You Can Go Home Again (at Day For Night)
HOUSTON, TEXAS: I tell everyone I grew up in Houston, but I really grew up in the south eastern suburb of Deer Park, out near the ship channel and the gasoline plants and edge...
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Day For Night in Video
This past weekend was the second Day for Night festival in Houston. Things happened! Lots of important things! Here are some of them on video:
A Deeper Dive into Day for Night
With the Day for Night festival coming up this weekend, it’s time to take a deeper look at some of the acts playing the festival. Earlier this week we looked at some...
DAY FOR NIGHT: So Soon in Houston!
I was standing in Times Square in bitterly cold temps last week waiting for an 11:57 p.m. immersive art project called “Counting Sheep” to start, which is where I realized that I had...
Wild Band Peelander-Z in Austin!
The culturally Japanese band Peelander-Z played a show at Spider House Ballroom in Austin, Texas last weekend. Like every one of their shows, it was crazy in a good way! Here are some...
Thor & Friends Record Release
Just before the Austin, Texas record store End of an Ear moved down the street to a new space, they had a record release for the Thor & Friends album. You might know Thor from...
Zidruns: carrying the unbearable
As one of the foreign observers of the Latvian rock scene I’m always delighted when I find something super fresh on a Latvian label. After all, it’s far from both the tail-chasing navel-gazing American...
ACL Fest sells a watered-down version of the Texas mythos
ACL Fest sells a watered-down versionTwo years ago I flew out of Austin just after the Austin City Limits Music Festival and noticed everyone in my row was sporting an ACL wristband. It wasn’t...
“Murdered Out” by American Artist Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon (long of seminal noise band Sonic Youth) has a new song out–the first one ever under her own name–a dark tune with a nod to the all-black cars with all their features...
