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    May 7, 2012

    Springboard South: A Peculiar New Festival Arises At Citycentre

    Springboard South Music Festival Citycentre May 6, 2012 An interesting experiment unfolded this weekend at Citycentre. The Springboard South music festival was the brainchild of Barry Coffing, a music and film industry vet who's the director for the Houston chapter of the National Association of Re ... More >>

  • Music

    April 19, 2012

    Vinyl Gets Another Spin

    Showing it has more lives than a cockroach, vinyl has been reborn, resulting in some beautiful music. But sometimes production values in records and turntables are lacking.

  • Calendar

    April 12, 2012

    ''Deth P. Sun: New Works''

    Showing it has more lives than a cockroach, vinyl has been reborn, resulting in some beautiful music. But sometimes production values in records and turntables are lacking.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    In Ten Years, Will Indie Be Remembered Like Nu-Metal?

    ​What exactly do you remember from the summer of 2002? Stop and think -- of the music on the radio, the CDs you were most excited for, who won the Grammy for Best Album, and so on. What exactly stands out from 10 years ago? If you find that your answer is "Not much," then you're probably l ... More >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2011

    Patron Saint

    Saint Dane's Bar & Grille is easy to miss, but hard to forget.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    The Galleria Is Hardly A Winter Wonderland

    confarta.com​Rocks Off, like the rest of you, hasn't finished all of our holiday shopping. Every Christmas, we tell ourselves that we'll begin earlier next year, but it never quite pans out the way we want it to. Ain't that feeling all too familiar? While we braved the crowds at the Galleria ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Does "Indie Rock" Mean Anything At All Anymore?

    ​Our colleague Shea Serrano has been doing brisk business with his Rap Round Table blogs, corralling local hip-hoppers into talking about events in their scene and in the world at large. No topics are off limits, and everyone is willing to talk. So Rocks Off decided it was time for Houston's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Rocks Off's Handy Summerfest Survival Guide

    Shelby Hohl​There's a slim chance you may have already heard that our distinguished competition, Free Press Houston, is throwing a little shindig this weekend, which they have for some reason chosen to call Summerfest. We understand it's some kind of outdoor festival and a couple of bands fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    ACL Or Summerfest: Which Commercial Is Better?

    Control Group A: The Flaming Lips are playing both Summerfest and ACL.​As you probably know by now, the Austin City Limits Music Festival released its 2010 lineup of the 130 acts playing Zilker Park October 8-10 under cover of darkness 'round midnight Monday. Meanwhile, Houston's scaled-down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Drink With Mike Stinson, Help Terrible Eagle, Learn How Weed Won The West, Buy Summerfest Tix At Urban Outfitters

    MCM's boss came across the above video of Mike Stinson's "I've Got No One to Drink With Anymore," from the local honky-tonk transplant's brand-new (and excellent) album The Jukebox In Your Heart, while he was waiting for her to turn in this article. As a staunch proponent of Coors Light, he strongl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Can Anyone Out-Twee Owl City?

    ​Owl City (really just a guy named Adam Young) is a bit of a conundrum. He's perfectly fine to listen to, as long as you pretend that his music is specifically intended for very young children, like the Wiggles or Raffi. Then you pay attention to the meticulous production and catchy hooks instead ... More >>

  • Film

    February 4, 2010

    Yippee Ki Yay, Fils de Putain

    Cowboy diplomacy from our man in Paris, John Travolta.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    If Halloween Is Coming, So Are Offensive Costumes

    ​The "Illegal Alien" costume causing uproar amongst immigrant rights activists, anti-immigrant supporters and free speech advocates is the first major faux pas of this Halloween season. While anti-immigrant supporters are scrambling to find the costume, immigrant rights activists are calling for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2009

    ACL 2009 Day One: Kings Of Leon Rage Against The Fame

    Photos by Mark C. Austin​Funny thing happened last night. It was the same thing that happened to U2 in 1987 in the wake of The Joshua Tree, and the same thing that killed Kurt Cobain in 1994. Fame has finally overtaken Kings Of Leon, leaving their core boots 'n flannel crowd in the proverbial pop ... More >>

  • Music

    September 24, 2009

    Old Faithful

    Neighborhood bars like Bill Hicks's old haunt Cecil's Tavern never go out of style.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Houston Music Fight Club: Chris Wise vs. Cody Swann, Chris Ryan vs. Frank Beard, Washington Avenue vs. Westheimer

    ​So this past week, Houston Music Fight Club began getting solicitations from various local musicians to be matched against other strummers and pickers around town in their cage matches. Rocks Off looks around. We see a lot of new faces. This means a lot of you have (happily for us) been breaking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2009

    SXSW: Born Free

    Photos by Craig HlavatyHeartless Bastards' Erika WennerstromTight economies ain't gotta slow anyone down. SXSW is chock full of free shows and most importantly, FREE BOOZE. Yes, anyone of legal age can literally walk into some shows and guzzle to their dark heart's content. Or until they set somethi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    SXSW: Once More Into The Breach

    By the time you read this, Rocks Off will be winding his way toward Austin for his 15th SXSW in the last 16 years. Every year he wonders if this is going to be it, if his feet, his fingers and/or his liver will finally up and say "Uncle!" He wouldn't blame them one single solitary bit. SXSW is l ... More >>

  • Music

    March 12, 2009

    Through Being Cool

    By the time you read this, Rocks Off will be winding his way toward Austin for his 15th SXSW in the last 16 years. Every year he wonders if this is going to be it, if his feet, his fingers and/or his liver will finally up and say "Uncle!" He wouldn't blame them one single solitary bit. SXSW is l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2007

    Memories of ACLs Past: The Halliburton Shirt

    By the time you read this, Rocks Off will be winding his way toward Austin for his 15th SXSW in the last 16 years. Every year he wonders if this is going to be it, if his feet, his fingers and/or his liver will finally up and say "Uncle!" He wouldn't blame them one single solitary bit. SXSW is l ... More >>

  • Music

    November 2, 2006

    Bad Vibrations

    Houston's ticky-tack noise ordinance and NIMBY neighbors are killing the scene

  • Dining

    July 6, 2006

    Leg Spreader

    Front Porch Pub

  • Music

    May 11, 2006

    Billy Joel and Goldfish Sandwiches

    Four artists share their guilty, and not-so-guilty, pleasures

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Basquiat, Beats and Beans

    "Beats of Basquiat"

  • News

    April 14, 2005

    Letters

    "Beats of Basquiat"

  • Music

    April 7, 2005

    Monsters of Hip

    Five bands' worth of Urban Outfitters employees grace Cardi's stage with shopworn licks and attire

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2004

    Coffee Crusader

    Hell-raiser Reverend Bill battles Starbucks and shopping

  • Music

    April 8, 2004

    Embrace the Darkness

    Forget the hype and the backlash -- listening to Permission to Land is the key

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003
  • Music

    November 1, 2001

    The Strokes

    Is This It? (RCA)

  • Music

    November 16, 2000

    Rave Rules

    No one over 25 should be in attendance, but if you are, here's the game plan

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000
  • Culture

    April 13, 2000

    Midwestern Dialect

    With Madison, John Jasperse images a place where people move in mysterious ways

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