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    March 14, 2012

    White Rabbits Have Some Very Strange Ideas About Spring Break Songs

    White Rabbits aren't your run-of-the-mill hipsters. The New York Times recently likened the New York band's third album, Milk Famous, to "Radiohead's technique of surrounding a sustained vocal melody with jagged pointillism... some songs barely bother to flesh out their chords. They're all rhythm an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Top 5 Bands We'd Like To See At The Ballet

    Tonight, Houston Ballet performs Rooster, Associate Choreographer Christopher Bruce's dance interpretations of eight Rolling Stones songs including "Little Red Rooster," "Paint It Black" and "Sympathy for the Devil." If that sounds a little lowbrow for the ballet, the program also includes two works ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2012

    Last Night: Radiohead At Toyota Center

    Radiohead Toyota Center March 3, 2012 Radiohead just doesn't add up. The band has effectively turned its back on the music business, pioneering alternative methods of distribution of its music to fans (most of it online), short-circuiting the traditional promotional apparatus by releasing last year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Exit Music (For A Film): At The Movies With Radiohead

    While they have notoriously barred the use of their songs in advertising campaigns and initially resisted selling their music on iTunes, Radiohead has been more than willing to lend their vast brooding catalog to filmmakers, exposing mainstream culture to what might have otherwise remained a margina ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Material World: Music to Rock Your Cyber Monday with Video

    In the late '70s, there was a movie spoof on Friday the 13th called Saturday the 14th. It was about as dumb as you imagine it would be. Well, insert punchline here because Black Friday is over, but we are still smack dab in the middle of Cyber Monday, where instead of being stampeded by rampaging sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Touring Is Easy: Radiohead Hitting Houston On March 3; First Houston Date In Almost 4 Years

    Radiohead's Thom Yorke getting Fred Astaire with it for the "Lotus Flower" viral clip​This morning Radiohead loaded dates for a 2012 arena tour, with Houston getting a 'Head appearance at the Toyota Center on March 3, which seems incredibly far away. That will be right in the middle of the bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    30 Seconds With The Manichean

    Rocks off sat down with Cory Sinclair and Justice Tirapelli-Jamail of the Manichean to find out what we could learn about our favorite local avant gardners (that we didn't already know) in 30 seconds. ​Rocks Off: What is the worst song in the world? Justice Tirapelli-Jamail: "Paranoid Androi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Top 10 Music Video Parodies (Not All By Weird Al)

    Weird "Al" As Lady Gaga​Two weeks ago while we were sifting through videos to make our 25 Most Influential Music Videos Of All Time list, we came across plenty of parodies of those 25 clips, mostly by Weird "Al" Yankovic and various Muppets, but there were a few crafty homemade ones as well. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    ACL 2011 Rumors: Ten Bands Who Could Make The Cut

    Marco TorresWill ACL close with classic rock again, like with the Eagles last year? Neil Young?​The Austin City Limits Music Festival's big 2011 lineup announcement is imminent, scheduled for May 17, and Rocks Off will surely be on top of the news after it hits. Last year we sat on the compute ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Flummoxed Radiohead Fans Start Support Group

    Next week will see the physical release, both vinyl and compact disc, of Radiohead's new album The King of Limbs. The album was released online a little over a month ago on the band's website to nearly universal acclaim from longtime fanatics and at least a passing reverence from fair-weather fans ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Why Is Thom Yorke Messing With Our Heads?

    intimtorma.tumblr.com​It's been a week since Radiohead's new The King of Limbs came out directly to an online audience before getting a proper release. Besides some middling reviews (including our own), accompanying the album was the first single and video for "Lotus Flower," featuring lead si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    10 Albums That Grew On Us Over Time

    The King of Limbs has now been out less than a week, and Radiohead's latest effort has people torn, even fervent fans who think that Thom Yorke and his crew can do no wrong. Craig's Hlist listened to the half-hour album at least three times last Friday, just hours after it was released, and came f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Top 5 Off-The-Wall Musical Instruments In Regular Use

    John Cage is playing a cactus. Your argument is irrelevant.​ Last year at Free Press Summer Fest, we saw Stars haul out this little thingy that was basically a tiny keyboard with a mouthpiece you could blow into. It was the first time we'd ever seen a melodica played live. Since then, Rocks O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Radiohead's King Of Limbs Unfocused, Fleeting

    ​This morning, Rocks Off unwrapped Radiohead's newest release, The King of Limbs, an album whose existence was just announced this past Monday. In the old-school music industry, a record would be announced and you would suffer through months of interviews, video premieres, and reading reviews ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    The 31 Best Music Documentaries Of All Time

    ​Hands down, above all of these following music documentaries, Craig's Hlist's two favorite of all-time are The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years, and The Beatles Anthology. We can watch both on repeat for days and not complain. That will probably all change once we see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Sleigh Bells: Not Just For Christmas Anymore

    ​Christmastime: A time for family, for giving, and much to the displeasure of many, a time for incessantly grating holiday music. Christmas spirit frozen in cheesy songs monopolizes radio stations and relentlessly stalks our every step. A key component of much holiday music is often the percu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Live From The Austin City Limits Festival, Day 1

