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Art Rock: Westheimer Block Party Evening Festival

By Chris Gray in Art Rock, Playbill

Saturday, Mar. 28 2009 @ 10:00AM

Art Rock: Westheimer Block Party - All the Bands

By Chris Gray in Art Rock, Playbill

Saturday, Mar. 28 2009 @ 9:00AM

Art Rock: Westheimer Block Party

By Chris Gray in Art Rock, Playbill

Saturday, Mar. 28 2009 @ 8:00AM

Art Rock: TheLastPlaceYouLook etc. at Warehouse Live

By Chris Gray in Art Rock, Playbill

Friday, Mar. 27 2009 @ 6:30PM

Tonight: Masshysteri (Early Show) at the Mink

By David Ensminger in 1-2-3-4!, Art Rock, Playbill

Thursday, Mar. 26 2009 @ 1:56PM

America's long love affair with all things garage and punk from the frozen, liberal land of Sweden has gone unabated for years, even replacing our tongue-wagging brouhaha for fresh British "iconoclasts" soon to be collecting dust in used bins. Masshysteri proves that such Scandinavian fetishes are worthwhile.

Rising from the ashes of bands like International Noise Conspiracy, in which dead-on Noam Chomsky agit-prop and skinny-ass white-boy whiplash funk melded seamlessly into sly nouveau punk, and the superb stripped-down 1977 attack of the Vicious, Masshysteri may not sing a single syllable in English, but nobody seems to care. Like any transcendent punk with one foot in the lionized past, its rough, dramatic melodies and surefire beats make the dancefloor pogo-ready.

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Art Rock: Slim Thug CD Release Party at Level

By Chris Gray in Art Rock, Playbill, Screwston, Texas

Tuesday, Mar. 24 2009 @ 1:24PM

Art Rock: The 15 Hottest Gig Posters at Flatstock 20

By Keith Plocek in Art Rock, SXSW

Saturday, Mar. 21 2009 @ 2:50PM

The poster show in the Austin Convention Center gave SXSWers a break from all the noise -- and the chance to check out some erotic messiness. Click here for a slideshow.

SXSW Art Rock: Indiehouston.org Party at 613 Allen St. (Austin)

By Chris Gray in Art Rock, Playbill, SXSW

Friday, Mar. 20 2009 @ 7:30AM

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Art Rock: Astronautalis at Boondocks

By Chris Gray in Art Rock, Playbill

Monday, Mar. 16 2009 @ 3:00PM

Poster by Mr. Castillo

How About Some SXSW Day Parties? A LOT of SXSW Day Parties?

By Craig Hlavaty in Art Rock, Radar Eyes, SXSW, Texas Me

Tuesday, Mar. 10 2009 @ 3:23PM

We here at Rocks Off are only about a week away from chafed inner thighs, weird Japanese punk bands puking in hotel pools and sweating out our morning mojitos while walking to an art space off 4th Street.

South By Southwest is now only a week away. It was all fun and games in December when we were posting our little suppositions of who would be playing, but now this shit is serious.

In addition to all the nightly mess, SXSW is also a great place to get loaded on the cheap during the day. Not to mention all the free cigarettes for those of us still giving our lungs the finger. All the live music at night is more than likely badge or wristband only, and in the Great Recession it's not easy to shell out a mortgage payment for a badge, or even two cell-phone bills for a wristband.

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