but leave the soapbox at home when H.O.R.D.E. comes to town

Press Picks

Post-Christmas Clearance

John Frusciante and Hildegard von Bingen never went to Festus, Missouri

Letters

Dancing Fool

Swinging and swaying at the Forties Follies

Powerful Tool

Press Picks