Mojo Nixon

Remembering Phil Ochs, the "Singing Journalist"

Phil Ochs was never Bob Dylan. Oh, he wanted to be Dylan, but ol' Zimmy booted that bastard right out of his limo. "You're not a folksinger, you're a journalist." If only Phil had accepted himself as "the singing journalist." After failing to find the commercial success he so desired, Ochs turned ... More >>

Houston Bands Prepare to Invade SXSW

Starting this coming weekend, a slew (yes, a slew) of Houston bands will be invading Austin to take part in SXSW's official and unofficial revelry. Grandfather Child, Electric Attitude, Something Fierce, Bagheera and many others will be playing free day parties, showcases and pop-up festivals. Rec ... More >>

10 Songs For Jesus Christ's Wedding Reception

Was Jesus married? Ambiguous at best in the Bible, fully explored in fiction such as The Last Temptation of Christ, this ancient riddle is suddenly all over the headlines again after Karen King, a Christian-history expert at Harvard Divinity School, claimed to have found a 4th-century parchment that ... More >>

Aggronautix Bringing You Bobblehead Wayne Kramer, James Williamson

Aggronautix has brought you bobbleheads of GG Allin, Mojo Nixon, Roky Erickson, Andrew WK, and even Milo from the Descendents. I even purchased a creepily lifelike model of Allin's head from them a few years back. Today they announced two new additions to their bobbled family, in the form of the MC5 ... More >>

Do You Remember Rock N Roll Comics?

Ilko Davidov's documentary film Unauthorized: The Story of Rock N Roll Comics is finally available on DVD today after having been originally released in 2005. Hopefully you remember Rock N Roll Comics, the series of illustrated unauthorized biographies that Todd Loren put out to the rage of many unt ... More >>

Playlist for the Missing: 5 Songs for the Bermuda Triangle

​66 years ago five U.S. torpedo bombers dubbed Flight 19 disappeared during a navigation training exercise in the area known as the Bermuda Triangle, claiming the lives of 14 airmen. It is commonly assumed that the flight became disoriented and lost, ran out of fuel, and then ditched in the oc ... More >>

Upcoming: Anthony Hamilton, Mojo Nixon, MuteMath, Etc.

​400 Blows, Muhammadali: Mon., Oct. 31. Mango's. Anthony Hamilton: Mon., Nov. 14. House of Blues. Badfish (Sublime Tribute): Sat., Jan. 28. House of Blues. Cody Canada & The Departed: Fri., Dec. 30. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. Dave Barnes, Andrew Ripp: Sat., Nov. 12. Fitzgerald's. Guaco: T ... More >>

Saturday Night: Mojo Nixon At The Continental Club

Photos by Jason Wolter​Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors Continental Club February 26, 2011 When Mojo Nixon "retired" from recording and touring following 2009's Whisky Rebellion, the music world breathed a sigh of relief (or sorrow) that one of its principal loose cannons had finally been silence ... More >>

Mojo Working

Shock-rocker Nixon foresees baby-making future for his music.

Upcoming: Dwight Yoakam, En Vogue, Kylie, OMD, Etc.

​Anders Osbourne: Fri., March 11. Last Concert Cafe. Anthony David: Sun., March 6. Numbers. Axwell: Fri., Feb. 4. Stereo Live. Bobby Long: Sun., April 10. Fitzgerald's. Civil Twlight, Mother/Father: Fri., Feb. 25. Warehouse Live. cEvin Key: Sat., April 16. Numbers. Chrisette Michele: Th ... More >>

Elvis: 30 Famous Quotes About The King

​Rocks Off is celebrating Elvis week this week - the King would be 76 years old on Saturday. (Or hell, maybe he will be 76 years old on Saturday.) That's more than three-quarters of a century, but it just doesn't seem like a very long time. Maybe that's because whether or not he actually died ... More >>

SXSW Aftermath: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Get In The Groove

South by Scorsese: The festival in a single 6th St. tracking shot. Video by Craig Hlavaty It didn't take long for Aftermath to remember you don't have to look very hard at all for music at SXSW; in fact, we were barely even awake when it happened. After arriving in Austin late, late Thursday night, ... More >>

