Houston Press has posted an article I wrote about Pale‘s recent video shoot and the video for its new song, “Catastrophic Skies”–check it out on the Rocks Off music blog. More information on Pale may be found at www.palerocks.com.

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Chicago’s The Hood Internet are masters of mixing rock and hip hop. Their “mixtapes” of unlikely pairings have earned them a devoted fanbase and a lot of press. The duo will be in Houston for Free Press Summer Fest, which is this weekend (June 5-6, 2010) in Eleanor Tinsley Park. You can read an interview [...]

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It’s tough not to like Wild Moccasins. The indie-popsters’ music is breezy and fresh, danceable and catchy–and has taken Houston’s music scene by storm over the past couple of years. The band recently released a new album, Skin Collision Past, and will take off for a tour of California in July. This weekend’s Free Press [...]

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You may know Michael Kingkaid as the frontman for Austin’s What Made Milwaukee Famous. But Kingkaid lives in the Houston area, and occasionally performs solo sets. His latest project is Michael Kingkaid & The Black Power, a band I know absolutely nothing about, other than it plays a set at the Free Press Summer Fest [...]

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Sharks and Sailors are back on the Houston music scene after some time away working with other projects and on new material. Catch the band–which will undoubtedly be playing some of its new music–at this weekend’s Free Press Summer Fest, which runs June 5-6 in Eleanor Tinsley Park on the edge of downtown Houston. You [...]

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Ceeplus Bad Knives is one of Houston’s best-loved DJs and producers, voted “Best DJ” in past Houston Press Music Awards and former host of Houston’s Starbucks Music Series at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Catch Ceeplus Bad Knives at the upcoming Free Press Summer Fest, which is next Saturday and Sunday (June 5th & [...]

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Tax The Wolf makes spacey, meandering (and sometimes jammy) music that is among some of my favorite in Houston. You can hear (and download) some of the band’s songs (described as “Experimental-rock Alt-rock Progressive Surreal Chill”) at its website, and also catch a live set at the upcoming Free Press Summer Fest, which runs June [...]

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Austin’s The Eastern Sea easily won the crowd’s respect at last year’s Summer Fest, so it’s no surprise the band returns this year for another set at this year’s Free Press Summer Fest, which runs June 5-6, 2010, in Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park. The band’s latest release, EPII, is available on iTunes and amazon.com. In [...]

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Houston musician-of-all-trades Robert Ellis released one of my favorite local albums of 2009, The Great Rearranger, and continues to gain a bigger audience with his country-tinged folk music. He plays with several bands around town, including the new-ish band Grandfather Child, and also hosts a weekly show of classic country covers at Mango’s. Also, Ellis [...]

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If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 100 times: Buxton is Houston’s answer to Wilco. Its music is folky–but also often rides that same line between rock and country–and there’s no one else in Houston making music quite like Buxton. Its 2008 album, A Family Light, earned the band a devoted fan base and [...]

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