Today’s the day — 2014 Free Press Summer Festival kicks off at 11am today (Saturday, 5.31.14). While it’s sure to be a muddy (and potentially rainy) mess, it is also a great chance to catch a slew of local and national acts. Locals such as The Tontons, Wild Moccasins, A Fistful of Soul, Grand Old […]

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Sylvan Esso–Amelia Meath from Mountain Man and Nick Sanborn from Megafaun–has a hell of a buzz right now, so it’s great that we get to see them in Houston this weekend at 2014 Free Press Summer Festival. The duo’s album recently premiered on NPR’s First Listen, where it was called “2014’s most intoxicating debut,” and […]

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More information may be found here, but below is a list of what you can and what you cannot bring to the nearly sold-out 2014 Free Press Summer Festival, which starts tomorrow morning (May 31st) in Eleanor Tinsley Park on the edge of downtown Houston. Please pay attention and don’t hold up the lines for […]

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The Chain Gang of 1974, which plays at this year’s Free Press Summer Festival–held tomorrow and Sunday (May 31st/June 1st) at Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park–is the dark electropop band of former 3OH!3 bassist Kamtin Mohager. If you’re a fan of 80s danceable pop, with a dark bent, then look no further. Should be an interesting […]

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Alex Dezen (The Damnwells) is currently on tour with Salim Nourallah and Billy Harvey and plays in Houston tonight (Tuesday, 5.27.14) at the Mucky Duck. Dezen recently released the second in a series of EPs he’s calling The Bedhead EPs. You can download them from the usual online outlets or at thedamnwells.bandcamp.com.
Here’s a recent video:

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Local DJ collective A Fistful of Soul has been educating Houston crowds for more than half a decade. Playing 45s of old soul and R&B songs–some of which you may know, many you will not–A Fistful of Soul knows the perfect soundtrack for nearly any occasion, and this year kicks off the second day of […]

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Local musician Lee Alexander draws inspiration from his day job as a teacher for his latest album, Children Of All Ages, and celebrates its release today (Saturday, 5.24.14) with a free in-store performance at 11am at Cactus Music. Alexander promises a lot of fun for kids and adult alike (including a coloring book, popcorn, punch, […]

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Failure, one of the many unsung bands of the 1990s, is currently touring (!) and stops at House of Blues in Houston on Wednesday, June 11th. Tickets are available online from LiveNation.
This will be an excellent show. To refresh your memory, check out AllMusic’s write-up of the band’s excellent Fantastic Planet album. You can hear […]

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Prices for the remaining passes to the 2014 Free Press Summer Festival increase this Friday (5.23.14) at 10am. Buy yours now.
More information at the Free Press Summer Festival website (www.fpsf.com).

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Houston New York City Queens is a band from which I continually look for exciting new things. Their music, especially the song “Roman Candles,” always makes me do a double take when it comes on. The band’s 2012 album, Burn Out Like Roman Candles, is full of lush, catchy songs that bring to mind early Coldplay […]

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