Sean Reefer

Mama Tried: Backwoods Electric Country From the Wilds of South Houston

With a name like Mama Tried, you'd expect nothing less than the most quintessential sounds of Merle Haggard in his prime, but this South Houston five-piece is a scruffier, much faster version of the Hag. One look at Blake Plsek (banjo/harmonica) and Jason "J-Bone" White (dobro/guitar) and you'd ... More >>

Marshall Lytle Rocks This Joint

Rockabilly pioneer headlines the Continenal's three-day Rock Baby Rock It festival.

7 Cool & Cheap Things To Do This Weekend: Crawfish, Scott H. Biram, Blaggards, Etc.

It's crawfish season, as Rocks Off may have mentioned recently. All weekend - today through Sunday, in other words - the Houston Blues Society is sponsoring the stage at the Kemah Crawfish Festival, featuring dependable locals such as Mojofromopolis, the Paul Ramirez Band, Texas Johnny Brown, Don Ke ... More >>

2011 HPMA Showcase: No F-Bombs in the Shuttle Bus

Checkout the slideshows of the bands and the crowd at the Houston Press Music Awards Showcase. Photo by Marc BrubakerVivian Pikkles​I'd like to preface this by mentioning that I got a stern lecture from a part-time shuttle driver, full-time pastor on Saturday at the Houston Press Music Awards ... More >>

2011 Music Awards Showcase

Your guide to the bands and venues.

The 2011 Houston Press Music Award Nominees

​Took us long enough, right? It's been so long since we've had the Houston Press Music Awards, which were last handed out the evening of August 11, 2010, that we almost forgot we were having them. Not really. How could we? If our numbers are correct, in the two weeks this year's nomination b ... More >>

Chadd Thomas Memorial/Benefit

Staying for Supper

Natachee's on Main has finally come into its own.

Supper's On at Natachee's

Photos by Troy FieldsThe open-faced meatloaf sandwich comes with a fried egg on top, inside of an onion ring. It's overkill in the best, most spirited way.​I'll be the first to admit when I'm wrong. (Life lesson: It's so much easier that way, kiddos.) And I was wrong about Natachee's Supper 'n ... More >>

Let's Get Spooky

Here's our guide to what's happening this Halloween.

Let's Get Spooky

Our guide to Houston's best Halloween haunts.

Died and Gone to Houston

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

Giant Steps

Homey Heights cafe King Biscuit hosts a first-rate jazz jam.

Distant Early Warning: The Appleseed Cast, Cut Chemist, Norah Jones, Sondre Lerche, Torche, etc.

​Abacabb, Upon A Burning Body, Molotov Solution, Dr. Acula: Fri., Jan. 29. Meridian. Al Di Meola: Sat., Feb. 13. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. Alpha Rev, The Fox Derby, Tyagaraja, The Language Room: Fri., Jan. 8. Warehouse Live. The Appleseed Cast: Fri., Feb. 26. Rudyard's. The Bellamy Brothers: Fri. ... 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 >>

Things to Do This Weekend If You're Almost Broke

Another Friday afternoon and Rocks Off is itching to leave, so let's get to it. Friday​Pop duo Adam & Lena play a free Cactus Music in-store at 5:30 p.m. Free beer, etc. Hurry, but if you miss them they'll be at Robusto's Cigar Lounge in Katy tomorrow night. House of Blues hosts a triple bill ... More >>

The 2009 Houston Press Music Award Winners

Chris GrayScarface (right) and 2009 Best Punk winners Flamin' Hellcats​ Best Local CD/LP: Bun B, UGK for Life Best Local EP/7-inch: Wild Moccasins, Microscopic Metronomes Best Local Song: Mechanical Boy, "She Does" Best New Act: Roky Moon & BOLT Songwriter: B L A C K I E Local Musician of the ... More >>

HPMA: We Ain't Done Yet: Winners Roky Moon & BOLT, Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys, Kam, Bun B and Spain Colored Orange

