What with Creed reuniting, BuzzFest coming up in a couple of weeks and, hell, maybe even the swine-flu scare - As in: What's worse than coming down with swine flu? A Houston radio that only tunes in 94.5 FM - Rocks Off sure has been thinking a lot about The Buzz lately. Probably too much.
I mean, it's a radio station, which in an age when people stream Pandora on their iPhones - to say nothing of car stereos with iPod plug-in ports - makes it almost as big a media dinosaur as the printed page. T
Al Green: Fri., Sept. 11. Arena Theatre.
Arctic Monkeys: Sat., Oct. 3. House of Blues.
The Beauvilles, Flowers To Hide, The Live Lights: Sat., July 25. Meridian.
The Black Crowes, Truth & Salvage Co: Wed., Oct. 14. House of Blues.
"Broke Lizard: Live": Thu., Oct. 15. House of Blues.
Cold, Taproot, Midnight To Twelve, The Killers And The Star: Mon., Aug. 17. Scout Bar Clear Lake.
Deadmau5: Sun., Nov. 8. House of Blues.
The Get Up Kids: Tue., Nov. 17. House of Blues.
Hell City Kings (CD Relea
All this week, Rocks Off is previewing Saturday and Sunday's Westheimer Block Party by asking WBP performers to fill out a list from Lisa Nola's Music Listography book we're so fond of. It's not too late for your band to be up here, either; just email chris.gray@houstonpress.com by noon Thursday if you want to play.
Next up, in a twist on the evergreen "Desert Island" meme, recent Artist of the Week the Live Lights choose ten albums they'd take with them should they ever leave the Earth's atmosp
