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11:30 am
Feb. 18, 2011
Last Night: Boz Scaggs At Stafford Centre
By Bob Ruggiero
Boz Scaggs Stafford Centre February 17, 2011 While mellow modern jazz players have hijacked and ruined the word "smooth" as a synonym for blandness, Thursday night Boz Scaggs helped reclaim the ... More >>

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11:00 am
Feb. 18, 2011
Idol Beat: I Am The Smartest Man Alive
By Pete Vonder Haar
Oh, I admit, I felt like an idiot calling my shot yesterday and putting all my money on Ashley Sullivan, only to watch her melt down during the final Hollywood round. What a fool I was, I thought,... More >>

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10:00 am
Feb. 18, 2011
Last Night: Broken Social Scene At Warehouse Live
By Matthew Keever
Broken Social Scene, Zeus Warehouse Live February 17, 2011 Broken Social Scene's music is both simple and catchy and speckled with intricacies. It manages to be indie enough for even the hippest... More >>

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9:00 am
Feb. 18, 2011
Last Night: Tapes 'n Tapes At Fitzgerald's
By Neph Basedow
Tapes 'n Tapes Fitzgerald's February 17, 2011 Thursday night, music fans of Houston faced a tough decision: We had to decide between shows by two stellar bands that infiltrated our fare city on ... More >>

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8:00 am
Feb. 18, 2011
30 Seconds With Gen, Genitorturers' No. 1 AC/DC Fan
By Jef With One F
Rocks Off has been a big fan of the Genitorturers ever since we saw a bumper sticker that read, "My honor student got sodomized at the Genitorturers show!" We sat down with Gen, the lead singer o... More >>

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4:25 pm
Feb. 17, 2011
Yoko Ono: Five Reasons She Still Matters
By Craig Hlavaty
Friday, Yoko Ono Lennon, widow of John Lennon, turns 78 years old. She's still as vibrant and prolific as ever, staying in the spotlight, not only as the keeper of Lennon's flame but also as an in... More >>

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2:45 pm
Feb. 17, 2011
Engineer Blasts Poor Sound Quality At Local Shows
By Matthew Keever
Times are tough, and the current economic state of our nation - never mind the million different ways to illegally download for free - has not been kind to the music industry. Ace Enders told Al... More >>

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1:00 pm
Feb. 17, 2011
Remember O.N.E.'s Last O.N.E. Standing?
By Shea Serrano
Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com... More >>

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12:15 pm
Feb. 17, 2011
The Cutters Slice Off Mink Show Before Japanese Tour
By Allison Wagoner
The Cutters have a lot on their plates this month. Rocks Off had the pleasure of spending last Thursday night with four-fifths of the group while they practiced for their tonight's show at the Min... More >>

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11:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
ZZ Top To Receive Texas Medal Of Arts
By Chris Gray
While they take their sweet time getting around to record that long-anticipated, Rick Rubin-produced next album - which, at this point, could well come out a solid decade after their last, 2003'... More >>

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10:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Idol Beat: Still In Hollywood
By Pete Vonder Haar
While I was avoiding er, preparing this entry, I found myself watching a bunch of punk rock videos as sort of a palate cleanser. It got me wondering if Idol could ever do a punk/alt-rock show. Wo... More >>

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9:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Last Night: Dante Higgins Mixtape Release At Midtown Lounge
By Shea Serrano
Dante Higgins, Doughbeezy, The Monster, Delo, O.N.E., Overdose, Leo Solomon Midtown Lounge February 16, 2011 10:11 p.m.: Walking in, Doughbeezy and The Monster are out front saying things into ... More >>

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8:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Five Vices That Need Celebrity Endorsements
By Jef With One F
Ed. Note: Rocks Off does not advocate trying any of the products mentioned in this article (even if they exist) or, really, following any of Jef With One F's advice about anything at all. When Ma... More >>

Nightfly

12:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Raw Fun
By Shea Serrano
Joseph is not an iPod, nor is he a jukebox. Joseph is a DJ, and a distinction needs to be made between the three: One is, you know, a person.... More >>

Chatter

12:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Silk Degrees of Separation
By Bob Ruggiero
Gaining national fame in the '70s with the monster album Silk Degrees and a lengthy string of hit singles — "Lowdown," "Lido Shuffle,"... More >>

Playbill

12:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
The Pretty Reckless
By Craig Hlavaty
On first listen, The Pretty Reckless sounds like a hard-bitten bar band fronted by a woman who has to be old enough to have roomed with Courtney... More >>

Playbill

12:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Lucero
By Craig Hlavaty
Lucero set its course for the next decade on the Memphis-based band's 2000 debut, The Attic Tapes. For most die-hard fans, the deal was sealed on... More >>

Rocks Off

4:00 pm
Feb. 16, 2011
European Travel Tips For First-Time Bands
By Pete Vonder Haar
Local favorites the Wild Moccasins embark on a six-week European tour this weekend. Rocks Off knows how daunting international travel can be, especially when you're on a multi-country blitzkrieg t... More >>

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3:15 pm
Feb. 16, 2011
Could Kindle Self-Publishing Spark A Zine Revival?
By Jef With One F
Almost the first story we wrote for Rocks Off was a nostalgic trip through the old word of zine publishing, those wonderfully Xeroxed newsletters you used to see in music stores published by fans ... More >>

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2:00 pm
Feb. 16, 2011
Boz Scaggs: Your Mom Loved Him... And Still Does
By Bob Ruggiero
These days, it's good to be the Wizard of Boz. In recent times, Boz Scaggs has been recording and touring as he pleases, including a highly successful road jaunt with Donald Fagen of Steely Dan an... More >>

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1:00 pm
Feb. 16, 2011
Who's Vroomin' Who: Top 10 Songs With Motorcycle Sounds
By Craig Hlavaty
Craig's Hlist has been on a Motley Crue kick for the past few months. We may have just finished reading The Dirt for the fourth time, and we really enjoyed Nikki Sixx's Heroin Diaries book, which ... More >>

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11:35 am
Feb. 16, 2011
Graphic: When Festival Booking Goes Too Far
By John Seaborn Gray
Every spring, New Orleans puts on something called the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. But as Jazz Fest has grown more and more popular, the headlining acts have had less and less to do wi... More >>

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10:35 am
Feb. 16, 2011
Jesse Dayton's "Fans": Singer Is "Faggy," "Douchebag"
By Chris Gray
Jesse Dayton is learning the joys of Facebook. The ex-Houston honky-tonker and Rob Zombie rockabilly muse, who plays the Armadillo Palace February 26 and Conroe's Texas Independence Day Festival M... More >>

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9:30 am
Feb. 16, 2011
The True Value Packs Serious Independent Hardware
By Shea Serrano
Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or art... More >>

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It seems that whenever the subject of so-called "musical collectives" comes up, the notion of novelty is not far behind. It's just too easy to throw a bunch of people… More >>

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Joseph is not an iPod, nor is he a jukebox. Joseph is a DJ, and a distinction needs to be made between the three: One is, you know, a person.… More >>

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On first listen, The Pretty Reckless sounds like a hard-bitten bar band fronted by a woman who has to be old enough to have roomed with Courtney Love in Seattle… More >>

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Lucero
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Lucero set its course for the next decade on the Memphis-based band's 2000 debut, The Attic Tapes. For most die-hard fans, the deal was sealed on the album's second-to-last track,… More >>

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