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Meat Puppets

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Aftermath: Our Favorite Shows of 2011

    Photo By Craig HlavatyRex's War Face: The crowd's at June's Free Press Summer Fest were feral and friendly. ​This week we asked our pool of Rocks Off writers what their favorite shows of 2011 were, the ones that brought joy to their hearts to attend and helped them make magic with a keyboard h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Dig This: Back To Back, Black Congress, dUNETX, Frants, and Ghost Mountain

    The current volume of local music is staggering. New Houston bands are born daily, and all too often pass away just as quickly. Rocks Off wants to help you (and ourselves) keep up. Houston may have gotten colder, but that's just an excuse to hunker down with those headphones, discover some local m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Last Night: The Meat Puppets At Fitzgerald's

    The Meat Puppets Fitzgerald's October 2, 2011 Last night was a special night in Houston, and for a couple of reasons: First, we felt our first taste of autumn, with temperatures dipping into the low 60s; more importantly, in this instance, was the city's opportunity to see veteran hard-rockers and ... More >>

  • Music

    September 29, 2011

    Meat Puppets

    The Meat Puppets Fitzgerald's October 2, 2011 Last night was a special night in Houston, and for a couple of reasons: First, we felt our first taste of autumn, with temperatures dipping into the low 60s; more importantly, in this instance, was the city's opportunity to see veteran hard-rockers and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Dig This: Rivers, Children of Pop, Guilt Party, Bloombox & Cosmic Sound

    The current volume of local music is staggering, so Rocks Off wants to help you (and ourselves) keep up. Dig This is back with round four of our perpetual local band profiling, reporting back on all the internet trolling we've done and the acts we've discovered in the process. Here's our latest col ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    The 20 Best Tribute Albums Of All Time

    Hootie covered Zeppelin!? '90s U So Crazy!​This year alone has seen a multitude of tribute albums, from two Buddy Holly lovefests to the upcoming ZZ Top tribute set from a very motley crew of artists, including Nickelback, Daughtry, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (yum), and Wyclef Jean. Let t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Upcoming: Bun B, Chris Brown, Lucinda Williams, Maze, Saxon, Etc.

    ​"9th Annual Ziegenbock Music Festival" With Eli Young Band, Dierks Bentley, Roger Creager, Bob Schneider, Robert Ellis, Folk Family Revival: Sat., Oct. 29, 11 a.m. The Showgrounds @ Sam Houston Race Park. Austra, Cloud Nothings: Sat., Nov. 5. Fitzgerald's. Andrew Karnavas & Runaway Sun: Wed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Top 5 Weed-Inspired Album Titles

    ​Moments ago, actually earlier this afternoon now, Rocks Off opened an envelope from Universal Music that turned out to contain young No Limit-affiliated rapper Curren$y's major-label debut, Weekend at Burnie's (Warner Bros.). We'll give you three guesses what the New Orleans native's primary ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Happy 32nd Anniversary, Rudyard's

    Mark C. AustinJandek (right) at Rudyard's, April 2009​Sunday, Rudyard's celebrates its 32nd anniversary with an afternoon barbecue buffet and night of free music with sharp-witted singer-songwriter Teresa Kolo, holy terrors the Hell City Kings and the stuff Rocks Off's dreams are made of, an a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Aftermath: Three (Count 'Em) Takes On SXSW Heroes Local Natives At Mango's

    Ed. Note: As anyone who followed our SXSW coverage would know, perhaps no band got as much critical love thrown its way as L.A.'s Local Natives. So much so that, when the Natives returned to Mango's this past Saturday, somehow Rocks Off wound up with three reviewers at the show. It might have been f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    He Said She Said: Fire In The Earhole!, Part 2

    ​To be honest, She Said can't really remember the last time she stepped foot inside Mai's. It was definitely several years ago, before she left Houston and then came back again, and it was probably with this guy, probably after a show. She Said probably had some Thai curry and hot tea, but she can ... More >>

  • Music

    October 29, 2009

    Meat Puppets

    ​To be honest, She Said can't really remember the last time she stepped foot inside Mai's. It was definitely several years ago, before she left Houston and then came back again, and it was probably with this guy, probably after a show. She Said probably had some Thai curry and hot tea, but she can ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2009

    Get All Dressed Up

    There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

  • News

    October 22, 2009

    Get All Dressed Up

    There's plenty of places to go this Halloween. Check out our updated listings.

  • Music

    October 22, 2009

    Oregon Trail

    Art Brut taps ex-Pixie Black Francis for the down-and-dirty Art Brut vs. Satan.

