Fat Tony just sat down and took the HPMA award for Best Smelling HPMA Nominee.Who are you going to see today?I would see B L A C K I E, but I am playing at the same time. Squincy Jones and Dayta. If I'm for it I will see Buxton and Los Skarnales even though they are playing at the same time. And that's it, that's all I really want to see.Who are your HPMA picks?Best Local CD: Young Mammals Carrots They have the best sounding mix and recording of any local band I have ever heard.Best Local EP:
Mark C. AustinB L A C K I E holds court at Dean's on Showcase Sunday.
We heard a rumor bubble up a while ago about how a couple of the Houston Press Best Underground Hip-Hop nominees were supposed to be working on a group track together. There was even supposed to be a co-sign from Bun B worked in there somewhere.
The names rumored to be involved with the project periodically changed, but the message remained the same: the song was to be an official signaling that these were some kids who int
Photos (except where specified) by Adam P. NewtonHipster... or hippie?
Let's get the obligatory Summer Fest comments, critiques and criticisms out of the way first: yes, it was hot; yes, unfortunately, there was limited water available; and yes, there was a glaring lack of box-office infrastructure Saturday. Did you really expect anything different from a first-time festival being held in August in Houston? To dismiss this past weekend's overarching success based on such situational happensta
