Nova Scotia

Video Rewind: Jonas and Pane in Parallel

Two dissimilar artists are paired at the CAMH.

Dining Out on Turkey Day

Our guide to restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day

SXSW Releases First Batch of 2013 Performers

Here go hell come, SXSW has just released the first batch of names for the 2013 festival. I know, only a week after Fun Fun Fun Fest and a month since ACL. Did you see the FPSF blog from earlier today? Yeah, time is moving too fast. The big names on the list so far include the Zombies, Alt-J, Akro ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 2: Chris Williams of Lucille's, On Hustling His Way Back to the States, and Southern Cooking vs. Soul Food

Chris Williams Lucille's 5512 La Branch Tel: (713) 568-2505 www.lucilleshouston.com This is Part 2 of a three-part Chef Chat series. You can read Part 1 here and Part 3 will run in this same space on Friday. EOW: You were in Europe for about four years. What brought you back? CW: My brother. I ... More >>

Swordfish: It's what's for Dinner and It's Good for The Conscience

Did you know swordfish has a hunting season? Whole Foods Market does. July through mid-August is swordfish season, and you should run, not walk to get some. Whole Foods is a leader in offering humanely raised and killed meats, poultry and fish. The store's swordfish comes exclusively from a small ... More >>

7 Cool & Cheap Weekenders: Joe "King" Carrasco, Praia Urbana, Etc.

One of the buzziest bands in Houston's brimming folk-rock/alt.country scene, The Wheel Workers, celebrate the release of their latest vinyl single, "Right Way to Go," tonight at Fitzgerald's with Alkari, Sunward and Boy Kite. Get some bass, more bass, and then still more bass at the dubstep part ... More >>

Fitz & The Tantrums: Don't Call Them "Retro"

Fitz and The Tantrums, a group Rolling Stone named one of its "bands to watch" last year, will be gracing Houston with their presence Sunday at Free Press Summer Fest. The six-piece soul-influenced indie-pop band likes to embrace difference. Influenced by Motown and Stax, the band lacks guitars, but ... More >>

Feel Like Family (and Dine On Some Succulent Lobster) at Palm Restaurant

Palm Restaurant has been an institution since opening its first doors in New York City back in 1926. Now with locations worldwide and celebrating its 85th year, the family-owned restaurant has refreshed its identity. At a recent media event, I had the pleasure of enjoying a six-course tasting menu ... More >>

10 Songs For Pissed-Off Travelers

This spring, Austin honky-tonker and Pasadena native Dale Watson had some dates in Australia and made the mistake of booking a flight from Sydney to Melbourne on Singapore-based budget carrier Tiger Airways. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, not only did the airline charge Watson a $500 exce ... More >>

Canada Day: Top 10 Artists From Way Up Yonder

​Hello? Is this thing on? Rocks Off has a feeling that a lot of folks are nowhere near their computers today. Must be some sort of holiday. It is, actually. Today, not Monday. It's Canada Day, or as it's known in the U.S., "What Is Princess Kate Wearing?" Day. (Also, Friday.) Honestly, Rocks ... More >>

Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx: The Rocks Off Interview

"I'm dying for rock and roll to become exciting again" ​Tonight, the grand rock and roll triumvirate of Motley Crue, Poison, and the New York Dolls pulls into the Toyota Center. Each band comes armed with decades of experience, great songs, and a boatload of modern influence, including the Do ... More >>

Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia: Swimmy, Inch by Inch and Frederick

Last Night: Frightened Rabbit At Walter's On Washington

Photos by Jim Bricker​Frightened Rabbit, Plants and Animals Walter's on Washington October 21, 2010 Aftermath has always favored "out of sight, out of mind" over "absence makes the heart grow fonder," but after Thursday's Frightened Rabbit performance at Walter's On Washington to a sweaty and ... More >>

Before the Flood

West Texan Ned Sublette reflects on pre-Katrina New Orleans in a new memoir.

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Hank Snow, "Movin' On" to Altman's Nashville... and George Wallace

"You switched your engine now I ain't got time For a triflin' woman on my main line 'Cause I'm movin' on, you done your daddy wrong I've warned you twice, now you can settle the price 'Cause I'm movin on - Hank Snow, "I'm Movin' On" Thanks to earnest guidance from his parents and maternal grandmoth ... More >>

Lost Tuneage: April Wine

Who 'Dat? The Canadian rockers formed in 1969 in Nova Scotia with the original lineup of brothers David (guitar), Richie (drums) and cousin Jim (bass) Henman, with Myles Goodwyn on lead guitar, keyboards, and vocals, as well as the main songwriter. Debut April Wine came out in 1971, and Jim Henman ... More >>

Our Band to Admire

Interpol gets darker but shines brighter with its stunning third album

Goodbye Joe, Me Gotta Go

There are 25,000 Cajuns in Houston. Almost none of them play Cajun music. Why not?

Thank Hell for Little Girls

Hard Candy turns the tables on an online pedophile

Playbill

Sex, Death and Oysters

Beneath the muddy waters of Galveston Bay lies one of the greatest seafood treasure troves on earth

Inside Baseball at the Bistro

Chef John Sheely's Mockingbird Bistro could end up as an inside-the-park home run

The Diary of Rob Frank

Rob Frank uses his own life as the backdrop of his movies

Bagels Rip My Flesh

New York Coffee Shop offers authentic East Coast fare -- complete with attitude

The Inkblot Test

Do you prefer old greasy diners? Or imitations of old greasy dinners?

Creole Country

Cajun, New Orleans Creole and African-French Creole are three distinct cuisines.

A New York Time

Kenny & Ziggy's deli slices off a chunk of the Big Apple

Lean Beefcake

A film about a pioneer in homoerotica features hefty bods but thin characters

You Go Gaelic, Girl

Heartburn Can Be Murder

A body may soon be unburied in the bizarre Basso case

News of the Weird

Cajun Pride