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Houston's Best Concerts This Week: Robin Kirby, C.J. Chenier, The Suffers, etc.
June 17, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by Pin LimRobin Kirby Last Concert Cafe, June 18 Singer-songwriter Robin Kirby entered the Houston music scene in 2008 after leaving her band Robin & the Hurricanes behind in Dallas. Since...
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Houston's Best Concerts This Weekend: Bun B & Trae Tha Truth, Kelly Rowland, Caifanes, etc.
June 14, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by Marco TorresBun "Future Houston Mayor?" BBun B, Trae Tha Truth Baybrook Mall (1355 W. Bay Area Blvd.), June 14 These days Bun B is a multitasking pillar of the community,...
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The Best Concerts In Houston This Week: Kendrick Lamar, Jesse Dayton, Amy LaVere, etc.
June 10, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by Marco TorresKendrick Lamar at House of Blues last DecemberKendrick Lamar Reliant Arena, June 11 Before Kendrick Lamar had ever released his major-label debut, he'd already worked with hip-hop giants like...
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The Best Concerts In Houston This Weekend: Fall Out Boy, El Ten Eleven, Journey Agents, etc.
June 07, 2013 in Rocks Off
Fall Out Boy Bayou Music Center, June 7 Fall Out Boy, the emo-pop band that took the airwaves by storm in the early '00s, is back and apparently ready to save rock...
Free Press Summer Fest: The Best Things We Overheard In the Crowd This Weekend
June 03, 2013 in Rocks Off
Free Press Summer Fest: The Festival's Biggest WTF Moments
June 03, 2013 in Rocks Off
UPDATED Free Press Summer Fest: The Worst Things Inflicted Upon Us, 2013
June 03, 2013 in Rocks Off
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Free Press Summer Fest: The Best Acts of Sunday, 6/2/2013
June 03, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by GroovehouseCat PowerCat Power/Social Distortion Cat Power has such a spotty live reputation that she's hard to pass up, epecially at a music festival. We all want to see the...
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The Best Concerts In Houston This Week: Iceage, Fleetwood Mac, Chubby Carrier, etc.
June 03, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by Kristian Embdal/Pitch Perfect PRIceage Mango's, June 3 Not even out of their teens, Denmark's Iceage caused quite a stir within the indie-punk world a couple of years ago with New...
Free Press Summer Fest: More Sweaty Photos of Saturday's Acts
June 02, 2013 in Rocks Off
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Free Press Summer Fest: Saturday's Best Acts, 6/1/2013
June 02, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by Jim BrickerAlabama Shakes I went into this expecting to enjoy the set by Alabama Shakes, but I didn't realize how it was going to set the tone for the...
Free Press Summer Fest: Acts We'd Rather Skip This Time
May 31, 2013 in Rocks Off
UPDATED Free Press Summer Fest: This Year's Toughest Schedule Conflicts
May 31, 2013 in Rocks Off
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The Best Concerts In Houston This Weekend: Summer Fest Free Zone
May 31, 2013 in Rocks Off
Concert Pub North on FacebookA Flock of Seagulls Concert Pub North, May 31 Ever heard of a little ditty known as "I Ran (So Far Away)"? You might remember it from the...
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The 2013 Houston Press Music Award Nominees
May 30, 2013 in Rocks Off
Graphic by Monica FuentesWithout fail, the Houston Press Music Awards sneak up on us. Last year, when the HPMAs returned to the dog days of summer after a one-year Thanksgiving...
Free Press Summer Fest: Your Next Favorite Bands
May 29, 2013 in Rocks Off
Free Press Summer Fest: Our Staff Picks From Close to Home
May 28, 2013 in Rocks Off
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The Best Concerts In Houston This Week: DJ Sun, Guns N' Roses, Shinyribs, Quiet Company, etc.
May 27, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by Marco TorresHeeeeeeeeeeeere's Axl again.DJ Sun The Flat, April 1 Now that some of the well-deserved publicity surrounding DJ Sun's first-ever full-length release, One Hundred, has subsided a little, his true...
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The 10 Worst Rock Singers of the '90s
May 24, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo courtesy of Press Here PublicitySoundgarden: Not appearing on this list, ever.In about 12 hours or so, the editor of Rocks Off expects to be a very happy man. One...
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The Best Concerts In Houston This Weekend: Black Angels, Soundgarden, Hall & Oates, etc.
May 24, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by Marc BrubakerThe Black Angels at Warehouse Live in 2010The Black Angels Fitzgerald's, May 24 Austin's Black Angels, with a band name pulled straight from the Velvet Underground's catalog, and a...
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The Best Concerts In Houston This Weekend: Jeezy, CCA Conservation Concert, etc.
May 17, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by Marco TorresJeezy at Arena Theatre, August 2010Jeezy Arena Theatre, May 17 A self-proclaimed hustler on the mike, the Atlanta rapper known as Young Jeezy has grown up quite a bit...
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The Best Concerts In Houston This Week: Smashing Pumpkins, Taylor Swift, etc.
May 13, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by Paul ElledgeSmashing Pumpkins 2013 (L-R): Nicole Fiorentino, Billy Corgan, Matt Byrne, Jeff SchroederFree Radicals Avant Garden, May 13 Free Radicals is both Nick Cooper's revolving-door ensemble that at any given...
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The Best Concerts In Houston This Weekend: Lost Bayou Ramblers, Daft Punk Tribute, etc.
May 10, 2013 in Rocks Off
Will Downing Bayou Music Center, May 10 Known for his rich baritone vocals and an unabashed devotion to romantic ballads, Will Downing may be the quintessential ladies man, so keep a close...
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UPDATED: The Best Concerts In Houston This Week: The Killers, Carolyn Wonderland, etc.
May 06, 2013 in Rocks Off
Photo by Torey MundkowskyThe Killers' Brandon Flowers at then-Verizon Wireless Theater in 2009UPDATE (Monday, 5:20 p.m.): Due to a flat-out mistake, we thought the Collie Buddz show at House of...
RIP Jeff Hanneman: Slayer at Verizon Theater In September 2010
May 03, 2013 in Rocks Off