    Brittanie SheyThe Ettes​Brittanie Shey: Things seem incredibly crowded, and hotter than Houston, if that's even possible. The dust is already flying. Some of us here braved the bro-crowd at the Black Keys (see jump) but some of us, seeing the mile of bodies wobbling before the stage, decided t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: Pop Princess Edition

    MB Pictures/ Rex Features​Dave Chapelle teaches us that the art of "keeping it real" may sometimes go awry. According to urbandictionary.com, this occurs when "in the act of keeping it real, the outcome is unexpected and usually has a negative effect on the individual who decided to keep it re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    He Said She Said: Our Musical Resolutions for 2010, Part 2

    Did you know the U.S. Government publishes a list each year of popular American New Year's Resolutions? No. 1 is "lose weight," and No. 2 is "manage debt" which shows the kind of fucked-up priorities we as Americans have as we finish this decade off with the worst recession since the Depression. Su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    What Constitutes a Killer Show? Six Personal Case Studies

    ​ Rocks Off is going to suck it up and go on the record as saying we had a great time at the Lady Gaga drag karaoke event last Sunday at Guava Lamp. Perhaps it was just the impaired judgment induced by the holiday cheer we'd imbibed at the Christmas party before, but the show was thoroughly enjoya ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Westheimer Block Party Listology: The Live Lights Choose 10 Albums to Take Into Space

    All this week, Rocks Off is previewing Saturday and Sunday's Westheimer Block Party by asking WBP performers to fill out a list from Lisa Nola's Music Listography book we're so fond of. It's not too late for your band to be up here, either; just email chris.gray@houstonpress.com by noon Thursday if ... More >>

  • Music

    June 11, 2009

    Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest

    All this week, Rocks Off is previewing Saturday and Sunday's Westheimer Block Party by asking WBP performers to fill out a list from Lisa Nola's Music Listography book we're so fond of. It's not too late for your band to be up here, either; just email chris.gray@houstonpress.com by noon Thursday if ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    MySpaced Out: "Fuck Radiohead" and Some Twisted Tennesseeans

    Aurélie Decourteix The Russian Sextoys: No Thom Yorke fans, they.MySpace is a great place for discovering off-the-wall tunes and performers. Here are three wack jobs from cyberspace that hail from that weird place that Captain Beefheart found so easily and in so many forms. The Russian Sext ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    The Best Videos of 2008, Part 1

    10. TV on the Radio, "The Golden Age" 9. Arcade Fire, "Black Mirror" 8. The Kills, "U R A Fever"

  • Music

    May 15, 2008

    Smoke, Mirrors and Rainbows

    Overcoming chronic Radiohead fatigue

  • Music

    May 15, 2008

    Northern State, with American Princes

    Overcoming chronic Radiohead fatigue

  • Music

    March 6, 2008

    Local Motion at Sig's Lagoon

    Overcoming chronic Radiohead fatigue

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    This Just In: “Bodysnatchers” at the Woodlands

    Overcoming chronic Radiohead fatigue

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    This Just In: Radioheaded This Way

    Overcoming chronic Radiohead fatigue

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2008

    Drenched in Blog: Radiohead Gets Nekkid!

    Overcoming chronic Radiohead fatigue

  • Music

    December 20, 2007

    Boxed Out

    Do we really need to hear every last studio detail?

  • Music

    December 13, 2007

    2007 Music Year in Review

    Do we really need to hear every last studio detail?

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    Drenched In Blog: Thom Yorke Presents WTF Friday

    Do we really need to hear every last studio detail?

  • Music

    November 1, 2007

    Radiohead and In Rainbows

    The band's most blogged-about barn in America

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    Drenched In Blog: Gold at the End of Radiohead’s Rainbows?

    The band's most blogged-about barn in America

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    Attention Bayou City Radioheads

    The band's most blogged-about barn in America

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2007

    Drenched In Blog: Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails Cry "Freedom"

    The band's most blogged-about barn in America

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2007

    This Just In: New Radiohead Next Week (Really!)

    The band's most blogged-about barn in America

  • Music

    August 16, 2007

    Riff Tiffs

    Afflictinnitus

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2007

    Do Da Dip

    Afflictinnitus

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2007
  • Music

    December 29, 2005

    Hard 'n Phirm

    Horses and Grasses

  • Music

    May 26, 2005

    Dreamfest 2

    Saturday, May 28, at Walter's and Mary Jane's Fat Cat, 4215 and 4216 Washington Avenue, and at the Rhythm Room, 1815 Washington Avenue

  • Music

    September 25, 2003

    Radiohead Rorschach

    An innocent fifth-grader's picture is worth a thousand-word critical analysis

  • Music

    June 19, 2003

    Radiohead

    Hail to the Thief (Capitol)

  • Music

    July 8, 1999

    Rock Martyrs

    New Radiohead documentary reveals the insecurities of superstardom

  • Music

    January 28, 1999

    From Zero to Hero

    New Radiohead documentary reveals the insecurities of superstardom

  • Music

    March 26, 1998

    Radio Shy

    New Radiohead documentary reveals the insecurities of superstardom

  • Music

    July 24, 1997

    Rotation

    New Radiohead documentary reveals the insecurities of superstardom

  • Music

    September 14, 1995

    Sour Success

    Radiohead wants to prove it's more than just a "Creep"

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