Chris Gray​Ben Wesley is killing with a song that, according to his good buddy Cornbreadd, he wrote two days ago. It just keeps building and building on itself, spreading its wings rather than collapsing under its own weight. Wesley started out with a guitar and a bass strapped to him, hunched ove ... More >>

ReFried Rice: In the Hot Seat with Nick Gaitan

​We're here with Nick Gaitan from Umbrella Man. He's up first in the Hot Seat.Who are you going to see today?Ryan Scroggins. Want to watch Sean Reefer, but we're playing at the same time. And by buddy Jack, we're up against each other for Best Bassist. BUH BUH BUM! (Says in doomy singing voice).I ... More >>

ReFried Rice: In the Hot Seat with Larry Meeker from The Snake Charmers

​Chemist by day, guitarist by night. What bands are you checking out today?I came to play the gig or get my ass kicked. The Ton Tons. Flying Fish Sailors... (Uh. they aren't playing.) Who are your HPMA picks?Best Bassit I believe is not on here. It's our Best Bassist, Will Bloomingtrim. Jack Sch ... More >>

52 Pick-Up

Your guide to the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards showcase

MP3 of the Day: Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys

As if Wednesday night's drunken, surly and bearded Clutch show wasn't enough for the House Of Blues staff, tonight they get to rassle with the musical stylings of one David Allan Coe, openers 1100 Springs and Sean Reefer & The Resin Valley Boys. Long a fixture on the Houston honky-tonk scene, Re ... More >>

Running the Numbers

The 2009 Houston Press Music Award Nominees

Here they are, folks. You nominated 'em, we mulled 'em over and sorted out the stuffers, and now the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards ballot is set. Normally Rocks Off would say something cute like read 'em and weep, but since we've been listening to almost nothing but '80s hard rock and new bands th ... More >>

Houston Press Music Awards: And The Nominees Are...

Here they are, folks. You nominated 'em, we mulled 'em over and sorted out the stuffers, and now the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards ballot is set. Normally Rocks Off would say something cute like read 'em and weep, but since we've been listening to almost nothing but '80s hard rock and new bands t ... More >>

Creep Show

O Pioneers!!! turns growing up into unrelenting punk rock.

Hello, Houston!

Noise breaks down the months of live music ahead

Burnout Houston

Aftermath Extra: The Best Concerts of the Year, Part 3

Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys, Boondocks, April 28: "Reefer and friends can be a benign ensemble whose greatest sin (and virtue) is defibrillating the shade of Hank Williams Sr. for an audience whose appetite for debauchery is more in line with grandson Hank III." Mike Ness and Jesse D ... More >>

The Shredder

One Show, One Sentence

Last Night: Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys at Boondocks

Sgt. Pepper at Discovery Green

Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans

Trenchtown Texas

Last Night: The Houston Press Music Awards Showcase

2007 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase

Worst and Weirdest

A sampling of some of the most out-there freak-outs and calamitous train wrecks H-Town bands have experienced the last few years

The Orange Show

Spain Colored Orange takes home four Press Music Awards

Houston Band Cartography

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

Wheel Good Time

Farewell to the Twenty Nickel

Looking back on the '05 and dreaming in the '06

Houston's Gone Gaaga for Haaga

A former king of the Texas metal world unites Houston's warring rock tribes and wins a passel of Music Awards

DJ Big E's "Rock It Baby, Rock It" Show

Saturday, July 30, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899.

The Sick Old Man of the Festival Circuit

An open letter to the organizers and music bookers of the Houston International Festival

Rogue Bosoms, Bouncing Booties and Pac-Man Raps

Looking back on the '04

Playbill

Playbill

Music Awards Survey

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

Stone Country

Sean Reefer and the Resin Valley Boys spark up some primo Western swing and trad C&W

Ronald Reagan's Army

In your heart, you know the Yuppie Prick$ are right

Midtown Honky-tonkin'

Trains and the vintage sounds of the Swank Countrypolitans bring a time warp to the Continental Club