A-Trak, Rye Rye,
Treasure Fingers: Sat., July 11.
Warehouse Live.
Arc Angels: Fri., July 10. Warehouse Live.
Asleep At The Wheel: Sat., Aug. 1. Sengelmann Hall
(Schulenburg).
Beto Cuevas: Wed., Aug. 26. House of Blues.
Blue October, Switchfoot, Ours: Fri., Aug. 14. Verizon
Wireless Theater.
David Cook: Sun., July 5, 8
p.m. Moody Gardens.
De La Soul: Sun., Aug. 2. House of Blues.
Dwele & Leela James: Fri., June 26. Hous
Photo by Lynne Hawrelko
What a beautiful world we'd be living in if Joel Osteen or Pat Robertson or Rush Limbaugh used Gurf Morlix as musical director. His new Last Exit to Happyland is full of aching songs full of deep humanity and decency as well as head-shaking social accusations and knife-to-the-throat post-love observational depression that may end up in alcoholism or a suicide before he gets to the end of the song. And Patty Griffin singing "I got nothin', I got nothing' left to lose" on t
Photos by John Moulder
I'm always looking for good lyrics that make sense of the current military situation. I recently got Slaid Cleaves' fine new album, Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away, which contains this wonderful verse in the song "Hard to Believe":
"Here comes another blown up kid from over there
Makin' the whole world safe for the millionaires
Same old swindle hides behind a fresh new coat of lies
This is no time to be naïve, it's hard to believe.As we've mentioned a few times in
"SWING LOW AND CARRY ME HOME" By Mechanical Boy from Michael Fodera on Vimeo.
It's about time for Rocks Off to head off to the bunkhouse for some much-needed R&R, but first here's a few final tidbits that have recently come to our attention.
Mechanical Boy just released its first video, "Swing Low and Carry Me Home" (above) and heads off on tour after its June 5 show at Fitzgerald's with Windsor Drive, Lake Charles' Magnolia Sons, the Testyclactics (ew), Better Luck and Spain Coloured Orange
Free Press Houston has added Devin the Dude, whom Rocks Off is currently trying to track down for a prospective new feature (email us, mang!) and Prince Paul to its Summer Fest August 8 and 9 in Eleanor Tinsley Park. See FPH's or Pegstar's Web sites for ticket info (hint: it's $7 per day).
Yesterday, Rolling Stone Online published just about the most badass live photograph of ZZ Top we've ever seen, from the Bearded Ones' June 9 concert in Munich. Unfortunately, we can't publish it here for copy
