I first heard of Arizona band Kinch when they opened for Local H on last year’s tour. The band quickly won over the crowd with its nods to British and Southern rock, and I have been keeping an eye on the band since. I recently noted that Kinch will play in Austin during this year’s [...]

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San Marcos instrumental rock band This Will Destroy You makes ear-splitting instrumental rock that has won the band fans worldwide since it got its start in 2005. It albums are thrilling listens, but the band–like most “post-rock” groups–thrives in a live setting. In 2010, the band switched directions a bit on its “Communal Blood” single, [...]

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Fat Tony is not what most people would think of when they think of a rapper from Houston. But it should be. For a few years now, Fat Tony has been creating some of the most interesting and unique hip hop music to come out of the Houston area. It’s not the Dirty South stuff, [...]

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Houston’s The Wheel Workers recently released its new album, Unite, and celebrates this Friday (2.18.11) with a show at Walter’s On Washington. Featherface–which recently released its impressive debut–and Fort Worth’s The Orbans are also on the bill. The Wheel Workers’ Steven Higginbotham answered a few questions in advance of the band’s CD release show. Houston [...]

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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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