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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...
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It’s no secret that the live music industry and all of its moving parts are hurting. Since the pandemic began the sector has been at a stand still with limited means to gain income for artists, venues and their support staff. As the government passed the long awaited COVID-19 relief...
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Remember live music? That feeling of being shoulder to shoulder with strangers all experiencing something together, sharing a moment that can never be recreated. As someone who used to seek out live music as often as possible, it is a feeling I miss tremendously. As 2020 began, just like many...
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It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year we’d rather forget—an endless feedback loop of disappointment and disaster. It’s even further obvious that few have had a more difficult path navigating this mess than the countless number of musicians whose financial and creative livelihoods have been put on an indefinite halt, given their increasing reliance on entertaining large (and preferably jam-packed) gatherings of people.Yet that isn’t to say these folks have merely gone dormant over the last nine months...
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There’s no such thing as a perfect song, but certain songs might seem perfect to certain people. What are the reasons anyone might find a song particularly brilliant? That’s the simple question posed to musicians and music fans in this new Houston Press feature. The answer to that question is...
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Even with live music largely on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Houston native and beloved singer songwriter Robert Earl Keen is finding ways to adapt and stay busy. Keen and his band, along with opening act and fellow Houstonian Max Flinn, will perform at the White Oak Music Hall...
