Houston Music Scene Once Again in A Bigotry Crisis
Cassandra Quirk of Giant Kitty. Photo: Scot Overholser I have typed…
Ruiners Release Killer Live Video
In the last decade, there's been a new wave of punk bands that really seem to throw away the pop aesthetic that the genre garnered in the nineties, in favor of a more raw and intensity driven sound. In Houston, one of the better new punk bands going would definitely have to be Ruiners. Mixing post punk and punk aesthetics and thus sounding closest to a heavier Wipers or a mix of Wire and Stiff Little Fingers, the now four piece has been on a tear for the past year…
Local Love: Flower Politics
I don’t expect you to have heard of Houston’s Flower Politics, but you should know that the primarily solo artist has dropped over twenty albums over the past three years, and if nothing else, they’re prolific. On their latest record, New Beginnings from December of last year, they really stretch their wings and offers up one of the most endearing and honest sounding albums I’ve heard in a good while…
True American: An Interview with Dylan Tirapelli-Jamail
Dylan Tirapelli-Jamail. Long time musician and native Houstonian Dylan Tirapelli-Jamail, who…
Top 5 Music Videos of the Week: Depeche Mode, Bright Light Social Hour + More
Welcome back to the home of the music video magic. It’s that…
Purple Bastard Returns With Fresh New Cassette
Houston’s Purple Bastard, formerly known as That Purple Bastard, who moved away to Los Angeles four years ago only to come back with a more focused and direct sound. On his latest release Down & Out HTX, the cassette only release ushers in a new era for the producer were the tracks are more focused and succinct while never losing their power and staying true to their instrumental hip hop leanings…
On The Cusp: Miears
While the band worked on what would become last year’s Hold On, Miears had already started work on a solo album of her own while the group sorted out what would turn out to be the long process of mixing the album. The end result, Who Will Save You, is a mix of dark and brooding undertones mixed with the subtle synthesized notes that BLSHS so catchy…
Houstonian Tales: MyDolls
In today’s music landscape, there are subgenres of female fronted punk acts, and it seems as normal as pretty much any other group going. But, in the late seventies, while everyone was thinking about how progressive they were, Houston’s MyDolls literally changed what people think of punk music…