Sun Ra

HPMA Aftermath: L.L. Cooper, Miss Leslie, Scattered Pages, Free Radicals and Hearts of Animals

Cyber Phantom

DJ Spooky is a friendly digital ghost, unless you happen to be Tricky

Jazzing the Grass Banjo

Bela Fleck leads his band in directions most pickers never dream of

Sprawling Toward Spunk

Weeping at the Metropolis, hiding in the Abyss

Nail Noise

Weeping at the Metropolis, hiding in the Abyss

Made in Houston

Hometown stages feature more than one sort of menagerie

Jungle Beat

Hip-hop's great lost act is ready to give it another try

Rotation

Hip-hop's great lost act is ready to give it another try

Sounds of Freedom

Hip-hop's great lost act is ready to give it another try

Rotation

Hip-hop's great lost act is ready to give it another try

Rotation

Hip-hop's great lost act is ready to give it another try

Mount Coy

South Park Mexican carves out his place in history with the 2001 Music Awards

The Defenestration Unit

South Park Mexican carves out his place in history with the 2001 Music Awards

Yo La Tengo in Hoboken

A Hanukkah pilgrimage

Andrew Hill

Compulsion

Base Raps

Paul Wall and Chamillionaire each release Astros tributes, while rock radio churns out the cheesy montages

The Way We Were

Artists wax nostalgic over the primordial Lawndale

On the Freedom Tip

Sabir Mateen's jazz quintet blows the boundaries of traditional jazz

Twinemen

Friday, October 10

Little Joe Washington

Every Wednesday

DJ Jester

Friday, December 20

Hot Tunes, Summer in the City

Houston Press Music Awards Showcase 2002

Space Truckin'

Traveling with the Sun Ra Arkestra has its perks: cigarettes and coffee

Space Cadets

Traveling with the Sun Ra Arkestra has its perks: cigarettes and coffee

A Jazz Odyssey

Even without his commander, Marshall Allen orchestrates interplanetary space travel just fine, thank you

Sound Check

Even without his commander, Marshall Allen orchestrates interplanetary space travel just fine, thank you

A Taste of the Hellhole

Justice plans to "reinvest" in the community with a sampler of local bands

Rock Death in l993

How cool are you when you're dead? Here's the ultimate sick scorecard of musical hipness.

Are You Ready for That Great Atomic Power? Songs That Go Nuclear

This past week marks the 64th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S., on August 6 and 9, respectively, bringing an end to World War II. The subsequent decades have brought us a Cold War, explosive proliferation, and largely fruitless attempts to ... More >>

How Texas and Alabama Match Up... Musically

​ For once, Rocks Off is grateful for this sinus-splitting headache (thanks, Mike Stinson!), because it gives us something to focus on besides the fact that we are crawling out of our skin waiting for kickoff tonight. At this point, sports pundits have analyzed the Longhorns and Crimson Tide to wi ... More >>

Great Moments With Mr. Rockefeller: Ray Price, Bobby "Blue" Bland and the Kansas City All-Stars

[Ed. Note: To help spread the word about next Friday's benefit for the Houston International Festival's education programs at Rockefeller Hall, featuring Texas Johnny Brown and Marcia Ball, Rocks Off asked iFest director of performing arts and former Houston Chronicle music critic Rick Mitchell to r ... More >>

The Expat

Steve Steele finds a harder-edged sound on his debut album.

I Am Mesmer, Hilary Sloan, Kelly Doyle

Steve Steele finds a harder-edged sound on his debut album.

Devo In Jail: Bassist Gerald Casale Talks 1982 U Of H Arrest

Joshua Dalismer​For a bunch of geeky-looking guys from the Midwest, Devo sure has a knack for trouble. In this week's print feature, bassist Gerald Casale tells Rocks Off how the 1970 National Guard shootings at Kent State University near the band's hometown of Akron, Ohio, "transformed me and ... More >>

Saturday Night: Santana & Spearhead At The Woodlands

Photos by Marco Torres​Santana, Michael Franti & Spearhead Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion September 10, 2011 Timeless. Classic. Legend. OG - all classifications that tend to be distributed loosely in the music industry these days. Yet for Carlos Santana, the skinny Mexican kid who played at ... More >>

NRBQ

Photos by Marco Torres​Santana, Michael Franti & Spearhead Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion September 10, 2011 Timeless. Classic. Legend. OG - all classifications that tend to be distributed loosely in the music industry these days. Yet for Carlos Santana, the skinny Mexican kid who played at ... More >>

Rocks Off Resolutions: How We Hope to Improve in 2012

Basically, we resolve to be like this.​It seems like every year around this time, we start with the, "God, I need to lose weight" or "stop smoking" or "exercise more" or "stop murdering babies." It never seems to work and by March, we are back to our old, fat, smokey, lazy, baby murdering ways ... More >>