The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Last Night: Gram Rabbit at Super Happy Fun Land

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Blue Houston

The sweetest enigma

Trading Spaces

Monique Powell dumps Save Ferris and heads out on her own

Play till You Drop

Yes, they're a party band, but the Gingbreadmen are out for more than just a good time

On the Beat

The Suspects are unearthing the true roots of ska

Double Duty

Meet Middlefinger: model citizens (sort of) by day, ska/punk instigators by night

Flannel File: The Descendents

One hot morning in August of 1997, my little brother and I hopped on MARTA (Mom wouldn't let me use the car) and moseyed on down to the Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta for the third-ever Warped Tour. Should the writer of a column about experimental music be ashamed of having gone to the Warped Tour ... More >>

A Buck's Worth

Is ska-punk spent? Not if you believe San Diego's Buck-O-Nine.

They're Nationwide

Local H breaks into the pop mainstream with genuine rock sound

Midgets, Convicts and the Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

All in the Family

Se Habla Ska

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

2007 Music Year in Review

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

Aquabats, with the Eyeliners, the Phenomenauts and Time Again

Thursday, August 25, at the Meridian, 1503 Chartres, 713-225-1717.

Chiba Pets

Ska-punkers Change Up may be the next Japanese sensation

Fear, and the Toasters

Friday, January 30

Oral Surgery

Reconstructing Smash Mouth

Playbill

Dynamite Boy

Playbill

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Rotation

The Jayhawks -- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

E-jukebox

The Jayhawks -- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Houston's Rememberances of Warped Tours Past

For the past 15 years, the Vans Warped Tour has been barreling through city after city across the globe creating punk rockers out of boy scouts and riot grrls out of band geeks. The traveling punk, hardcore and emo road show has been coming to Houston since 1995. The first taste local punks got of f ... More >>

Back To The Future: Ska Selecters Who Beat The English Beat

This Sunday, Valentine's Day if you nasty, Warehouse Live gets a two-tone shot of ska history when the English Beat and Fishbone hit the stage. The two bands tour together quite a bit and have become the sort of elder ambassadors of the genre while bands like the Specials mull over extensive tourin ... More >>

Authority Zero, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Failed Attempt, Always Guilty

This Sunday, Valentine's Day if you nasty, Warehouse Live gets a two-tone shot of ska history when the English Beat and Fishbone hit the stage. The two bands tour together quite a bit and have become the sort of elder ambassadors of the genre while bands like the Specials mull over extensive tourin ... More >>

Five '90s Musical Fads We Remember Well, But Don't Really Miss

​A little over a decade ago, swing music made a strange comeback. You may remember seeing people all over dressing like '40s hipsters, jumping and jiving in Gap commercials and most every club or bar was offering swing lessons. It started with the release of the film Swingers, which still mi ... More >>

Ten Songs You Never Want To Get Caught Singing Out Loud

The absolute worst version of "You Are So Beautiful" you've ever heard. Trust us.​Some songs are catchy as hell, yet if you're one of those people who sometimes unconsciously sings out loud to yourself in public, there are some you'll want to avoid. Here are a few tunes which, when sung aloud, ... More >>

Los Skarnales

The punk/ska band adds New Orleans funk.

Songs For Our Brother's 21st Birthday

Craig HlavatyLemmy (left, duh) and Jake Hlavaty​Today is the 21st birthday of one of Craig's Hlist's biggest musical influences: Not the Pixies' Doolittle, Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine, or even Operation Ivy's Energy LP. It's an actual person, our little brother Jake. The kid came of l ... More >>

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 >>

Top 10 Dancing Mascots In Rock & Hip-Hop

blastfurnacetv.wordpress.com​Today, Mark "Bez" Berry from the Happy Mondays turns 46, which is a feat unto itself, considering the amount of drugs that his band did in their heyday. Bez was the band's dancer until their breakup in 1993, when he joined Black Grape with Shaun Ryder. Today he is ... More >>