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Kylesa and Blood Ceremony at Walters, 5/16/2013

Kylesa, Blood Ceremony, White Hills, Lazer/Wulf Walters Houston May 16, 2013 Ever notice how some weeks just never seem to end? There's nothing worse. On those occasions when each and every workday feels scientifically engineered to kick your ass, Thursdays can be the longest days of all: the weeke ... More >>

Fan Fighting League! Iroquois Steeplechase Cat Fight Edition (w/ VIDEO)

I'll be honest, until this weekend I didn't even know that the Iroquois Steeplechase in Nashville was a thing. Had no idea. Even after I found out it was a thing, after seeing my colleague Clay Travis (Nashville talk show host and founder of outkickthecoverage.com) tweet that he was on his way out ... More >>

Here Come the Trishas, Texas' 4-Part Harmony Queens

Does anyone else miss the Dixie Chicks? Is it even OK to say that in Texas? We hope so, because a week or two ago Rocks Off stumbled across "Tonight the Heartache's On Me" again and have been on a serious Chicks kick ever since. But as the song says, that trio is a long time gone at this point. The ... More >>

Whitney Houston, Actress

Surveying the great diva's checkered film career.

Best Of The Rest: Houston's Top 6 Washington Avenue Bars

The Washington Avenue corridor is fascinating if not for the simple fact that its very existence for the last few years has ignited a firestorm of opinions about its worthiness as Houston's king of party scenes. Last year, Houston Press writers Craig Hlavaty, Shea Serrano and Mike Gigilio did an inc ... More >>

Saturday Night: Erasure At Verizon Wireless Theater

Photos by Groovehouse​Erasure Verizon Wireless Theater September 24, 2011 Over the course of their 25-year history together, British duo Erasure has recorded 13 albums, released 40 singles, and sold 25 million records. The pair is subsequently considered as one of the definitive architects of ... More >>

Wanted: Creed Tribute Band

Courtesy of Codi RoweCodi Rowe (right) with Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti​Rocks Off is not generally a fan of tribute bands, and even less so of Creed. We did have one guy hear who was a fan, but we left his body in the lobby as a warning to others who would embrace Stapp and Co. with arms wid ... More >>

Monoliths & Dimensions: The Best Metal Records of 2009, Part 2

5. Immortal All Shall Fall (Nuclear Blast) ​These Scandinavian black-metallers get ridiculed for their excessively KISS-like corpse paint and pro-wrestling poses in promo pics, but one listen to this astonishing comeback album, their first release since 2002, will call a halt to any and all snicke ... More >>

Amanda Eyre Ward

The author of How to Be Lost maps out her new title, Love Stories in This Town

No Shit

I Am Going to Buy New Kids on the Block Tickets

Notable tour sponsorships in U.S. history

Take It On the Run

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This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Learning How to Survive (at) CEP

HISD and a paid trustee get entangled in the spreading empire of a private firm touting safe alternative schools for troubled kids. So why are some students and parents so scared?

Out of Africa

In a small office off the Southwest Freeway, an editor carries on his crusade against public corruption and press censorship in his native Nigeria and other African countries

A Snooze Runs Through It

Redford's Bagger Vance substitutes pretty for powerful

The Mod Squad

With Brown adrift, can this trio carry the ball?

Middle-Age Crazy

The Lifestyle goes where no documentary has gone before: suburban group sex

Tame Old Story

Forces of Nature walks on the mild side of classics

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