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  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Del McCoury Band Decends on Conroe

    ​Conroe's Sounds of Texas Music Series has pulled a major coup that should have local bluegrass fans' hearts palpitating with their booking of the Del McCoury Band for February 4, 2012. McCoury and his band, which includes his sons Rob and Ronnie, both of whom are monster instrumentalists and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    The Simpsons' Top 11 Musical Guests

    ​When The Simpsons completes its last (contracted) season in 2014, it will have set staggering new broadcast records for longest running sitcom (over 550 episodes) and longest running prime time scripted TV series (25 seasons). These are all American records, of course, because the Japanese co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Chef Chat, Part 1: David Cordua of Americas, On His First Love and Le Cordon Bleu

    Photo by Mai PhamDavid Cordua, Executive Chef of the Cordua Restaurant Group ​David Cordua, at 29, is currently Executive Chef at Americas River Oaks, and all of the restaurants in the Cordua Restaurant Group. Contrary to what some might assume, despite growing up as the son of a restaurante ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Twitter Dumbness: Trent Cantrell, Former Lufkin City Planner, Resigns After Sour Tweets About Town

    Even if you really, really hate the town whose government is signing your paychecks, you might want to keep those thoughts to yourself. If you absolutely must Tweet your opinions on the matter, only let your friends see 'em. Former Lufkin city planner Trent Cantrell didn't take those precautions, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Our San Jacinto Quiz, Including Silk Underwear, Syphilis and Dennis Quaid

    Good thing he wasn't named Sam Schnackenpfefferhausen​Today marks the 175th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, the glorious day when a ragtag Texan army surprised a siesta-enjoying Mexican force and won independence for the Lone Star State. The battle, fought near present-day Refinery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    FAIL: Motown Scam Artists, Musicians Unions, Iron Fences

    Photo illustrations by John Seaborn Gray​Unions Are Basically Legalized Mafia: Sarah Chang, a gorgeous and talented young violinist, tried to perform a recital in Detroit this week. Unfortunately for her, the classical music unions happen to be on strike in Detroit. Chang was probably not even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Even Gawker Commenters Can't Snark About Feral Hogs

    Not to be snarked about​You may not be aware of it, because it came as yet another announcement in an increasingly silly race for Agriculture Commissioner, but October is "Get the Hog Outta Texas" month.It's all about killing off as many dangerous feral hogs as possible, says incumbent Todd Staple ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Austin City Limits Festival Releases Preshow, Aftershow Lineups

    ​This morning C3 Concerts, the folks behind the Austin City Limits Music Festival, announced the schedule for the pre- and after-show gigs surrounding the festival. As with this past March's SXSW, those without official credentials aren't totally being shut out of the fun. Starting Wednesday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    How Is Houston Doing ACL-Wise?

    Marco TorresThe Eagles have flown, at least as far as Houston is concerned.​If you have even bothered to venture out of doors during these days of 105-degree heat indices and "Unhealthy" air-quality advisories, you may have noticed that things have been a little light on the roadshow front lat ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2010

    The Expat

    Steve Steele finds a harder-edged sound on his debut album.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    FAIL: Jeff Beck, Jonas Brothers, Lilith Fair, ACL Fest

    If you're reading this, you're either on the Internet, or else you've mastered multi-dimensional thought-projection processes that would make Michio Kaku cry like a little girl. We'll assume the former, and just in case you don't already know, the Internet has decided that the word "failure" is too ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2010

    The Walking Dead

    Texas City's Come See My Dead Person is very much alive.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Which ACL Headliners Will Play Houston?

    www.eaglesband.comWho knew the Eagles shot their publicity stills for The Long Road Out of Eden at ACL 2005?​When the Austin City Limits festival lineup is released every spring, one of Rocks Off's favorite parlor games besides wondering what sort of Biblical weather-related calamity God will visi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    ACL Or Summerfest: Which Commercial Is Better?

    Control Group A: The Flaming Lips are playing both Summerfest and ACL.​As you probably know by now, the Austin City Limits Music Festival released its 2010 lineup of the 130 acts playing Zilker Park October 8-10 under cover of darkness 'round midnight Monday. Meanwhile, Houston's scaled-down ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2009

    No Turkeys Allowed

    Our annual holiday shopping guide to recent local releases

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Dirty, Dirty Hippies Were the Least Odious of Woodstock's Many Shameful Legacies

    This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, as if you needed us to remind you. Documentaries, feature films, tours and boxed CD sets have been rolling out all summer in order to wring still more cash from the corpses of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and - to a lesser extent - Country Joe McD ... More >>

  • Music

    July 16, 2009

    Tres Hombres

    Discovering why ZZ Top is "critic-proof"

  • Music

    January 17, 2008

    The Art of Noise

    Signal to Noise founder Pete Gershon turns his private collection into art

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Welcome to Football U

    Signal to Noise founder Pete Gershon turns his private collection into art

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Welcome to Football U

    Signal to Noise founder Pete Gershon turns his private collection into art

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    Between the Cracks

    Profiling local bands

  • Music

    December 23, 2004

    Up from the Underworld

    This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music

  • Year End

    December 23, 2004

    Up from the Underworld

    This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music

  • News

    October 21, 2004

    Dance Fever

    HISD kills a reality show on high school dancers

  • Music

    September 9, 2004

    Playbill

    HISD kills a reality show on high school dancers

  • Music

    August 26, 2004

    DJ Harry

    Collision (Sci Fidelity)

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    Blunt About High Fashion

    Roll up more than your sleeves with this clothing line

  • Music

    January 2, 2003

    The Whole Package

    Medicine Show is packed with talent, youth, and charm

  • Music

    April 4, 2002

    Traffic Jam

    The folks at Tapir Productions are trying to keep jam bands from skipping over Houston

  • Music

    November 22, 2001

    Larry

    Among Friends (Lauan Records)

  • Music

    August 23, 2001

    Midnight Pumpkin

    Toni Price glows on her best album yet

  • Music

    July 27, 2000

    Local Rotation

    Guy Schwartz and the New Jack Hippies: The Return of the New Jack Hippies

  • Music

    June 1, 2000

    Can't Foo Anyone

    If the Foo Fighters look like an indie-pop band and quack like an indie-pop band, then they must be an indie-pop band, right?

  • Music

    October 7, 1999

    Playbill

    Coming This Week

  • Music

    April 8, 1999

    A Jazz Odyssey

    Even without his commander, Marshall Allen orchestrates interplanetary space travel just fine, thank you

  • News

    June 11, 1998

    1998 Houston Press Music Awards Nominees

    Even without his commander, Marshall Allen orchestrates interplanetary space travel just fine, thank you

  • Music

    April 2, 1998

    Hard to Kill

    Even without his commander, Marshall Allen orchestrates interplanetary space travel just fine, thank you

  • Music

    July 18, 1996

    It's a Happening!

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

  • Music

    December 21, 1995

    Play till You Drop

    Yes, they're a party band, but the Gingbreadmen are out for more than just a good time

  • Music

    June 1, 1995

    Critic's Choice

    Out of the Bars

  • Music

    October 13, 1994

    Bluegrass Angel

    Out of the Bars

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