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October 26, 2024 – 8:00 am | 2 Comments

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 …

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M83 - Hurry up we’re dreaming
October 27, 2024 – 1:05 pm | No Comment
M83 – Hurry up we’re dreaming

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 …

FFW – The Free Press Preview for October 26 - November 2, 2024
October 27, 2024 – 7:00 am | No Comment
FFW – The Free Press Preview for October 26 – November 2, 2024

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?  …

Mastodon at Cactus
October 26, 2024 – 11:24 am | No Comment
Mastodon at Cactus

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 …

Testify - Lords Of The Universe’s Dann Miller
October 26, 2024 – 8:00 am | 2 Comments
Testify – Lords Of The Universe’s Dann Miller

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 …

FPSF 2024 Dates announce + 1st lineup hint
October 25, 2024 – 10:39 am | One Comment

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 …

Justice - Audio, Video, Disco
October 24, 2024 – 4:00 pm | No Comment
Justice – Audio, Video, Disco

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 …

The Drums are in Houston tonight!
October 24, 2024 – 3:05 pm | No Comment

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 …

Testify - The Ghost of Cliff Burton’s Jef with One F
October 24, 2024 – 9:45 am | No Comment

 
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 …

Interview with Wild Flag
October 20, 2024 – 10:29 am | One Comment
Interview with Wild Flag

     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 …

FFW – The Free Press Preview for October 20 – 25, 2024
October 20, 2024 – 10:28 am | No Comment

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 …