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Funky aesthetics to please the eye at the Washed Out show.

Washed Out Rode a Chillwave into White Oak Music Hall Sunday Night

By Lisa Strain

Dec 31, 2018

Georgia based singer, songwriter, and record producer Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr., known professionally as Washed Out, returned to Houston to play an evening of beautiful, dreamy music Sunday night at White Oak Music Hall.

The Replacements' Chris Mars and Paul Westerberg Inside the "Lemon Jail" where things weren't always so...tidy.

The Ragged Road of the Replacements...Featuring Reptiles in Houston!

By Bob Ruggiero

Sep 24, 2018

If you made a list of the most hazardous and patience-testing job descriptions in the history of rock and roll, “Road Manager for the Replacements” would certainly rank toward the upper echelon. The brilliant, but notoriously self-sabotaging and wildly-behaving alt-rock band were not known for their refined manners. Or trying...

We Were Promised Jetpacks are back stronger than ever.

We Were Promised Jetpacks Are Back in a Big Way

By David Garrick

Sep 14, 2018

Typically when bands are having success, time off isn't really an option. However for Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks, it was the only choice they had to continue as a band. "We started to write the new album and it just didn't feel right," admits guitarist and lead singer Adam...

Social Distortion is back and ready to light up White Oak Music Hall.

Ball and Chain: The Best Houston Music of The Week

By David Garrick

Sep 12, 2018

This week Houston has options from Social Distortion, Rise Against, Fat Tony, The Crystal Method, First Aid Kit, Owen, The Daphne Blue, and The Hates. Tonight you could catch the punk sounds of Chicago's Rise Against over at Revention Music Center. These guys have been going hard for a good...

Yo la Tengo will bring their engaging sounds to White Oak Music Hall.

Yo La Tengo Bring A Calm To The Riot

By David Garrick

Sep 10, 2018

Getting to create art without worrying about who buys it, is a world that few artists can enjoy. Though, for close to 35 years, that's been the world that New Jersey's Yo La Tengo has been able to call home. "We've never placed much importance on commercial success, we've kept...

Fred Thomas comes to Houston with a new album in tow.

Fred Thomas Speaks To Those Who Chose Art Over Commerce

By David Garrick

Sep 7, 2018

Fred Thomas might not be a name you know, but he's singing to anyone who chooses art over commerce. Known for his work in acts like Saturday Looks Good To Me and City Center, he's been dropping solo records over the past 15 years and his last two have gained...

Tainted: The Best Houston Music of The Week

By David Garrick

Sep 5, 2018

This week Houston has plenty of choices from Alina Baraz, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite, Miguel, Ruiners, Birthday Club and Moth Wings. On Wednesday you should find yourself downstairs at White Oak Music Hall for the bluesy twang of Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite. While from the outside these two...

First Aid Kit are back with more new music and an epic show.

The Tender Offerings of First Aid Kit

By David Garrick

Sep 3, 2018

"We had no aspirations when we started," remarks Klara Soderberg, one half of Swedish duo First Aid Kit. The two piece started young, and after more than a decade of performing, they've grown beyond their folk leanings creating a sound that's as harmonious as it is infectious. Beginning in 2007,...

Ruiners' Typecast is Anything But Typical Punk

By David Garrick

Aug 30, 2018

By all accounts, the gentlemen of Houston's Ruiners look like nice fine boys, the kind who would take their grandma's groceries in from the car. That is, until they perform. Whether it be in person or on their latest album Typecast, the four piece quickly turn into rabid punks who...

GGOOLLDD will bring electro-pop jams to Satellite Bar.

Without You: The Best Houston Music of The Week

By David Garrick

Aug 29, 2018

This week there's a holiday but there's plenty of music on tap from the likes of Journey, Def Leppard, GGOOLLDD, Bad Bunny, Yelawolf alongside locals like Bun B, texture:yellow, MIEARS and HAHA! Tonight you can get down with ohGr upstairs at White Oak Music Hall. The industrial act formed by...

