It's time for another fabulous installment of Magnolia City Mixtape. We took last week off, as we were still recovering from the whirlwind of Free Press Summer Fest. Call us lazy if you will, but this week we've got a double dose of local music news to make up for it. If you're into rap videos, this one's a doozy.

​Jerks still abound in this town, unfortunately, and now Tyagaraja is missing some precious notebooks (right) that were stolen at Summer Fest. Keep an eye out for them, please. Tyagaraja also uploaded some old Million Year Dance tracks to Soundcloud recently.

Here's a nice long clip of Bun B performing at Summer Fest. More notably, though, a new Pimp C track featuring Bun and Big Krit has surfaced, and news is that there will be a new Pimp C album, titled Still Pimpin, out this summer.

Bun B also shows up on a Masspike Mike track titled "Devoted."

Sexy and mysterious duo Phootlong is back with a new tune, "Yo Momma Be Schemin'" - this one's a parody that ought to be pretty easy to place.

Dave Wrangler's got a spacey remix of Fat Tony's track, "Home."

More >>

It's Friday, June 3 - do you know what that means? That's right, Free Press Summer Fest is a scant day away. In mere hours the city shall be frolicking to the Satanic call of rock 'n' roll, getting sunburned and dehydrated, tripping on Lord knows what, and having a grand ol' time. Until then, however, we've got a boatload of local music news. Several of these acts are playing the festival, so get to clicking these links and learn more about your local music scene.

​New songs from Deep Cuts and The State Vs Judd Nelson also cropped up on Bandcamp. The former could be a Vampire Weekend outtake, while the latter is ear-destroying computer grind.

Music has surfaced from two new acts on semi-dormant local label Mia Kat Empire. Children of Pop and Via Cavour will both be featured on a new MKE compilation set to come out this month - so don't be surprised if one lands in your hands at Summer Fest.

More >>

What would your Friday be without Magnolia City Mixtape? Pretty bleak, if you're trying to keep up on all the local music here in Houston. Thankfully, we're here to make that last day of the work week just a bit better.

Propain launched his music video for the Departure track, "Say I Won't." Directed by Michale Artis, the video features cameos/cosigns by Slim Thug, Bun B, and Vince Young.

This just in: A Flock of Seagulls has canceled its scheduled appearance at Numbers tomorrow night. The new, ska-heavier lineup is Bad Manners, Kaos, Vertigo Blue and Ryan Scroggins & the Trenchtown Texans.

B L A C K I E and Fat Tony are turning into drug dealers - on film, that is. The two are set to be in an upcoming zombie movie.

More >>

We may have lost Macho Man Randy Savage this morning, but MCM is still alive and dropping that flying elbow full of local music news. Snap into the latest installment of our Magnolia City Mixtape. Ooooohhh Yeeaaahhh!

​Before we dive in, don't forget that the poster show for Free Press Summer Fest is tonight at Winter Street Gallery. Stop by before heading out to whatever show is on your schedule, have a drink, and see some of the fantastic artwork.

Speaking of FPSF, Peelander Z was added to the lineup this week, and Cut Copy was announced as part of Sunday's after-party.

Team Science! Records is now taking pre-orders for The Energy's second album, Get Split.

Looks like Arcade Fire might be putting together a DVD of their performance in The Woodlands after all. Our friend and talented photographer Ryan Booth was part of an eight man crew that filmed the evening, and got to hang out and shoot all day.

Our video roll kicks off this week with this smooth new Hollywood FLOSS video for his song "Take Notice" posted on his site, complete with Kings of Leon shirt.

More >>

Come one, come all, Friday the 13th or not, we'll forever brave the week-long deluge of local music news, blog posts, tweets, Facebook updates, etc. and sift through it all to bring our readers yet another Magnolia City Mixtape.

​Our soundtrack this week is comes from Jonathan Jindra, whose album under his moniker Trills "Blue Metabolic Sunrise" is now available for free download. Jindra's also posted a music video for the song "Cnidaria" that'll be on his upcoming "əˈnɛməni" release.

The fine ladies of Houston that put together Girls Rock Camp have a gala tomorrow night, and Rocks Off is of the opinion that anyone who doesn't support the GRC cause, well, has no soul. The gals are hoping for $5,000, as of right now they've garnered just under $3K. Help them out, why don't you?

