Stereo Systems

The Rocks Off 100: DJ Meshak, Hongree Records' Sound Selecter

Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community -- a lot more than just musicians, but of course they're in there, too. See the entire Rocks Off 100 at this link. A "selecta" was originally the guy who sel ... More >>

DJ Sun

Baby Chino, World's Youngest DJ: "I Have Haters"

Austin-born Ri-yan Dolan is only eight years old -- he turns a ripe nine on August 25 -- and holds the title of the world's youngest DJ, spinning under the name DJ Baby Chino. At a time when kids half his age can operate iPads and iPhones with ease, it should be no surprise that Dolan was only five ... More >>

Playing for Keeps: Vinyl Essentials

Here's our must-haves if you're kick-starting a record collection.

Saves the Day

Type O Negative's Peter Steele Dies Again, This Time For Real

​Rocks Off remembers a Houston Type O Negative concert from years ago. We were particularly excited because Type O had added a cover of "The Angry Inch" from Hedwig and the Angry Inch to their set list, and we had a T-shirt form the original off-Broadway run we were hoping to get signed. The notor ... More >>

The Jonx

3rd Annual Houston Tango Festival

It's five days of dancing, dancing, dancing

Aftermath: Dutch Superstar DJ Tiesto at Reliant Arena

www.youtube.com/user/aquariuz By any number of measures, Dutch born DJ/producer Tiesto is an international musical superstar. He's been voted "Best DJ in the World" by DJ Magazine three years in a row. He performed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens, making history as the first ... More >>

Copyright Infringement

Get your hands off my sound

Aftermath: Samantha Ronson at Rich's

She wasn't there. Yeah, I know why you clicked this headline. Lindsay Lohan was not at Rich's last night with her ladyfriend DJ, Samantha Ronson. Sorry, we had to get that out of the way. Last night at Rich's, all manner of celebrity-stalking, Perez-reading, catty-hating denizens were out in brute ... More >>

Andrew Jackson Jihad

Kid Koala

Kid Koala spins 8 p.m. Saturday, July 28, in MFAH's Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main, 713-639-7300. $15 nonmembers; $10 students with ID. Eighteen and up.

White Demons

Say Go

Cut Chemist

The Audience's Listening

The Business, with Roger Miret and the Disasters

Thursday, May 18, at the Meridian, 1503 Chartres, 713-225-1717

The Kidd's All Right

Sampling Sonatas

OrchestraX scratches out a performance with MystiQuintet

Best Unsigned Band

Theo Parrish

Parallel Dimensions (Ubiquity)

Best Atmosphere

Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse

Stone Deaf

Can the rodeo rescue Reliant Stadium acoustics?

Turn The Beat Around

Long before DJ Screw, Darryl Scott was Houston's mixmaster, spinning records that eventually spun him into the ground. A reformed Scott has a new rap these days - the word of God.

Born in the USO

Created by the folks who provide "entertainment" to military bases, VQ Live hopes to keep the non-GI Joes happy

Here Comes the Sun

Andre Sam-Sin, a.k.a. DJ Sun, spins a luminous sound

Pink Pigs and Scarred Psyches

One man's triumphant journey through Pink Floyd obsession