Ryan Chavez

2 Years After Ownership Change, Fitz Is Thriving

Has it really been two years already since Jagi Katial and Omar Afra became the new owner-operators of Fitzgerald's? Apparently so, because the Free Press Summer Fest partners celebrated their second anniversary at the rickety old live music club on White Oak a couple weeks back with a weekend's wor ... More >>

The Prettiest Grandfather Child Footage You Will Ever See

Rewind: Friday Night: Grandfather Child, the Suffers, etc. at Fitzgerald's Brett Whitcomb and Bradford Thomason, known together as Window Pictures, have made a performance clip with Houston favorites Grandfather Child to help promote the group's brand-new self-titled release. This past Friday the ... More >>

Friday Night: Grandfather Child, the Suffers, etc. at Fitzgerald's

Grandfather Child, the Suffers, Brent Nettles, Don't Poke the Bear Fitzgerald's August 31, 2012 Rewind: Grandfather Child Prepare for Debut (print feature) "Lucas was always getting into things as a kid. Asking questions, touching things," says Lucas Gorham's aunt while Gorham and his band Grandfa ... More >>

Grandfather Child Prepare for Debut

Album recorded partially in drummer's parents' basement.

Eric Dean Talks Main Street Block Party, Montrose Winter Social

I recently spoke to local show promoter, Eric Dean, who you may remember from the much maligned Montrose Winter Social or may already know him as he has tackled multi-venue events such as Main Street Block Party, Prideapolooza, and his July 4th party at Numbers with success. He's gearing up for this ... More >>

Dig This: Mantis, Pelviq Thrust, Super Robot Party, Mikey & The Drags, Trio Musette

The current volume of local music is staggering. New Houston bands are born daily, and all too often pass away just as quickly. Rocks Off wants to help you (and ourselves) keep up. It's a new year, one sure to be loaded with new Houston music, bursting at the seams like our jeans after all these h ... More >>

Saturday Night: Wild Men Of Rock At The Continental Club

Photos by Marc BrubakerThree Mustangs & A Stallion (clockwise from top left): Andre Williams, Roy Head, Archie Bell, Little Joe Washington​Wild Men of Rock feat. Andre Williams, Archie Bell, Roy Head, Little Joe Washington, the Allen Oldies Band & special guest Sundance Head Continental Club S ... More >>

Saturday Night: By The End Of Tonight Reunion At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Marc Brubaker​By The End Of Tonight, Young Mammals, B L A C K I E, Art Füx, Caddywhompus Fitzgerald's March 5, 2011 By the end of the show on Saturday night, there was no longer any potential energy left in Fitzgerald's upstairs room; it had been entirely converted into kinetic fo ... More >>

Saturday Night: Wild Moccasins Tour Kickoff At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Marc Brubaker​Wild Moccasins, Young Mammals Fitzgerald's February 12, 2011 Houston has seen Wild Moccasins plenty of times before, but that doesn't stop the throngs of fans from packing out show after show to see the band's catchy brand of indie pop-rock. The story was no different ... More >>

Grandfather Child Finish Album, Resume Crushing Crowds

Mark C. Austin​There are two things you need to know about Grandfather Child: They're a super group made up of the best pieces of other bands. The lineup is Lucas Gorham, Ryan Chavez, Robert Ellis and Geoffrey Muller. In case you're not terribly familiar with the Houston independent music s ... More >>

Blinded by the Light

Sacred Steel gives Grandfather Child an epiphany.

Last Night: CocoRosie At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Jody Perry​CocoRosie Fitzgerald's September 28, 2010 A kaleidoscope of musical and visual colors filled up the second floor of Fitzgerald's Tuesday evening as Bianca and Sierra Cassady of CocoRosie performed a nearly two-hour set for an enthusiastic crowd. Still glowing from the new ... More >>

Died and Gone to Houston

City is ready for another honky-tonk close-up.

Frightened Rabbit Show Looking Unlikely Cancelled

​According to Frightened Rabbit's Twitter page, the Scottish mope-pop buzz band has been marooned in a Travelodge near London's Heathrow airport for the past few days, putting its scheduled U.S. tour for new album The Winter of Mixed Drinks in serious jeopardy. Like much of Europe, Heathrow i ... More >>

Listology: Lucas Gorham Of Grandfather Child's Favorite Voices

Brittanie SheyGrandfather Child's Lucas Gorham at Walter's, opening for Black Joe Lewis last Friday​ Grandfather Child is ridiculous. Seriously, the band's lineup is like some sort of musical Fantastic Four, banding together to demolish all comers. They all have their own spin-off books too in for ... More >>

Aftermath: Houston Radio Friendly Unit Shifters Bid Nirvana's Kurt Cobain Happy 43rd

Photos by Jay Rascoe​This past Saturday would have been Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's 43rd birthday, and to celebrate, a band of some of Houston's best indie and hardcore cats got together to throw down a set of covers at Big Star Bar in the Heights, billing themselves as Danneurysm. Opening wit ... More >>

Wednesdays are Honky-Tonk Heaven In Houston, and Thursdays are Hillbilly Hell

Photos by Chris GrayRobert Ellis & the Boys, under the blue neon​ It's no secret Rocks Off is a big fan of the country music, which is why we're starting to get a little excited about the inner-loop honky-tonk scene that's taking root. Over the weekend, we caught Sean Reefer & the Resin Va ... More >>

Aftermath: More Free Press Summer Fest at Eleanor Tinsley Park

Photos (except where indicated) by Craig HlavatyB L A C K I E and friends​ "How is this Houston?" "How the hell is this Houston?" Aftermath couldn't stop saying that phrase over and over again to whoever we found ourselves walking with the past two days all over Eleanor Tinsley Park at the inaugur ... More >>

Progress Report

Taking stock of the Houston music scene on the eve of the annual Houston Press Music Awards Showcase.

Young Mammals Chow Down on First LP Carrots

Dynamically Yours

Aftermath: The Walkmen, Little Ones and Young Mammals at Walter's on Washington

Silver Jews Moved to Walter's Tomorrow

Indie Bands Skipping Houston

Houston Has a Bad Reputation with Touring Indie Bands

They'd just as soon give us a miss.

High Gas Prices Still Hurting Touring Bands

Notes toward a post-cheap-gas touring economy

This Just In: Cave Singers Cancel

Teen Bands

From Doo Doo Butter to The Dimes, kids leave cover songs and garages behind

Houston Band Cartography

The launch of our blog brings forth a quixotic attempt toward a local music atlas

It's a Gas

Pump pains constrain some musicians and inspire others

Gay-Unit

Twisted G is most definitely not trapped in the closet

Yule Fuel

A discussion of non-Christmas Christmas music

Color Me Impressed

Houston's Spain Colored Orange drops the Charade and inks an indie record deal

Super Unison Brothers

Ryan Chavez and Andrew Morgan wave good-bye to Hands Up Houston

Funeral Blues

Three local music figures are cut down in one week

Washington Avenue Rocks

Jagi Katial cobbles together a local festival worth cheering about

Reach for the Sky

The selfishness of Hands Up Houston nourishes Space City's beleaguered indie scene