Houston Press Singles Club: Buxton, Grand Old Grizzly, The Daphne Blue

By David Garrick

Aug 28, 2018

This week in the club we'll see new tunes from Buxton, Mike Stinson, Grand Old Grizzly, Pecos Hank and The Daphne Blue. While we appreciate you listening to these tracks and subscribing to the playlist, we ask that you check these acts out at their shows and purchase their music...

Cut Worms Coming to Houston In a Great Old Style

By David Garrick

Aug 23, 2018

Max Clarke of Cut Worms has been writing songs since the age of 12, and it's obvious that his music has grown leaps and bounds since then. "I don't know what those songs were about, I was just trying to write pop songs. Discovering different styles and imitating what those...

Pusha T will bring his stellar "Daytona" to life this week at House of Blues.

Hard Piano: The Best Houston Music of The Week

By David Garrick

Aug 22, 2018

This week there's performances on tap from the likes of Pusha T, Wiz Khalifa, Tony Bennett, Two Tons of Steel, Carolyn Wonderland, and sets from locals like Velveteen Echo, Flower Graves, Vodi, and The Hates. Tonight you can begin at Dosey Doe for the country tunes of Doug Supernaw. The...

From Beyond bring it on their latest release.

From Beyond Adds Machines To Their Metal

By David Garrick

Aug 21, 2018

On their new album The Band From Beyond, Texas' From Beyond prove they're making more than metal music, coming up with sounds closer to heavy blues mixed with machines. Opening with gloomy and dark sounds on the instrumental track, "Invocation," they set the stage for what's to come. They follow it...

Interpol return with their best release to date.

Interpol Come In Hot On Marauder

By David Garrick

Aug 20, 2018

Four years between albums isn't the norm, though for New York's Interpol, it seems to be right on their schedule. "I dunno if hiatus is the term, we put our last album out in 2014, toured it in 2015, and we needed time to tour properly, catching the entire globe...

Something Else Are Ready To Make A Splash

By David Garrick

Aug 17, 2018

Houston's Something Else is a band that really doesn't fit into a genre, though they're not off-beat sounding either. On the new single "Don't Want It," from the band's upcoming album An Entire Album About My Ex-Girlfriend, they take notes from bands like The Strokes and Franz Ferdinand without really becoming a...

J Cole should make fans happy at Toyota Center.

Kevin's Heart: The Best Houston Music of The Week

By David Garrick

Aug 15, 2018

This week there's more than enough to keep you entertained with performances from J. Cole, Clairo, Lupe Fiasco, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Hayes Carll, Tracy Byrd, and Roky Erickson while locals like Flower Graves, Jody Seabody and the Whirls, and more will be on hand. Tonight you can start off...

Fitzgerald's has sold and now is rented by the club's namesake.

Fitzgerald's Sells Property

By David Garrick

Aug 14, 2018

It's finally happened, the longest running live music venue in Houston has been sold. Fitzgerald's, on the corner of White Oak Boulevard. and Studemont in the Heights, is now owned by an investment group. After more than 40 years in the live concert business, what the future holds for the...

There's always plenty of tracks here in the club.

Houston Press Singles Club: Tee Vee, Lera Lynn, So, so

By David Garrick

Aug 14, 2018

This week the club gets richer with new tracks from Tee Vee, Secret Sands, Lera Lynn, From Beyond and So,so. While we appreciate you subscribing to this playlist, we remind you to visit these artists in their respected artist shops or when they perform so that they can keep the...

Velveteen Echo reminds you of so much while staying current at the same time.

Velveteen Echo Releases Debut EP With Submarine

By David Garrick

Aug 13, 2018

There are so many stellar new bands in Houston that it reminds you of the '90s Pavement lyric, "music scene is crazy, bands start up each and every day." Houston's Velveteen Echo are releasing their debut E.P. Submarine, in which the four piece echo the likes of bands like The...

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