SXSW Aftermath: Just Your Average, Garden-Variety Mayhem At The Continental Club

Photos by Chris GrayThe Stone River Boys​SXSW moves at such a frenetic clip that when you're finally able to catch your breath and collect your thoughts, it's almost over. That moment finally arrived for Aftermath at rockabilly troublemaker and Sirius/XM Outlaw Country DJ Mojo Nixon's annual "Mojo ... More >>

Pop Rocks: The King Is Dead

​Last Friday -- January 8 -- marked what would have been the 75th birthday of Elvis Presley. The milestone was dutifully noted on most national new broadcasts and publications, tastefully hitting the high points of the King's life without dwelling overmuch on this drug- addled final years. ... More >>

Mojo Nixon, Dash Rip Rock, New Duncan Imperials

Fall In

Ghosts of Washington Avenue

Noise goes whistling through the scenester artery's music venue graveyard.

Distant Early Warning: Aggrolites, Frankie Valli, the Krayolas, Peaches, "Rockers vs. Mods," etc.

​ The Aggrolites: Wed., Oct. 14. Meridian. Asher Roth: Thu., Sept. 24. Rich's Houston. Aventura: Fri., Dec. 4. Toyota Center. Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash: LOUNGE STAGE., Thu., Oct. 1. Fitzgerald's. Buxton: Thu., Oct. 1. Continental Club. Captured! By Robots: Wed., Nov. 18. Super Happy Fun Land. C ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Long Live Country Dick Montana and the Beat Farmers

When LOM returned to Houston from India in 1987, former Chronicle music critic Marty Racine became near-religious reading for me. I couldn't wait for his Thursday "Critic's Picks" column so I could plan my musical weekend. I learned about all kinds of below-the-radar bands from Racine: Mojo Nixon, S ... More >>

SXSW: South Congress Circuit

As usual, Saturday afternoon for me was all about South Congress. Bands like Houston's own Allen Oldies Band - fronted by the High Priest of the Oldies and the State of Texas's official unofficial Minister of Fun - are traditions, as are people like Jon Dee Graham and James McMurtry at Mojo Nixon's ... More >>

Can't Get It Out of My Head: David Allan Coe's "Whips and Things" (NSFW)

That lovable scamp Mojo Nixon just played this song on his Sirius XM Outlaw Country shift, and now only God knows when Rocks Off is going to be able to scrub his mind clean of "Pussy-Eatin' Pamela," "Suck-'em Silly Shirley" and a few others he can't bring himself to type. And, in case you are ... More >>

For the King: Elvis Impersonators from Around the World

Elvis Presley would be - or, depending on who you believe, is - 74 years old today. But he's as popular as ever, and alive or dead, as Mojo Nixon has noted many times, Elvis really is everywhere... Rob Kingsley, Elvis Tribute UK's 2008 European Champion   "Turkish Elvis" Nevrez Caliska ... More >>

Dash Rip Rock

Kinky's Got His Mojo Workin'

A Texas wild man enlists his Appalachian counterpart in his crusade

South By So Huge

Austin's little music festival is all grown up

I'll Drink to That

Fuel your New Year's Eve with these boozy sing-along tunes

Bernie Leadon

Tuesday, May 18

Funeral Blues

Three local music figures are cut down in one week

Adieu, Monsieur Mojo

...And other SXSW adventures

Rockin' Drama Mama

Mary McBride makes the transition from aspiring playwright to alt-country songstress

Creative Interpretations

Vindication comes a year after "Agent 307" prevented Mahotella Queens from performing at I-Fest

¡Viva El Vez!

Don't you step on the Mexican Elvis's huaraches azules

The Good Ol' Days

The Allen Oldies Band is taking a different route to fame

Spreading Its Roots

Austin's renowned Continental Club expands its reach. But will the Houston market exceed its grasp?

Houston Press Music Awards 2000

Your guide to the Music Awards Showcase

End the Innocence

Don Henley -- Stereolab

Playbill

Elvis Incarnate: Mojo Nixon

Unexpected Success

Just when he thought fame had passed him by, Austinite Jon Dee Graham gets rediscovered

Static

Press Picks

Rotation

Rotation

Nasty Conquers All

Determination, and bad manners, rescue Ugly Americans from a sorry fate

Press Picks

Critic's Choice

News from Nowhere

Clearing the desk for the New Year, and other excuses for a column

Rotation

Hickman's Science Project

Plus: Houston musicians ask that eternal question -- Why doesn't anybody love us?

All Rise

Rounder Rock