One of the oldest dance clubs in Houston, Numbers caters to the anti-sunlight crowd without alienating those who just want a cheap beer and a good time. It seems that the more the area changes around the club, the more it manages to stay the same. And that's what patrons like about Numbers. It doesn't exactly cater to trendy whims, which is refreshing.
For years, Houston industrial and electronic music fans have benefited from the efforts of promoters Past Present Productions and The New Beat. This Saturday at Numbers, they'll kick off the first of a two-night "Industrafest" spread over September and October, featuring performances by members of Revolting Cocks and KMFDM, to...
If there's even a tiny bit of good news to be gleaned from Prince's untimely death Thursday at age 57, it's that he was so gifted that he always seemed more like a creature made of pure art rather than a flesh-and-blood human being. If you think he’s legendary on...
CHRISTY HAYS Under the Volcano, March 30 Austin-based folk-rocker Christy Hays writes widescreen tales of the everyday and delivers them in a sultry, earnest, thoughtful Southern-belle style. Songs like “Birds Point Levee,” “Chicon” and “Winter Solstice” deal with big stuff — floods, Monsanto, integration, and a host of other concerns...
While it doesn't always get the credit it should for having a great live music scene, Houston has been the home base for plenty of great local bands over the years, and it's always been a solid place for touring bands to play. Recently the Web site Clickitticket compiled a...
As Houston Press’ current game reviewer and expert, I tend to think about gaming rather constantly even when doing other things. If I see a differently-colored bit of a wall, I actively have to suppress the urge to hit it in case there’s a secret passage. I think in dialogue...
KID CUDI Revention Music Center, February 17 Kid Cudi can always be counted on to bring the weird. An early signing to Kanye West’s GOOD Music label, Cudi found success with Top 5 single “Day ’n’ Nite” and album Man In the Moon: The End of Day. Now 32, the...
LOW Walters Downtown, February 8 Low’s purposeful, quietly intense music has made them one of indie-rock’s most admired minimalists since 1994 debut I Could Live In Hope, which marked the dawn of the Minnesota trio’s oft-copied “slowcore” aesthetic. Such broad strokes also tend to paint Low as overly dour and narcoleptic; there may be some truth...
The outpouring of emotion that has followed David Bowie's death has been amazing to witness, and seems to have affected many people on a far more profound level than most celebrity deaths tend to. I can't remember a time when I experienced a similar level of grief over the death...