Electronic musician Yppah doesn’t play very often in Houston, but that doesn’t mean he’s not one of the city’s most hardworking musicians. Signed to noted label Ninja Tune Records, Yppah–aka Joe Corrales, Jr.–released his second album, They Know What Ghost Know, last year, and recently toured with Bonobo after performances during SXSW. He’s one of [...]

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Local funk-rockers Fondue Monks are veterans of the Houston music scene, performing around the area for almost 20 years. With a trio of albums under its belt, and a handful of Houston Press Music Awards nominations, the band–singer Denver Courtney, guitarist Steve Olson, drummer Ronnie Zamorano, and bassist Rozz Zamorano–are among the few bands in [...]

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Houstonians last heard local rock band Pale on Mandatory Ambulance, the band’s 2007 EP that showcased its bombastic, Britrock-influenced music. Last year, the band briefly left Houston for the bright lights of Los Angeles, where it played showcases and worked on making connections in the music industry. Pale has been back in Houston for a [...]

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Houston Press‘ music blog, Rocks Off, posted an interview I recently did with Mark C. Austin, who along with his girlfriend Amber Roussel, makes up the Fiesta Movement’s Team Houston. The duo has been extremely busy the past few months and has organized a battle of the bands, which takes place at 6pm tomorrow (Saturday, [...]

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Sharks and Sailors return after a lengthy hiatus with a show at Mango’s tomorrow night (Saturday, 4.17.10) with sIngs, B L A C K I E, and Young Mammals. I recently interviewed Sharks and Sailors’ Mike Rollin for the Houston Press’ Rocks Off blog. Read it here. You can also read an interview with Sharks [...]

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I recently interviewed a bunch of bands for Spinner.com’s South By Southwest preview. You can read some of them by clicking on the links below. Waco Brothers | Scott H. Biram | Iron Age | Tommy Keene | The Hood Internet | The Golden Filter | The Deadstring Brothers | The Mother Truckers More information [...]

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You can read more information on NYC’s The Golden Filter in a piece I did on the band for Spinner.com’s massive SXSW preview. Enjoy rooting around that site for a while… Here’s a video from The Golden Filter: The Golden Filter plays its official SXSW showcase on Friday, 3.19.10, at Emo’s Jr. at 8pm. Its [...]

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Yppah (aka Joe Corrales, Jr.) is an electronic musician from Houston whose 2006 release, You Are Beautiful At All Times–which was released on the respected Ninja Tune Records–helped earn the musician accolades and fans. Along with a backing band, he performed the album live during 2007′s South By Southwest, and at the Starbucks Mixed Media [...]

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I recently interviewed country-rock band Waco Brothers for Spinner.com’s SXSW preview. Read it here. Waco Brothers plays its official SXSW showcase on Saturday, 3.20.10, at Red-Eyed Fly at 11pm. Visit the band online at www.wacobrothers.com.

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A band that (mostly) survived the ups-and-downs of the major label music industry and continues to create quality music, The Damnwells thankfully hasn’t let the drama spoil its spirit. In 2009, the band asked its fans to help out on PledgeMusic to support the recording of its new record, and to date has raised more [...]

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