Texas rockers Electric Touch will perform at this year’s Free Press Summer Fest, which runs this weekend (June 2-3, 2012) in Eleanor Tinsley Park in Houston. The band released its latest album, Never Look Back, in March. If you’ve been to a major festival in the past few years, it’s likely you’ve seen the band […]

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What Made Milwaukee Famous is an pop-centric indie rock band from Texas that I have been a fan of for years, ever since hearing “Idecide”. Barsuk re-released the band’s debut and follow-up, and the band has been relatively quiet lately, playing the occasional gig and working on new music. WMMF will release a new album […]

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They’ve rocked it before, they’ll rock it again this year. One of Houston’s best-kept secrets–Grandfather Child–returns to Free Press Summer Fest, which runs next weekend (June 2-3, 2012) in Eleanor Tinsley Park.
Here’s a video from the band’s performance at last year’s Summer Fest:

Grandfather Child plays on Stage 1 at Free Press Summer Fest at 12:20pm […]

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The always-entertaining festival staples The Flaming Lips returns to Free Press Summer Fest to play its rendition of Pink Floyd‘s classic 1973 release Dark Side Of The Moon. The festival runs June 2-3, 2012, in Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park.
Here’s a taste:

The Flaming Lips plays at Free Press Summer Fest on Saturday, 6.2.12, at 8pm.
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If I remember correctly, I first saw The Eastern Sea at the inaugural Free Press Summer Fest. They’re one of the bands I have made a point to keep up with over the past couple of years, and they are set to release a new album, Plague, in June. To help spread the word, the […]

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I have been a fan of musician David Garza for more than 20 years, and during that time have seen him perform countless times. He always puts on a stellar performance and never fails to connect with his fans, many of which are as devoted as Deadheads. This year’s performance at Free Press Summer Fest […]

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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 at Summer Fest on […]

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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, 6.3.12.
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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 Free Press […]

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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 Tramps, Clap […]

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