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Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule Get Heavy into the Blues

Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule Get Heavy into the Blues

Openings and Closings: Postino Town & Country Opens, Divino Closes

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Ahoy, Matey! The Lone Star Pirate Festival Sets Sail Again

By Jesse Sendejas Jr.
Jul 21, 2021

Whether the recent TikTok craze stirred your interest in sea shanties or you’ve been blowin’ th’ man down since you were a wee buccaneer, you’ll find riches galore in the rich tradition of seafaring music at the Lone Star Pirate Festival. The Jolly Roger sails over Warehouse Live Saturday, July...
Everclear Revisits a '90s "Summerland" on Festival Tour

By Bob Ruggiero
Jul 6, 2021

He's most associated with cities on the far west coast like Portland, L.A., and "Santa Monica." But if Art Alexakis says from the stage that “It’s great to be back in Houston,” he wants you to know it’s not just rote stage banter; he means it. Beginning in the spring...
Spinning Records and Banging Heads With Metal Midgets Host Jim Florentine

By Bob Ruggiero
May 18, 2021

It’s the day after the announcement of Performer inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2021. And per usual, social media is lit up with fans’ very, very strong opinions of who got in that should have, or got in that shouldn’t have, or who didn’t...
The Art Car Experience Welcomes Houstonians back to an Eclectic World

By DeVaughn Douglas
May 16, 2021

“Houston! You got to give us some time because we are fucking rusty,” says a laughing Felipe Galvan as he stands, beer in hand, center stage in front of the crowd. People scream as he leads his band, Los Skarnales, into the next song of the night. The music starts...
Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival Makes Its Return This Fall

By DeVaughn Douglas
Apr 30, 2021

Travis Scott's wildly popular Astroworld Festival is returning this fall November 5th and 6th to NRG Park. The festival returns this year with an expanded two-day format, taking place November 5 and 6, at NRG park. The theme for the show is the appropriately titled be "Open Your Eyes to...
Album Review: Kikagaku Moyo Evolve in Live at Levitation

By Connor Fields
Feb 11, 2021

In treading through the annals of rock music, it’s hard to argue that any approach to the genre has been more persistent than psychedelic-rock. From the jangling opening riff of 13th Floor Elevators’ “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” to the outpouring of groups that flocked to Haight-Ashbury in the late-60s (therein forging a widespread counterculture), to the shoegaze sounds that swept the U.K. throughout the 90s, rock artists have continuously found new ways to interpret the ever-malleable, wide-ranging sound of psychedelic music. Aside from modern pop’s incorporation (*cough* appropriation) of the genre’s aesthetic, the national craze around this music and its culture is clearly not as prevalent as it once was, when thousands of young Americans blew off their middle-class expectations for the Learyology of “dropping out and tuning in”. Since the start of the decade, however, a more subtle independent scene has been brewing...
Castle Christmas: Best Pre-COVID Show

By Connor Fields
Jan 14, 2021

For many of us, this pandemic has entirely redefined the process of yearning. Where we once yearned for often unrealistic things that we hoped we would one day have, we now find ourselves yearning for everyday simplicities that were at our fingertips just months ago—a pre-pandemic life, where we could visit whoever we please, where we could walk unfazed into Whataburger, where we could happen onto a random bar and catch live music, where we could experience that music in the way it’s meant to be seen and heard, not through our screens. As someone who has been fortunate in avoiding the far more serious repercussions of COVID-19, much of my yearning process has revolved around this last question. When will we get to see live music again?
New Reports of Questionable Behavior By Ren Fest Owner George Coulam

By Jef Rouner
Dec 15, 2020

Recently, Texas Renaissance Festival owner George Coulam has been mentioned in a lawsuit filed in the Houston division of the Southern District of Texas, in which former employee Toni Ewton alleges he required her to peruse sugar daddy websites on his behalf. Though Coulam is not named as a defendant,...
Jimi Hendrix's Hawaiian "Adventure" Finally Explained

