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    April 30, 2012

    Saturday: iFest in Downtown Houston -- War, Bombino & More

    Houston International Festival Downtown Houston April 28, 2012 Check out our slideshows from this weekend: iFest bands and food and faces from iFest. Also, be sure to read our write-up of iFest's artistic and cultural offerings. It's hard to know what to experience first at iFest. Long before you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    7 Songs Produced By Birthday Dude Jerry Harrison

    If you know the name Jerry Harrison at all, it's most likely from his work as guitarist/keyboardist for Talking Heads. But he's had just as prolific a career as the owner of Sausalito Sound as he has had creating music with one of my favorite bands. After leaving Talking Heads and releasing a handf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Tori, Tool, TLC And The Other Musical Debuts Of 1992

    1992 was a pretty heady year for music in general, with the masses gobbling up all the gangsta rap, grunge, and pop-country they could. That year would see the release of not only R.E.M.'s Automatic For The People, Peter Gabriel's Us, Pantera's Vulgar Display Of Power, but also what is arguably The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    The Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp From Hell

    Rocks Off recently got invited to cover something known as Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp, which works a lot like baseball fantasy camp, except none of the participants can field a line-drive grounder. Among the idols rock campers will meet include 3 Doors Down, Mark Farner, the drummer from the Hooters a ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2010

    Our Readers Go Loco for Zelko Bistro.

    Rocks Off recently got invited to cover something known as Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp, which works a lot like baseball fantasy camp, except none of the participants can field a line-drive grounder. Among the idols rock campers will meet include 3 Doors Down, Mark Farner, the drummer from the Hooters a ... More >>

  • Music

    September 9, 2010

    Los Skarnales

    The punk/ska band adds New Orleans funk.

  • Music

    April 29, 2010

    Toots & the Maytals

    The punk/ska band adds New Orleans funk.

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    iFest Aftermath: A Sensory Smorgasbord And Spontaneous Reggae Dance Party

    GroovehouseNew Orleans Hustlers Brass Band​ The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley when it comes to Houston weather. That's how Aftermath found ourselves obsessively refreshing the iFest Twitter page around noon yesterday for some sign that the show would go on in spite of the stormy ... More >>

  • Music

    August 6, 2009

    Free Press Summer Fest

    GroovehouseNew Orleans Hustlers Brass Band​ The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley when it comes to Houston weather. That's how Aftermath found ourselves obsessively refreshing the iFest Twitter page around noon yesterday for some sign that the show would go on in spite of the stormy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2008

    The Cancer Researcher Who Went In To The Cold: Remembering (and Possibly Tracking Down) the Lockshin Family, Reagan-era Houstonians Who Defected to the Soviets

    GroovehouseNew Orleans Hustlers Brass Band​ The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley when it comes to Houston weather. That's how Aftermath found ourselves obsessively refreshing the iFest Twitter page around noon yesterday for some sign that the show would go on in spite of the stormy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2007

    Live Shots: Toots and the Maytals

    GroovehouseNew Orleans Hustlers Brass Band​ The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley when it comes to Houston weather. That's how Aftermath found ourselves obsessively refreshing the iFest Twitter page around noon yesterday for some sign that the show would go on in spite of the stormy ... More >>

  • Music

    November 9, 2006

    No Más for the Vatos Rudos

    Los Skarnales go the way of all flesh

  • Music

    June 29, 2006

    Punk-o-Rama

    Our intrepid reporters set out to experience the Vans Warped Tour -- so you don't have to

  • Music

    May 25, 2006

    James Hunter

    ames Hunter appears Friday, May 26, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    The Handsomes

    The Handsomes

  • Music

    October 27, 2005

    The Dead 60s

    The Dead 60s appear Sunday, October 30, at the Meridian, 1503 Chartres, 713-225-1717. Social Distortion is also on the bill.

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2005

    Gimme a B!

    Nate Nicoll's synth sounds are your ticket to the '80s

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    Marcia Griffiths

    Shining Time

  • Music

    April 7, 2005

    Los Skarnales

    Pachuco Boogie Sound System

  • Music

    February 3, 2005

    Playbill

    Pachuco Boogie Sound System

  • Music

    November 25, 2004

    Boxing the Rock

    Six of the year's best multi-disc sets (and one of the worst)

  • Music

    July 29, 2004

    Los Mocosos

    American Us (Six Degrees)

  • Music

    July 8, 2004

    Various Artists

    Music from Coffee and Cigarettes (Milan)

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2004

    Don't Choke

    Fishbone skanks into town

  • Music

    December 18, 2003

    The Spirit of the Scabs

    Houstonians the Handsomes get the booties shaking Austin-style

  • Music

    November 13, 2003

    Return of Los Vatos Rudos

    Los Skarnales are set to release a new full-length with a new lineup

  • Music

    August 14, 2003

    Hothouse Flowers

    Groceries spoil in the heat, while the rest of Houston's music community blossoms

  • Music

    December 19, 2002

    Xmas Marks the Spot

    A guide to new holiday discs, from surprise presents to Tannen-bombs

  • Music

    August 22, 2002

    No Mo' Pogo

    Time to say "ska-dios" to the Suspects; also, the Music Awards jinx strikes again

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    Hot Tunes, Summer in the City

    Houston Press Music Awards Showcase 2002

  • Music

    May 23, 2002

    Los De Abajo

    Cybertropic Chilango Power (Luaka Bop)

  • Music

    January 3, 2002

    Free Radicals

    Our Lady of Eternal Sunny Delights (Rastaman Work Ethic)

  • Music

    November 8, 2001

    Se Habla Ska

    SoCal's Voodoo Glow Skulls bring a Latin tinge to Kingston's sounds

  • Music

    August 23, 2001

    Playbill

    Lucky Boys Confusion

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Unsigned Band

    Los Skarnales

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    Music Awards Winners

    The votes are in! See who you picked as winners in the HPMA 2000

  • Music

    August 5, 1999

    Amplified

    Punk: The Same in Any Language

  • Calendar

    March 25, 1999

    Free Radical

    Punk: The Same in Any Language

  • Music

    August 13, 1998

    Rotation

    Punk: The Same in Any Language

  • News

    June 25, 1998

    1998 Houston Press Music Awards Winners

    Punk: The Same in Any Language

  • Music

    June 4, 1998

    Static

    Punk: The Same in Any Language

  • Music

    May 28, 1998

    Free-for-All

    Punk: The Same in Any Language

  • Music

    April 30, 1998

    Clubland

    Punk: The Same in Any Language

  • Music

    October 30, 1997

    Spit and Polish

    Punk: The Same in Any Language

  • Music

    October 9, 1997

    Dub and Dumber

    Punk: The Same in Any Language

  • Music

    July 10, 1997

    Bite This!

    Sink your teeth into the 1997 Houston Press Music Awards

  • Music

    May 29, 1997

    Static

    Sink your teeth into the 1997 Houston Press Music Awards

  • Music

    December 5, 1996

    Rotation

    Sink your teeth into the 1997 Houston Press Music Awards

  • News

    February 16, 1995

    !Quermos Rock!

    The chords are the same, but the lyrics are en espanol. The rockeros like it, yes they do.

  • Calendar

    February 3, 1994

    Press Picks

    The chords are the same, but the lyrics are en espanol. The rockeros like it, yes they do.

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