Sinead O'Connor

Retro Active: 1987, Here We Come

Give Us a Hand

Artist of the Week: Without a Face

Massive Attack

100th Window (Virgin)

Celting Point

Plus: Less Donna McK., archiving Texas folk music, and Iggy's eats Jelly

Like Father, Like Son

Spanic Boys make classic rock and roll a family affair

Rotation

Spanic Boys make classic rock and roll a family affair

Full Nelson

With a new disc and a boxed history, Willie Nelson wonders who'll buy his memories

Irish Ambassadors

The Chieftains may flirt with rock, but they always come home to Ireland

Rotation

The Chieftains may flirt with rock, but they always come home to Ireland

Everyday Ravishments

Neil Jordan shows a childhood both deeply Irish and thoroughly deranged

1998 Houston Press Music Awards Nominees

Neil Jordan shows a childhood both deeply Irish and thoroughly deranged

Shake Your Sheilas

Neil Jordan shows a childhood both deeply Irish and thoroughly deranged

St. Patrick's Day Special: Ten Great Irish (Or Irish-American) Musicians and Bands

St. Patrick's Day is, well, today, so, rather than hit the pub to celebrate - which we'll probably still do, to be honest - we thought we'd put together a mixtape for you of our favorite Irish and Irish-American bands along with a favorite tracks by them. Pint of Guinness and shot of Jameson sol ... More >>

Spazmatics = Revenge of the Replicants

Did you know that '80s cover band the Spazmatics has clones from coast to coast?

Fred Claus

Vince Vaughn tries to attract a different set of underage babies with Fred Claus

Hot Sounds, Summer in the City

A few local discs to sizzle with

Flying Soul-o Flying Soul-o

Max Cavalera on Soulfly and making friends

Aimless Attack

Daddy G on Massive Attack's meanderings

'Bout Time

Give it up for soul survivor Bettye LaVette

For Those About to Rock

Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to 11

Moby

18 (V2 Records)

Texas Spider-Man Fans: You Could Be A Broadway Star! (Or, Maybe Not)

Spider-Man geeks, rejoice!! You may not only get to live out your fantasy -- being Peter Parker and his alter ego -- but you can be a Broadway star!! Or, on the other hand, you can participate in a huge publicity stunt. They're making a musical out of Spiderman, complete with a new (to us, anyw ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Celtic Accordion Queen Sharon Shannon

​One of Lonesome Onry and Mean's favorite Pogues tracks is actually Steve Earle's great anti-war song "Johnny Come Lately" from Earle's Copperhead Road album. Earle has frequently spoken of his affinity for Ireland, particularly Galway, which we might call one of his retreats. It was through Earle ... More >>

Unmasked and Anonymous

Houston's Without a Face wins over crowds with songs about MySpace, lactose intolerance and stalking local TV anchors.

Musical Moms That Make Us Melt

​ With Mother's Day fast approaching, we can't help but recognize all the hot rocker mamas out there making music and babies. It can't be easy to write the next great pop song and have a tiny human being inside you sucking nutrients from your body, in the process girding their loins for making you ... More >>

Top 8 Post-2000 Soldier Songs

​Like many of you, Rocks Off has friends and family members who have served (or are serving) in our armed forces. Memorial Day is when we honor the sacrifice so many of them have made - and are still making - fighting America's wars. Songs about the hardships suffered by soldiers and their familie ... More >>

Mullets & More: 17 Signature Musical Hairstyles

​If you have hair, Craig's Hlist hates you. Not in a "you shot my whole family" or "you are the serial killer who dissolved my sibling in a vat of acid" way, more in a "you got the last sausage and cheese kolaches at the office" way. Our hair loss began sometime in high school, when we were ... More >>

Shock Therapy: Would Sinead O'Connor Still Cause An Uproar?

​Sunday night is a special night. It's the 18th anniversary of Sinead O'Connor's infamous Pope-a-ripping on Saturday Night Live. For the extremely small number of you who somehow have the Internet but not VH1, the facts are these: O'Connor, always the most peaceable and least controversial of ... More >>

Marley's Ghost: Bob Lives In More Than Just Dorm Rooms

The Onion​Thirty years ago today, Bob Marley passed away from cancer at the young age of 36. According to one joke, it took three days to bury him because his coffin kept jammin'. Bada bum. That's not even our favorite. Earlier this year, Dan Turner, press secretary to Mississippi Governor an ... More >>

Top 5 Musicians Whose Art Trumps Their Politics

​Once again we have yet another example that if a musician opens his or her mouth without the benefit of a guitar or piano close by, trouble is usually not far behind. In this case it's Rockin' Randall Hank Williams Jr., who compared this year's Obama/John Boehner "golf summit" to Adolf Hitler ... More >>