Houston rock band Pale–whose 2011 release, In The Time Of Dangerous Men, was one of my favorite releases last year and is still haunting my iPod–plays at Free Press Summer Fest 2012, which runs June 2-3 in Eleanor Tinsley Park. Here are the band’s latest videos: “An Exploding Whisper”: “That Sinking Feeling (live)”: Pale plays [...]

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California band Infantree plays in Houston at Free Press Summer Fest 2012, along with a free in-store performance at Cactus Music. Check out the band’s 2011 performance on Conan: Infantree plays an in-store at Cactus Music at 1pm on Saturday, 6.2.12, and on the 29-95.com stage at Free Press Summer Fest at 6pm on Sunday, [...]

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Chicago’s Maps & Atlases comes to Houston as part of Free Press Summer Fest, which runs June 2-3, 2012, in Eleanor Tinsley Park. The band recently released Beware and Be Grateful, an album SPIN calls “a seamless, sleepless avant-indie night of math terror, slinky syncopation and pop epiphanies.” Here’s a video: Maps & Atlases plays [...]

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As reported by Rocks Off, the Free Press Summer Fest schedule has been released. Check the official Summer Fest website for more details on the line-up and how to get passes to the festival, which runs June 2-3, 2012, in Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park. Saturday, 6.2.12 Stage 1 (starts @ 11:30 am): G Wizz, Sideshow [...]

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In less than three weeks, Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park will again be filled with sweaty music fans gathered to catch the likes of Snoop Dogg, Willie Nelson, David Garza, Maps & Atlases, Espantapajaros, Flaming Lips, Diplo, Best Coast, Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Wild Moccasins, Primus, Ume, Pale, Sideshow Tramps, Papermoons, The Avett Brothers, and many more [...]

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This week, Free Press Houston announced additions to the lineup for Free Press Summer Fest 2012, which runs June 2-3, 2012, in Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park near downtown. Touring Acts added: Pretty Lights – Pretty Lights, the brainchild of Colorado native Derek Vincent Smith, is electronic sound at its finest. Smith’s music includes a fanciful [...]

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This just in: Get your passes now.

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Check out various online coverage of Free Press Summer Fest on 29-95.com and Rocks Off. A big thank you and congrats to the Free Press and Summer Fest staff and volunteers for pulling this off yet again!  

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Due to a very unfortunate scheduling snafu, I will be unable to attend the second day of Free Press Summer Fest. However, I’d be remiss if I didn’t share my picks for the day. 11:05 LP411:55 Arthur Yoria12:35 Robert Ellis1:30 Omotai/By The End of Tonight/Hayes Carll2:30 The Black Angels3:35 Commie Hilfiger4:30 The Watermarks6pm Sideshow Tramps6:45 [...]

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