Subject: The Polyphonic Spree

• Win Butler with the Swish!!

  July 26, 2007

• Memories of ACLs Past: The Halliburton Shirt

  September 14, 2007

• Last Night: Dan Deacon at Walter's on Washington

  September 25, 2007

• Colourmusic

  October 30, 2008

• Houston's Ten Worst Songs

  …and we're still not as bad as Dallas

  September 27, 2007

• Polyphonic Spree

  Polyphonic Spree performs Monday, June 25, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483.

  June 21, 2007

• The M Word

  Musical terms that should be illegal

  February 8, 2007

• Architecture in Helsinki

  Wednesday, September 20, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483

  September 14, 2006

• Cave In, with Doomriders and Lorene Drive

  Friday, December 16, at Walter's on Washington, 4215 Washington Avenue, 713-864-2727.

  December 15, 2005

• Anti-Rock

  LCD Soundsystem's brain trust happily loses his edge

  October 27, 2005

• The Opposite of Suck

  Mike Mills's debut is smart, funny and gorgeously sad

  September 29, 2005

• Sufjan Stevens

  Illinoise

  July 14, 2005

• Trend-Spotting

  In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote

  December 23, 2004

• Trend-Spotting

  In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote

  December 23, 2004

• Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum

  Christmas is the weirdest time of the year. Who better to musically document the season than John Waters?

  December 9, 2004

• Adieu, Monsieur Mojo

  ...And other SXSW adventures

  March 25, 2004

• Broken Social Scene

  Saturday, March 20

  March 18, 2004

• Wisdom of Solomon

  A street preacher helps crack the meaning of the Sleepy Jackson's Lovers

  March 18, 2004

• Drat!

  Racket proposes a rock radio revolution. Clear Channel beats him to the punch.

  February 12, 2004

• Battle Cries

  SXSW finds itself covered in thoughts of war

  March 20, 2003

• Cultural Clash

  SXSW turns a cold shoulder to the Houston music scene

  March 28, 2002

• Playbill

  Chomsky

  September 27, 2001

• A Musical Guide to Post-Secession Texas, Part 2: "Trinity"

  [Note: This week Rocks Off is looking at the musical heritage, highs and lows, for each of the five possible states that might result should Texas secede from the U.S. like Gov. Rick Perry wants it to. Yesterday we began with the Panhandle/West Texas "Palo Duro" territory; today it's northeastern quadrant "Trinity."] View Five States of Texas in a larger map Trinity Capital: Dallas Patron Saint: Blind Lemon Jefferson ​Lesser Icons: T-Bone Walker, Alex Moore, Old 97's, Pantera, The D.O.C., Ray

  August 12, 2009

• Aftermath: Har Mar Superstar, My Jerusalem and the TMI Brigade at Super Happy Fun Land

  Photos by Brittanie SheyGive them drugs so they'll shut up (please): Har Mar openers My Jerusalem​ Rocks Off pulled into the parking lot of Super Happy Fun Land fashionably late Saturday night just in time to see Sean Tillmann (a.k.a. Har Mar Superstar, clad in street clothes instead of his usual layers of costumes) hanging out by the Dumpster with his arms around a groupie. We didn't know at the time, but this vision would set the scene for the rest of the night's events.
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  October 19, 2009