By Bob Ruggiero
Dec 9, 2020

The music of Jimi Hendrix is often described as “fiery.” And one of his biggest hits was “Fire.” But the singer/guitarist probably never imagined that on July 30, 1970 he—along with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Billy Cox—would be standing on an outdoor stage, on a cattle ranch, near the...
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Moved To May 2021 [UPDATED]

By Schaefer Edwards
Dec 8, 2020

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced on Tuesday that the 2021 rodeo will be held in May, two months later than usual, as long as the pandemic is in a manageable state at that point. Originally scheduled for March 2 - 21, next year’s slate of concerts, carnival amusements...
The Outlaws Stage a German Showdown with Guitars Blazing

By Bob Ruggiero
Dec 4, 2020

It was June 2, 1979 at Carter-Finley Stadium on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Two young guitar slingers, Freddie (Salem, of the Outlaws) and Edward (Van Halen of, well, Van Halen) were having a beer backstage. Their respective groups were sharing a bill with Poco and...
Turner and Santa Announce Houston’s Holiday Spectacular Will Be Virtual This Year

By Schaefer Edwards
Nov 17, 2020

On Tuesday morning, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced that the 101st annual Reliant Lights Mayor’s Holiday Spectacular will be a totally virtual affair this year due to COVID-19. Just as the city reimagined its annual Fourth of July celebration because of the coronavirus, the 2020 holiday spectacular will feature a...
Best Virtual Bets: Scary Stories, Día de los Muertos, and the Fringe Festival

By Natalie de la Garza
Oct 29, 2020

Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos from your couch with this week's best virtual bets.
Houston Film Critics Society To Hold Virtual "POTUS Fest" On October 25

By Pete Vonder Haar
Oct 16, 2020

You may have heard there's an election coming up. In the spirit of the American Experiment, the Houston Film Critics Society is celebrating the "reel lessons of leadership" with a salute to films about U.S. Presidents and the election process in POTUS Fest: Cinema in Chief. Society members’ comments and reviews on...
Texas Renaissance Festival Starts Saturday For Those Ready to Party in a Crowd

By Margaret Downing
Oct 2, 2020

It's that time of year again, time for the Texas Renaissance Festival. — nine fun-filled weekends of visitors going to a rural area of Texas and pretending they live in another century. Although come to think of it, the early years of the Renaissance in Europe had a plague too...
City of Houston Will Have Fireworks, But Wants You to Watch from a Distance

By Jeff Balke
Jul 2, 2020

The city has canceled the annual Freedom Over Texas event they hold every year in downtown Houston due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. This was not unexpected given the state order mandating no crowds larger than 100. Freedom draws thousands of Independence Day revelers each year. But, the...
Another Madness Monday: Madness On Main Continues Their Weekly Livestreams [UPDATED]

By Gladys Fuentes
Jun 1, 2020

Local music festival Madness on Main was due to mark its sixth year this month but like everyone else, it has had to adapt to the times. The yearly event focuses on local and Gulf Coast region bands and was founded to draw attention to Houston’s vibrant local music scene...
It May Take a Year, But Live Music Will Be Back

By Cory Garcia
Apr 28, 2020

There will be a music festival of some sort in the United States before the end of the year, of this much I am certain. It’s going to be a bad idea, and will likely result in people getting sick or worse, but it is going to happen. Whether it’s...
Austin Cancels SXSW Because of Coronavirus Fears

By Silas Allen
Mar 6, 2020

Austin city officials announced Friday afternoon that this year's SXSW festival has been canceled over concerns about the novel coronavirus. In a statement, festival organizers said they were "devastated" by the cancellation of the festival, which was scheduled for March 13-21, but would try to reschedule the event. Organizers said...
Live From The Bayou Showcases Houston and Louisiana Culture.

By DeVaughn Douglas
Mar 1, 2020

Traffic was backed up around the 610 Loop near Main Saturday as the rodeo kicked things off with a downtown parade. Ten minutes west down 610 at the entertainment center known as The Media Block John Fuggin Dough put on the third iteration of Live From The Bayou, a party...