Stereo Systems

From House Party to House Music: A Wild Friday Night In Houston

With a perfect combination of sun, clouds, and breeze, It felt as if Houston was making love to me as I escaped the treacherous, life-sucking fluorescent lighting of my Westchase office and moon-walked my way towards a Friday night full of booze, buds, and Budweiser. (I'm more of a Saint Arnold's dr ... More >>

Paul Van Dyk

Cactus Music 5th Anniversary

Happy 114th Birthday to Waldo Semon, Father of Vinyl

Yesterday, September 10, marked the 114th birthday of a man who helped introduce more people to music in the 20th Century than perhaps any other person despite never picking up an instrument or plugging in a microphone. Unless you're a serious chemistry geek, you've probably never heard of Waldo Lon ... More >>

''You Are Here''

Rest Of The Best: Houston's Top 6 Live-Music Sound Systems

It's often difficult enough to hear a great band or solo artist over the yammering of those in attendance, but it is made worse when the sound system sounds like garbage. We music lovers have often lamented the lack of decorum shown by some local music "fans" when it comes to talking during shows, b ... More >>

Vinyl Gets Another Spin

Showing it has more lives than a cockroach, vinyl has been reborn, resulting in some beautiful music. But sometimes production values in records and turntables are lacking.

Getting Thumped

The bass line is everything in dubstep, whose core moves like robo-elephants, stomping and booming along.

Last Night: Red Bull Skooled Tour at Warehouse Live

Check out our slideshow of last night's Red Bull Skooled Tour launch. "Excuse me while I get the turntables straight. Til then, let me help you get some pussy. This the "help you get some pussy hour"!" Before spinning a single record on the turntables, New Orleans' most noted producer/part-time em ... More >>

Beats By Dre, Monster Headphones To Split

​Well time to pass the tissue to those of you who love walking through IAH or Hobby with $200 headphones around your head like a fashion statement. In news more likely to occur than Dr. Dre's Detox album, Monster has announced that it will no longer be making Beats By Dre headphones. Chalk up an ... More >>

Vinyl vs. Digital, a Side-by-Side Face Off

​With all due respect to my audiophile friends, the end-of-year sales numbers for vinyl albums (up 39 percent from last year) are still just a blip on the radar. Vinyl sold 3.9 million copies according to SoundScan and that is a formidable number considering it is quadruple over what it was ju ... More >>

7 Gifts for Your Nerdy Little Audiophile

In a classic bit of stand up comedy, Steve Martin described his obsessive search for the best stereo system of the day. He kept adding more and more speakers until he finally reached the "google-phonic" stereo with the closest number of speakers to infinity, which, like all the rest, sounded like sh ... More >>

We Caved: Join Rocks Off On Turntable.fm All Day

​If you are lucky enough to have already gotten a Turntable.fm invite, and you work somewhere that is down with your listening to streaming jams, then right now you could be listening to the Stone Roses and Stereo MC's in Rocks Off's new Houston Press Rocks Off Spin Off on the social DJ site. ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun Fest Leaking 2011 Lineup On Turntable.fm

​After leaking artists including Okkervil River, Odd Future, X and - most people believe - Slayer, Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest has officially begun announcing its 2011 lineup via the brand-new file-sharing/social-media hybrid Turntable FM. Fun Fun Fun began streaming songs from this year's arti ... More >>

Scooby Doo Crew Could Use A Break At Their Beach Parties

​The Scooby Doo Crew (SDC) should be feeling great. After all, the production group that provides sound and electronic services for raves, parties and the like will celebrate its 15th anniversary April 16, and the popularity of its parties has been on the rise since the crew was formed. Unf ... More >>

A Fistful of Soul

DJ Hero: A Review

​The geniuses that first let you rock 'n' roll with guitar legends in Guitar Hero decided to bring out a new instrument for gamers to party on. This time, Activision brought out the turntables for their newest title, DJ Hero. Available for the Playstations 2 & 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii, DJ ... More >>

Inquiring Minds: "Sexyclectic" Philly DJ King Britt, at La Strada Tonight

​He's been around the world. He has played in locales as exotic as Paris, Rome, Berlin and Dubai. He has probably shagged women who would sooner cross the street than look at you. And yet, DJ/producer/remixer King Britt doesn't mind coming down to Houston and entertaining us mortal folk with his h ... More >>

Fried Rice: In the Hot Seat with Tyler from Balaclavas

Larry and His Flask

“Fucker Punks” party like they mean it

Vinyl Heads

They're turning to needles, looking for purity

Vinyl Heads: Round and Round

DJ Sun's turntable buying advice

Loony Zunes

Universal Music helps Microsoft set a crappy precedent

Re-ska-citation

Dirty Dancing

Beat Down

This DJ simulator is nothing to rave about

Houston Press 15th Anniversary Party, Featuring Hollertronix

Friday, August 19, at Bayou Place, 534 Texas Avenue, 713-629-3700.

You Too Can Be a DJ

Skills erode as new technology broadens the field. And the old-school cats don't care.

Best Dance Club

Best Jukebox

The Sun King

A local lounge royal and his court pep up the way they reign

House Music Scratches for a New Vibe in Houston

Holiday Rapping

Take a trip far into the future for a look back at the history of rap

Andy Caldwell

Saturday, November 15

Hit the Decks

Chicago DJ luminary Bad Boy Bill keeps the house raw and raunchy

Sandra Collins

Saturday, October 11

Best Battle DJ

Fast4ward

Reprogram Your Life

An omnivorous three-headed DJ monster wants to rewrite your old musical code with hip-hop vibes

Circuits of Steel Tour

Thursday, July 24

Medeski, Martin and Wood

Friday, May 10

DJ Rap

Wednesday, February 20

DJ Peretz

Friday, January 11

Spin Art

Not just deejaying anymore

Life in the Slow Lane

DJ Screw lived mostly for his work, as if he would have time later to celebrate his success. That time would never come.

X-ecutioners' Song

Four New York turntablists redefine the art of deejaying

Incubus

Make Yourself; When Incubus Attacks! Vol. 1

Blasted

When you can't trust your partners, you're likely to get burned

Boogie Nights

Music, a Houston DJ andthe lure of Austin

Spun From the Underground

How an ex-con, a would-be physicist and a kindergarten teacher helped shape Houston's DJ subculture

Swangin' and Bangin' ... and getting to that other level with the disciples of screw