  • Music

    October 1, 2009

    Fall In

    Art Brut taps ex-Pixie Black Francis for the down-and-dirty Art Brut vs. Satan.

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    Sahm Does Sahm

    Art Brut taps ex-Pixie Black Francis for the down-and-dirty Art Brut vs. Satan.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Distant Early Warning: Al Green, Arctic Monkeys, Living Colour, Meat Puppets, Melvins and More

    Al Green: Fri., Sept. 11. Arena Theatre. Arctic Monkeys: Sat., Oct. 3. House of Blues. The Beauvilles, Flowers To Hide, The Live Lights: Sat., July 25. Meridian. The Black Crowes, Truth & Salvage Co: Wed., Oct. 14. House of Blues. "Broke Lizard: Live": Thu., Oct. 15. House of Blues. Cold, Tapro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2009

    SXSW Journal: The Tontons, Day 2

    Justin and I started off the day early trying to do more then the previous day. Driving around town is much more difficult then anticipated, even though we were here last year. We spent a lot of time trying to find parking and searching for boots. Not the most exciting start, but well worth the find ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    This Week in SXSW: Katy Perry Kisses the "Lake of Fire"

    There's now less than a month to go until we here at Rocks Off throw sobriety and sane living to the wind at this year's SXSW festival. This past week we learned of a boatload of new stuff about the weeklong liver-damaging voyage in March, so here goes... The list of bands keeps growing and gro ... More >>

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. in Song

    In the Name of Love

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2008

    Weekend Music: No Money, No Problem

    In the Name of Love

  • Music

    February 28, 2008

    Built to Spill, Meat Puppets

    In the Name of Love

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Drenched In Blog: Nirvana’s Unplugged on DVD

    In the Name of Love

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2007

    Three Nights Ago: Meat Puppets in My Living Room

    In the Name of Love

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2007

    Drenched In Blog: Sonic Youth’s Surprise Bassist

    In the Name of Love

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2007

    Last Night: Octopus Project, Bring Back the Guns at Numbers

    In the Name of Love

  • Music

    October 4, 2007

    Meat Puppets, Rise to Your Knees

    CD Review

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2007

    Retro Active: 1987, Here We Come

    CD Review

  • Music

    June 15, 2006

    Shandon Sahm

    Saturday, June 17, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Where You Been?

    Alt-rock pioneers Dinosaur Jr. return to the freak scene as seniors

  • Music

    June 16, 2005

    The Return of the Last DJ

    Former Lunar Rotation host David Sadof could be back regularly on the FM dial after a seven-year hiatus

  • Music

    February 5, 2004

    Highway Stars

    After 15 years of ups and downs, Swell is on the rise again

  • Music

    May 15, 2003

    The Power of 12

    Arthur Yoria and Matt Maloney launch a new local label with a roster of one

  • Music

    June 17, 1999

    Guinness Time

    Houston's Texas Guinness Lovers is an original cover band

  • Music

    February 25, 1999

    The Devil Makes Him Do It

    One-on-one with pop satirist Wesley Willis

  • Music

    December 31, 1998

    Too high. Period.

    Curt Kirkwood, now living in Austin, is still a Meat Puppet. His brother Cris is a missing-in-action junkie.

  • Music

    September 10, 1998

    Cloaked in Ambition

    Houston's Drapes have more on their minds than simply getting by

  • Music

    July 23, 1998

    Static

    Houston's Drapes have more on their minds than simply getting by

  • Music

    January 30, 1997

    Sound Check

    Houston's Drapes have more on their minds than simply getting by

  • Music

    June 6, 1996

    Rotation

    Houston's Drapes have more on their minds than simply getting by

  • Music

    February 15, 1996

    Devilish Boys

    Are people warming up to the Supersuckers' nasty ways?

  • Music

    January 25, 1996

    Static

    Are people warming up to the Supersuckers' nasty ways?

  • Music

    January 4, 1996

    Sound Check

    Are people warming up to the Supersuckers' nasty ways?

  • Music

    July 6, 1995

    Rotation

    Are people warming up to the Supersuckers' nasty ways?

  • Music

    December 22, 1994

    The Lame and the Great

    Lists you've been waiting all year for, in no particular order

  • Music

    July 14, 1994

    Flop Like an Eagle

    Brad Tyer checks out of the Hotel California after five songs

  • Music

    June 30, 1994

    Where's the Beef?

    A humble Meat Puppet talks about why his band is so great

  • Calendar

    June 16, 1994

    Press Picks

    A humble Meat Puppet talks about why his band is so great

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