By Jack Daniel Betz
While lacking the concise hits of “Saturdays=Youth”, M83’s new album succeeds because it is so thoroughly listenable is its own musical universe. There aren’t any real standouts on this LP because it …

This Week’s Featured Show(s)
Thursday, October 27
Wild Flag
Drew Grow & the Pastor’s Wives
@ Fitzgerald’s (Downstairs)
Mastodon
Black Tusk
Venomous Maximus
@ Fitzgerald’s (Upstairs)
Crap talk about insane. Two awesome shows on the same night in the same venue!!!!  I mean seriously?  …

Fans of Mastodon, rejoice! From 4:30 to 6 on Thursday, metal moguls Mastodon will be at Cactus Music to sign records and meet with fans. There will be no performance at Cactus although there will …

Black Sabbath is one of those bands you don’t fuck with.  Sure, Ozzy’s kind of become a caricature of himself over the years and I can’t think of one mind blowing Sabbath song since Dio …

FREE PRESS HOUSTON and PEGSTAR.NET PRESENTS are waking up early for routine calisthenics and working around the clock to bring you an astonishingly great 2024 Free Press Summer Fest. After a banner year and record attendance …

By Jack Daniel Betz
Justice’s latest release is by no means Cross pt. II. That should have been clear when the surprisingly eclectic single “Audio, Video, Disco” was released a few weeks ago. Although there certainly …

If you saw The Drums play Fitzgerald’s grand opening last year in September then you know that indie pop doesn’t get any more heart broken than this.
While lead singer Jonathan shuffles his …

 
Black Math Experiment understood one thing very well - how to make a ruckus. You could love them or you could hate them, but, damn it, they were never going to allow you to ignore …

     In highschool I remember seeing Sleater-Kinney with my friend Natalie. We’d go to these shows, sing along to all the words until the band was forgotten, and then hop over to the next band …

This Week’s Featured Show

Friday October 21
Hell City Kings
LP/CD Release Party
with
TeXXXaSGhost Town Electric
The Freakouts
@ Fitzgerald’s
Well,  Say what you want about the Hell City Kings but damn if they don’t know how to promote a record …