Houston Calling’s 2012 favorite albums coming soon…

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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the former Oasis member’s solo outing, plays at Houston’s Bayou Music Center tonight with Snow Patrol. This is going to be a good one, if Gallagher’s 2011 debut (one of my favorite albums last year) is any indication.
Here’s a live set from the BBC:

You can download a copy of the […]

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Earlimart‘s Aaron Espinoza returns to Houston this week to help promote the band’s new album, System Preferences (reviews of which you can read here and here). He plays a free in-store set at Cactus Music tomorrow (Wednesday, 10.17.12) at 5:30pm.
After the Cactus set, you can catch Espinoza at Skydive Gallery, where he is part of […]

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Local bassist extraordinaire Rozz Zamorano, along with his Fondue Monks cohort, guitarist Steve Olson, perform at Last Concert Cafe near downtown tomorrow night (Friday, 7.20.12), as the Rozz Zamorano Group.
You can read a review of Zamorano’s jazz combo work in the Houston Press.
On Saturday, you can catch Olson and Zamorano in their regular gig with […]

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Please check out Rocks Off and 29-95.com for continued coverage of Free Press Summer Fest 2012.

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Southern Backtones
La Vie En Noir
ZenHill Records
In 2004, Houston’s Southern Backtones released a self-titled EP that marked a radical shift in the band’s sound. Originally a rockabilly project–with a fairly rabid fanbase–the Backtones instead channeled glam-era Bowie and late-80s college rock, alienating some fans but gaining many more in the process. In the years since the […]

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Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters brings The Wall to Houston’s Toyota Center tonight (Tuesday, 5.1.12).
If you missed the show here in November 2010 (a review of which you can read here), be sure to check this one out.
Here’s a trailer from the tour:

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Benjamin Wesley
Think/Thoughts
Self-released/The Convoy Group

With Geschichte, Benjamin Wesley’s debut solo release, the Houston-based musician introduced himself as dark and talented, with songs that did ample justice to his wild and impressive one-man-band-style live performances. On his latest album, Wesley thankfully doesn’t stray far from the inventive songwriting that’s made him one of Houston’s most unique artists. […]

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Kasabian
Live at Fitzgerald’s, Houston, TX
3.15.12
The vibe was celebratory at Thursday’s sold-out Kasabian show, and with good reason. For one, it’s been nearly six years since the Brit-rockers played in Houston, and–perhaps more importantly–seeing Kasabian in a small venue these days is a rare occurrence. In fact, it seemed like a surprise to the band members […]

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Given the odds of ever being able to see The Jesus and Mary Chain live again, a definite sense of trepidation surrounded me before Tuesday night’s show at Houston’s House Of Blues. The stories of the Scottish band’s explosive, short, and often half-assed concerts are something of legend these days, and while I wasn’t expecting […]

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