Free Press Houston has added Devin the Dude, whom Rocks Off is currently trying to track down for a prospective new feature (email us, mang!) and Prince Paul to its Summer Fest August 8 and 9 in Eleanor Tinsley Park. See FPH's or Pegstar's Web sites for ticket info (hint: it's $7 per day).
Yesterday, Rolling Stone Online published just about the most badass live photograph of ZZ Top we've ever seen, from the Bearded Ones' June 9 concert in Munich. Unfortunately, we can't publish it here for copy
All this week, Rocks Off's daily MP3 will spotlight the best and brightest of the local bands gracing this weekend's two-day Free Press Summer Fest indie blowout at Eleanor Tinsley Park. Free Press Houston has assembled quite the lineup, with out-of-towners like Of Montreal, Broken Social Scene and Prince Paul headlining the weekend.
After a national mini-summer tour this past June and July, Houston's own prize-fighting Muhammidali (one name intact) came home to lay down a few demo tracks wh
Rocks Off just got off the phone with Free Press Houston editor/publisher Omar Afra, the Bill Graham of Saturday and Sunday's Summer Fest. After disguising himself as "that guy from that punk band you wrote those bad things about" - dude, you're going to have to be more specific than that - Afra asked us to get the word out that although no more Summer Fest tickets are available online or in stores, plenty will be available at Eleanor Tinsley Park tomorrow. The box office opens at 10 a.m.; th