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The Depeche Mode Appreciation Society Will Now Come to Order

By Houston Press
Mar 9, 2017

With the band about to drop a new album and tour, a look back at the many faces of the seminal UK alterna-trio.
Does SXSW Music (the Festival) Still Matter?

By Houston Press
Feb 22, 2017

Does SXSW have the cultural value that it once did? Does it still launch careers?
Is There a Little Life Left In Mango's After All?

By Nathan Smith
Mar 27, 2015

Ever since a big "For Lease" sign went up on the side of Montrose rock dive Mango's in December, local underground music fans have been patiently and glumly waiting for word to come down regarding the venue's official closing date. Nearly four months later, though, the place remains up and...
2015 FPSF Lineup Brings On Mixed Emotions

By Houston Press
Feb 26, 2015

Scanning this year's FPSF lineup, my first thought was "I see they're not going out of their way to quiet those people who keep calling it a sausagefest," followed closely by, "R. Kelly...seriously?" I was thrilled to see the likes of Gary Clark Jr., St. Vincent, Charles Bradley and Riverboat...
The 25 Best Songs About Houston

By Houston Press
Nov 27, 2014

Note: this article originally appeared on October 24, 2014. Happy Thanksgiving! Bobby Bare, "I Can Almost See Houston From Here" One of the great homesick songs, Bobby Bare infuses this one with downtrodden ennui as he pines for the warmness of his old hometown. Usually veteran Houstonians are forced to...
The 25 Best Songs About Houston

By Houston Press
Oct 24, 2014

Bobby Bare, "I Can Almost See Houston From Here" One of the great homesick songs, Bobby Bare infuses this one with downtrodden ennui as he pines for the warmness of his old hometown. Usually veteran Houstonians are forced to deal with some newbie from Portland telling us all the things...
Requiem for the iPod

By Houston Press
Sep 19, 2014

The year was 2002, and I was in the back of my mom's Chevy high-top. She was driving my brother to Sam's Club to pick up his new blue iPod 1st Generation. For months, I watched him listen to Papa Roach and moody pop-rock queen Avril Lavigne as he sat...
The 15 Best Songs We Heard In July

By Houston Press
Aug 12, 2014

"The Clarity," Sleep After 11 years out of the game, you might wonder if stoner-metal band Sleep has lost a step. Thankfully, their new ten minute masterwork of the genre, "The Clarity," shows that they have not. Think of this like the metal version of Dr. Dre's Detox. You never thought...
Houston's 10 Best Concerts Between Now and Labor Day

By Houston Press
Jul 7, 2014

Note: this article has been amended to reflect the fact that Death Grips is no longer with us. Antemasque Fitzgerald's, August 4 After putting on some of the most exciting live shows of the last decade with their bands At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta, El Paso natives Omar...
The 20 Best Songs We Heard in June

By Houston Press
Jul 7, 2014

"Big Blue Hole," David Olney "Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, all them saints are dead and gone / Amy Winehouse and Curt Cobain, they ain't comin' back here again." David Olney is like the black sheep rounder uncle the family wanted you to stay away from. A former running bud...
Drake Appreciation Post: Drizzy's 20 Best Songs

By Houston Press
Jun 12, 2014

"Best I Ever Had" Every dude wants to be the best his girl has ever had, and this So Far Gone track solidifies Drizzy's over-the-top confidence one hashtag-rap line at a time. It also perfectly samples the amazing Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds song "Falling In Love." MARCO TORRES "Don't...
The 15 Best Songs We Heard in May

By Houston Press
Jun 9, 2014

"Collard Greens," Schoolboy Q If you enjoy beats that conjure images of huddled, bouncing basketball teams moments before tip-off, you'll enjoy "Collard Greens." If you also enjoy raps about having game, money and weed, you'll return for a second helping. And, if you want to hear Schoolboy Q's Black Hippy...
The 20 Best Songs We Heard In April

By Houston Press
May 7, 2014

"A House Is a Home," Ben & Ellen Harper Grammy winner Ben Harper teams up with his mother, Ellen, for Childhood Home, which releases this week. This is the first single from the album. Their tender harmonies and reflections here are like flipping through a family photo album, reminding us...
Snoop Lion and Five More Weird Religious Conversions That Need to Happen

By Nathan Smith
Feb 13, 2014

A funny thing happened to our old buddy Snoop Dogg last year: he got religion. And not just any old religion, either. In a move that we probably should have seen coming, the Doggfather formally embraced the Rastafari movement, a Jamaican spiritual ideology with fewer than a million adherents worldwide...
Rocks Off's 10(ish) Favorite Local Albums of 2012

By Houston Press
Dec 14, 2012

Continuing with our year-end panorama, Rocks Off asked our contributors a simple question with a not-so-simple answer: What was your favorite local album of 2012? ALEXA CRENSHAW: Whatever I say here, I'm going to want to take back shortly because there's so much good stuff out there, y'all. Although they...
Rocks Off Gives Thanks For Health, Houston, Better Sound and... Raffi?

By Houston Press
Nov 20, 2012

Allowing ourselves to become dangerously sentimental, Rocks Off polled our regular contributors to ask them the one music-related thing they're thankful for this year. We'll stop before we cue up Dido. Chris Gray: Besides being grateful to be here at all -- in a way that, an all-too-short time ago,...
2 Years After Ownership Change, Fitz Is Thriving

By Nathan Smith
Oct 4, 2012

Has it really been two years already since Jagi Katial and Omar Afra became the new owner-operators of Fitzgerald's? Apparently so, because the Free Press Summer Fest partners celebrated their second anniversary at the rickety old live music club on White Oak a couple weeks back with a weekend's worth...
Braving the Boos: Bob Dylan and 10 More Artists Unafraid to Piss Off Their Fans

By Nathan Smith
Jul 27, 2012

Forty-seven years ago this week (wow!), a '60s folk icon by the name of Bob Dylan made his third and final appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I. It was a highly anticipated set -- Dylan was the de facto leader of the American folk-music revival at the...
Top 10 Weirdest Kiss Memorabilia Items Up For Sale

By Christina Lynn
Jun 8, 2012

In rock n roll and pop music, merchandising has always been a somewhat lucrative ordeal. This especially rings true whenever an artist becomes extremely popular. It is a great marketing ploy, whether for teens, diehards, collectors or regular fans. Let's face it, when it comes to music merchandising, Kiss has...
New Featherface LP Conjures Some Actual Magic

By Alexa Crenshaw
May 18, 2012

It's been more than two years since Houston's Featherface has released a new record, though that doesn't mean that they were short on actively contributing to the local scene. Since the release of their last EP, It Comes Electric, they've performed many shows and have been steadily growing in popularity...

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