Fired For Walking and Dead Mineral are releasing a split 7-inch at Rudyard's next Friday. A scant five dollars will get you in the door, a copy of the record, and some free beer while it lasts.

Kyle Hubbard premiered a new track, "Around The Way."

More >>

It's not every week that Arcade Fire returns to the suburbs whose ennui inspired a Grammy-winning album, but it is every week that we bring a brimming local music roundup for all of our Rocks Off readers. Without further ado, we present the latest installment of Magnolia City Mixtape.

​Hot off the proverbial presses: Tickets for Kings of Leon's July 30 show with Band of Horses at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. at livenation.com.

Friendly reminder: Young Girls' EP release show tonight has moved from Warehouse Live to 2115 Commerce.

Otenki has been busy with their Billboard Music contest. Here's a new video feature on the band, and they've got a fancy new photo from the contest.

What have we said about Trae never sleeping? Here he is in Portland, performing with Lupe Fiasco. He shows up in Dallas with Yelawolf. When Rick Ross recaps his stop in Houston, Trae shows up onstage there as well. If that's not enough Trae action, well he shows up with a feature for SL Jones "Swervin'", and tips us to some upcoming features for Waka Flocka Flame, Mac Miller, and Big Sean.

More >>

Another week, another teeming cup runneth over, full of local music news. Here's our latest installment of Magnolia City Mixtape.

​This week's soundtrack comes from Roosh Williams, whose Common Struggles of a Modern Man album just dropped. Roosh also has a video for the track "No Hard Feelings" and will be opening up the Yelawolf show at Warehouse Live tonight.

First things first - Cactus Music is offering $20 in merchandise (new and "previously loved") as part of the Houston Press' ongoing "Deal of the Day" promotion. Even better, you have all weekend to sign up.

There's a lot coming up on the calendar. At Arena Theatre tonight, the (formerly) drunken saint of country music, George Jones, strolls into the round. Meanwhile, Weird Party plays their first show since New Year's Eve when they open for Black Lips at Fitz. Finally, Ke$ha will get sleazy at Verizon this evening.

More >>

Good Friday? How about great Friday? Here at Rocks Off we try to ensure that each and every Friday our readers get a full and healthy dose of local music news set to tide them over until we return. So without further ado, we present the newest installment of Magnolia City Mixtape.

​The soundtrack this week comes from Chamillionaire, who dropped his new mixtape, Major Pain 1.5. He talked to Rocks Off's Shea Serrano about it earlier today.

As always, let's take a look at the local show calendar. Cactus Music has a trio of appearances tomorrow, including Will Taylor with Strings Attached, Something Fierce, and Young Girls. That's six free beers if you plan right.

Jessica Lea Mayfield drops by Fitzgerald's tonight.

Omotai and Cavernous will destroy some ears at The Mink tonight.

The adorable and energetic Yelle, of France, will bounce around Fitzgerald's tomorrow night.

The Psychedelic Furs are also in town tomorrow, with a stop at Warehouse Live.

Sleigh Bells follows up the Furs with a show at Warehouse Sunday night.

More >>

Welcome once again to another installment of our smash hit series, Magnolia City Mixtape. This week is just like all the rest, with a bumper crop of local music news for your eyes and ears.

​We'll start off with our soundtrack, which happens to be an EP from local rock outfit Rivers, entitled Mind Your Mind.

With that said, let's have a look at the upcoming shows. Springsteen-tinged crew Fake Problems stops in to Fitz's tonight. Rocks Off gushed about them when we covered SXSW and Warped Tour (yep).

The Toadies, who come from both Dallas and the water, drop by Warehouse Live this evening as well. We'll be there, singing away.

Expect Toyota Center to get rowdy for Lil' Wayne tomorrow nightLil' Wayne tomorrow night. He's bringing Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Travis Barker and Mix Master Mike along with him.

More >>

​In the land of MCM, it's always Friday and there's always a treasure trove of local music news. That's because we happen to structure it as such, but make no mistake, we've got a full truckload for everyone this week.

However, in what might be a MCM first, we don't have an actual mixtape from a rapper this week. Thus our soundtrack this week is the forthcoming EP from sloppy punks Crime Wave, Modern Lobotomies, which is due out on vinyl this June from Agro-Wax Records.

Agro-Wax also notes that the vinyl copies of Crime Wave's current EP, Savage Reaction, arrived this week. Pro tip: dig back through the Agro-Wax site to find the download link in this post.

More >>